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Wraps. Condición: Very Good. 36 pp. Stapled binding, gray wraps. Faint edgewear. POs name in ink to ffep. Otherwise clean and bright. 150 stepwise exercises in staff notation designed for beginners.

Edition Unstated. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; iii, 94 pages. 1 Kg.

Edition Unstated. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; iii, 94 pages. 1 Kg.

Undated [c.1950s]. 12 black-and-white real photographs of scenes on Skye, Scotland, mounted in a printed card photo album measuring approx. 12cm x 9cm.

First edition. Quarto size. vii + 129pp; 130 photographic portraits; fold-out colour plate of the centre, west and east memorial windows. Original black cloth with gilt coat-of-arms to front board. No inscriptions. VG. [Former pupils are listed with details of date of leaving school; scholastic and athletic distinctions gained; record of naval, military, air or merchant navy service. Of the 1243 former pupils named, 131 died during, or as a result of wartime activity].…

First edition. 40pp; map; 7 illustrations. Soft covers. No inscriptions. Fine.

All three items in good condition, on lightly aged paper. The two Aitken letters are both signed 'G A Aitken'. ONE: ALS by Aitken, 3 December 1907. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. He begins by suggesting an emendation to a note on an 'enclosed proof' regarding Dr Pearce and 'The Tatler'. He then discusses a reprint by the firm of his edition of the 'Spectator', which he has not seen. 'If it bears a current date on the title-page, I trust you have preserved the date to the Preface, to show that I have not revised the work. After ten years some corrections or additions could no doubt be made, and in such cases it ought, in the editor's interests, be made clear that the work is a mere reprint, without revision.' He ends by stating that he presumes that the firm 'have incorporated in their proper places the "Errata" at the end'. TWO: ANS by Aitken, 6 December 1907. 1p., 12mo. ANS. He thanks them for their letter (Item Three below), and for the volume of the 'Spectator', concluding: 'The note you have printed in the book is quite satisfactory'. THREE: Copy of Typed Letter from George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 4 December 1907. Informing Aitken that they are 'printed the book as per proof sent to you', and that as soon as 'our little reprint of your edition is completed we are proposing to send you a set for your kind acceptance'. In the meantime they are sending the first volume, 'from which you will see we hahve added a note stating that the book is a reprint from the 1898 edition'. They end by apologising for not suggesting to him 'before we undertook the reprint that corrections were possible'.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. illustrations, (24) unnumbered pages. Shaped book featuring a rocker edge along bottom above which is the title. Above that is a tomahawk-brandishing Indian brave in full headdress astride a galloping horse. The upper portion of the shaped book outlines the brave and horse. Approximately 24 x 20cm. Book worn around edges but not too badly. Text still bound in but the contents are separating from the cover at the staples. Former owner's name and address written on the back which is otherwise blank except for an inked line forming a border around most of the edge. Valentine's Rocker Books B224. Also identified as Valentine's Book Toys. This uncommon shaped book tells the story of a young Blackfoot Indian named Black Elk. His father is captured by the Sioux Indians and then bravely rescued by Black Elk.…