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GLASGOW.  GOURLAY ROBERT (Banker - 1840-1916) & GOURLAY ...

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GLASGOW.  GOURLAY ROBERT (Banker - 1840-1916) & GOURLAY JAMES (Son of Robert, historian, director of Glasgow Herald, Bank of Scotland etc. 1869-1952). An archive of manuscript journals, research material, cuttings, ephemera etc. Letter book of Robert Gourlay & three student journals etc. (incl. Logic Class under Prof. Buchanan, 1858-59). 3 notebooks of James Gourlay with masses of genealogical & historical information & 3 scrapbooks (2 part filled only) with many press cuttings, other ephemera & letters (2 pp. typescript letter from the London office of the Herald re Blitz conditions), a few photographs (3 large photos of Glasgow excavations, 1930s) etc. Also an 1830`s manuscript commonplace book in an unknown hand.

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+ Calendar 2025-01-16 11:30:00 2025-01-16 23:59:59 Europe/London Carlisle - Thursday 16th January. 285 Lots of Antiquarian & Collectable Books, Prints and Related Items CARLISLE - Thursday 16th January at 11.30am 285 LOTS OF ANTIQUARIAN & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, prints and related items Glasgow & West of Scotland, 70 lot collection incl. Thomas Annan, The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow, 1900 & many Directories & Almanacks; others Scottish local history & topography; North of England local history & topography; general antiquarian incl. re Charles I (1645 & 1650) & various pamphlets; literary sets & bindings incl. Churchill, Centenary Ltd. Edition, 34 vols in vellum; 1sts incl. Dorothy Dunnett; Folio Soc. collections incl. fine ltd. eds (Mappa Mundi, Getty Apocalypse, Roberts` Holy Land, Van Gogh Sketchbooks, Just-So Stories, Pearl Manuscript etc); Trollope Soc. publications; British Sports & Sportsmen Series & field sports, bound periodicals, angling trade catalogues, books re guns, framed sporting pictures & prints etc.; Brown, Memorabilia Curliana, 1830; old art reference & musical interest; memorial vol. of RFC interest; 1818 letter touching on Shelley; documents & ephemera incl. S.W. Scotland, & much else. On view: Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th January, 10am to 5pm & sale morning from 9am. Catalogues at www.thomsonroddick.com or on request. Online bidding & in the room. Enquiries 01228 535288 Thomson Roddick Callan Thomson Roddick Callan edinburgh@thomsonroddick.com
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