A history of the Scottish people from the earliest times. /
Thomson, Thomas,1798-1869.
Annandale, Charles,1843-1915.
Edinburgh City Libraries.Reference Department,former owner.StEdNL
[London ; Glasgow ; Edinburgh ; Dublin] : Blackie & Son, Limited, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin,
1896.-[1898].
Introduction by Charles Annandale.
issued in parts to subscribers by Blackie & Son, through its subsidiary company, the Gresham Publishing Co., which was founded in 1898. Blackie & Son had started subscription selling in the late 1870s; the Gresham Publishing Co was formed in order to take over the subscription trade of the firm and also to introduce the publication of scientific and technical books. Volumes were usually issued at intervals of 3 months and were paid for on delivery.
Vols 1-2 are continuously paginated, as are vols 3-4 and vols 5-6.
Vol. 1 has "1896" in the imprint but the other volumes are undated.
With prospectuses for the Gresham Publishing Co. and Blackie & Son bound into the volumes.
With illustrations by Walter Paget, Alfred Pearse, Herbert James Draper, Stanley Llewellyn Wood and William Henry Margetson.
With index in volume 6.
V. 1. Earliest times to the death of Robert Bruce, 1329 -- v. 2. From death of Robert Bruce, 1329, till death of James V, 1542 -- v. 3. From death of James V, 1542, till death of Regent Moray, 1570 -- v. 4. From the accession of James VI, 1570, till his death, 1625 --v. 5. From the accession of Charles I, 1625 to the Union of Kingdoms, 1706 -- v. 6. From the Union of the Kingdoms, 1706, to the present time.
From the reference stock of Edinburgh City Libraries.
England London.
Scotland Glasgow.