[Volume of letters and printed ephemera relating to a dinner held in Portobello in honour of William Bailey, first provost of Portobello, and owner of the glassworks in the town]
Seton, Robert,Bookseller,binder.StEdNL
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1848]
Manuscript inscription on first leaf: "This volume containing the signatures of the gentlemen who entertained William Bailey Esquire Provost of Portobello to dinner in Stories Hotel there on Monday the 24th day of April 1848 in order to express their respect for him in his private capacity - as chief magistrate of the burgh and for his endeavours to improve the condition of the town [ ] was presented to him on that occasion".
Included are ten letters relating to the dinner (several others apparently removed), a printed invitation and a list of toasts (commencing with 'Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen' and ending with 'The Ladies of Portobello'), and clippings from a contemporary Caledonian Mercury newspaper account that recounts the event and concludes with a reference to the this very 'rich and elegant bound album' which 'was presented to Provost Bailey by the chairman [W. A. Pringle]'.
Red calf binding by Robert Seton, Mound Edinburgh.
Bailey, William, -1859.