"The History of Scotland" by James Browne

[SteveB]

Brian,
The Saint Andrews Presbyterian College has the eight volume set in excellent condition at the Scottish Heritage Center. I do not know if Matt has the set or not.

JSFMACLJR,
If you need to sell the set for revenue, I would be interested, and would see it off to a library that wants it after my Spouse and I read it. Or maybe an X-marks book tour of interested kilties.

Slainte

[WClarkB]

I have in my possession the eight volume set, The History of Scotland, Its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, written by James Browne, LL.D. It was published by Francis A Niccolls & Co. in 1908. Furthermore, it is the "Aberdeen Edition" of 1000 numbered and registered copies.

I am clearing out space in my library and am curious if anyone here knows anything about the value of these books, or might like to make me any offer. The set is in near-perfect condition.

How about some pics?

[WClarkB]

Getting a book on loan from a library is like wearing a rented kilt.

[macwilkin]

Getting a book on loan from a library is like wearing a rented kilt.

I beg your pardon, sir. I am a librarian as well as a history instructor, and I am very proud of the services libraries provide to the public, so I find your comments somewhat disturbing to say the least.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

-- Andrew Carnegie (born in Dunfermline)

I can't tell you how many times I have been able to locate and use a resource that would otherwise by unaccessible thanks to a library.


Todd

[WClarkB]

Getting a book on loan from a library is like wearing a rented kilt.

I beg your pardon, sir. I am a librarian as well as a history instructor, and I am very proud of the services libraries provide to the public, so I find your comments somewhat disturbing to say the least.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

-- Andrew Carnegie (born in Dunfermline)

I can't tell you how many times I have been able to locate and use a resource that would otherwise by unaccessible thanks to a library.


Todd

Then Todd, you have looked for insult where none was meant nor expressed. It was meant and said in the way it was said and meant. The pride of ownership of a book to me is just as much a personal pleasure as I would find with the ownership of an article of clothing tailored to me. The book is NOT just the information within the covers no more than the kilt is a covering for my bum.

To blow this out of proportion as you have is neither justified nor constructive. I stand by my statement and cherish my ratty looking library card quite as much as any bibliophile.

Walter

[macwilkin]

Then Todd, you have looked for insult where none was meant nor expressed. It was meant and said in the way it was said and meant. The pride of ownership of a book to me is just as much a personal pleasure as I would find with the ownership of an article of clothing tailored to me. The book is NOT just the information within the covers no more than the kilt is a covering for my bum.

To blow this out of proportion as you have is neither justified nor constructive. I stand by my statement and cherish my ratty looking library card quite as much as any bibliophile.

Walter

Perhaps if you had used a or a :mrgreen:, it might have helped translate the meaning behind your words just a wee bit better. As a fellow bibliophile myself, I certainly appreciate what you say regarding the beauty of a book. If I misunderstood you, then I apologize.

T.

[WClarkB]

Perhaps if you had used a or a :mrgreen:, it might have helped translate the meaning behind your words just a wee bit better. As a fellow bibliophile myself, I certainly appreciate what you say regarding the beauty of a book. If I misunderstood you, then I apologize.

T.

"But words are words; I never yet did hear
That the bruised heart was pierced through the ear"

The Tragedy of Othello
Wm Shakespeare

[Bugbear]

Ya, what Todd said.

[David Thornton]

Not just piling on, but I am compelled to add. I love to read, always have and I can still vividly remember waiting (impatiently) for the library's bookmobile as a grade schooler. I am and have been a regular customer at the library ever since, as are all of my children. I have a collection of books, more than I can read, but I still rely on the library for a lot of books that I hear about, or on topics I wish to read up on. Not books I want to own, but defiantly ones I want to read.

And while I think a pass around sounds fabulous, I am hard pressed to think it would work.

David

[macwilkin]

Not just piling on, but I am compelled to add. I love to read, always have and I can still vividly remember waiting (impatiently) for the library's bookmobile as a grade schooler. I am and have been a regular customer at the library ever since, as are all of my children. I have a collection of books, more than I can read, but I still rely on the library for a lot of books that I hear about, or on topics I wish to read up on. Not books I want to own, but defiantly ones I want to read.

And while I think a pass around sounds fabulous, I am hard pressed to think it would work.

David

Exactly, David! I've been known to request a book on interlibrary loan just to see if I want to purchase it.

T.