Books on Ayrshire (Scotland): history, traditions, families (19th c)

Description: Lot of three books on Ayrshire: Ayrshire Nights' Entertainments: A Descriptive Guide to the History, Tradition, Antiquities, &c. of the County of Ayr. by John MacintoshDunlop & Drennan (1894)Hardcover, 400pp.Condition Notes: Fair. Tooled blue boards clean, front and spine titles bright; light corner wear. PO name, PO bookplate on fep; ffep absent (tp is first page), Pages clean and unmarked; foxing to upper margin of last few index pages at rear, smudging to tp. Binding cocked, inner hinges cracked, repaired with tape. Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshireby William Robertson Hamilton, Admas / Thomas D. Morison (1889)Hardcover, 357pp.Condition Notes: Good. A few scattered spots to green boards; light bumping and wear to corners and spine ends; gilt spine titles bright. Pages and page edges clean, no foxing; old tape repair at top and bottom edges of p. 246; two pages have dogear creases. PO name on fep, bookplate on ffep, toning to free endpapers. Hinges cracked History Of The County Of Ayr, With A Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire by James Paterson(John Dick, 1847)Hardcover, aeg, 463pp.Condition Notes: Acceptable. Tooled green boards lightly spotted, shelfworn; spine faded and discolored, large (4cm) tear and fraying at spine top; corner bumping. Smudging and light soiling to endpapers; small bindery sticker on fep. Pages clean and unmarked; scattered spots of foxing to tp, first few, and last few pages; one spot of foxing to ~eight additional pages. Gilt page edges bright. Front hinge cracked, sewn binding shaky. L3/4

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