Collection of works relating to the fine arts and art history dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection includes exhibition and sale catalogues, biographies and critiques of artists, and texts on drawing, painting and sculpture.
Sin títuloCollection of books and manuscripts on alchemy and early science dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Mainly German and Latin texts, the collection includes one incunabulum dating from 1495 and one manuscript dated 1447.
Sin títuloCollection of books, mainly on literature, science and 19th century history. Also contains mechanics magazine publications.
Sin títuloCollection of works by and about members of the Buchanan family, most notably George Buchanan (1506-1582), tutor to Mary Queen of Scots and later to King James VI of Scotland. The collection includes material on Buchanan clan history and genealogy.
Sin títuloCollection of books, papers and lecture notes grouped in classes of theology, philosophy, literature and history.
Sin títuloMinutes and papers of the Town Planning Institute and other bodies; papers relating to Singapore and other Commonwealth work; papers relating to international work; papers relating to town planning education; correspondence; press cuttings; photographs; maps and plans.
Sin títuloCollection of around 500 items relating to new towns in Britain and internationally. The material mostly dates from the 1920s until the present and includes reports, town plans and planning proposals, and maps. The collection also includes archival material relating to new towns in Scotland, with particular emphasis on Livingston.
Collection of over 700 titles on naval history, with particular emphasis on the ships and naval operations of World War II. The collection, compiled by Jack Williams, also contains research files which assemble information on ships and minesweepers, including photographs, cuttings, notes and unpublished material.
The collection also includes publications by Jack Williams:
- 'They led the way: the fleet minesweepers at Normandy, June 1944' (Blackpool: 1994)
- 'The Algerines: Fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy, 1942-1961' (Blackpool: 1995)
- 'Fleet sweepers at war: fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy 1939-1945' (Blackpool: 1997)
Collection of mathematics texts from the 19th and 20th centuries, many in European languages, and including some first editions.
Sin títuloCollection of mathematics texts dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
Sin títuloCollection of books, mainly on Scottish industrial history and archaeology. Also includes some literature, notably by Sir Walter Scott and Allan Ramsay.
Sin títuloCollection of murder/mystery novels of the country house genre, including some early editions.
Sin títuloCollection of titles on psychology and various subjects.
The collection also includes serial publications:
- Mind, volume 1-12, 1876-1887
- Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, volume 7-18, 1870/71-1886/87
- Symon's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, volume 6-19, 1871-1884
The books have the monogram 'H.M.' embossed on the spines.
Sin títuloCollection of books and pamphlets, mainly on socialism and communism.
Collection, from the library of the National Council of Labour Colleges, of mainly 20th century publications on socialism. Also includes Labour Party publications, literature and history.
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