Sir James D. Marwick; Robert Renwick — Early Glasgow

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1911. First edition. Leather. A striking limited edition volume exploring the history of Glasgow, an illustrated work signed by the publisher. A limited edition, this being one of sixty copies made on handmade paper, signed by the publisher to the verso of the half-title. This copy is number ten.This volume offers a history of Glasgow from the earliest traces of the city up to the year 1611, by one of the leading historians of the city, James David Marwick.Marwick was the Town Clerk of Glasgow for thirty-one years, during which time the entire city was greatly transformed.Illustrated with two folding maps, and thirty-two plates. Collated, complete.Edited by Robert Renwick. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is faded with a few light marks. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .