[Two printed pamphlets.] 'The Watt Club. Instituted 1854. Address by Thomas Knox, Esq., J.P., As President of the Watt Club, in proposing "The Memory of Watt,"' AND 'Address to the Watt Institute and School of Arts'

Author: 
Thomas Knox, Esq., J.P., President of the Watt Club; W. B. Hodgson, Esq., LL.D., Professor of Commercial and Political Economy, &c., in the University of Edinburgh [James Watt; Heriot-Watt University]
Publication details: 
ONE: 'At the Annual Dinner of the Club, held on Saturday Evening, 19th January, 1878'. [J. & T. L. Allan, Printers, 15 Grassmarket, Edinburgh.] TWO: 'At the Closing of the Ffifty-Eighth Winter Session, April 1879'. [Edinburgh: William Green, 1879.]
£220.00
SKU: 14771

Both items are scarce, with the only copies on COPAC (other than 'electronic resources') at the National Library of Scotland. ONE: 'The Watt Club. Instituted 1854. Address by Thomas Knox, Esq., J.P., As President of the Watt Club, in proposing "The Memory of Watt,"' at the Annual Dinner of the Club, held on Saturday Evening, 19th January, 1878. Reprinted by the Club from Public Reports for Distribution among the Students.' 8pp., 12mo. In grey printed wraps. Stitched. Disbound. In good condition, on aged paper, with central vertical fold line. Ownership inscription at head of cover of 'L Douglas | School of Arts | Edinr'. The address covers pp.1-7, with the final page headed 'The Watt Club' and carrying information about the club. On the inside front wrap is a list of the club's 'office-bearers', and on the inside of the back wrap are the 'Rules of the Watt Club'. TWO: 'Address to the Watt Institute and School of Arts, at the Closing of the Fifty-Eighth Winter Session, April 1879. By W. B. Hodgson, Esq. LL.D. Professor of Commercial and Political Economy, &c., in the University of Edinburgh. Printed by Desire of the Directors of the Institution.' 15pp., 12mo. Stitched. Disbound. On aged paper, with minor red and black ink staining to title-page and central vertical fold.