£150
8 pamphlets, 8vo, each retaining their printed wrappers, bound together in contemporary blue cloth, red leather label (‘Medical Pamphlets’) to spine. Some pamphlets a little nicked and soiled to protruding fore-edges. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership stamps of James A. Stephen to flyleaf, presentation inscription to third pamphlet: ‘J.A. Stephen from D.R.’
A sammelband of pamphlets assembled by Aberdonian doctor James Stephen, with an emphasis on folkloric material and featuring many pieces by his fellow Aberdonian doctor, the folklorist Dr. David Rorie. Although uncredited, Rorie is probably the author of the pamphlet on the songs and names of the Garioch Medical Association, a body he joined in 1905, and most likely the D.R. who has inscribed it, making it a presentation copy.
The full contents are:
1: Rorie, David. Collectanea. Stray Notes on the Folk-lore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. [extracted from:] Folk-Lore. A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, and Custom. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. September 30th, 1914. pp. 341-364. Original orange wrappers printed in black.
2: Newman, Sir George. A Century of Medicine at Padua. London: British Periodicals, Ltd. [1922]. pp. 38, [2]. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black.
3: [Rorie, David?]. The Songs and Names of The Garioch and Northern Medical Association, With Historical Notes. Printed in Celebration of The Sixtieth Annual Meeting, held at The Kintore Arms, Inverurie, Saturday 27th September, 1913. Aberdeen: For Private Circulation. The University Press, 1913. pp. 42. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black.
4: (Hay, Matthew). Recognition of Professor Matthew Hay. Presentation Ceremony in Aberdeen, January 14, 1925. Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press Ltd. 1925. pp. 36. Original pale green wrappers printed in black.
This a subscriber's copy.
5: MacNaughton, W.A. and David Rorie (eds.). The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. X, No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall, 1915. pp. [61]-92. Original sage green paper wrappers printed in black.
Includes articles on Folk-Medicine in Scots Ballad and Rhyme (by Rorie) and Medicine and Surgery in the Mabinogion.
6: MacNaughton, W.A. and David Rorie (eds.). The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. XII, No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall, 1923. pp. [65-100 + 1 plate. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black.
7: Rorie, David. The Mining Folk of Fife. Reprinted from "County Folk-lore," Vol. VII. [1914]. pp. [386-419, [1] + 2 double-sided plates. Offprint in original orange paper wrappers printed in black.
8: Mitchell, John. Jeannie Lowrie o' Laichie Toon. Aberdeen: William Smith & Son, The Bon-Accord Press, 1920. pp. 11, [1]. Original pale brown wrappers printed in dark brown.
