8vo. Manuscript on paper. [125] leaves. Approximately half of the leaves used. Recent black morocco-backed black cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Recent armorial bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to FEP, initial and terminal leaves laid-down, significant loss to two leaves - with loss of text and sense in both instances, occasional chipping to margins, some light creasing/dust-soiling, occasional penny postage and inland revenue stamps pasted-in.

The manuscript cash book for the Orkney-based Schooner Margaret Traill between 1882 and 1888. The sporadic entries, recorded in several hands, include tallies of ships stores, seaman's wages, and payments made for repairs.

John Davie Manson Robertson (1929-2015), bibliophile who amassed an extensive library of books relating to Orcadian history and heritage.