Mystical Scotland
House of Lochar, June 1994. Trade Paperback.
Scotland and Wales
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The Highland Clearances
Birlinn Ltd, March 2008. Trade Paperback. The standard image of the Highland Clearances is of brutal eviction, of burning, starvation and barren wastes. This new book tracks the origins of the Clearances from the 18th century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1890s.
A Scottish Childhood: 70 Famous Scots Remember (v. 1)
Harpercollins Pub Ltd, August 1999. Trade Paperback.
A Scottish Childhood Volume II: Over 70 Famous Scots Remember
HarperCollins UK, March 1998. Trade Paperback. A selection of over 70 well-known Scots - ranging from Joe Beltrani to Nicholas Parsons - have donated personal pieces which relate tales drawn from all over Scotland and cover a span of some 80 years.
The Scottish Chiefs (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
Scribners, September 1991. Hardcover. For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Atheneum Books.....
The origin and signification of Scottish Surnames
Avenel, 1972. Trade Paperback.
Scotland's Black Death: The Foul Death of the English
Tempus, December 2003. Hardcover. During the early months of 1349, Scottish soldiers engaged in border warfare praised God that many of their English opponents were being felled by a new and terrifying affliction. Within months, however, Scots themselves began to fall victim to what they had described as "the foul.....
An Anthology of Orkney Verse
The Kirkwall Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 107 pages. Contributors include David Balfour, Eric Linklater, Edwin Muir, John Masefield, etc. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Short tears at top of jacket; front upper right corner of boards with a good-sized bump.....
Cruisie Sketches: Studies of Life in a Forfarshire Village
D. Wyllie & Son, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. 'The sketches forming this volume are drawn from various series of Sketches in Scottish Life which have appeared during the last few years in The People's Friend'--prefatory n First edition (first printing). Spine and top edge of the cover is.....
William Dunbar, 1460-1520: A study in the poetry and history of Scotland
Printed for private circulation by William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. cclxxiii, plus three facsimiles, two folding. A very scarce biography of the important Scottish makar, or bard, along with a literary analysis of Dunbar's work. First edition (first printing). A very good copy. Light surface scuffing to.....
The Bards of Bon-Accord 1375-1860
J. & J. P. Edmond & Spark, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 673 pages. A landmark book on poetry and poets of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. First edition (first printing, no other printings noted). Very good copy in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Scarce.
Longer Scottish Poems, Volume Two: 1650-1830
Scottish Academic Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 402 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
New Testament in Scots
Penguin UK, January 1985. Trade Paperback.
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The Confessional, and Other Poems [bound with] The Leaderside Legends [bound with] The Wooden Sword [bound with] Days and Nights with Drolls
T. F. Brockie, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. 250, v; 48; 16; and 16 pages. Four books by Brockie bound in a single volume. The first two are poetry, the third is a short story, and the fourth is a collection of short humorous pieces. An interesting sammelband of the Scottish.....
Nugae Canorae Medicae
Edmonston and Douglas, January 1873. Hardcover.
East Sutherland Gaelic: The Dialect of the Brora, Golspie and Embo Fishing Communities
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 220 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, possibly as issued.
The Clans of the Scottish Highlands: The Costumes of the Clans
Knopf, January 1980. Hardcover.
On the Depressed State of Agriculture
Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. 'The essay for which the Highland Society of Scotland, at their general meeting on 1st July 1822, voted a piece of plate of fifty guineas value.' - from the title page. Very good copy with new boards and endpapers, library.....
Bibliotheca Scotia: A Catalogue of Books Relating to Scotland (Catalogue No. 8)
John Smith & Son Ltd., 1926. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 344 pages. 4483 items are listed for sale. Catalogue includes 16 portraits. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Canny Tales Fae Aberdeen
Valentine & Sons Ltd., 1929. Trade Paperback.
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