MacDonald, Norman H. The Clan Ranald of Garmoran. A History of the MacDonalds of Clanranald
Edinburgh: Norman H. MacDonald, 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 978-0-9502210-3 510pp. numerous illustrations. With a foreword by Ranald MacDonald of Clanranald the Captain of Clanranald. (Book ref. 000588) £30.00
Lee, Maurice, Jr. The Heiresses of Buccleuch : Marriage, Money and Politics in Seventeenth-Century Britain
East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 1996. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1898410496 xv, 143pp., a few illustrations. (Book ref. 000564) £7.00
Lowrey, John. Edited By Archictectural Heritage V. The Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0748607064 (vi), 136pp. numerous illustrations. This volumes spans four hundred years of Scottish architecture. The miscellany of scholarly articles covers the country house and includes works on Lennox Castle and Gribloch House, urban design, exploring James Craig's Edinburgh New Town design and William Hastie's Moscow projects as well as articles on council housing both in Stirling and Edinburgh. (Book ref. 000563) £15.00
Bailey, Rebecca W. Edited By. Architectural Heritage XIV. The Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. First Soft cover Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1350-7524 (v), 162pp., numerous illustrations. Contributors to this volume include Norma Aldred, Neil Gregory, Caroline Owen and David W. Walker. (Book ref. 000562) £15.00
Woollcombe, Robert Lion Rampant. The 15th Scottish Division - Normandy to the Elbe
London: Leo Cooper, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0850520355 223pp. (Book ref. 000555) £8.00
Daiches, David Literature and Gentility in Scotland. The Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto 1980
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 085224438x (vii), 114pp. (Book ref. 000552) £6.00
Stevenson, Professor W. B. Sundials of Six Scottish Counties Near Glasgow
The Glasgow Archaeological Society, 1940. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall iv, pp.228-286. Reprinted from the transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society volume IX part IV. numerous illustrations. Author's presentation inscription dated 1940 to endpaper. (Book ref. 000544) £25.00
National Library of Scotland Notable Accessions Since 1925 a Book of Illustrations
. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Contains many illustrations. This is one of two books designed to celebrate 40 years of the National Library of Scotland the companion volume covering the earlier Advocates Library. (Book ref. 000542) £8.00
Turnbull, Jill The Scottish Glass Industry 1610-1750
Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2001. First Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0903903180 Laminated Pictorial Boards xx, 313pp., 1pp. publisher's list. A number of colour illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations within text. Despite glassmaking being one of the earliest manufacturing Industries set up in Scotland little information has been published about it. Includes chapters on the techniques of glassmaking and levels of Scottish glass consumption, the individual histories of all the main glasshouses and the products which they produced. This is number 18 in The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series. (Book ref. 000540) £30.00
Escott, Harry A History of Scottish Congregationalism
Glasgow: The Congregational Union of Scotland, 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xv, 400pp. A very good clean copy. (Book ref. 000514) £12.00
Patton, Brian Scottish Coastal Steamers 1918-1975. 'The Lines That Linked the lochs'
Peterborough: Silver Link Publishing Ltd., 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 1857940563 128pp., many photographs. A volume in the Publisher's Maritime Heritage series. (Book ref. 000513) £8.00
Brown, P. Hume, Edited By Scotland Before 1700 from Contemporary Documents
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xx, 368pp., 22pp. advts. With three maps (one folding). Some staining to upper board and to a lesser extent to spine otherwise a good copy. In his introduction Hume Brown descibes this volume as the natural sequel to to his earlier volume "Early travellers in Scotland". Includes chapters on John Major, Hector Boece, Bishop Leslie and George Buchanan as well as many others. (Book ref. 000164) £25.00
Hustwick, Ian The Peggy & Isabella. The Story of an Eighteenth Century Orkney Sloop
Aberdeen: The Altmachar Press, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0952921103 87pp., numerous illustrations including a number of original documents reproduced in the text. Just a little slight creasing to upper cover. (Book ref. 000510) £8.00
Boyle, Anne Dickson, Colin McEwan, Alasdair and MacLean, Colin Ruins and Remains Edinburgh's Neglected Heritage. A Commentary on Edinburgh's Graveyards and Cemeteries
Edinburgh: Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall (viii), 143pp. many plans, photographs and illustrations. (Book ref. 000508) £12.00
Borthwick, Lt.-Col Alex Orders, Regulations, and Instructions Framed and Issued for the Government of the Peeblesshire County Constabulary Under the Act 20 and 21 Vict., Cap. 72, and Secretary for Scotland's Rules Dated August, 1892
. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 113pp., some creasing to cloth at spine and hinges. Gilt title to upper board. (Book ref. 000507) £35.00
Groundwater, Henrietta Memories of an Orkney Family
Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1967. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 42pp. Frontispiece and a number of small vignettes within text. With a Foreword by Ernest Marwick who also prepared the work for publication from a manusript-book given to him by Miss Groundwater after having visited her on a number of occasions. A scarce book. (Book ref. 000506) £20.00
Skea, Bessie Melons and Icicles. A Book of Orkney Memories
Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 62pp., a few small vignettes within text. A little fading to lower cover but overall a very good copy. (Book ref. 000505) £20.00
Gordon, Rev. T. Crouther Early Flying in Orkney Seaplanes in World War I
Orkney: BBC Radio Orkney, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0951044907 25pp., 2 maps and a number of photographs. Just one short inscription to front free endpaper otherwise a very good copy. This volume is written from the logbook and private day-to-diary of Dr. T. Crouther Gordon who served as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War from 1917 to 1919. (Book ref. 000504) £10.00
Calder, James T. Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness from the Tenth Century. With Historical Notes By Thomas Sinclair.
Wick: Caithness Reprints, 1973. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xxiv, 368pp., folding map and pedigree and a few illustrations. This is a reprint of the second edition of 1887. A very good clean copy. (Book ref. 000501) £18.00
Stewart, Donald C. And Thompson, J. Charles. Edited By James Scarlett Scotland's Forged Tartans. An Analytical Study Of the Vestiarium Scoticum
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0904505677 157pp., a few plates. A very good clean copy. (Book ref. 000500) £15.00