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''Falkirk. A History''.
Birlinn Limited (Edinburgh) 2006. xiv + 322pp; 95 illustrations. Soft covers. Fine. (Book ref. 4485) £10.00
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A History of Falkirk
Falkirk Town Council, 1975. First Edition. A very good copy in a poor dustwrapper. 152pp. Illustrated. (Book ref. 6878) £10.00
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A History of Falkirk
Falkirk Town Council, 1975. First Edition. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 152pp. Illustrated. Published by the town council to mark its own demise. (Book ref. 5303) £15.00
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Falkirk Archaeological and Natural History Society Proceedings 1946-49 Volume 4
Falkirk, , . Hardback, 8vo maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, , 107pp. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +++/Good. Tight and solid. Some foxing to top of block. Dustwrapper has some shelfwear along top, and loss at bottom right front. Covers have become a little discoloured over years. Undated, but likely 1949 or 1950, this is a collection of six illustrated archaeological papers Catalogue: Archaeology. Keywords: Falkirk, archaeology, Rankine (Book ref. 3939) £8.00
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AN ACT for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from the Lothian Road near the City of Edinburgh, to join the Forth and Clyde Navigation near Falkirk....
1817. 62pp, disbound, including 1p schedule. Act of Parliament. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include SCOTLAND [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK29-2308) £20.00
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A History of Falkirk
Falkirk: Falkirk Town Council, 1984. Reprint. Pictorial Card Covers. Near Fine. 152 pp, illustrated by b/w photographs, drawings and battle plans; list of sources, index. This is a very nice, clean copy, free of inscriptions, handwritten annotations ad other marks. (Book ref. 008422) £8.00
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Workshop of the British Empire: Engineering and Shipbuilding in the West of Scotland
Fairleigh Dickinson, 1977 4to, 192pp. Text illustrated with numerous photos and some line drawings. Hardback with DJ. Near fine copy. Describes the general development of heavy industry in the W of Scotland with a particular emphasis on the firms Andrew Barclay & Co, Fairfield and John Brown Shipbuilding Co. Written for the American market. (Book ref. RHB7942) £25.00
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The Social Significance of Church Membership in the Burgh of Falkirk
Edinburgh: Church of Scotland, 1973. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ex-Library Sociological study of religious membersehip in Falkirk, carried out from May 1968 to October 1971. (Book ref. 002980) £4.50
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Old Falkirk
UK: Stenlake Publishing, 2005. Soft Cover. Mint. 1872074642 New, unread Softcover. Not ex. library. 56 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs. A pictorial history of Falkirk. Contents clean, tight and bright. A donation from the sale of this book, has been made to an Orphanage in Uganda. (Book ref. 15989) £7.50
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The Scottish Sketches of R B Cunninghame Graham
Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1982 First edition. Brown cloth, gilt, bibliography, glossary Pagination: xii, 204. Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham has gained a reputation in so many fields, as traveller, radical politician, adventurer, horseman, humanitarian laird, that the many-sided personality has overshadowed the achievement of Graham the writer. Graham tended to play down his own literary skills, whilst praising and helping contemporaries such as Conrad, Hudson and Tschiffely. As a result, the reputation of the man has survived and grown, but his writings, especially his Scottish sketches, have tended to sink into obscurity.<P>There is no doubt that, along with his Argentine writings, Graham’s Scottish sketches are of the first rank, as his compatriots and admirers, including Hugh MacDiarmid, Frederick Niven, Compton Mackenzie and William Power, recognised.<P>In this volume Professor Walker has collected, selected and edited the best of Graham’s Scottish writings and arranged them into six mutually illuminating categories according to theme and topic. Apart from demonstrating something of Graham’s evolution as a writer, this division gives shape and unity to what were originally thirty-four separate pieces, written over a period of forty years (1896-1936).<P>The critical introduction, editor’s foreword and prefaces, the footnotes, bibliography and glossary all enhance Graham’s pithy, sardonic and sentimental comments on the Scottish character and scene, and help to make this collection a valuable contribution to Scottish life and letters. Contents: Landscapes and places (Pollybaglan; Mist in Menteith; Snow in Menteith; Lochan Falloch; The Craw Road; The Grey Kirk; The Laroch; Tobar na Reil; Inch Cailleach); The Scottish character (A Vigia; Salvagia; A survival; Euphrasia); Scenes and situations (A braw day; Falkirk tryst; At Dalmary; Fidelity; With the north-east wind); Types and figures (Heather Jock; Miss Christian Jean; The Beggar Earl; A fisherman; A traveller; A retainer); The Scots abroad (A Pakeha; M’Kechnie v Scaramanga; A convert; Christie Christison); Scottish stories (Beattock for Moffat; Ha Til Mi Tuliadh; Caisteal-na-Sithan; At the Ward Toll; A Princess; Brought Forward). Book: head bumped, endpapers sl yellowed, VG, Jacket: unclipped, slight edge creasing, VG (Book ref. 2686) £16.00
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Charles Edward Stuart, The Life and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie
London: Thames & Hudson, 1973 First edition. Burgundy cloth, gilt titling, map endpapers, 31 ills, index, bibliography Pagination: 335. Contents: From Stuart to Jacobite; Glencoe and Darien; Farewell, thou ancient kingdom; Jamie the Rover; Early years; An end of waiting; Tearlach Mac Sheumais; From Perth to Edinburgh; Victory; Into England; The retreat from Derby; The Battle of Falkirk; Culloden; The fugitive prince; Exits and entrances; King Charles III; The end of the story. Book: tail of spine sl bumped, VG+, Jacket: inner flaps partly slightly browned, light edge creasing, VG (Book ref. 2503) £16.00
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Scottish and Border Battles and Ballads
London: Seeley Service and Co, 1975 First edition. Green cloth, gilt, bibliography, index Pagination: 300. There are hundreds of weighty tomes in which can be found every version of every Scottish ballad ever sung, said or written down. In this book Michael Brander has, for the first time, selected a number of the better-known and placed them in their historical setting.<P>Each ballad is introduced by an account of the events which led to its composition and accompanied by a map off the battle where appropriate. There then follow the words of the ballad and the tune or tunes to which it is sung, arranged by Jimmie Macgregor. To aid the unenlightened Sassenach, those words which are only used north of the border have been translated.<P>It is hoped that in this way the ballads themselves may become more meaningful to more people and that those who live or travel in Scotland will find the book of use when visiting the battlefields which gave birth to so many of the ballads.<P>A record of the ballads in this book, sung by Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor, will shortly be appearing. Contents: Largs; Bannockburn; Otterburn; Harlaw; William Dunbar; Flodden Field; Johnnie Armstrong; Elliot of Larriston: Musselburgh Field; Corichie; Raid of the Reidswire; Bonny Earl of Murray; Parcy Reed; Kinmont Willie: Jock o’ the Side; Bonny John Seton: Bonnie House o’ Airlie; Alford; Kilsyth: Philiphaugh; Montrose; Dunbar: Rullion Green; Loudon Hill: Bothwell Bridge; Killiecrankie: Haughs o’ Cromdale; Sheriffmuir; Prestonpans; Falkirk: Culloden; Ballads; Appendix: The battlefields; Bibliography; Index. Book: exlib [ffep removed, label remnants/paper thinning to pastedown, tape marks to pastedowns, stamp to title page/last leaf], extremities bumped, VG-, Jacket: unclipped, shelfmark to spine, codes to rear flap, in protective sleeve, VG (Book ref. 2390) £14.00
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Annals of Erskine, Erskine Church, Falkirk 1737-1987
[Falkirk]: , [1987] First edition. Laminated boards as issued Pagination: 142. A scarce history published to mark the 250th anniversary of the Erskine Church in Falkirk.. Book: front board sl marked [likely cleanable due to laminate], head/tail bumped, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2269) £13.00
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Charles Edward Stuart, The Life and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie
London: Thames & Hudson, 1973 First edition. Burgundy cloth, gilt titling, map endpapers, 31 ills, index, bibliography Pagination: 335. Contents: From Stuart to Jacobite; Glencoe and Darien; Farewell, thou ancient kingdom; Jamie the Rover; Early years; An end of waiting; Tearlach Mac Sheumais; From Perth to Edinburgh; Victory; Into England; The retreat from Derby; The Battle of Falkirk; Culloden; The fugitive prince; Exits and entrances; King Charles III; The end of the story. Book: bright, tight and clean, VG+, Jacket: clipped, v slight edge wear, VG (Book ref. 2129) £16.00
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A Regional Survey for Central and South-East Scotland
Edinburgh: Central and South-East Scotland Regional Planning, [1948] First edition. Grey cloth folio [app 34x23 cm], 54 plates [many foldout], 24 diagrams, 13 tables, 10 other ills, index Pagination: xiv, 180. Contents: The geographical setting; The historical background (Introduction; The royal burghs; War and dissension 1296-1745; Economic changes; The industrial revolution; Modern industrial trends); Population trends (Introduction; The effects of migration on total population; Secondary effects of migration); The land (Agricultural revolution; Land types; Farming types; Forestry; Unreclaimed and derelict areas; Agricultural population and employment ratios); Past trends and future plans (Industrial areas; Rural areas; Conclusion); The existing and future main road patterns (The Forth Road Bridge; Edinburgh and the Lothians; Stirling and Clackmannan; Fife and Kinross; The Tweed Basin); Traffic and transport problems (Ribbon building; Public transport in rural areas; Ports and railways; Airfields); Physical features; The coalfields (Introduction; Future policy; Output and manpower; Planning problems in mining areas; Industry in relation to mining development; Subsidence in relation to land use; Expanding and declining mining districts; Areas of declining coal production; Areas of expanding coal production; Town ‘Constellations’); The city of Edinburgh; The Falkirk district (General setting; Existing towns and villages; The problem of ribbon development; Population; Industry and employment; Proposals(; Rural redevelopment (The Slamannan plateau; The Vale of Menteith; The Carselands below Stirling; The Devon valley; Subsidence; Pollution); Tweed Basin general survey (Regional definition; Land form; The sub-regions; Population; Effects of decline); Planning and development (Regional grouping; Physical reconstruction; Economic and social reconstruction); Special studies (Lauderdale; Coldingham Moor; Eyemouth; Teviothead); Recreation and amenity (Use of land; Recreation by the sea; Plains and wide vales; Moors and uplands; Mountain and glen; Tradition in building; Conclusion); A reconnaissance soil survey (Geology and soil parent materials; The soil groups and their distribution; Summary; Parts of West Lothian and Midlothian); Scottish mining communities; Employment structure of the region. Book: extremities bumped and a little rubbed, boards sl browned to edges, prelims a little foxed, a little shaken, corner turned on first few leaves, VG, Jacket: chipped, worn, torn, dusty, significant loss, Fair (Book ref. 1857) £59.00
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Charles Edward Stuart, The Life and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie
London: Thames & Hudson, 1973 First edition. Burgundy cloth, gilt titling, map endpapers, 31 ills, index, bibliography Pagination: 335. Contents: From Stuart to Jacobite; Glencoe and Darien; Farewell, thou ancient kingdom; Jamie the Rover; Early years; An end of waiting; Tearlach Mac Sheumais; From Perth to Edinburgh; Victory; Into England; The retreat from Derby; The Battle of Falkirk; Culloden; The fugitive prince; Exits and entrances; King Charles III; The end of the story. Book: head/tail sl bumped, two thin strips of browning to ffep, upper edge dusty, VG, Jacket: upper edge a little rubbed, other extremities sl rubbed, rear cover dusty, VG- (Book ref. 1813) £16.00
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To Labour All Our Lives. Old Photographs of Working Life in the Falkirk Area.
Falkirk Council 1997 Oblong 8vo. Pict. Card Covers 1st Edn. Illus. 41 pp. V.g. (Book ref. 31430) £6.00
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Target: Falkirk. Falkirk District in the Second World War.
Falkirk: Council Library Services, 2001 8vo Card Covers 1st. Edn. Illus. 70 pp. V.g. (Book ref. 31579) £8.00
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The Social Significance of Church Membership in the Burgh of Falkirk.
Edinburgh: Church of Scotland, 1973 8vo Card Covers 1st Edn. Covers creased & dusty; head of backstrip pulled. (Book ref. 9056) £7.00
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Falkirk's Yesterdays.
Falkirk:Falkirk District Council 1986.2nd.revised edn. Oblong 8vo.card covers. Photographs and text. 59 pp. Some marks on covers. (Book ref. 9470) £8.00
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