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The Queen's Scotland: Glasgow, Kyle and Galloway
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 First edition. Blue cloth, map endpapers, 109 two-tone photos Pagination: 393. One of the popular Queen's/King's Scotland series, this book tells the stories and shows the pictures of all the places of interest in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. With 109 two-tone photos. Contents: Places illustrated: Ailsa Craig; Alloway; Anwoth; Ardrossan; Ayr; Ballantrae; Balmaclellan; Biggar; Blantyre; Bothwell; Cardoness Castle; Carsphairn; Castle Douglas; Castle Kennedy; Colmonell; Creetown; Culzean; Dailly; Dalbeattie; Dundrennan; Dunure; Fenwick; Gatehouse of Fleet; Girvan; Glasgow; Glenluce; Gourock; Greenock; Irvine; Isle of Whithorn; Ken Bridge; Kilbarchan; Kilbirnie; Kilmaurs; Kirkandrews; Kirkbean; Kirkcowan; Kirkcudbright; Lanark; Largs; Laurieston; Leadhills; Lincluden Abbey; Loch Doon; Loudoun Castle; Maybole Castle; Minnoch Bridge; Motherwell; Mull of Galloway; Newbigging Cross; New Galloway; Newton Stewart; Paisley; Port Glasgow; Port Patrick; Prestwick; Rutherglen; Saltcoats; Stevenston; Stranraer; Strathaven; Sweetheart Abbey; Symington, Ayrshire; Threave Castle; Tinto; Wemyss Bay; Whithorn; Wigtown. Book: extremities lightly bumped, VG+, Jacket: clipped, upper edge worn with several tears, creasing and a little loss, spine sunned, a little dusty, extremities rubbed, VG- (Book ref. 3080) £14.00
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The River Clyde and the Clyde Burghs, The City of Glasgow and its old Relations with Rutherglen, Renfrew, Paisley, Dumbarton, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Rothesay and Irvine
Glasgow: Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1909 First edition. Terracotta cloth quarto, gilt, index Pagination: x, 254. Uncommon title, 'an attempt … to present some outlines of the developments of the River Clyde'. Book: spine a little darkened, extremities bumped, boards a little scratched and a little marked, pages untrimmed, prelims sl foxed, pencil owner signature, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2970) £55.00
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Sandstone to Suburbia, A History of Giffnock
Giffnock: Eastwood District Libraries, 1988 First edition. Paperback, bw photos, bibliography, index Pagination: 34. Excellent history of Giffnock in Renfrewshire, one of a series of local histories produced by Eastwood District Libraries.. Book: covers a little dusty, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2931) £7.00
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A Planned Village, A History of Eaglesham
Giffnock: Eastwood District Libraries, 1988 First edition. Paperback, bw photos, bibliography, index Pagination: 45. Excellent history of Eaglesham in Renfrewshire, one of a series of local histories produced by Eastwood District Libraries.. Book: covers sl dusty, corners of covers lightly bumped, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2930) £7.00
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Calico, Cotton and Character, A History of Busby
Giffnock: Eastwood District Libraries, 1988 First edition. Paperback, bw photos, bibliography, index Pagination: 38. Excellent history of Busby in Renfrewshire, one of a series of local histories produced by Eastwood District Libraries.. Book: covers sl dusty, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2929) £7.00
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Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. With an Abstract of the Proceedings, and the Premiums Offered by the Society in 1887. Fourth Series. Vol. XIX;
Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1887; 1st edition. Hardback. Good + condition. Pp iv, 394, 64, 86, 55, 41, iii includes appendices & Index. Royal blue slightly marked covers with gilt motif on the front, gilt title on spine. Fascinating insight into Victorian Scotland. Contents include: Agriculture of Renfrew, West Coast Fisheries Investigation, Dunkeld Larches and much more. (Book ref. 18263) £28.00
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The Diary and General Expenditure Book of William Cunningham of Craigends Commissioner to the Convention of Estates and Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire Kept Chiefly from 1673 to 1680
Edinburgh: T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, 1887. First Edition. Hardback. In the original dark blue boards which are damp-faded especially on the spine. Internally very good and unopened. Pp.xliv,150. (Book ref. 15155) £15.00
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Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire
Paisley: J & J Cook, 1876. First Edition. A fair copy in green cloth showing some wear at the spine ends. Some wear and chipping to the paper title piece. Ownership stamp. Stitching starting to go. 358 pages. 6 facsimiles of old documents. The selections are "illustrative of the administration of the laws of the county and manners and condition of the inhabitants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries". Introductory and explanatory Notes. (Book ref. 10539) £20.00
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History of Renfrew
Town Council of Renfrew. First Edition. Nd. c. 1971. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper. 219pp. 30 illustrations. (Book ref. 7852) £18.00
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History of Renfrew
Town Council of Renfrew. First Edition. Nd. c. 1972. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. 219pp. 30 illustrations. Faint damp mark at the top edge of some pages. (Book ref. 6184) £15.00
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British prehistory. A new outline.
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1980. 3rd imp. Good+ grey p/b with black illus & white lettering. 14cms x 21.75cms, xiv+348pp. 42 b/w figures. Preface, 6 chaps, bib & notes, index. Dusty page edges; small inscrip 1st page; o/w clean, unmarked copy. Weight 367g. 0715606719. (Book ref. 2495) £4.50
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Scotland. Old Strathclyde. Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, Ayrshire, Buteshire, Dumfries-shire, kirkcudbrightshire, Wigtonshire. (Hutchinson's Pocket Guides No. 9.).
London: Hutchinson, 1939. 1st. Edn. Paperback. 144pp. With 14 black & white illustrations from photographs and drawings. Folding map to rear. In the original lettered cartographic card covers. Slight browning to the outer edges of the margins. The map has been slightly mis-folded but is clean and free from tears. A very good plus copy. No wrapper. (Book ref. 6251) £7.00
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ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet X (Late Renfrew 13 N.E).
Revision of 1940. Scale 6" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 18", plus margins. Contours in red. Covers Rutherglen, King's Park, Cathkin Quarry. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include SCOTLAND [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK29-2313) £14.00
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''The Poetical Works of William Motherwell. With a Memoir''.
Alexander Gardner (Paisley) 1881. New edition with large additions. xiii + 48-page memoir + 269pp; frontispiece. Red cloth faded and slightly marked at spine, otherwise VG. [Motherwell, who also wrote poetry under the name 'Isaac Brown' was born in Glasgow in 1797. He died in 1835]. (Book ref. 5073) £20.00
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Glasgow's Airport
Holmes McDougall Ltd, 1990 Large 8vo, 128pp, illustrated with photos. Paperback - small dogear on rear cover, otherwise Very good / Fine. History of Glasgow's two airports at Renfrew and Abbotsinch. (Book ref. RHB7894) £17.00
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Sword in the Sky.
Godalming: P.V. Clegg, 1990. 4to, 128pp, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations and tables, paperback. A near fine, apparently unread, copy. Reminiscences of the Midland and Scottish Air Ferries, Renfrew Aerodrome, Ayrshire Bus Operator and John Cuthill Sword. (Book ref. RHB5151) £15.00
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General View Of The Agriculture Of Renfrewshire with observations on the means of its improvement and an account of its commerce and manufactures. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board Of Agriculture, And Internal Improvement.
1812, Paisley. 8vo, 368pp, large tinted folding map, folding plate, folding table, and diagram. Later 1/4 leather binding with gold lettering, paper-covered boards, VG+. All aspects of agriculture and industry and other economic activity in Renfrewshire, a mine of useful, interesting and intriguing detail of daily life in early 19th century lowland Scotland. (Book ref. RHB0855) £125.00
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The Harp of Renfrewshire Second Series A collection of songs & other poetical Pieces (many of which are original) accompanied with notes,explanatory,critical,and Biographical
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1873. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. v 494 viii;some uncut, in orig clth with paper labels a bit dusty (Book ref. 14282) £20.00
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The Queen's Scotland: Glasgow, Kyle and Galloway
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 First edition. Blue cloth, map endpapers, 109 two-tone photos Pagination: 393. One of the popular Queen's/King's Scotland series, this book tells the stories and shows the pictures of all the places of interest in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. With 109 two-tone photos. Contents: Places illustrated: Ailsa Craig; Alloway; Anwoth; Ardrossan; Ayr; Ballantrae; Balmaclellan; Biggar; Blantyre; Bothwell; Cardoness Castle; Carsphairn; Castle Douglas; Castle Kennedy; Colmonell; Creetown; Culzean; Dailly; Dalbeattie; Dundrennan; Dunure; Fenwick; Gatehouse of Fleet; Girvan; Glasgow; Glenluce; Gourock; Greenock; Irvine; Isle of Whithorn; Ken Bridge; Kilbarchan; Kilbirnie; Kilmaurs; Kirkandrews; Kirkbean; Kirkcowan; Kirkcudbright; Lanark; Largs; Laurieston; Leadhills; Lincluden Abbey; Loch Doon; Loudoun Castle; Maybole Castle; Minnoch Bridge; Motherwell; Mull of Galloway; Newbigging Cross; New Galloway; Newton Stewart; Paisley; Port Glasgow; Port Patrick; Prestwick; Rutherglen; Saltcoats; Stevenston; Stranraer; Strathaven; Sweetheart Abbey; Symington, Ayrshire; Threave Castle; Tinto; Wemyss Bay; Whithorn; Wigtown. Book: spine sunned, front board a little marked, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2508) £14.00
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A Romance of Faith, The Story of the Orphan Homes of Scotland and the Founder William Quarrier
London: Pickering & Inglis, [1936] First edition. Blue cloth, frontis, bw plates Pagination: 198. The story of the Orphan Homes of Scotland and of the founder, William Quarrier, has in it more romance than any work of fiction. And it is fitted to prove, even to the sceptical, that the age of miracles is not past. The record is full of what may be regarded as strange and supernatural happenings, but yet are veritably truee, and substantiated by actual facts. The Orphan Homes of Scotland are Mr Quarrier’s abiding memorial, and the message they continue to proclaim beyond all else is that ‘more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of’.. Book: head/tail sl bumped, some extremities sl rubbed, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2353) £13.00
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