The Rosemount Viaduct is a well-known landmark in the city centre of Aberdeen and was built to help expand the city to the west into the open fields of the Rosemount estate. Hence this book begins in the city centre and moves towards Forresterhill where the hospital is now. Victoria and Westburn parks fall within the area and there are plenty of street scenes and social history as well as of the long-departed electric trams. View More...
This book covers the Aberdeen city areas of Fountainhall, Mannofield, Broomhill, Hazelhead, Ruthrieston and of course Rubislaw which had several granite quarries, the industry featuring on several pages. Then front cover photo shows WW2 bomb damage but most of the photos in the book are more restful and show these districts of the Granite City at work and play. View More...
Large paperback in Mint Condition. First edition, pp54, with colour illustrations, with a foreword by Brigadier Melville Stewart Jameson CBE DL. S6.A collection of Pipe Major Potter's own music for the bagpipe. View More...
Illustrated card covers - New. For two decades Robert Stone made his living on the high seas. A modern-day pirate, he was a pioneer saturation oil-field diver, treasure hunter and smuggler, which brought him more money than he knew how to spend. Stone spent the last ten of his smuggling years in Africa, where he traded in illicit fuel. The murky waters of the Niger delta were his place of business as he operated in the most corrupt regime in the world, a place ruled by money and guns. Protected by the military he sold his black cargo to legitimate businesses all over the world, making million... View More...
Located near the Spital of Glenshee, this the story of a Narrow Gauge railway built to carry stalkers into the hills on the Dalmunzie Estate in the 1920s. The book is well illustrated with b&w photos and covers the construction, rolling stock, the different estate owners and the eventual demise of the railway in the 1970s. View More...
Paperback, new, with illustrated end pages, with pp48. The Grampian region comprises the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine, Banff and Moray. Railways were relatively late in arriving in this part of Scotland and it wasn't until 1850 that a line reached Ferryhill on the outskirts of the Granite City. Expansion followed rapidly however and eventually the Great North of Scotland Railway - the company that dominated the region - totalled 334 route miles and had a stock of 122 locomotives. In this history by W.A.C. Smith, the story is told with a wealth of fascinating detail and includes 54 superb p... View More...
NEW. Illustrated paper covers, numerous colour illustrations and maps throughout. S30
North-East Scotland is often overlooked by birdwatchers. Yet just a very brief visit reveals an incredibly rich area for birds and even those living and working here may not know some of the more hidden sites. View More...
Mary Symon's Scots poems, notably those dealing with the First World War, are relatively well-known and often anthologised, yet have been unavailable in print for some time. The only volume of her work, Deveron Days, published during her lifetime (and re-issued shortly after her death) is almost impossible to find for sale, and few copies exist even in libraries. This new edition of her collected poems with an introduction to her work is, therefore, timely.Mary Symon was born in Dufftown, Banffshire in 1863 and seldom strayed far from home although her work, championed by Hugh MacDiarmid and o... View More...
Illustrated card covers, New. First edition, pp49, b&w illustrations throughout.
The Deeside Line was the Royal railway that ran from Aberdeen city centre through Lower Deeside up to Ballater in Royal Deeside which was the station the Royal family arrived at when going to Balmoral Castle. Despite the Royal connection the line fell victim of the Beeching cuts and was closed in the mid 1960s. The route is now a long distance footpath and part of the national cycle network. Unsurprisingly some stations have gone to housing but this illustrated history show it all in its steamy heyday. View More...
Softcover with illustrated laminated paper covers, New. First edition, pp 213, colour illustrations, bibliography. In this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond. These were heard from indigenous folk back to 1941. Names are given with phonetic spellings, so that readers can pronounce them accurately, and in most cases with translations from Gaelic, Norse, Scots or Pictish into English. The book is richly illustrated with 130 photographs of places and informants. Of interest to residents and visitors, it should help pr... View More...
New book in laminated hardcovers. New Edition, pp 213, colour illustrations, bibliography. In this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond. These were heard from indigenous folk back to 1941. Names are given with phonetic spellings, so that readers can pronounce them accurately, and in most cases with translations from Gaelic, Norse, Scots or Pictish into English. The book is richly illustrated with 130 photographs of places and informants. Of interest to residents and visitors, it should help preserve for the future an... View More...
Hardback, in Mint condition. First edition, pp 107, colour illustrations. Field observations in the Scottish Highlands over decades - ptarmigan, red grouse, golden plover, dotterel, bird counts.The author documents hatch-dates of ptarmigan and red grouse in relation to blaeberry growth and climate. He collates field observations on golden plover, involving proportions of dark-plumaged summering birds, breeding success, population density within and amongst areas, and declines since the late 1970s. Another chapter reviews evidence on dotterel abundance. The author criticises a paper claiming be... View More...
Paperback, in Mint condition. First edition, pp 107, colour illustrations. Field observations in the Scottish Highlands over decades - ptarmigan, red grouse, golden plover, dotterel, bird counts.The author documents hatch-dates of ptarmigan and red grouse in relation to blaeberry growth and climate. He collates field observations on golden plover, involving proportions of dark-plumaged summering birds, breeding success, population density within and amongst areas, and declines since the late 1970s. Another chapter reviews evidence on dotterel abundance. The author criticises a paper claiming b... View More...
Hardback with laminated covers, no dustwrapper as issued, in Mint condition. First edition, pp 156, colour illustrations. Timings of antler-shedding by red deer were noted, as well as deer-beds and winter deaths of red deer. The author recounts some old published statements about sheep, deer and vegetation in the Highlands, and uses old sources to estimate the numbers of red deer in Scotland at low ebb in the 1780s. Next he collates field observations by several colleagues and himself on vertebrate animals in the Cairngorms. He documents the abundance of mountain hares amongst different areas,... View More...
Hardback with laminated card covers, in Mint condition. First edition, pp 170, colour and b&w illustrations throughout. In this book the author presents extracts from his hill diary in Scotland, Norway and Newfoundland, including hill-walking, rock and snow climbing, ski-mountaineering, and observing wildlife, from 1951 when he was 20. View More...
Hardback, Mint condition. First edition, pp 245, colour illustrations. Pointers and setters, stars of research on grouse, ptarmigan and other game. In this book, the author looks back at 56 years' of personal experiences with his own pointers and setters, and those of members of the research team that he came later to lead. They studied the population biology, territorial behaviour, habitats and environment of red grouse and ptarmigan in Scotland. The joint achievements of men and dogs elicited a fresh understanding of populations and behaviour of animals in general, drawing international atte... View More...
Illustrated card covers, As New. First edition, pp 128, with b&w photographs. With foreword, acknowledgements and bibliography. The author presents extracts from his hill diary in Scotland, Iceland and Norway, including hill-walking, rock and snow climbing, ski-mountaineering, observing wildlife, and being with mountaineering companions and local people. These diary days started in 1943 when he was 13. They continued through a personal exploration of hill country, often solo, until 1951. The book portrays his excitement as he trod his beloved hills at first in summer and then in winter snow, a... View More...
Hardback with Illustrated front and back covers, in New condition. Pp 128, with b&w photographs. With foreword, acknowledgements and bibliography. The author presents extracts from his hill diary in Scotland, Iceland and Norway, including hill-walking, rock and snow climbing, ski-mountaineering, observing wildlife, and being with mountaineering companions and local people. These diary days started in 1943 when he was 13. They continued through a personal exploration of hill country, often solo, until 1951. The book portrays his excitement as he trod his beloved hills at first in summer and the... View More...
