Category: Scottish History

Historic Hamilton: The archaeological implications of development (The Scottish burgh survey)

By: Dennison, E. Patricia

Price: £100.00

Publisher: The Scottish burgh Survey : 1996

Seller ID: 009996

ISBN-13: 9781898218425

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Illustrated card covers, very slight shelfwear but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp vii, 92, b&w illustrations and maps throughout, colour plan to rear. Very Scarce title.
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Historic Kirkcaldy: The archaeological implications of development (The Scottish burgh survey)

By: Dennison, E. Patricia

Price: £100.00

Publisher: Historic Scotland in association with Scottish Cultural Press : 1995

Seller ID: 009999

ISBN-13: 9781898218388

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Illustrated card covers, some slight shelfwear but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp vi, 88, b&w illustrations and maps, glossary, bibliography, index.
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King's College Aberdeen : history, buildings and artistic portrayal

By: Derek Ogston; Margaret Carlaw

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Kelso : Baillieknowe Publishing : 2009

Seller ID: 011057

ISBN-13: 9780953859054

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in Fine condition with Fine dustwrapper. First edition, pp 135, colour illustrations, bibliography, index. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
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Independence or Union: Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present.

By: Devine, T M.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Allen Lane : 2016

Seller ID: 011066

ISBN-13: 9780241215876

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardback in grey cloth boards, previous owner's label tipped in on front endpaper, in Near Fine condition, dustwrapper unclipped, also in Near Fine condition. In a clear, protective archival wrapper. First edition, pp306, index. There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the Middle Ages onwards the island of Britain has been shaped by the unique dynamic between Edinburgh and London, exchanging inhabitants, monarchs, money and ideas, sometimes in a spirit of friendship and at others in a spirit of m...
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To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora:1750 - 2010.

By: Devine, T M.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Allen Lane : 2011

Seller ID: 011310

ISBN-13: 9780713997446

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardback in black cloth boards, in Fine condition, dustwrapper in Fine condition. First edition, Signed and Inscribed by Author to a previous owner, with dedication, pp397, b&w illustrations, index. The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women and children have sought their fortunes in every conceivable walk of life and in every imaginable climate across the British Empire, the United States and elsewhere, from finance to industry, philosophy to politics. To the Ends of the Earth puts this extraordinary epic centre stage, taking...
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Improvement and Enlightenment: Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar University of Strathclyde 1987-88

By: Devine, T. M.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: John Donald : 1989

Seller ID: 010030

ISBN-13: 9780859762588

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in Fine condition with priceclipped but otherwise Fine dustwrapper. First edition, pp ix, 146, appendix, index. The papers collected in this volume focus on the 18th and early 19th centuries, one of the most formative and vital periods in Scottish historical development. It aims to present a vivid picture of Scottish Enlightenment for anyone interested in the period.
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Scotland's Empire 1600-1815.

By: Devine, T. M.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Allen Lane : 2003

Seller ID: 011420

ISBN-13: 9780713994988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Large hardback in blue cloth boards in Fine condition, dustwrapper in Fine condition. First edition, Signed and Inscribed "Tom" to a previous owner, pp474, bibliography, maps, index. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED. In Scotland's Empire, T.M Devine tells the compelling story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. By 1820 Britain controlled a fifth of the world's population, and no people had made a more essential cont...
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Scottish Emigration and Scottish Society: Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar University of Strathclyde 1990-91

By: Devine, T. M.

Price: £65.00

Publisher: John Donald : 1992

Seller ID: 010029

ISBN-13: 9780859763707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Mint

Hardcover in Near Mint condition with Near Mint dustwrapper. First edition, pp vii, 178, index. The Emigration of the Scottish people is one of the key themes of Scottish history. For centuries the Scots have had a long tradition of emigration to Europe, England, and, in modern times, to North America and Australasia. Few English-speaking societies over the last three centuries have been untouched by the social, religious, economic and cultural impact of Scottish settlement. This book of essays, the proceedings of the 1990-91 Scottish Historical Studies Seminar at the University of Strathclyd...
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The Tobacco Lords.

By: Devine, T. M.

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press : 1990

Seller ID: 010165

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Softcover in Fine condition, pp209, b&w illustrations, index. First edition. A study of the tobacco merchants of Glasgow and their trading activities c. 1740 - 90.
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Scottish Elites: Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar University of Strathclyde 1991-1992

By: Devine, T.M.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: John Donald : 1994

Seller ID: 009986

ISBN-13: 9780859764025

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated card covers, some light shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp xi, 193, index.
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The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000

By: Devine, Tom M.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Allen Lane : 1999

Seller ID: 012101

ISBN-13: 9780713993516

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in black cloth boards, gilt titles, in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper with some light shelfwear and small crease to front but otherwise in Very Good condition, in a clear protective archival wrapper.Third edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, pp696, maps. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED. THE SCOTTISH NATION is the largest-scale history of modern Scotland over the last three centuries ever published and the first such study to examine this period to have appeared in a generation. It will be esse...
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Eighteenth-century Scotland: New Perspectives.

By: Devine, Young.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press Ltd : 1999

Seller ID: 011407

ISBN-13: 9781862320512

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated card covers, slight creasing to spine but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp310 and index. Based on a two-year seminar series at the Research Centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde, this text aims to illuminate the part played by 18th century history in the creation of modern Scotland. It contains original research and historiographical overviews and commentaries.
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Mines and Minerals of the Ochils

By: Dickie, D.M.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society : 1986

Seller ID: 009871

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled pamphlet with illustrated card covers, some light shelfwear and rubbing but otherwise in Very Good+ condition. 1986 reprint of 1974 Second edition, pp 43, b&w illustrations and diagrams, fold out map, index.
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Scotland and its People No. 9: Scottish Life and Character

By: Dickie, E.P

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd : 1942

Seller ID: 006378

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with rusted staples, war economy paper but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp22, bibliography. Scarce.
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The Place-Names of Midlothian

By: Dixon, Dr. Norman

Price: £45.00

Publisher: The Scottish Place-Name Society : 2011

Seller ID: 011239

ISBN-13: 9780956517210

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Card covers, small dent to rear cover, previous owner's bookplate on ep but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp xiii, 515. This remarkable collection and analysis of place-names great and small of the pre-1975 county of Midlothian has lain unpublished and difficult to access for over 60 years. Originally a PhD thesis, it is now appearing in print for the first time.
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The History of Kincardine O'Neil.

By: Doig, Jim

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Self Published : 1998

Seller ID: 008066

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stapled booklet with illustrated card covers in Near Fine condition. Presumed First edition, b&w illustrations. VERY SCARCE TITLE.
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A Northern Commonwealth: Scotland and Norway.

By: Donaldson, Gordon.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Saltire Society : 1990

Seller ID: 010053

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Softcover in Near Fine condition, pp170, b&w illustrations. Donaldson's reassessment of Scotland's past focuses on its relationship with the Scandinavian countries and beyond and explores the links between Scotland and Norway over the centuries.
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Mary, Queen of Scots: An address delivered in Westminster Abbey on October 1987.

By: Donaldson, Gordon.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Gordon Donaldson : 1987

Seller ID: 010352

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled booklet, some fading to the spine edge, otherwise in Very Good condition, pp7. Mary, Queen of Scots: An address delivered in Westminster Abbey on October 1987.
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Robert Owen: Owen of Lanark and New Harmony.

By: Donnachie, Ian.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press : 2000

Seller ID: 011637

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover in Very Good condition. First edition, pp290, b&w illustrations, index. The hagiography generated by his disciples did neither his name nor reputation much good, since they transformed the 'Social Father' of their movement into the 'Father of Socialism', a sobriquet that ill fits him, yet it sticks to this day. Ian Donnachie's study is the first full biography of Owen for over fifty years.
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Ferry Yarns.

By: Douglas, Robert.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Self-Published : 1981

Seller ID: 006456

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled booklet in Very Good condition. Signed copy, First Edition, pp46. SIGNED COPY. Stories about the ferries in the Firth of Forth.
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Category: Scottish History