Category: Scottish History

Aberdeen: Phases of the City with Brief Historical Notes.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: W. & W. Lindsay : 1942

Seller ID: 006593

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff card covers with paper wraps, red titles and shield on front cover, some browning to spine but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 60, b&w illustrations, bibliography.
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Aberdeen: Phases of the City with Brief Historical Notes.

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £40.00

Publisher: W. & W. Lindsay : 1948

Seller ID: 008707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff card covers with paper wraps, red titles and shield on front cover, some light creasing and wear to spine, light foxing to endpapers but otherwise in Near Fine condition. Third Revised Impression, pp 60, b&w illustrations, bibliography.
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Let's Look Around the Aberdeen Area

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £25.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1948

Seller ID: 011770

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with paper covers, staples lightly rusted, some small marks to covers but otherwise in Very Good condition. No printing history but circa late 1940s, pp 24, one b&w illustration of the Tower of Drum and one double page map of the Aberdeenshire area.
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Let's Look Around the Deeside Area

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1948

Seller ID: 010950

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with card covers, some light shelfwear, staples rusted but otherwise in Very Good condition for it's age. First edition, pp 21, b&w map to centre, publishing list to rear. Very Scarce
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Let's Look Around the Fraserburgh Area

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1948

Seller ID: 011774

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with paper covers, some light fading, staples rusted, some foxing but otherwise in Very Good condition. No printing history but circa late 1940s, pp 30, one b&w illustration of the Dundarg Castle and one double page map of the Moray Firth and Fraserburgh area, marked by rusted staples in centre.
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Let's Look Around the Garioch Area

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £22.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1948

Seller ID: 011771

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with paper covers, staples rusted, some light foxing, some small marks to covers but otherwise in Very Good condition. No printing history but circa late 1940s, pp 21, one b&w illustration of the Inverurie Castle and one double page map of the Garioch area.
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Let's Look Around the Garioch Area

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1948

Seller ID: 011772

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with paper covers, staples lightly rusted but otherwise in Very Good condition. No printing history but circa late 1940s, pp 19, one b&w illustration of the Palace of Huntly and one double page map of the Huntly area.
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Royal Deeside

By: Wyness, Fenton

Price: £20.00

Publisher: W & W Lindsay : 1950

Seller ID: 010949

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled booklet with illustrated card covers, very slight shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good+ condition. First edition, pp 48, b&w illustrations and maps by the author, local adverts to rear.
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Book of Legends: Tales of the North-east of Scotland told to Children.

By: Wyness, Fenton.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: W & W Lindsay : 1942

Seller ID: 006974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in card covers with illustrated paper wraps, some light shelf wear and rubbing, some light marking to bottom edge and previous owners name on ffep but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp56. With b&w illustrations. Tales of the North-East of Scotland told to children. With bibliography. Scarce Title.
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Buchan: Phases of the District with Breif Historical Notes.

By: Wyness, Fenton.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: W.& W. Lindsay : 1943

Seller ID: 010542

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff card covers with paper wraps, blue titles and shield on front cover, some light shelfwear and rubbing but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp 60, b&w illustrations, bibliography.
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Let's Look Around the Alford Area

By: Wyness, Fenton.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The Education Committee of the Council of the County of Aberdeen : 1954

Seller ID: 011773

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet in illustrated card covers, rusted staples, size 12x19 cm. Presumed first edition, lino-cut frontis. in Very Good condition, bibliography, pp34. With sketch map of the Alford area showing places of interest mentioned in the text and key to sculptured stones and castle plans. With information about early Christian missionaries, Relics of the early inhabitants, geographical and other features, Corgarff Castle, Kildrummy castle, Battle of Alford, Midmar Castle, Candacraig House, Brux, Cluny catsle, Corse Castle, Asloun Castle, and many more.
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Second Book of Legends: Tales of the North-East of Scotland.

By: Wyness, Fenton.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: W & W Lindsay : 1943

Seller ID: 010543

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff card covers with paper wraps, some very minor shelfwear to head and foot of spine but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp 66, b&w illustrations, bibliography to rear. A collection of tales from the North-East of Scotland.
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Battle of Harlaw.

By: Wyness, James.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Aberdeen Town & County History Society : 2011

Seller ID: 011237

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover in Fine condition. First edition, pp34, colour and b&w illustrations. A commemorative presentation by James Wyness on the anniversary of the Battle of Harlaw fought in the year 1411.
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Castlegate Characters.

By: Wyness, Lyn & Duncan, Davie.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Aberdeen City Arts Department : 1990

Seller ID: 010952

ISBN-13: 9780946920044

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with illustrated card covers, in very good condition First edition, pp36, b&w illustrations. Stories of the characters of Castlegate, Aberdeen.
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Excavations at Castlehill of Strachan, 1980-81.

By: Yeoman, Peter A.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. : 1984

Seller ID: 005256

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled booklet with cloth covered spine, previous owners initials on front cover but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 48, b&w illustrations, fold out diagram, microfilm in pocket to rear.
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Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314.

By: Young, Alan.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press, 1998. 1862320535 : 1998

Seller ID: 008093

ISBN-13: 9781862320536

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback reprint, some very light shelfwear and slightly faded spine but otherwise in Near Fine condition. Pp x, 244, with b&w photographs, maps and plans, family tree, bibliography and index. The powerful baronial family the Comyns lived in 13th century Scotland, yet they have long been overshadowed by the legendary heroes of Scottish medieval tradition, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace. This book aims to examine critically the 'bad press' gained by the Comyns in post-Bruce Scotland. S2.
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The Real Patriots of Early Scottish Independence

By: Young, Alan; Cumming, George

Price: £15.00

Publisher: John Donald : 2014

Seller ID: 008576

ISBN-13: 9781906566654

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Illustrated card covers, New. First edition, pp xii, 262, b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The battle of Bannockburn (1314) gave Scotland a great hero in Robert Bruce but deprived Scotland of three other worthy 'patriot heroes'. This book tells the intriguing story of three members of the Comyn family who have been deprived of their rightful place in Scottish tradition because of Robert Bruce's success. Bruce's ruthless rise to power and his sacrilegious murder of Scotland's chief political leader, John Comyn III Lord of Badenoch, in Greyfriars' Church in Dumfries in 1306 had t...
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The Making of Classical Edinburgh

By: Youngson, A. J.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press : 1993

Seller ID: 009874

ISBN-13: 9780748604463

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover in blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, some slight marking to edge of text block but otherwise in Near Fine condition, dustwrapper with slight shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good+ condition. Modern reprint, xxv, 327, b&w illustrations throughout, appendices, notes, 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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Category: Scottish History