Category: Scottish History

Neolithic Orkney in its European context (Monograph Series)

By: Anna Ritchie

Price: £125.00

Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research : 2000

Seller ID: 007418

ISBN-13: 9781902937045

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in illustrated laminated boards, top corner of front board slightly bumped but otherwise in Fine condition. First edition, pp xii, 385, b&w illustrations and diagrams throughout. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
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Herds and Hinds: Farm Labour in Lowland Scotland (Scottish Historical Review Monograph)

By: Anthony, Richard F.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press Ltd : 1997

Seller ID: 011305

ISBN-13: 9781898410287

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Softcover in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp290, b&w illustrations, diagrams and index. This is an analysis of the 20th-century history of Scottish agriculture outside the Highlands. It examines in detail East Lothian and Dumfriesshire, and includes interviews. The book outlines the major developments in the market for regular farm labour in Lowland Scotland during the period. It takes up many of the issues discussed by recent rural social historians, and incorporates a number of economic and sociological theories into historical analysis. In addition to general interest in the histor...
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Beyond the Brochs: Changing Perspectives on the Atlantic Scottish Iron Age.

By: Armit, Ian

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press : 1991

Seller ID: 009883

ISBN-13: 9780748601974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in teracotta cloth, with gilt titles to spine in Fine condition, dustwrapper with some very slight shelfwear and slight tanning to spine but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp 228, b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout, bibliography, index. The historic peoples and kingdoms of Atlantic Scotland - the Picts, the Scots and the Norse - have their roots in the prehistory of the region. Concentrating on the Later Iron Age, this volume contains essays by archaeologists who summarize their recent research from specific sites in western Scotland, and who link the...
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Celtic Scotland.

By: Armit, Ian.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: B.T.Batsford/ Historic Scotland, 1997. 0713475382 : 1997

Seller ID: 2270

ISBN-13: 9780713475388

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover in Very Good condition, with pp 128, with colour and b&w illustrations, with index. Written in a style designed to appeal to general as well as academic readers, this book examines the nature of "Celticness" and, through the evidence of ancient monuments, objects and written accounts, explores the essence of prehistoric Scotland. It traces the development of society in Scotland, from fragmented Iron Age tribes, into Picts, Scots and Britons, and uses reconstruction drawings and photographs to illustrate what Celtic life was like. S30.
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The North Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide

By: Arneil, Frank And Fiona Sinclair

Price: £12.00

Publisher: RIAS : 1992

Seller ID: 009939

ISBN-13: 9781873190074

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Illustrated card cover in Fine condition. First edition, pp 175, colour and b&w illustrations, index. The architecture and historical delights in this guide demonstrate the diversity of an area whose common boundary is the River Clyde - iron age forts, austere chapels raised by Celtic saints, great castles like round-towered Rothesay and the stronghold of Dumbarton.
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Living in the Highlands

By: Astaire, Lesley; Martine, Roddy

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Thames & Hudson : 2000

Seller ID: 008581

ISBN-13: 9780500019863

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Large hardcover, As New condition, in original brown cloth with blind stamped fish motif on front board, unclipped dustwrapper enclosed in clear archival wrapper in As New condition. First edition, pp 168, colour illustrations throughout. Twenty one articles on life in the Scottish Highlands including the Lonach Highlanders on Donside and the Sporting Estate of Kincardine Castle on Deeside. 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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Tapestry of Tillypronie.

By: Astor, Gavin.

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Gavin Astor : 1971

Seller ID: 010905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in red cloth boards, gilt titles, some shelf wear, otherwise in Very Good condition, dustwrapper has some shelfwear, a mark on the front cover, otherwise in Very Good condition. In a clear protective archival wrapper. First edition, SCARCE TITLE, pp102, with map of the Roman penetration of Scotland, map of the early castles of Mar, map of the Battle of Culblean,Towie Castle ground plan, b& w illustrations & bibliography. Privately printed. The history of Tilliypronie and surrounding area, Includes the ballad:'Edom o' Gordon', with a leaflet about Tillypronie.
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Nationalism and Archaeology: Scottish Archaeological Forum

By: Atkinson, John A.; Banks, Iain; O'Sullivan, Jerry

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Cruithne Press : 1996

Seller ID: 011368

ISBN-13: 9781873448113

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

IUllustrated card covers, slight shelfwear, previous owner's name on fep but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp x, 213, b&w illustrations and maps, references. Very Scarce.
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The Holly and the Horn: Burnett of Leys Family and Branches

By: Bailey, Eileen A; Burnett, James C A.

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Leys Publishing : 2005

Seller ID: 011941

ISBN-13: 9780953864027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover with in full faux leather with gilt titles, in Fine condition, dustwrapper with slight shelfwear but otherwise in Fine condition. First edition, Signed and Inscribed to a previous owner by James Burnett and flat Signed by the same on the title page, pp xxiii, 327, b&w and colour illustrations throughout, index. Updated genealogy of Burnett of Leys family and branches with chapters on heraldic emblems, recently associated families, a Royal connection, Burnett merchants, early and current Leys Estates, portraits in Crathes Castle, profiles of eminent Burnetts, the Adelphi Stone, poem...
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Aberdeen Worthies: Sketches of Characters resident in Aberdeen.

By: Bannerman, W.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Lewis Smith and Samuel Maclean. : 1840

Seller ID: 007384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in card covers, with some shelf wear, small piece missing from head of spine, hinges rubbed, some foxing to the FEPs, otherwise in Very Good condition. With pp127. Aberdeen Worthies: Sketches of Characters resident in Aberdeen during the end and the beginning of the present century. Statio Ross, Deaf Joe, Willie o' the Wall, Mr Jacob Blackwell, Feel Peter, and many more.
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The Beatons: A Medical Kindred in the Classical Gaelic Tradition.

By: Bannerrman, John.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: John Donald : 2015

Seller ID: 011082

ISBN-13: 9781906566920

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Paperback in As New condition, pp161, index. The members of Clan Maic-bethad or Clan MacBeth, later 'Beaton', practised medicine in the classical Gaelic tradition in various parts of Scotland from the early 14th to the early 18th century. Using many medieval Gaelic manuscripts associated with the Beatons, this study reconstructs the history of the kindred and their medicine, from their origins in Ireland to their heyday in 17th-century Scotland, when patrons included the kings of Scotland, and the clan's demise after 1700.
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Geology of the Whithorn District: Memoir for 1: 50 000 Geological Sheet 2

By: Barnes, R P; British Geological Survey

Price: £12.00

Publisher: British Geological Survey : 1989

Seller ID: 009894

ISBN-13: 9780118844239

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated card covers, small marks to front cover, light shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp vi, 21, b&w and colour illustrations, diagrams and maps.
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In Defence of the Regalia 1651-2. Being Selections from the Family Papers of the Ogilvies of Barras.

By: Barron, Rev. Douglas Gordon.

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co. : 1910

Seller ID: 010256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in blue cloth boards, gilt titles and gilt illustration on front cover, some foxing and tanning to the endpapers, slight shelfwear and bumping, otherwise in Very Good condition. No dustwrapper as issued. First edition, pp371, b&w photogravure frontispiece, tissue guarded, and nine b&w illustrations. Hand cut pages. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED. Selections from the Family Papers of the Ogilvies of Barras.
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Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Maps of Scotland: County of Forfar

By: Bartholomew, John.

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black : 1880

Seller ID: 006366

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover linen backed segmented map (21 segments) of the County of Forfar, some light rubbing to boards and spine, interior spine paper chipped and split, linen on folds slightly delicate and one small ink mark on map (see photo) but otherwise in Very Good condition. Presumed First edition, no date but this series was published for Adam & Charles Black between 1875 and 1886.
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Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Upper Deeside.

By: Beattie, Alastair G. & Beattie, Margaret H.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Scottish Genealogical Society : 1985

Seller ID: 005254

ISBN-13: 9780901061287

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Card covers with cloth spine, somne small marks but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 122. A detailed look at the inscriptions of pre-1855 gravestones in Upper Deeside. Very Scarce.
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Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work, Complete in Two Volumes

By: Beattie, William

Price: £225.00

Publisher: George Virtue : 1838

Seller ID: 010921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Two Volumes Complete. Large hardcovers in original half leather binding with blue cloth over boards, five raised bands to spine, gilt titles, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, professional reback with dark cloth sympathetic to original leather, internal hinges reinforced with dark cloth, edges and corners rubbed, marking to cloth, one small piece of cloth missing from rear board of volume one, some light spotting and foxing throughout but otherwise in Very Good condition commensurate with age. First edition, pp viii, 200, 164, folding map of Scotland, 120 plates. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THI...
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A Prospect of Sutherland: The Building of a Castle and the Making of a Duchess.

By: Bell, Gilbert Torrance.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd : 1995

Seller ID: 004842

ISBN-13: 9781874744252

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. A Prospect of Sutherland: The Building of a Castle and the Making of a Duchess, with 4 b&w illustration plates, bibliography.
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Muir of Huntershill

By: Bewley, Christina

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1981

Seller ID: 009510

ISBN-13: 9780192117687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in Fine condition, dustwrapper with some very light shelfwear but otherwise in Near Fine condition. pp xii, 212, b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Thomas Muir was a brave and true Scot whose campaign for more rights for his fellow citizens led in the 1790s to his transportation to Australia as a political prisoner. He eventually escaped and returned to Europe determinedly opposed to the English who had unjustly dominated his native land, and ended his short life plotting for the invasion of Britain by the French Revolutionary armies. Patriot and traitor.
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The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland

By: Billings, Robert William

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd : 2008

Seller ID: 008047

ISBN-13: 9781841586724

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Large hardcovers in green cloth with gilt titles, brand new in slipcase. Limited edition of 600, pp 816, b&w illustrations throughout. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 5KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
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Lairds of Arbuthnott.

By: Bing, Christy.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Capability Publishing : 1993

Seller ID: 011253

ISBN-13: 9780951406236

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good+

Softcover, previous owner's label tipped in on inside cover, in Very Good + condition.First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, pp128, b&w and colour illustrations. Few families in Britain have survived over 800 years in the same place, but the Lairds of Arbuthnott are exceptional. There have been Arbuthnotts at Arbuthnott House in Kincardineshire in an unbroken male line from before 1200. Their personal fortunes have been closely interwoven with Scotland's history as they lived through times of hardship and times of plenty. One of Scotland's premier families, the Lairds of Arbuthnott continue ...
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Category: Scottish History