Category: Scottish History

The Lairds of Arbuthnott.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Capability Publishing. : 1993

Seller ID: 004843

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. History of the Lairds of Arbuthnott. With b&w illustrations, chronology, map, appendices, glossary and bibliography. The history of the Lairds of Arbuthnott. With the origin of the name and a description of the Arbuthnott tartan.
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Robert the Bruce

By: Bingham, Caroline

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Constable : 1998

Seller ID: 008249

ISBN-13: 9780094764408

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in Fine condition with Fine dustwrapper. First edition, pp xviii, 404, b&w maps, notes, bibliography, index.
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The Campbells of the Ark: Men of Argyll in 1745 - The Inner Circle & The Outer Circle - 2 Volumes Complete

By: Black, Ronald

Price: £30.00

Publisher: John Donald Short Run Press : 2016

Seller ID: 011545

ISBN-13: 9781906566890

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

2 Volumes Complete. Both volumes As New. First editions, pp xiii, 689, xiii, 679, colour and b&w illustrations, appendices, indices. In the course of his long poem An Airce, 'The Ark', the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for the part they played in defeating Prince Charles's army in 1745 - 6. Some will be drowned outright, he says, some just given a good ducking - and some will be honourably treated. He names forty individuals; Ronald Black puts their lives and deeds under the microscope to see how far they deserved their allotted fate....
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History of Medicine in Dundee University

By: Blair, John S.G.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Self Published : 2007

Seller ID: 003776

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Illustrated card covers in Fine condition. First edition, b&w illustrations, references, index. A look at the history of medicine at the University of Dundee. VERY SCARCE.
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The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III 1371-1406 (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland series)

By: Boardman, Stephen.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press, Ltd. : 1996

Seller ID: 010242

ISBN-13: 9781898410430

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good+

Softcover with some shelf wear and slight fading to the spine and top of front cover, otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp348, b&w illustrations, index. The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland series aims to bring the rich political heritage of late medieval and early modern Scotland before as wide a reading public as possible, with specialist authors writing for the general reader as well as the student or academic. This volume is number one in the series and is also the first scholarly biography of the two kings who established medieval Scotland's most famous and durable royal dynas...
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The Perambulator in Edinburgh.

By: Bone, James.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape : 1926

Seller ID: 009703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Large hardback, size 26 x 20. In blue cloth boards, label with titles. Some edge wear to the bottom of the spine, otherwise in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper has a few closed tears, repaired internally, but with no loss. Not PC, with some minor foxing to the thick paper commensurate with age. PON neatly in ink to FEP, some spotting to edge of text block but internally VG. First published under the title Edinburgh Revisited in 1911, but is an enlarged and completely revised edition with new illustrations and title-first thus. 16 full page sketches by E.S.Lumsden with tissue guards loosely lai...
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Dear Maurice: Culture and Identity in Late 20th Century Scotland - Tribute to Maurice Lindsay on His 80th Birthday

By: Borley, L.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press Ltd : 1998

Seller ID: 009890

ISBN-13: 9781862320413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, Fine condition, dustwrapper with some light shelfwear but otherwise Near Fine. First edition, pp viii, 254, b&w frontis, index.
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MacTavish of Dunardry

By: Bradford, E.F.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: E.F.Bradford : 1991

Seller ID: 011334

ISBN-13: 9780951712504

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Illustrated card covers, slight shelfwear, previous owner's inscription on title page but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp viii, 200, b&w illustrations throughout, appendices, index.
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The Physical Geology of the Dee and Don Valleys (Two Volumes Bound in one - Dee Valley - 1912 & Don Basin - 1921)

By: Bremner, Alexander

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Aberdeen University Press : 1921

Seller ID: 009462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Large hardcover (29x22cm), quarter brown cloth with tan paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, some rubbing to extremities, shelfwear and marking to boards, previous owner's names in ink on feps, small stamps of Birkbeck College Library, red stamp to back endpaper but no other markings and otherwise in Very Good condition. Two Volumes Bound in one - Dee Valley - 1912 & Don Basin - 1921, pp 89, vii, 129, appendices, bibliographies, indices. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
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My Ninian

By: Brewster, Donna

Price: £8.00

Publisher: GC Books : 2006

Seller ID: 009332

ISBN-13: 9781872350042

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated card covers in Near Fine condition. First edition, pp 348, b&w map of Britain and Roman Europe. A fictional account of the traditional story of the life of St. Ninian based on what was written about him as well as on the oral traditions that persist in the many places that commemorate him.
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Modern Athens: Edinburgh in the 19th Century

By: Britton, John, & Shepherd, Thomas

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Arno Pres : 1978

Seller ID: 011623

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback in mustard coloured cloth boards, in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper in Very Good condition, in a clear protective archival wrapper. With pp88, b&w illustrations. A series of views from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd with topographical & critical illustrations by John Britton. First published in 1831. Modern Athens: displayed in a series of views Edinburgh in the 19th Century , exhibiting the whole of the new buidings, modern improvements, antiquities and picturesque scenery of the Scottish Metropolis and its environs, from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd with to...
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The Tradition of Scottish Philosophy: A New Perspective on the Enlightenment.

By: Broadie, Alexander.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Polygon : 1990

Seller ID: 009375

ISBN-13: 9780748660292

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Illustrated card covers, Fine condition. First edition, pp 144, bibliography, index. Many works on Scottish philosophy have concentrated on the Scottish Enlightenment, leading to a seriously distorted picture of Scottish intellectual history. A circle of Scottish philosophers, led by John Mair, gained Europe-wide appreciation for their work two and half centuries before that period, and their work had a major significance for Scottish culture. This study attempts to correct the bias in the history of Scottish thought by giving due attention to the earlier flowering of philosophy, as well as ...
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Glasgow Story

By: Brogan, Colm

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Frederic Muller : 1952

Seller ID: 009692

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover in Very Good condition, unclipped dustwrapper with small piece missing from base of spine, minor chipping and some closed tears repaired internally but otherwise in Near Very Good condition and now enclosed in a clear archival wrap. First edition, pp 223, b&w illustrations by Kier. Portrait of Glasgow covering its people, education, culture and social, political and religious life.
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Wild Men and Holy Places: St. Ninian, Whithorn and the Medieval Realm of Galloway

By: Brooke, Daphne

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Canongate Press : 1994

Seller ID: 009882

ISBN-13: 9780862414795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover, slight bumping to corners but otherwise in Near Fine condition, dustwrapper with some light shelfwear to corners but otherwise in Very Good+ condition. First edition, pp viii, 216, b&w illustrations, notes, index. Drawing upon historical research and recent archaeological discoveries, Brooke brings to life the events and personalities of the ancient realm of Galloway, which for centuries has attracted pilgrims to its holy places.
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Getting Around Old Dundee

By: Brotchie, A.W.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: N.B. Traction. : 1992

Seller ID: 003675

ISBN-13: 9780905069210

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled pamphlet with illustrated card covers, some light shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good condition.
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Early Travellers in Scotland.

By: Brown, Hume.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: James Thin : 1978

Seller ID: 010052

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Paperback with some shelf wear, otherwise in Very Good condition. Ppxxvi, 300, maps and index. A facsimile of the text of the 1891 edition published by David Douglas.
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Minchmoor

By: Brown, John.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Edmonston & Douglas : 1864

Seller ID: 004011

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated paper wraps, some light edgewear and creasing to covers and spine but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 23, b&w illustrations, index.
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The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

By: Brown, Michael.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tuckwell Press Ltd : 1998

Seller ID: 011340

ISBN-13: 9781862320253

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Softcover in Fine condition. First edition, pp358, index. This volume charts the rise and fall of the Black Douglas dynasty and the impact of great magnates on the late-medieval Scottish kingdom's survival and development. It demonstrates the link between the semi-permanent state of war with England and the exercise of authority inside the kingdom.
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; With an Extensive Selection from the Hithitherto Inedited Stuart Papers. Two Volumes in One.

By: Browne, James.

Price: £75.00

Publisher: ., A. Fullarton & Co.

Seller ID: 004324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Two Volumes bound in One. Hardcover with quarter leather binding with cloth covered boards, gilt titles and marbled edges, some light wear to head and foot of spine. New edition, pp lxii, 447, 478, b&w engravings, colour clan tartans, fold out maps. 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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Glasgow University Students' Handbook 1934 - 1935.

By: Browning, Robert.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The Students' Representative Council of the University of Glasgow 1934. : 1934

Seller ID: 005285

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated card covers with some light shelfwear, one closed tear to front cover internally repaired, some foxing throughout and otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 176, b&w illustrations.
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Category: Scottish History