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Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH16 6NX
Scotland

0131 666 1542

Hardback. A good plus copy in a fair to good dustwrapper which has smallish edge chips and tears. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,200. Frontispiece. This is the first full-length account of the reign of King Alexander the Third of Scotland who reigned from 1249 to 1286.
Published : Alexander Maclehose, London 1937, First Edition
£15.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Inscribed in pencil "From the Author" on half-title. Pp.vi,132. Frontispiece (loose). A variety of sketches but including three on witchcraft: ""Witchcraft in Menteith", "The Witch Doctor of Leckie" and "The Witches of Alloa". Uncommon.
Published : R.S. Shearer & Son, Stirling 1907, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in silver. This is no. 127 of 750 copies of this facsimile of the 1807 edition of Fergusson's works. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership markings. 364 pages. Frontispiece.
Published : James Thin, Edinburgh 1970,
£15.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. No 392 of 750 copies, being a facsimile of the 1807 edition. 364 pages. Includes a sketch of the life of Fergusson, an 18th century Scottish poet who wrote in both Scots and English and who was much admired by Robert Burns.
Published : James Thin - the Mercat Press, Edinburgh 1970,
£15.00

A very good copy in limp card wraps. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 30 pages.
Published : M. MacDonald, Edinburgh 1955, First Edition
£10.00

Softback. Nd. c.2000? A very good copy. 230 pages. Title page vignette. A look at life in Winchburgh, West Lothian, in the late 1940s through the eyes of a ten year old boy.
Published : The Greenshale Publishing Corporation, Winchburgh, First Edition
£8.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 143pp. Covers the historical development of Scottish education but is mainly concerned to describe the system existing at the date of the book.
Published : David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1973, First Edition
£8.00

4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 256pp. A book of photographs, including colour and with accompanying text, celebrating the heritage of Perth. Signed by the author and with a gift inscription which may or may not be from him.
Published : Perth and Kinross Libraries 1996, Second Edition
£23.00

A very good copy in red cloth which is dulled on spine. 162pp (including list of subscribers). Frontispiece and 12 illustrations.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1898, First Edition
£23.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 254pp. Illus. An interesting biography of the famous saint.
Published : Victor Gollancz, London 1979, First Edition
£6.00

Softback. A very good copy. Pp.xxvi,245. Includes short stories written by Finlay from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, plays written in the late 1950s, and two poem sequences and several uncollected poems from the early 1960s.
Published : Polygon, Edinburgh 2004, First Edition
£7.00

A very good copy. Card covers. 96pp. Illustrated.
Published : The Saint Andrew Press, Edinburgh 1979, First Edition
£6.00

Hardback. A very good copy. A little wear at spine ends. Moderate edge and end-paper foxing. 416 pages. An anthology of poems by natives of Carrick and about Carrick.
Published : The Standard Press, Kilmarnock 1925, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. Some edge foxing. Unopened. Pp.lv,383.
Published : T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1895, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 240 pages. One full-page illustration. Tail-pieces.
Published : The Orkney Press, Kirkwall 1995, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 96 pages. 15 colour illustrations. 45 black and white illustrations.
Published : The Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh 1979, First Edition
£19.00

Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. Some fading to spine. Ownership inscription. Some foxing to end-papers and early pages. Pp.xv,156. Frontispiece and one other illustration. This is described as a memorial volume to the author and includes an introductory biographical sketch of him by A. H. Millar. A fictional tale of the Scottish border.
Published : Wood and Son, Perth 1906,
£18.00

Hardbacks. The two volume set, published in 1889 and 1890, in the original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Some damp-spotting/fading to the boards of both volumes. Both volumes very good internally and unopened. Pp.cvi,1016 (continuous pagination). Illustrated. Preface and Notes by the editor.
Published : T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, First Edition
£95.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with one closed tear. Small ownership label on front fixed end-paper. 278pp. Frontispiece map. 22 plates. An anthology of extracts from the writings of visitors to Shetland between 1550 and 1850.
Published : Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1989, First Edition
£17.00

Softback. A very good copy. Covers a little soiled. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.x,(ii),288. Frontispiece and 35 plates. Maps. Descrtibed as "an important addition to the historiography of the Gordons of Huntly, who as rulers of the north were involved in most significant events of sixteenth-century Scotland."
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 2012, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete, untorn and now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vii,[1],332. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and one other illustration. Beattie was a Scottish philosopher and a prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Only 300 copies were printed of this new edition of a book first published in 1904.
Published : J. Martin Stafford, Altrincham 1990,
£9.00

A very good two volume softback reprint of this title in the Historians of Scotland series. Small ownership label. Pp.lxviii,492. A history of Scotland up to the late 14th century. This is a facsimile reprint of the edition edited by William F. Skene and published in 1872.
Published : Llanerch Publishers 1993, Reprint
£35.00

Hardback. A very good copy in the original boards which are lettered in gilt on the upper board. . Bevelled edges. Page edges stained red. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. Pp.[viii],72 + 3 unpaginated illustrations at rear. Folding frontispiece. A small Edinburgh local history scarce in first edition.
Published : MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh 1865, First Edition
£40.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 360 pages. 200 maps. 171 photographs. Described as "a complete and up to date island avifauna" which provides "in-depth historical and current information for all species recorded."
Published : Buteshire Natural History Society and the Scottish Ornithologists' Club 2012, First Edition
£40.00

A good copy Softcover. Inscribed presentation copy from the author and with a short type-written card from her loosely enclosed. 160 pages. Illustrated. Map end-papers.
Published : Argyll Reproductions 1983, First Edition
£9.00

Hardback. A fair to good copy in a half-leather binding with marbled boards. A fair amount of rubbing to spine although lettering remains readable. A little wear to spine ends and some rubbing to boards. Trace of a crease on upper board. Small ownership label on front free end-paper and older ownership inscription on title page. Evidence of a label having been removed from front fixed end-paper. 548 pages including index to this volume + 8 engraved plates at end with some edge foxing. (There is no list of plates in this volume and I am unsure if the plates are complete). Engraved title page. This volume includes Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Stirlingshire etc.
Published : Arch. Constable and Co and John Brown et al, Edinburgh 1806, First Edition
£45.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black. Gift inscription (to the Forsyth Association). Pp.xv,194. Prose and poetry from an Aberdeen citizen of the Victorian era.
Published : L. Smith & Son, Aberdeen 1882, First Edition
£15.00

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. A little edge foxing. Unopened. Pp.xxix,454. The correspondence "relates to the efforts made by France under the direction of Mazarin to ssist King Charles I during the close of the Civil War in Great Britain".
Published : T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1898, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. Oblong 4to. A near fine copy in a green leatherette binding lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper board. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 102 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout. This is largely a collection of cuttings, photographs, notices etc for the Company's staff kept over the years. Uncommon.
Published : Privately Published 2007, First Edition
£24.00

Hardback. A good copy in light green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. Little foxing. Pp.xvii,[2],165 + 2pp adverts. 6 illustrations including folding map. Deals in some detail with the medical aspects of the spa before describing the sights and antiquities of the area. An uncommon title.
Published : H.K. Lewis, London 1889, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xvii,185. Explains how Edinburgh became such an important financial centre.
Published : Kokoro, Edinburgh 2008, First Edition
£14.00

Hardback. Nd. 1920s? A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. Some fading to spine. 150 copies printed, this copy being unnumbered. 31 pages. Genealogical notes on two well-known Scottish families.
Published : Published for Private Circulation Only, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. 4to. A good copy in maroon boards with leather spine. Some scuffing to spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Internally a very good, clean copy, with very little foxing and no ownership inscription. Pp.xiii,457. Each of the chapters deals with an aspect of Scots life e.g. law, medicine, clothing, sea terms etc and looks at the Scots words connected with it. He argues against the view that Scots is merely a dialect of old English with trifling variations. The book is an attempt to illustrate the extent to which French influence pervaded the life of the Scottish people. An interesting and uncommon book. Limited edition of 500 copies.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1882, First Edition
£50.00

Illustrated by Jim Nicholson.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 45pp. Poems in Scots with Edinburgh as the subject. Line drawings by Jim Nicholson.
Published : Macdonald, Loanhead 1973, First Edition
£7.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 156pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Standard Press, Montrose 1976, First Edition
£8.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 156 pages. Many illustrations. The story of Edinburgh before 1707.
Published : Standard Press, Montrose 1976, First Edition
£8.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with one small tear in the rear panel. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 156pp. Many illustrations. The story of Edinburgh life and Edinburgh characters through the ages.
Published : Standard Press, Montrose 1976, First Edition
£8.00

A very good copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which has a large closed tear in the front panel and smaller tears at the spine ends. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 139 pages. Many illustrations. Chapters entitled "The Campbells of Meggernie Castle", "death to Clan Gregor" etc.
Published : Standard Press, Montrose 1969, First Edition
£9.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus, complete dustwrapper which has a couple of internal sellotape repairs to small edge tears. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 139 pages. Numerous illustrations. Chapters on "The Campbells of Meggernie Castle", "The Magic Stone of Clan Donnachaidh" etc.
Published : Standard Press, Montrose 1969, First Edition
£10.00