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Hogg, James - The King's Anthem ; and, Mary Gray: Two Poems

Softcover. A near fine copy in blue paper covers lettered in black. 12 pages. Introduction by Douglas S. Mack. This is believed to be the first publication of "Mary Gray". Only 100 copies of this pamphlet were printed.
Published : University of Stirling Bibliographical Society 1981,
£10.00

Hogg, Rev. David - Life of Allan Cunningham with Selections from His Works and Correspondence

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Bevelled edges. Pp.xii,373. Frontispiece. Decorated title page. A biography of the Galloway poet and author.
Published : John Anderson & Son, Dumfries 1875, First Edition
£30.00

Holbourn Ian B.S. - Wind and Wave

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 104 pages. Poems, many relating to Foula where the author lived.
Published : The Shetland Times Ltd, Lerwick 1967, First Edition
£20.00

Holden Alexander Edward - Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a little torn and scraped on the front panel. Ownership inscription. Pp.xv,319. 64 photographic plates by Robert M. Adam. An excellent companion for walkers in the Highlands.
Published : Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1952, First Edition
£5.00

Holmes, W. Kerley - Tramping Scottish Hills

A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Spine a little faded. In a good dustwrapper with smallish chips to the spine ends and with the red lettering faded. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Not foxed. Pp.ix,181. 12 plates. Reminiscences of days spent on the Scottish hills.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1946, First Edition
£9.00

Hood, Neil; Litt, M.; Draper, P. R.; Smith, I. W.; Stewart, W. J. - The Scottish Financial Sector

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a little creased and which has one edge tear. Small ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,347. Described as "an authoritative and indispensable reference work gathering together for the first time information on Scottish financial institutions and markets".
Published : Edinburgh University Press 1988, First Edition
£8.00

Hook Andrew - Scotland and America a Study of Cultural Relations 1750-1835

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. Pp.xi,260. Illustrated. A study of the Scottish influence on the intellectual and cultural history of the USA in the years covered with some new perspectives on Scotland's own cultural history.
Published : Blackie, Glasgow 1975, First Edition
£15.00

Hook Andrew (Editor) - The History of Scottish Literature Volume 2 1660-1800

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,337.
Published : Aberdeen University Press 1987, First Edition
£10.00

Howlett Hamilton - Highland Constable the Life and Times of Rob Roy MacGregor

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a chip at the top of the spine. Gift inscription. Fairly light edge foxing. Pp.xii,292. Frontispiece and six illustrations including a folding family tree. Map end-papers.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1950, First Edition
£8.00

Hume Margaret Amd Boyd Sydney (Edited By E. F. Catford) - Queensberry House Hospital a History

Hardback. A fine copy in a dustwrapper which shows some fading to the spine but which is complete and untorn. Signed by both authors and editor. Pp.viii,91. 15 illustrations. The story of an Edinburgh hospital in the Royal Mile which today looks after more than 200 elderly people.
Published : The Directors of Queensberry House Hospital, Edinburgh, First Edition
£10.00

Humes Walter M. And Paterson Hamish M. (editors) - Scottish Culture and Scottish Education 1800-1980

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 277pp. Twelve essays on Scottish education.
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 1983, First Edition
£10.00

Hunter D. L. G. - Edinburgh's Transport

Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper. Not foxed. Small ownership label on title page. 398 pages. Numerous illustrations. Two double-sided folding transport maps loosely laid in at rear. Covers tram, bus and suburban railway.
Published : The Advertiser Press Ltd., Huddersfield 1964, First Edition
£8.00

Hunter D.L.G. - The Highland Railway in Retrospect

Softback. A very good copy. 80 pages. Many illustrations. "This book is an attempt to highlight some of the unusual features of the Highland Railway and its operations, and to offer illustrations of some of its structures and equipment, which may be of use to a model-maker".
Published : Moorfoot Publishing, Edinburgh 1988, First Edition
£7.00

Hunter Rev. John et al - Chronicles of Strathearn

Illustrated by W.B. Macdougall.
A very good copy in brown cloth lettered and decorated in black and red. Lacks front end-paper. 400 pages + 37 page Appendix. 15 illustrations.
Published : David Philips, Crieff 1896, First Edition
£38.00

Hutchison A.F. - The Lake of Menteith:its Islands and Vicinity with Historical Accounts of the Priory of Inchmahome and the Earldom of Menteith

Illustrated by Walter Bain.
Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Some browning to end-papers but not foxed and no ownership inscription. Pp.xxxiv,368. 20 illustrations. 8 seals. 3 signatures. List of subscribers.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1899, First Edition
£30.00

Hutton Guthrie - Mining - Ayrshire's Lost Industry

Softback. 4to. A very good copy with front cover showing miners wearing breathing apparatus. No inscriptions. Many black and white photographs throughout.. 112 pages. Good glassine wrapper showing 4 closed tears. An illustrated history of the Mines and Miners of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale.
Published : Richard Stenlake Publishing, Cumnock, Ayrshire 1996, First Edition
£9.00

Hutton Laurence - Literary Landmarks of Edinburgh

Hardback. A very good copy. Maroon cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Decorated upper board which is a little marked. . No ownership inscription and little foxing. 80 pages. 32 illustrations.
Published : James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, London 1891, First Edition
£12.00

Hutton, Guthrie - Scotland's Millennium Canals: The Survival and Revival of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper (which has a small mark at the foot of the spine which can only be seen internally). No ownership inscription. A few early pages are just a little wrinkled. 160 pages. Numerous illustrations including colour. The story of the Forth and Clyde, and Union canals "from their early years, through decline and demise, to ultimate revival."
Published : Stenlake Publishing 2002, First Edition
£10.00

Inglis John A. - Sir John Hay "The Incendiary" 1578-1654 Clerk Register of Scotland Provost of Edinburgh

A very good copy in maroon cloth. Small ownership inscription. Pp.v,133. This is the biography of a Royalist Scot of the first half of the 17th century.
Published : Jackson, Son & Company, Glasgow 1937, First Edition
£35.00

Inglis Ralston - The Dramatic Writers of Scotland

Hardback. 12mo. A very good copy in the original green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. 156 pages. This is "an attempt towards the compilation of a Scottish Biographica Dramatica i.e. a Biographical and Bibliographical Catalogue of Scottish Authors who have written any dramatic pieces which have been either printed or acted". Uncommon.
Published : G.D. Mackellar, Glasgow 1868, First Edition
£30.00

Innes Cosmo - Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities

A fair copy only with much wear and tear to the spine including pieces missing from the cloth. Piece cut from top corner of half-title otherwise a sound copy internally. 326pp. Rather uncommon.
Published : Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1872, First Edition
£18.00

Innes, Cosmo (Editor) - Fasti Aberdonenses Selections From the Records of the University and King's College of Aberdeen 1494-1854

4to. A good copy in olive-green cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth torn at foot of spine. Pp.lxxxix,691. Errata slip. Unopened. Frontispiece.
Published : Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1854, First Edition
£35.00

Insh George Pratt - Carmina Glottiana

A good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper board. 15pp. Respected Scottish historian tries his hand at poetry.
Published : Lindsay & Co, Edinburgh 1928, First Edition
£7.00

Insh George Pratt - Scottish Colonial Schemes 1620-1686

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 283 pages. 4 illustrations. Chapters on Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Stuart's Town, South Carolina etc. Uncommon in first edition.
Published : MacLehose, Jackson & Co, Glasgow 1922, First Edition
£45.00

Insh George Pratt - The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 343 pages. 5 illustrations. 4 maps. The story, from its beginnings in 1693 to its dissolution in 1707, of the company which became best known for the Darien disaster but which also traded to Africa and the East Indies.
Published : Charles Scribner's Sons, London and New York 1932, First Edition
£20.00

Insh George Pratt - The War-Time History of the Scottish Branch British Red Cross Society

A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. In a good dustwrapper with edge tears and smallish chips. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiii,207. Frontispiece and 13 illustrations. Covers work transporting the wounded, in hospitals, with prisoners of war etc.
Published : Jackson Son & Company, Glasgow 1952, First Edition
£20.00

Ironside Robert & Douglas Harry - A History of Royal Musselburgh Golf Club 1774-1999

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.v,213. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. The history of one of the oldest golf clubs in the world.
Published : Privately Published 1999, First Edition
£18.00

Irvine James W. - The Waves are Free Shetland/Norway Links 1940 to 1945

Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a removeable sleeve. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Small ownership label on front end-paper. Pp.xiv,257. 63 illustrations.
Published : The Shetland Publishing Company, Lerwick 1988, First Edition
£30.00

Irving David (Edited By John Aitken Carlyle) - The History of Scottish Poetry

Hardback. A good copy in reddish-brown pebbled cloth. No ownership inscription. Very little foxing. Pp.xxxi,619 + 20pp adverts. Includes a memoir of the author and a glossary.
Published : Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1861, First Edition
£18.00

Irving David (Edited By John Aitken Carlyle) - The History of Scottish Poetry

Hardback. A near good copy. Some fading and a little wear to spine. The book's cracked hinges have been strengthened with sellotape. Ownership inscription. Pp.xxxi,619. Includes a Memoir of the aurhor and a glossary.
Published : Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1861, First Edition
£14.00

Jacob Violet - Tales of My Own Country

. A good copy in red cloth. Spine lettering dull. Lacks front free end-paper. Gift inscription on front fixed end-paper. Some edge foxing. Pp.vii,312. Short stories, mostly set in Angus.
Published : John Murray, London 1922, First Edition
£12.00

Jacob Violet - The Lum Hat & Other Stories

Softback. A very good copy with marled turquoise covers with illustration of ship on front cover and title in white on front cover and on spine. 4 black and white full page illustrations. No inscriptions. 155 pages. The book includes two novellas and seven short stories.
Published : Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen 1982, First Edition
£12.00

James, Alwyn - Scottish Roots : A Step-By-Step Guide for Ancestor Hunters in Scotland and Overseas

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Small ownership stamp on front end-paper. 181 pages. Illustrated.
Published : Macdonald Publishers, Loanhead 1981, First Edition
£8.00

Jameson John and Jameson Margaret - Andrew Jameson 1916 - 1934

Hardback. A very good copy in light green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Gift inscription from authors on front free end-paper:"For Graham Wilson from J.G.J. and M.J. July 1935." Pp.[xii],153,[iii]. Photographic frontispiece + 37 photographs. Title page woodcut vignette with tissue guard. Andrew Jameson was the only son of Major John Gordon Jameson (who was a member of Parliament) and Margaret Jameson and was the grandson of the Court of Session judge, Lord Ardwall and of A.L. Smith, Master of Balliol. He died on his 18th birthday. This is an affectionate and moving recollection of him by his parents.
Published : Printed for Private Circulation By Douglas & Foulis, Edinburgh 1935, First Edition
£35.00

Jamieson George - Tay Square Church Dundee a Centenary Retrospect

4to. A very good copy in blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt. Gift inscription, probably from the author. 187 pages. Many illustrations. Erratum slip. A well-produced church history.
Published : Paul & Matthew, Dundee 1932, First Edition
£25.00

Jamieson Lynn and Toynbee Claire - Country Bairns; Growing Up 1900-1930

Hardback.A very good copy in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. 245 pps.This is a unique record of rural childhood - a fascinating glimpse into the lives of children in the Scottish countryside in the early years of the 20th century. Many black and white photgraphs.
Published : Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£6.00

Jamieson Robert (Editor) - Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language and a Few Originals By the Editor Vol.II

Hardback. A fair copy in a maroon half leather binding lacking the title piece. Boards very worn. Lacks title page. The half-title states "Songs and Ballads, Tragic, Humorous and Miscellaneous." 409 pages.
Published : 1806,
£14.00

Jamieson Stanley (Editor) - The Water of Leith a Collection of Essays About the River By Various Authors

Illustrated by C.A. Hope.
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 194 pages. Line drawings and other illustrations. Includes chapters on the geology, natural history, industry, literary associations etc of the riverside.
Published : The Water of Leith Project Group 1984, First Edition
£10.00

Janet Hunter - Islanders and the Orb: The History of the Harris Tweed Industry 1835-1995

. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 375 pages. Illustrated. Described as "the most comprehensive and wide-ranging account ever written of the Harris Tweed industry."
Published : Acair Ltd., Stornoway 2001, First Edition
£12.00