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MacDonald of Castleton, Donald J. - Clan Donald

4to. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper with one or two edge tears. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xv,467. Many illustrations (including colour), genealogical charts, maps and plans. A history of perhaps the greatest of the Highland Clans.
Published : Macdonald Publishers, Loanhead 1978, First Edition
£32.00

MacDonald Stuart - Back to Lochaber : A Search for Historic Events, Travels, Tales and Customs

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. 299 pages. Illustrations. Maps. A trawl through various episodes of Lochaber's history.
Published : The Pentland Press 1994, First Edition
£30.00

MacDonald, Donald Farquhar MacLeod (Editor) - Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation Volume X Ministers of the Church from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1975

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has a couple of small tears. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vii,517. Gives details, by charge, presbytery and synod, of persons who were Ministers of the Church of Scotland during the years covered. Includes an index of charges and an index of ministers.
Published : The Saint Andrew Press, Edinburgh 1981, First Edition
£30.00

MacDonald, Isobel - A Family in Skye 1908-1916

Softback. A very good copy. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 148 pages. Illustrated. The story of a family in Portree, Skye before and during the First World War.
Published : Acair Ltd., Stornoway 1980, First Edition
£8.00

MacDonald, Mairi A. - By the Banks of the Ness : Tales of Inverness and District

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. . A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 159 pages. Essays on the history, lore and legend of the Highland capital.
Published : Paul Harris Publishing, Edinburgh 1982, First Edition
£7.00

MacDougall H. Of MacDougall - Island of Kerrera Mirror of History

4to. A very good copy. Softback with illustrated upper cover. Ownership inscription. 157pp. Many illustrations. Must be the first and last word on Kerrera, which is a small island lying off the west coast near Oban.
Published : Published By the Author, Oban 1979,
£8.00

MacDougall of MacDougall, H. - Island of Kerrera Mirror of History

Softcover. 4to. A very good copy in card covers with cloth spine. Ownership stamp. 157 pages. Many illustrations, both photographs and sketches. Maps. The history of a Scottish island which lies just off the coast from Oban.
Published : Privately Published 1979, First Edition
£10.00

MacGregor Forbes - Salt-Sprayed Burgh a View of Anstruther

A very good copy. Illustrated grey card covers. A little wear at edges of spine. 48 pages. Historical events in the life of a Fife burgh.
Published : Privately Published, First Edition
£5.00

MacInnes Hamish - West Highland Walks: One Ben Lui to the Falls of Glomach; and Two Skye to Cape Wrath

A very good two volume set in very good dustwrappers of these pocket sized books. Both clean copies without foxing or ownership inscription. Approx. 500pp. Numerous illustrations and maps.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1979, First Edition
£14.00

Macintosh Rev. W. M.A., PHD. - Burns in Germany: Scoto-German Studies

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in gilt on spine which is very slightly faded., No inscriptions. 4 black and white illustrations. 107 pages. Protected in a removable cover. Three essays. The title essay and others entitled "Scotch and German: Their Original Identity" and "Literature as a Bond of International Friendship." An uncommon title.
Published : Milne & Hutchison, Aberdeen 1928, First Edition
£30.00

Macintyre Lorn - Sir David Russell: A Biography

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xi,259. Illustrated. A biography of a Fife papermaker who was also a cultured humanist, a pioneer of New Age thinking, an archaeologist and an instigator of the Iona Retreat.
Published : Canongate, Edinburgh 1994, First Edition
£9.00

Mackay A.J.G. - A History of Fife and Kinross

Maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Would be very good but lacks one of the two maps. The other is present but loose. Prize label. Pp.xiv,404. A volume in the County Histories of Scotland series.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1896, First Edition
£9.00

Mackay A.J.G. - A History of Fife and Kinross

A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. No ownership inscription. Moderate edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.xiv,404. Two folding maps (with tears but complete). A volume in "The County Histories of Scotland" series.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London 1896, First Edition
£18.00

Mackay Charles - The Legendary and Romantic Ballads of Scotland

12mo. A very good copy in blue cloth blind tooled on upper and lower boards and with gilt lettering and design on spine. 354pp. A very nice, clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription.
Published : Griffin, Bohn & Co, London 1861, First Edition
£25.00

Mackay J.G. - The Romantic Story of the Highland Garb and the Tartan with an Appendix By Lieut.-Colonel Norman MacLeod Dealing with the Kilt in the Great War

4to. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. 208 pages. 30 illustrations including colour. Limited to 575 copies with Subscribers' List.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1924, First Edition
£48.00

Mackay John - History of the Barony of Broughton (Now the New Town of Edinburgh , Etc.)

Hardback. A very good copy in purple cloth lettered and blocked in gilt on the upper board and with a typed paper title-piece added to the spine. A little wear to spine ends. Some foxing to end-papers. No ownership inscription. 127 pages. Title page vignette.
Published : John Menzies & Co, Edinburgh 1869,
£24.00

Mackay John (Editor) - The Celtic Monthly: a Magazine for Highlanders

Hardback. 4to. A good copy in green cloth which is a bit marked. Lettered in gilt on spine. Ownership inscription. Bookplate removed from front fixed end-paper. Bottom corner missing from front free end-paper. 192 pages. Illustrated. Includes the 12 issues from October 1892 to September 1893. Includes a wide variety of material, both fact and fiction, relating to the Highlands and Highlanders.
Published : Archibald Sinclair, Glasgow 1893, First Edition
£28.00

Mackay Sheila S. - Inverness Our Story: v. 1: "Mind Thon Time"

A near very good copy. Minor corner creasing. Small ownership label. 400 pages. Described as "an unashamedly nostalgic look back at the "Town" and the lives of its people during the first fifty years of the 20th century."
Published : Inverness Local History Forum, Inverness 2004, First Edition
£18.00

Mackay Wiliam - Urquhart and Glenmoriston : Olden Times in a Highland Parish

A good copy in plain dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The binding, which shows some wear to edges, may not be the original binding. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Fort Augustus Abbey. Some end-paper foxing. Pp.xxi,[3],594. Frontispiece and 14 illustrations. A further (attractive) illustration of Urquhart Castle has been pasted to the rear end-paper. A comprehensive local history with chapters on education and culture, folklore, industrial and social life etc.
Published : The Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Inverness 1893, First Edition
£50.00

MacKay, David J; Crawford, Graeme C; George, Dr. Jane L; Barclay, Andrew W. - The Merchants' Tale : The Story of the Merchants of Edinbburgh Golf Club 1907 to 2008

Hardback. A fine copy. Signed by all four authors on half-title. Pp.xiii,[vii],242. Numerous illustrations with a section in colour.
Published : Birlinn, Edinburgh 2009, First Edition
£15.00

Mackay, Moray S. - Doune : Historical Notes

Softback. A very good copy. Pp.[14],113,viii + 12pp of illustrations and two family pedigrees at end. This is a reprint of a book written by the author in 1952.
Published : Forth Naturalist and Historian, Stirling 1984,
£20.00

Mackay, Moray S. - Doune : Historical Notes

Softback. A very good copy. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.[xiv],113,viii + illustrations, maps and pedigrees at end.
Published : Forth Naturalist and Historian, Stirling 1984,
£20.00

Mackenzie Alexander - The History of the Highland Clearances

A good copy in red cloth lettered in black. Faded on spine but the lettering is clear. 286pp.
Published : P.J. O'Callaghan, Glasgow 1914,
£10.00

Mackenzie James - The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland

A very good copy in the original green cloth with paper title label(which is a little rubbed but remains readable). Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xxxix,[v],112,vi. This is a reprint of a work first published in 1750 and concerns a court action raised by several heritors in Orkney against the Earl of Morton. Their main complaint related to the true measure and standard of the Norwegian Weights used in Orkney and Shetland as these were the basis on which feu-duties were paid. Includes a rather short List of Subscribers and new Introductory Notes.
Published : Laing and Forbes, Edinburgh 1836,
£120.00

Mackenzie John (Editor) - The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards --- with an Historical Introduction Containing an Account of the Manners, Habits, Etc of the Ancient Caledonians By James Logan

Hardback. A just about good copy in rather marked red cloth. School prize inscription on front end-paper. Pp.lxxii,447.The historical Introduction and brief lives of the poets are in English with the poems themselves in Gaelic.
Published : John Grant, Edinburgh 1907,
£15.00

Mackenzie W.C. - Lovat of the Forty-Five

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in black on front board and spine. Gift inscription on front endpaper. 186 pages with 6 pages of publisher's catalogue. Poor dustwrapper which has largeish chips to front, rear and spine and one closed tear which is reinforced with sellotape on reverse. Not price-clipped. The book is an abridged form of the author's Life of Lovat published in 1908. This shorter book gives a succinct and well-balanced life of one of the most intriguing figures of Jacobite romance.
Published : Moray Press, Edinburgh 1934, First Edition
£8.00

Mackie Albert D. (Foreword) - The Fleeting Years a Collection of Drawings of Incidents and Personalities at Glasgow University

Softback. A near very good copy. Covers a little torn at spine ends. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 48 pages. A book of captioned drawings, mostly humorous.
Published : Glasgow University Graduates Association 1951, First Edition
£6.00

Mackie D.M. - Forfar and District in the War : A Record of Service in the Great Struggle 1914-1919

Hardback. A very good copy with pictorial front cover. A little wear to board tips. Top edge gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xvi,199. Frontispiece and other illustratrions, some full-page. Includes separate Rolls of Honour and Rolls of Service for Forfar, Inverarity, Kinnettles, Oathlaw, Rescobie and Tannadice.together with a number of war-related articles.
Published : Forfar War Memorial Committee, Forfar 1921, First Edition
£45.00

Mackie J.D. - The University of Glasgow 1451-1951 a Short History

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Bookplate of Charles H. Stewart, formerly Secretary of the University of Edinburgh. Pp.vii,[4],341. 4 illustrations. A nice clean copy.
Published : Jackson Son & Company, Glasgow 1954, First Edition
£8.00

Mackie R. L. (Editor) - The Letters of James the Fourth 1505-1513

Hardback. A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription of a former Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Pp.lxxii,338. Frontispiece. Includes a Biographical Memoir ( of Robert Kerr Hannay H.M. Historiographer in Scotland) and Introduction by the editor.
Published : Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1953, First Edition
£28.00

Mackinlay James Murray - Ancient Church Dedications in Scotland Scriptural Dedications

Hardback. A near very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Showing a little wear at spine ends and board tips. Fairly unobtrusive ownership inscription. Pp.xxiii,419. Map. "The object of the volume is two-fold. In the first place, to give some account of the Cathedrals, Parish and Collegiate Churches, Chapels, Hospitals, and Monasteries under the invocation of Saints mentioned in Holy Scripture; and, in the second place, to trace the influence that these Saints have had on ecclesiastical festivals, usages and symbolism".
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1910, First Edition
£65.00

MacKinnon, Kenneth - Language, Education and Social Processes in a Gaelic Communtiy

Softback. A very good copy though faded on the spine and a small part of the front cover. Pp.xi,222. Map. Figures. Tables. This is a study of the use of the Gaelic language in the Island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
Published : Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1977, First Edition
£12.00

Mackintosh Ian M. - Troon Golf Club Its History from 1878

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiv,137. Numerous illustrations including colour. Folding plans.
Published : The Committee of Troon Golf Club 1974, First Edition
£18.00

Mackintosh John - History of the Valley of the Dee from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription. Pp.ix,240. Portrait frontispiece.
Published : Taylor and Henderson, Aberdeen 1895, First Edition
£40.00

Mackintosh, Ian M. - Old Troon and District : An Historical Account

Hardback. A very good copy in a green leatherette binding with a fair to good price-clipped dustwrapper whcih shows some edge wear and tear and which has an external sellotape repair to the rear panel. Ownership inscription to the front free end-paper and address in ink on rear free end-paper. 102 pages. Numerous illustrations. Eleven maps and plans including seven folding. For this edition the author has "added several photographs, a story or two, and additional information---".
Published : Published By the Author 1972,
£30.00

MacLagan Robert Craig - The Perth Incident of 1396 from a Folk-Lore Point of View

Hardback. A near very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. Light edge foxing but a clean copy internally. Pp.vii,(i),403. The Perth incident of 1396 was a fight between 30 men of Clan Chattan and 30 men of Clan Kay. The book, however, delves into much older Scottish history. Uncommon in first edition.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1905, First Edition
£30.00

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