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Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH16 6NX
Scotland

0131 666 1542

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine distwrapper. 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

Hardback. Nd. c.1999. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.v,213. Many colour and black and white illustrations. "This is the story of one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. For 150 years its members played over one of the oldest courses in the world for one of the oldest trophies in the world."
Published : Privately Published, First Edition
£18.00

Hardbacks. A two volume set in matching half-leather bindings. Both spines are chipped towards the head but only one letter has been lost from the title lettering. Front board of volume II is detached. . Clean copies internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.447;507. Frontispiece to each volume.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1810, First Edition
£20.00

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
£40.00

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
£20.00

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
£25.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in blue cloth lettered in silver. Boards a little marked. Lacks dustwrapper. 508 pages + 208 black and white illustrations at the end. 8 colour plates. 13 figures in the text. An attempt " to re-set Scottish painting in its broader context of British and European art."
Published : Faber and Faber, London 1975, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. A very good copy in light grey boards lettered in black. Original chipped glassine wrapper present. Small gift inscription on front free end-paper. 62 pages. Limited edition of 300 copies of which 200 were for sale. Poems by Nan Shepherd, Eric Linklater, George Bruce, Agnes Mure Mackenzie etc.
Published : D. Wyllie & Son, Aberdeen 1938, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xi,310.
Published : Aberdeen University Press 1988, First Edition
£20.00

Softback. 4to. A very good copy. 114 pages. 9 colour plates. Map. Resulting from a millennium project this book is described by the author as a series of cameos - short descriptive sketches of the Aberdeenshire parish of Drumoak.
Published : Published By the Author 2001, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. No ownership inscription and not foxed. One ink and a very few neat pencilled notes in the text. Pp.xv,164. The author give the text and tramslation of the Notes together with discussion, notes and a glossary. He also gives a historical commentary on the Monatery of Deer and on the notes (which are in 12th century Buchan Gaelic and are the earliest surviving Gaelic text.)
Published : Cambridge University Press 1972, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. 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. Uncommon in first edition.
Published : John Murray, London 1922, First Edition
£18.00

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

Hardback. A very good copy in olive green cloth lettered in gilt. A little wear to spine ends. 125 pages. Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author. Lectures on the old Norse language in Shetland. Index to place-names at end.
Published : T & J Manson, Lerwick 1897, First Edition
£58.00

Softback. A very good copy. 109 pages. Illustrated. Folding plan of church. A study of Lauder and Lauderdale.
Published : Privately Published 1973, First Edition
£12.00

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
£10.00

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

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
£35.00

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

Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which shows some rubbing at the edges. No ownership inscription. Light edge foxing. 272 pages. Frontispiece and 20 illustrations. "These letters cover all aspects of Shetland life and work."
Published : The Moray Press, Edinburgh 1949, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. A very good copy in the original light green cloth. Gift inscription. Edge foxing. 272 pages. Frontispiece and 20 illustrations.
Published : The Moray Press, Edinburgh 1949, First Edition
£15.00

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,
£20.00

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
£14.00

Hardback. 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

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected in a removable sleeve. No ownership inscription. Some edge spotting but a clean copy internally. 384 pages. Inter-racial marriage is the central theme of this dramatic novel by a noted Scottish 20th century author.
Published : Macdonald, London 1961, First Edition
£25.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is faded from yellow to white on spine. Page ends a little browned. 269pp.
Published : Waterfront, Edinburgh 1985, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a dark blue leatherette binding lettered in gilt on the spine and with the British Museum Natural History logo in gilt on the upper board. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and not foxed. Numerous figures (including illustrations and maps) and tables. Map end-papers. A substantial and authoritative work with 19 chapters covering flora (including fungi, algae and diatoms), terrestrial asnd marine ecosystems, geology, geomorphology and soils, climate etc.
Published : British Museum (Natural History), London 1978, First Edition
£65.00

Illustrated by W. B. Hole.
Hardback. Overall a good copy in the original brown cloth lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some wrinkling to cloth on spine and trace of old water damage to rear board which does not affect the book internally beyond the rear end-papers. Not foxed. 367 pages. Vignette title page and 6 illustrations.
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1885,
£40.00

Hardback. A good copy in blind-stamped blue cloth which is a little marked to upper board. Some fading to spine and wear and tear to spine ends. Stamp of Fettercairn House on front free end-paper. Some foxing mainly to first few pages. Pp.viii,359 + one page of errata and addenda. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Folding map.
Published : Sutherland & Knox, Edinburgh 1853, First Edition
£45.00

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xviii,266. Argues that Carlyle was crucially influenced by Scottish philosophy by reference to a discussion of Hume, Reid and Sir William Hamilton.
Published : Macmillan Press Ltd, London 1997, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A just about good copy in light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. An area of damp-marking at the top of the rear board does not affect the book internally. Ownership inscription. 288 pages. 14 illustrations. Articles on "The Days of the old Shetland Sixern", "Fetlar Folk in 1716", "Scandinavian Place-Names in Sutherland" etc.
Published : The Viking Club 1910, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. A good copy in light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Ownership inscription. 238 pages. 12 illustrations. Articles on "A Visit to Shetland in 1832," "Ackergill Tower, Caithness," "Rob Doun," "A Peep into an Orkney Township in the Olden Time" etc.
Published : Privately Printed for the Viking Club 1911, First Edition
£50.00

A good hardback set of six volumes in light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt published between 1907 and 1913. The first volume, entitled "Orkney and Shetland Miscellany" covers the two years 1907 and 1908. The first volume is a darker blue than the others and the boards are a bit marked. Vol. 1 352 pages. 20 illustrations. Vol. II, 275 pages. 26 illustrations. Vol.III,288 pages. 14 illustrations. Vol.IV,238 pages. 12 illustrations. Vol.V,,228 pages. 10 illustrations. Vol. VI,226 pages. 27 illustrations. Contains a wealth of interesting articles on the Norse part of Scotland, e.g. "The Odal Families of Orkney", "Some Old-Time Shetlandic Wrecks", "Bibliography of Caithness and Sutherland", "A Visit to Shetland in 1832", "A Review of Sutherland Place-names", "The days of the Old Shetland Sixern" etc. Quite scarce.
Published : Viking Club, First Edition
£540.00