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Blacket Books
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Hardback. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a hint of fading to the spine. Pp.vi,299. Critical essays by a leading Scottish poet. Rather uncommon.
Published : Carcanet New Press, Cheadle 1974, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. 16mo. A good copy in red cloth letterde in black on upper board and in ink on spine. 132 pages. Notes on South Queensferry compiled from old records and other souces by a former provost of the burgh. An uncommon title.
Published : West Lothian Courier, Bathgate 1927, First Edition
£24.00

. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn and which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 232 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. A county by county description of mainland Scottish harbours.
Published : Alethea Press, Everton, Sandy 1983, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 72pp. Four essays on Gunn plus a checklist of his works. There were only 600 copies of this first edition.
Published : John Humphries, Thurso 1971, First Edition
£7.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in green cloth lettered in black. Some fading to spine but lettering clear. Ownership inscription on title page. Pp.viii,155. Numerous illustrations. Coloured end-paper maps. A volume in the "Cambridge County Geographies" series.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1920, First Edition
£14.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in black. Some browning/fading to spine. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.viii,168. Illustrations. Maps including coloured map end-papers. A volume in the Cambridge County Geographies series.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1910, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. 12mo. A good copy in green cloth lettered in black. Boards a little marked. Small ownership inscription. Pp.viii,168. Coloured map end-papers + 3 other maps. Numerous illustrations. A volume in the Cambridge County Geographies series.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1910, First Edition
£8.00

A good copy in a half leather binding with marbled boards. Some rubbing mainly to spine ends and edges and board tips. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Very little foxing and only a pencilled ownership inscription. Pp.cv,390 + 24pp Appendix + 7pp tunes + errata page. Decorated title page, two other illustrations and a coat of arms. A few pencilled marks and comments. A book of mainly Scottish ballads with an excellent historical Introduction.
Published : John Wylie & Co, Glasgow 1827, First Edition
£65.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription. Pp.ix,270. A study of Easter Ross in a century of change.
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 1981, First Edition
£15.00

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Some fore-edge foxing. 176pp. Frontispiece. Map.
Published : Robert Grant & Sons, Edinburgh 1939, First Edition
£10.00

Softback. A fine copy. Inscribed presentation copy from the editor. Pp.xxiii,182. Black and white illustrations. Four family trees. Cadenhead was a Scottish landscape and portrait painter. " |n these letters, James gives a vivid and lively account of his life as a young artist training in Edinburgh and Paris in the late nineteenth century. They are full of joie de vivre, with an artist's eye for detail and with some amusing sketches."
Published : Alison Mowat 2013, First Edition
£18.00

Illustrated by George Reid.
Hardback. Dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Would be very good but hinges tender. Pp.xiii,486. Many illustrations.
Published : Macmillan, London 1890, First Edition
£7.00

. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy inmternally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.vii,215.
Published : John Murray, London 1987, First Edition
£15.00

A very good copy in a very good dusytwrapper. 162pp. Frontispiece and 6 illustrations. The story of the Glasgow scientist who founded "Anderson's Institution".
Published : John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd. 1950, First Edition
£6.00

Hardback. A very good copy in light green cloth lettered in black. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.viii,142. 33 illustrations. Four maps including end-paper maps. A volume in the "Cambridge County Geographies" series.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1912, First Edition
£14.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper which is a little spotted on the spine. No ownership inscription. 221 pages. Frontispiece.
Published : The Hogarth Press, London 1974, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on rthe upper board. The boards are now protected by a clear, removable sleeve. Top edge gilt. Two bookplates. Pp.xii,315. Numerous illustrations, some full page. Includes two chapters on Shetland and chapters on North Rona, Fair Isle, the Isle of May, Inchcolm, etc.
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1885, First Edition
£58.00

. A fine copy. Pp.ii,205. The papers of a Highland clan.
Published : Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A very good copy of the limited edition, this copy being number 156 of 250 such copies. Cream spine (which is a little marked) lettered in gilt with blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Some fore-edge foxing but a clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.xviii,417. 12 tissue-guarded portraits in photogravure. 8 views of bank buildings.
Published : Privately Printed By R & R Clark Ltd., Edinburgh 1928,
£20.00

A very good copy in stiff card covers. 168pp. This is a reissue, with corrections and additions, of the geological portion of the handbook of the fauna, flora and geology of the Clyde area issued in 1901.
Published : The Geological Society, Glasgow 1904,
£12.00

A very good ex-library copy with the usual markings. Pp.xiii,227. A study of Lyndsay's poems and his charges against the pre-reformation clergy.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1938, First Edition
£8.00

Original wrappers. Some tears to the spine but otherwise a good copy. Pp.iv,72 + index. 2 maps.
Published : Published for the Botanical Society of the British Isles By Portree High School 1974, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. 4to. Nd. c.1950? A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,304. 24 illustrations. Lists members, rules, activities etc. A large part of the book consists of short biographies of deceased members who seem to have been mainly gentry from Peeblesshire and neighbourhood. Also includes material on coursing, game preserrvation and poaching, the Tweeddale Ball etc.
Published : Privately Printed for the Tweeddale Shooting Club By Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, First Edition
£65.00

A good copy in wraps. 56 pages. Poems in Scots on the theme of the First World War. Glossary.
Published : Constable, London 1917, First Edition
£5.00

Hardback. A good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Hinges a little tender. No ownership inscription. Some edge foxing. Pp.xi,175. 8 illustrations including a map and two coloured plates. A charming Victorian book about the place and people of Colonsay and Oronsay. This first edition was printed for private circulation and is uncommon.
Published : James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow 1887, First Edition
£50.00

A good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A little marked on rear board. 205pp + 56pp catalogue. Explores the influence the ballads and songs of Scotland have exerted on the character of the Scottish people.
Published : Macmillan, London 1874, First Edition
£22.00

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in laminated boards. Pp.x,357. 8 colour plates. Maps. Graphs. "An authoritative work showing the status of breeding birds in South-east Scotland, including, for the first time, population estimates, and how the current distributions relate to the present habitat and to past knowledge."
Published : The Scottish ornithologists' Club, Edinburgh 1998, First Edition
£14.00

A very good copy in an attractive brown half-leather binding with four raised bands on spine. Lettered in gilt on spine and upper board. No ownership inscription. A little fore-edge foxing. Pp.lviii,785. 18 plates. 75 figures. Volume 1 is complete in itself and consists of articles on Scottish lochs in general giving the result of researches from the topographical, geological, physical, chemical and biological points of view together with a comparison of Scottish lochs with lakes in other parts of the world. There is also an extensive bibliography of books and special papers referring to lakes.
Published : Challenger Office, Edinburgh 1910, First Edition
£58.00

A very good copy in blind decorated maroon cloth with bevelled edges. A little wear to spine ends and board tips. Bookplate. Pp.vii,139,[i]. Biographical notices of eminent persons connected with the parish of Colinton, which was at the time a country parish but which is now a suburb of Edinburgh.
Published : Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1863, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A very good copy in blind decorated maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Bevelled edges. Presentation copy from the author with five hand-written letters from the author inserted at front and rear of book (with a note saying that they were inserted in 1913.) Further ownership inscription dated 1902. Pp.vii,139 + one page Note at end. Scarce in first edition. The annals of Colinton which is now a suburb of Edinburgh.
Published : Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh 1863, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in a half leather binding with dark green boards. A little wear/scuffing to board tips and spine ends. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. 416 pages. Frontispiece and 46 plates, mostly in colour. (All plates present but a few mis-placed). 4 folding battle plans. A regiment by regiment history of the Scottish regiments
Published : Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow 1862, First Edition
£120.00

Softback. A very good copy. Illustrated front cover. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Prelims + 123 pages. Numerous illustrations. A history of the Pharmaceutical Department of the Royal Infimary of Edinburgh. An uncommon title.
Published : Firs Publishing, Lincoln 2003, First Edition
£18.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn and now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription, foxing or other internal marking. Pp.xiii,304. 30 plates. 30 figures in text. 5 tables.
Published : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh 1976, First Edition
£8.00