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Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
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EH16 6NX
Scotland

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0131 666 1542
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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
£10.00

Nd. but a Note by the author dated June 1916 is appended to the prefix ststing that the book was written before the war broke out. A good copy in red cloth. Blind stamp of D.C. Thomson (the Dundee publishers). A previous owner has pasted in to the front of the book a number of newspaper cuttings relevant to the subject of the book and an article entitled "The Origin of the Scottish People" by Arthur Keith. Pp.xiv,396. This is an enquiry into the origins of the peoples of Ireland and Scotland.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley, First Edition
£28.00

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 humerous.
Published : Glasgow University Graduates Association 1951, First Edition
£8.00

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

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
£10.00

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. 4 black and white illustrations. No inscriptions. Pp.vii 341. Very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. A nice copy.
Published : Jackson Son & Company, Glasgow 1954, First Edition
£15.00

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
£30.00

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 hadon ecclesiastical festivals, usages and symbolism".
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1910, First Edition
£85.00

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
£15.00

Hardback. 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

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

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, Second Edition
£30.00

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
£40.00

Hardback. Square 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 239 pages. Over 400 colour illustrations. A celebration of Scottish country houses with special sections on gardens, painted ceilings, romantic painting, tartans, tweed, pottery, doocots etc.
Published : Thames & Hudson, London 1992, First Edition
£14.00

A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which has a little edge wear and tear. Small ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,406. Frontispiece and 44 illustrations. Covers the history, natural history, land use, folklore etc of the area.
Published : The Inverness Field Club and Paul Harris 1975, First Edition
£7.00

Hardback. A very good copy. In a very good dustwrapper which has a very small tear at the foot of the spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,181. Poems by Sorley Maclean (in English only) including some written between 1972 and 1982 published here for the first time. The book also includes short essays on Maclean and his poetry by Iain Crichton Smith, Dr. John MacInnes and Donald A. MacDonald. This is volume 2 in the Columban Celtic Series.
Published : Iona Foundation, Philadelphia 1987, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership ininscription or other internal marking. Pp.viii,270 + 2pp publisher's adverts. Chapters on "MacPherson and his Ossian", "Gaelic Proverbs", "The Gaelic Bards of the Nineteenth Century", etc. This edition has a new chapter on "Popular and Anonymous Songs of the Highlands".
Published : Blackie and Son, Glasgow 1925, New and Extended Edition
£15.00

Nd. c.1890's. Small 8vo. A good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black. Bookplate. Ownership inscription. 189pp. The conversion to Christianity of the Celts of Ireland and Scotland.
Published : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London,
£9.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,324. Frontispiece.
Published : William Brown, Edinburgh 1881, Third Edition
£40.00

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Faded at spine ends. No ownership inscription. Pp.xxix,254. Frontispiece. Includes Fingalian tales, local traditions, stories of witchcraft, ghost stories etc.
Published : Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1961, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 368 pages. Over 350 illustrations including 65 in colour. Published to celebrate the centenary of the Camanachd Association.
Published : Balnain Books, Nairn 1993, First Edition
£9.00

Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription and little foxing. 192 pages. Frontispiece. Mainly consists of short humorous sketches.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1905, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Copy number 887 of a limited edition. Ppvi,153. Illustrated. The history of an East Lothian golf course.
Published : Luffness New Golf Club, Aberlady 1994, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A fair to good copy in a plain reddish-brown binding which is faded in part, especially on the spine. Smallish tears to spine cloth. Lacks title label on spine where the word "Dumbarton" has been written in its place. Hinges cracked. Previous owner's ex libris plate on front fixed end-paper. Pp.viii,316. Not a great copy but scarce in first edition.
Published : Bennett Brothers, Dumbarton 1877, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Pp.xlv,186. The main text is in Gaelic with an Introduction in English.
Published : The Scottish Academic Press for the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society, Edinburgh 1988, First Edition
£20.00

A good copy but ex-library with the usual markings. 187pp. Chapters on the Norse occupation of the Hebrides, the Clan system, Some Island Folklore etc.
Published : Robert Carruthers and Sons, Inverness, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. Nd. c.1928? A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. 169 pages. Illustrated. "This little volume is at once an abridgment and a continuation of "The Macleods of Dunvegan. --- It is a continuation because the history of the Dunvegan Chiefs is brought down to the present day."[i.e. the 1920s].
Published : The Clan Macleod Society, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Some browning to end-papers. Pp.xxxvi,179. Frontispiece and 26 illustrations. The contents of this and the preceding volume are described as "a corpus of materials, illustrating not only the history of a great Highland family, but the whole political, social, and economic development of the Hebrides from medieval to modern times."
Published : Third Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1939, First Edition
£75.00

Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. 192 pages. 152 illustrations including many colour photographs by Antonia Reeve.
Published : Lund Humphries, Farnham 2014, First Edition
£28.00

A good copy in green cloth showing some wear at the spine ends. Top edge gilt. Ownership inscription. 145 pages. 12 illustrations. Chapters on Loch an Eilean, Lairig Ghru, Kinrara etc as well as Rothiemurchus itself.
Published : J.M. Dent, London 1907,
£20.00