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Blacket Books
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Scotland

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0131 666 1542
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Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which has a couple of smallish edge tears. Internally a nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.x,172. Frontispiece, map end-papers, map of Loch Finlaggan and folding genealogy of Clan Donald. Written in 1549 by Donald Monro, Deacon of the Isles this is the first known description of the Western Isles of Scotland from personal observation. Traces the five main branches of Clan Donald and contains an account of the Council of the Isles which met at Finlaggan on Islay.
Published : Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1961, First Edition
£28.00

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. Pp.[viii],128. This is an inventory of all that remains of the writs of the family of Cameron of Lochiel which pre-date the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Published : Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh 2000, First Edition
£15.00

Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.lxxxviii,377,45. Map. 5 tables. Family tree of Angus Og of Islay.
Published : Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1986, First Edition
£25.00

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, First Edition Thus
£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

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.x,221. Frontispiece and one other illustration. Forbes was Lord President of the Court of Session and a Hanoverian who pleaded for leniency towards the Jacobites after the 1745 Rising. In the author's view "of all the men of his time in Scotland none did more to help his country".
Published : International Publishing Company, London 1936, First Edition
£20.00

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
£80.00

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
£7.00

Hardback. A good copy in grey boards which are a little marked on the spine. Inscribed presentation copy from the author who has also added (and signed) a few lines at the foot of page 126. Reviews of the book tipped-in to the front end-paper. Preface by John Buchan. 211 pages. Frontispiece and 10 illustrations. The story of five illustrious Murray brothers in the 18th century.
Published : John Murray, London 1938, Reprint
£18.00

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. A good copy in olive green cloth lettered in gilt. Gilt lettering a little faded but readable. Quite a clean copy with little foxing and only a pencilled ownership inscription. Pp.x,(i), 356. 12 illustrations. Folding map.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1907, Revised and Enlarged Edition
£28.00

Hardback. A very good copy in the original cloth. Some fading to spine but lettering clear. No ownership inscription and little foxing. A little ink underlining to the preface. Pp.xi,356. 12 illustrations. The map which is present in some copies (but which is not called for) is not present. The history of a Renfrewshire parish.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1907, Revised and Enlarged Edition
£15.00

Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine (which shows some fading) and in black on the upper board. Small neat inscription on front fixed end-paper. Pp.xi,356. 12 illustrations. The map which is present in some copies (but which is not called for) is not present. The history of a Renfrewshire parish.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1907, Revised and Enlarged Edition
£15.00

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
£18.00

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
£80.00

Hardback. 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
£40.00

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
£60.00

Uncorrected proof. Softback. 246 pages. 16 pages of photographs. 14 maps + map end-papers. The index has not been done. Loosely enclosed is a typed note: "Heinemann sent me this to read and to forward to you, in the hope that you could find something nice to say about it. Love, Joyce." The note would have been addressed to Compton Mackenzie from whose library the book came but his name is not mentioned.
Published : Heinemann, London 1966,
£12.00

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

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. In a just about good dustwrapper which has small edge chips and tears and with some fading and marking to the spine. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 211 pages. Frontispiece and ten illustrations. A biography of the five sons of the fourth Lord Elibank and his wife, known as "Bare Betty," being an 18th century family history of their branch of the Murray family. Preface by Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan).
Published : John Murray, London 1936, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Some patchy fading. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. 125 pages. 15 full-page illustrations. Folding family tree of Alexander Dunbar, Dean of Moray and Katherine Reid of Aikenway. Much on the family of Dunbar of Burgie.
Published : Printed By John Wilson for Private Circulation, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£65.00

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
£20.00