Home
News
Book Fairs
Terms Of Sale
Links

Archaeology ( 62 )
Art / Architecture ( 311 )
Biography / Autobiography ( 539 )
Children ( 623 )
Country Life / Sports ( 176 )
England & Wales ( 306 )
First Editions ( 513 )
Foreign Countries ( 444 )
Illustrated ( 450 )
Ireland ( 137 )
Literature / Fiction ( 511 )
Maritime / Naval ( 216 )
Military ( 630 )
Miscellaneous ( 329 )
Mountaineering ( 114 )
Natural History / Botany ( 281 )
Religion ( 274 )
Science / Medicine ( 314 )
Scotland ( 1912 )
Sport ( 147 )
The Arts ( 229 )
Transport ( 90 )

Liz@BlacketBooks.co.uk
Ian@BlacketBooks.co.uk

Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH16 6NX
Scotland

Within UK :
0131 666 1542
Outwith UK :
44 131 666 1542

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
£22.00

Softback. A very good copy. Inscribed presentation copy from author. Also with gift inscription not from author. 256 pages. Illustrations. The first history of the Spital, "Aberdeen's mystery village."
Published : Denburn Books, Aberdeen 1996, First Edition
£13.00

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
£28.00

A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Bookplate. 158 pages. Frontispiece. Endpaper map. A study of Stevenson's interest in the Scottish Highlands and Highlanders and of his novels set in the Highlands.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1929, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. 192 pages. Numerous illustrations. Maps. Described as "a complete and detailed study of the unusual pre-historic rock carvings which adorn many of the rock outcrops and sometimes free standing stones in Galloway and the Isle of Man."
Published : Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset 1979, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. 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

Softback. A fine copy. Pp.ix,188. 13 plates. 31 figures. A scholarly study of the landscape of the Dunbeath area of Caithness, most famous as the setting of many of the novels of Neil Gunn.
Published : Dunbeath Preservation Trust/ Department of Archaeology University of Glasgow 1996, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.iv,227. Colour and black and white illustrations. Family trees. "In compiling the most complete genealogy of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod [the author] has pieced together old Gaelic oral traditions as well as written records to tell their fascinating story."
Published : Associated Clan MacLeod Societies 1986, First Edition
£30.00

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

Softback. A very good copy. Small ownership label. Limited edition of 500 copies. 18 pages. Poems by four Caithnss poets, Henry Adam, Drew MacLeod, Andrew Aitken and Stevie Macleod, all of whom have signed this copy.
Published : Pulteney Press, Wick 1985, First Edition
£8.00

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
£18.00

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
£10.00

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
£12.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in black. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.ix,177. Illustrations. Maps and diagrams including coloured map endpapers. A volume in the Cambridge County Geographies series.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1912, First Edition
£15.00

Hardback. 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 , Glasgow 1827, First Edition
£80.00

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

Hardbhacks. A very good two volume set in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on upper board. Spines darkened and showing a little wear at ends. A clean set without foxing, ownership inscription or other internal marking. Vol. I,pp.xii,[4],335. Frontispiece and 14 illustrations. Vol.II,pp.ix,399. "Christopher North" was a Scottish advocate, author and Professor of Moral Philosophy. This Memoir is compiled from family papers and other sources by his daughter.
Published : Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1863, New Edition
£40.00

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
£8.00

Hardback. 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
£18.00

Hardback. Nd. 1931. A good plus copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Trace of smallish ring mark on upper board. Some light edge foxing. No ownership inscription. 361 pages. This is the first and best-known of the two novels that Muir wrote. It is set in a small town on the east coast of Scotland and is concerned with the conventions and restrictions (especially for women) of life in that setting. An uncommon title in first edition.
Published : Martin Secker, London, First Edition
£40.00

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
£10.00