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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

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. No ownership inscription. Some edge foxing but quite clean internally. Pp.xiv,[1],368. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations.
Published : Constable & Co., London 1921, First Edition
£15.00

Softback. A very good copy. Small ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. Pp.ii,205. This is an Inventory of papers which belonged to the Chiefs of Clan Chisholm. There is also an index of persons and an index of places.
Published : Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£10.00

Softback. 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 in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 128 pages. "This inventory is virtually all that remains of the writs of the family of Cameron of Lochiel dating from before 1746."
Published : Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh 2000, First Edition
£15.00

Illustrated by Mary Y and J. Young Hunter.
Hardback. A near very good copy in dark blue decorated cloth which is letterd in gilt. Top edge gilt. Front hinge tender. Pp.xi,206. 67 colour plates. Folding map at end. This is an A & C Black colour book from the 20/- series.
Published : Adam and Charles Black, London 1907, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper with minor chips and tears. Gift inscription on front free end-paper. 307 pages. Foreword by George Blake. Essays with a west of Scotland flavour by the creator of Para Handy.
Published : The Porpoise Press, Edinburgh 1933, First Edition
£14.00

A good copy in green cloth which is darkened on the spine. Lettered and decorated in gilt. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. Pp.xii,351. Introduction and 12 papers including papers on "Ancient Gaelic Poetry", "Hymns of the Gael", The Legend of the Fiann in the Highland Bards", "the Clan System as a Legal Entity" etc.
Published : Archibald Sinclair, Glasgow 1908, First Edition
£50.00

A good copy in red cloth which is a little faded and marked on the spine. Ownership inscription. Pp.xix,502. 18 plates. 262 figures. This volume is intended as a general introduction to the "County Histories of Scotland" series.
Published : William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1899, First Edition
£10.00