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Paxton Roland (Editor) - 100 Years of the Forth Bridge

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is now protected in na clear, removable sleeve. Pp.[x],166. Numerous black and white illustrations. "The fascinating story of the Forth Bridge is related here in six complementary chapters, which present the bridge's historical context and a glimpse of its future linked by accounts of its design, construction and maintenance and of the men who created it."
Published : Thomas Telford , London 1990, First Edition
£12.00

Peake Lieut.-Colonel Frederick G. (Peake Pasha) - Change at St. Boswells the Story of a Border Village

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 127 pages. Frontispiece. The story of a Scottish border village.
Published : Privately Published 1961, First Edition
£15.00

Pease Howard - Border Ghost Stories

Hardback. A good copy in publisher's maroon boards with gilt title on spine. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name and date on front endpaper. A little edge wear top and bottom of spine and darkening to rear board. Some foxing to page ends. A nice clean tight copy inside. Pp.xvi,303. Twenty-two ghost stories of the Scottish/English border.
Published : Erskine Macdonald Ltd., London 1919, First Edition
£25.00

Pease Howard - The Lord Wardens of the Marches of England and Scotland Being a Brief History of the Marches, the Laws of March, and the Marchmen Together with Some Account of the Ancient Feud Between England and Scotland

Hardback. A near very good copy in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on upper board. Top edge gilt. Foxing to edges and early and late pages. Bookplate. Limited edition of 500 copies. Pp.xv,[i],255. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. 4 double-page maps.
Published : Constable & Co., London 1913, First Edition
£50.00

Pease John M. - Taynish: A History of the Ross Estate

Softback. A very good copy. Gift inscription on title page. 127 pages. Numerous illustrations. Maps. This is the story of an estate on the west coast of Argyll and of its people.
Published : Argyll Publishing, Glendaruel 2010, First Edition
£18.00

Peddie Alexander - Recollections of Dr. John Brown Author of "Rab and His Friends" Etc. With a Selection from His Correspondence

Hardback. A very good copy. No ownership inscription. A little end-paper foxing. Pp.xii,197. Frontispiece and 12 illustrations. A biography.
Published : Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, Edinburgh 1894, Second Thousand
£8.00

Pennant, Thomas - A Tour of Scotland in 1769

Hardback. A very good copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is clean, complete and untorn. No ownership inscription. 388 pages. Illustrations. This is a facsimile reprint of the third edition of 1774 of Pennant's first tour in Scotland in 1769. New Introduction by Barry Knight.
Published : Melven Press, Perth 1979,
£22.00

Pennant, Thomas - A Tour of Scotland in 1769

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp. xiii,[1],388 + 8 page Introduction to this new edition by Barry Knight. Numerous plates. This is a reprint of the third edition (which contained much additional information) of Pennant's first tour of Scotland undertaken at a time of great change.
Published : Melven Press, Perth 1979,
£20.00

Penny, George - Traditions of Perth

Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt on he spine. In a good dustwrapper which has small tears at head of spine and which is price-clipped. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,335. Frontispiece and 14 illustrations. This is a facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1836 with illustrations (which are period engravings) added. Described as "a classical local history" written by a weaver and working journalist.
Published : Wm. Culross & Son, Coupar Angus 1986,
£22.00

Perchard Andrew - The Mine Management Professions in the Twentieth-century Scottish Coal Mining Industry

Hardback. A very good copy in grey cloth with pictorial onlay to upper board. Gift inscription on front free end-paper from "Andrew," very probably the author. Pp.xix,470. 27 figures. 11 tables. 2 maps. 9 plates. An important and scarce study of Scottish coal mining management.
Published : Edwin Mellen Press Ltd, Lampeter 2007, First Edition
£65.00

Petzsch Helmut - Architecture in Scotland

4to. A very good copy in a price-clipped but otherwise complete dustwrapper with a number of edge tears. 146pp. Many illustrations. An introductory guide to Scottish architecture.
Published : Longman, London 1971, First Edition
£8.00

Petzsch Helmut - Architecture in Scotland

4to. A very good copy in a good, complete, dustwrapper which is now protected. The first few pages are a little creased. 146pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Longman, London 1971, First Edition
£10.00

Philip Kathleen - The Story of Gigha the Flourishing Island

A very good copy. Card covers. Pp.vii,147. Map. Illustrations. Traces the life of the people of Gigha, an island in the Inner Hebrides, through the centuries.
Published : Published By the Author 1979, First Edition
£7.00

Phillips David - Jimmy Shand

A very good copy in a price-clipped but otherwise very good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription. 166 pages. Illustrated. A biography of the Scottish accordionist and country dance band leader.
Published : D. Winter & Son Ltd., Dundee 1976, First Edition
£15.00

Pieri, Joe - The Scots-Italians : Recollections of an Immigrant

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.vi,150. 16 illustrations.
Published : Mercat Press, Edinburgh 2005, First Edition
£15.00

Pilkington Stephen M. - With a Gun to the Hill Thirty Years of Sport in the Highlands of Scotland

Hardback. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. Neat ownership inscription on front end-paper. 190 pages. Frontispiece and 14 illustrations. Deer stalking, grouse shooting etc.
Published : Herbert Jenkins, London 1948, First Edition
£20.00

Porter, William A. - Tarves Lang Syne: the Story of a Scottish Parish

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the aurthor on the front free end-paper. Pp.[xii],216 + index. Numerous black and white illustrations. A history of an Aberdeenshire parish.
Published : Maxiprint, York 1996, First Edition
£12.00

Pottinger, Morris - Parish Life on the Pentland Firth

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Small ownership label on half-title. Pp.xix,191. Illustrated. Stories, drawn from old records, of Caithness people and events of 300 years ago.
Published : Whitemaa Books, Reay, Thurso 1997, First Edition
£10.00

Poucher W. A. - The Magic of Skye

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in the original cloth. Ownership inscription but otherwise a nice, clean copy. 223 pages. 148 photographs by the author.
Published : Chapman & Hall, London 1949, First Edition
£15.00

Poulet Sir Amias (Edited By John Morris) - The Letter-Books of Sir Amias Poulet Keeper of Mary Queen of Scots

Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Two bookplates. Some edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.xliii,401 + 2pp publisher's advertisements. Includes an Introduction, Preface, Index and notes to the letters in addition to the letters themselves.
Published : Burns and Oates, London 1874, First Edition
£50.00

Price Norrie - They Wore the Dark Blue: A Complete Record of Dundee FC in League and Cup

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 236 pages. Numerous illustrations, mainly black and white but with a few in colour. League, Scottish Cup, League Cup etc results up to and including season 1994-95. Also articles on "The Story of Saeson 1993-94" and "The Story of Season 1994-95."
Published : Norrie Price 1995, First Edition
£10.00

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