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Blacket Books
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EH16 6NX
Scotland

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0131 666 1542
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A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing, ownership inscription or other internal marking. 191 pages.
Published : Richard Drew Publishing, Glasgow 1981,
£8.00

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper that is not price-clipped. Some spine lean. 381pp. A late and rather elusive Tranter title about the early Scottish king, Kenneth mac Alpin.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1990, First Edition
£50.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Corner clipped from front end-paper. 320 pages.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1989, First Edition
£20.00

A near fine copy in a similar but price-clipped dustwrapper. Signed by Nigel Tranter on the title page. 320 pages.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1989, First Edition
£40.00

A very good copy in a good, price-clipped dustwrapper which has two small external sellotape repairs. Inscribed by the author on the title page in September 1946. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 221pp + adverts.
Published : Ward Lock, London 1946, First Edition
£50.00

A good plus copy in green cloth lettered in black. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 221 pages.
Published : Ward Lock & Co, London, First Edition
£10.00

Hadback. A near very good copy. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Many black and white illustrations and photographs.. 190 pages. Dustwrapper is protected in a removeable cover and is faded on spine and price-clipped.
Published : Richard Drew Publishing Ltd., Glasgow 1981, First Edition
£6.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. No ownership inscription. 406 pages.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1996, First Edition
£10.00

The complete trilogy all in very good condition in very good dustwrappers. All dustwrappers are complete and untorn. Two are slightly faded on the spine. No ownership inscription and just a few spots of fore-edge foxing. Approx. 1050 pages in total.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London,
£45.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. No ownership inscription or other marking. 227 pages. Deals with the "two-edged effect of introducing new technological projects [in the shape of a hydrto-electric dam] into an area like the Scottish Highlands."
Published : The Molendinar Press, Glasgow` 1980,
£5.00

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's dark blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. 255 pages. The good dustwrapper has minor chipping and edgewear, is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1957, First Edition
£20.00

A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Some edge foxing. 221 pages. A story about the discovery of the "real" Stone of Destiny and the fight to keep it in Scotland.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1958, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A near very good copy which is bumped at top of spine and bottom tip of front board. No inscriptions. 221 pages. Good dustwrapper with minor rubbing top and bottom of spine, 2 small brown marks on rear cover and water damage on inside of dustwrapper but not showing on outside. Protected in a removeable cover. Price-clipped.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1958, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. 352 pages. A story of one man's dedicated service and loyalty to Mary Queen of Scots in one of the most testing periods of Scottish history.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1989, First Edition
£12.00

A very good copy in a good, almost complete, dustwrapper with some rubbing to spine and at foldover. This is a nice, clean copy of the first reprint without foxing or ownership inscription. Quite a difficult early title dealing with the Highland Clearances.
Published : Ward, Lock & Co, London 1943,
£65.00

A very good copy without dustwrapper. Inscribed presentation copy from the author, signed by him at Aberlady, Christmas 1941. The boards are unmarked and the book is not foxed. 253pp + adverts. Map.
Published : Ward Lock, London 1941, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. A touch of wear at spine ends and a little rubbing to lower board. A clean copy internally with no foxing or ownership inscription. 128 pages. Many photographs by Michael Cyprien. Mainly a gazetteer to sites connected with King Robert the Bruce together with 8 special articles on weaponry and armour, knighthood and chivalry etc.
Published : Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1985, First Edition
£18.00

A near-fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. Ends a little bumped. 352pp. Colour illus. Scotland's wars of independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries and the stories of Wallace and Bruce.
Published : Roberts Rinehart 1998, First Edition
£5.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Stamp of "The Ladies' Caledonian Club" on front free end-paper but no other markings. Some foxing to half-title but otherwise a clean copy. Pp.xv,173 + 2pp publishers' adverrts.40 full-page photographic illustrations. 9 drawings in he text. 4 maps and plans. A history of Iona together with its topography with chapteres on the cathedral, carved stones etc. Appendices on the Gaelic place-names of Iona, St. Columba's hymn, an old Irish poem and the island of Staffa.
Published : David Douglas, Edinburgh 1909, First Edition
£30.00

4to. A fair copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Some fading to spine and soiling to boards. Browning to end-papers. No ownershjip inscription .Pp.xxi,316. Frontispiece and four illustrations + many pages of portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and men. 6 maps and plans. A few pages (especially page 242) have tears which have been repaired by sellotape. A few other pages have small edge tears. Contains much biographical material on Perthshire men who fought in the Second Boer War.
Published : R.A. & J. Hay, Perth 1908, First Edition
£30.00

. A good copy in stapled paper covers which show some soiling to the edges. No date or publisher given. Perhaps 1920s/1930s. 35 pages. A look at the forest industries of Argyllshire, particularly iron-making.
Published : ,
£15.00