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Cargill Alexander (Editor) - Memorial of the Celebration of the Centenary of Savings Banks Held at Edinburgh 8th,9th and 10th June 1910

Hardback. Small 4to. A very good copy in black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.xv,312. Numerous illustrations. Includes a number of papers presented at the meeting on savings banks.
Published : T & A Constable, Edinburgh 1910, First Edition
£18.00

Carment Samuel - Glimpses of the Olden Time: Being Extracts Illustrative of the Social Life and Manners of the Olden Time

Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.viii,292 + 4pp publisher's adverts. Extracts from newspapers etc. demonstrating what life was like in 18th and early 19th century Scotland.
Published : Norman MacLeod, Edinburgh 1893, First Edition
£18.00

Carrick, J.C. - Around Dalkeith : A Memorial of the Visit of King Edward and Queen Alexandra, 1903

A good plus copy in red, paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Lettered in black on upper board. Some browning to end-papers but no ownership inscription and not foxed. 156 pages. In addition to Dalkeith includes short chapters on Cockpen, Roslin Chapel, Lasswade, Carrington and Rosebery etc.
Published : P & D Lyle, Dalkeith 1904, First Edition
£25.00

Carswell Donald - Brother Scots

A good copy in dark green cloth. Pp.xi,237. Short biographical studies of six late 19th century Scots including John Stuart Blackie, Keir Hardie, Henry Drummond etc.
Published : Constable, London 1927, First Edition
£6.00

Carter Jennifer J.and Withrington Donald J. - Scottish Universities: Distinctiveness and Diversity

A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. 193pp. Essays addressing the central question as to what is the "real" Scottish University tradition.
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£12.00

Carter Jenny and Rae Janet - Chambers Guide to Traditional Crafts of Scotland

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Gift inscription on f.e.p. 128pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Chambers, Edinburgh 1988, First Edition
£5.00

Catford E.F. - Edinburgh the Story of a City

A very good copy in a near vg dustwrapper with a small chip at the foot of the spine. 287pp. 27 illustrations. Map and plan. The story of the development of Edinburgh and the famous people who have lived there.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1975, First Edition
£8.00

Cawdor Hugh - Thistles in Aspic : Leaves from the Commonplace Book of Hugh Cawdor

Hardback. A fine copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. In the original clear plastic wrapper. Pp.xi,258. Frontispiece. Head and tail pieces. The extracts here are described as "nuggets of concise, distilled excellence." Also included are four short stories.
Published : Angelika Cawdor, Cawdor Castle 2000, First Edition
£15.00

Chambers Robert - Notices of the Most Remarkable Fires in Edinburgh, From 1385 to 1824, Including an Account of the Great Fire of November 1824

Hardback. 16mo. Nd. c.1883. A good plus copy in the original cloth lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Would be very good but for a smallish patch of fading on the rear board. Decorated end-papers. No ownership inscription. Pp.iv,74 + 2 pages of publisher's adverts. Boards now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve.
Published : A & G Brown, Edinburgh,
£35.00

Chambers Robert - The Ancient Domestic Architecture of Edinburgh [and] Edinburgh Castle as Before the Siege of 1573

Hardback. This is a bound copy of two papers read before the Archaeological Institute in Edinburgh in July 1856 and probably dates from shotly after that time. Maroon boards with black leather spine lettered in gilt. Horizontal crease across rear board. Pencilled inscription on front fixed end-paper reads "Bought by me at sale of the Powfoulis library." 36 pages. Illustrated. A good copy.
Published : Privately Published,
£25.00

Chesher Susan, Foster Linda and Hogben Laurence - A Short History of the Villages Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir

4to. Softback. A very good copy. 22 pages. Illustrated. Folding map. The story of three Fife villages.
Published : Norman Fotheringham - Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council 1979, First Edition
£12.00

Chitnis, Anand C. - The Scottish Enlightenment and Early Victorian English Society

Hardback. A very good ccopy in a very good dustwrapper. Red lettering on dustwrapper spine is faded but readable. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 201 pages.
Published : Croom Helm, London 1986, First Edition
£8.00

Christie James (Editor) - The Medical Institutions of Glasgow: A Handbook Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association Held in Glasgow August 1888

Hardback. A good copy in maroon cloth which is faded on the spine and with some wear to spine ends. Ownership inscription. Pp.viii,198. Illustrations. Plans. This second edition contains additional illustratioins. Gives inforamtion on Glasgow hospitals, lunatic asylums, dispensaries, convalescent homes, medical societies etc.
Published : James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow 1889,
£20.00

Clement A.G. And Robertson Robert H. - Scotland's Scientific Heritage

A very good copt in a near vg dustwrapper with a little edge wear and tear. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 151pp. 6 figures. 5 tables. This is the first history of the part played by Scots in the development of science, medicine and engineering from the Renaissance onwards.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1961, First Edition
£8.00

Clutton-Brock, T.H.; Albon, S.D. - Red Deer in the Highlands

Illustrated by Dafilla Scott.
Hardback. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper which has one small edge tear. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vii,[1],260. Original drawings by Dafila Scott. Plates, tables and figures. The book "synthesises existing knowledge of the behaviour, ecology and population dynamics of Scottish red deer---".
Published : Blackwell Scientific Publications 1989, First Edition
£35.00

Coats R.H. - Travellers' Tales of Scotland

A good copy in grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 275pp. Not so much a book of tales as a book about persons who travelled to Scotland and wrote about their experiences.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1913, First Edition
£7.00

Cobbett William - Cobbett's Tour in Scotland; and in the Four Northern Counties of England: In the Autumn of the Year 1832

Hardback. 12mo. A near very good copy in a half-leather binding with marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt on a maroon title-piece and with five raised bands. Bookplate. Not foxed. 264 pages. This is esentially a vindication of Scotland and its people in the face of prejudice in England.
Published : Published at 11 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London 1833, First Edition
£95.00

Cochran-Patrick R.W. - Mediaeval Scotland

A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Some browning to end-papers. Pp.viii,200 + 24pp. adverts. Frontispiece. Chapters on agriculture, manufactures, fisheries, taxation, revenue, trade, commerce, weights and measures.
Published : James Maclehose, Glasgow 1892, First Edition
£10.00

Cockburn Harry A. (Editor) - Some Letters of Lord Cockburn with Pages Omitted from the Memorials of His Time

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xi,130. Foreword by Lord Sands. (Loosely enclosed is a letter to a more recent Scots judge - the former owner of this book - enclosing a hand-written recollection of Sir Walter Scott copied from Margaret Hope's Recollections of 1891 and not published with other Recollections).
Published : Grant & Murray, Edinburgh 1932, First Edition
£12.00

Cockburn Henry - Letters Chiefly Connected with the Affairs of Scotland from Henry Cockburn --- to Thomas Francis Kennedy M.P.

Hardback. A fair copy in the original boards which show some wear and tear at the spine ends. The front and back hinges have been strengthened with tape. Pp.viii,540,liii. Frontispiece.
Published : William Ridgway., London 1874, First Edition
£20.00

Cockburn James Hutchison - The Celtic Church in Dunblane; a View of the Scottish Church from S. Ninian to the Culdees and the Coming of the Roman Catholic Church

A very good copy in the rather fragile dustwrapper which has a few tears and chips. Ownership inscription. Pp.viii,216. Maps. Illustrations. The book endeavours "to fit the early history of religion in Dunblane into its place in the Celtic Church of Scotland".
Published : The Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral 1954, First Edition
£15.00

Cocker W. D. - Brave Days of Old: Tales of the Western Highlands

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 212 pages.
Published : Gowans & Gray, Glasgow and London 1926, First Edition
£12.00

Colledge Pat - The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society 1761-2011

A near fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 277 pages. Numerous illustrations with many in colour. The history of the fourth oldest golf club in the world. (Please note this is a very heavy book so extra postage will be required.)
Published : St Andrews Golf Press 2012, First Edition
£45.00

Colledge W.G.P. - Mortonhall Golf Club, 1892-1992

Hardback. A fine copy in the original glacine wrapper. Pp.x,255. Frontispiece and 12 illustrations. The history of an Edinburgh golf club.
Published : Privately Published, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£7.00

Collier Adam - The Crofting Problem

Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which is a little chipped and torn at the foot of the spine. A clean copy with little foxing and no ownership inscription. Pp.xv,191. Plates, figures and tables. A "scholarly, far-sighted and illuminating" study of the traditional form of land-holding in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1953, First Edition
£15.00

Colquhoun John - The Moor and the Loch Containing Minute Instructions in All Highland Sports

A fair plus copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Lower board a bit marked. A piece of paper has been pasted to the top inch of the front free end-paper, presumably to hide an ownership inscription. Half-title starting to come loose. Pp.xxiii,496 + 24pp publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece and 15 illustrations. A wide-ranging hunting, shooting, fishing book.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London 1888,
£20.00

Colquhoun John - The Moor and the Loch Containing Minute Instructions in All Highland Sports

A near very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in black on upper board. Large corner clipped from front end-paper and half-title. Pp.xxiii,496. Frontispiece and 15 illustrations. A wide-ranging book covering all manner of hunting, shooting and fishing.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London 1888,
£28.00

Colston James - The Guildry of Edinburgh : Is it an Incorporation? With Introductory Remarks Concerning "Gilds" and an Appendix

A near very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and with Edinburgh's coat of arms on upper board. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Limited to 300 copies. Pp.x,208. With eight Appendices including "names of gentlemen who have filled the office of Dean of Guild of the City of Edinburgh from 1583 to the present" and "list of members of the Dean of Guild Court of Edinburgh from 1833 to the present time."
Published : Colston & Company, Edinburgh 1887, First Edition
£20.00

Colston James - The Town and Port of Leith Its Historical Connection with the City of Edinburgh

Hardback. Small 4to. A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered in gilt and with coat of arms in blue and gilt on upper board. Top edge gilt. Upper board a little marked. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. Pp.xi,98.
Published : Printed for the Magistrates and Town Council, Edinburgh 1892, First Edition
£35.00

Colum, Padraic - The Legend of Saint Columba

Illustrated by E. Mackinstry.
Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in white on the spine. In a near very good dustwrapper which shows a little spotting and with minor wear and tear at the top of the spine. The wrapper is now protected in a clear,removable sleeve. Gift inscription on half-title. A little foxing to edges and early and late pages. Pp.[xii],156. 6 illustrations (one double-page). The story of Saint Columba in Ireland and Iona.
Published : Sheed & Ward, London 1936, First Edition
£18.00

Colville James (Editor) - Ochtertyre House Booke of Accomps 1737 - 1739

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Lower board a little marked. Ownership inscription. Largely unopened. Pp.li,259. A little side-lining on a very few pages. Introduction and Glossary by the editor. Lists food purchases by the family of Murray of Ochtertyre in a few years of the mid-18th century.
Published : T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1907, First Edition
£9.00

Colville James (Editor) - Ochtertyre House Booke of Accomps 1737-1739

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. A little damp-fading to the spine. No ownership inscription. Unopened. Pp.li,259. Glossary. An account of sums spent on food which gives a clear "picture of the standard of living in an average baronial establishment just before the 'Forty-five".
Published : T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1907, First Edition
£10.00

Colville James (Editor) - Studies in Lowland Scots

A very good copy in the original cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. One board tip a little bumped. A little edge and end-paper foxing. Inscribed presentation copy from the author "to my old friend, John Scott." Pp.ix,[iii],331. 4 plates.
Published : William Green and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1909, First Edition
£25.00

Comrie John D. - History of Scottish Medicine - Vols. 1 and 2

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in dark blue boards lettered in gilt on the spines and lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper boards. Boards a little marked. Top edges gilt. Dark blue silk end-papers. A nice clean set internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 852 pages in total. Numerous illustrations. This is the second and best edition of this comprehensive history.
Published : Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London 1932,
£34.00

Conner Alex - Coal in Decline

Hardback. A near very good copy in a similar dustwrapper. Boards a little spotted. Internally a nice clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 135 pages. A history of the coal industry in Scotland after nationalisation.
Published : William MacLellan, Glasgow 1962, First Edition
£10.00

Conway James - Forays Among Salmon and Deer

Hardback. Nd. c.1890? A good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Wear to spine ends. Boards now protected by a clear removable sleeve. Pencilled ownership inscription. A little edge and end-paper foxing. 252 pages + 16pp publisher's adverts (with tear across one page of the adverts). Frontispiece. An English sportsman's reminiscences about hunting, shooting and fishing in the Highlands of Scotland.
Published : Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co, London,
£18.00

Cooper Derek - Hebridean Connection a View of the Highlands and Islands

A very good copy in a near vg dustwrapper which is now protected. Gift inscription on half-title. 184pp. Illustrations. 4 maps. A frank and unsentimental report about living in the Highlands.
Published : Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1977,
£9.00

Coppock, J. T. - An Agricultural Atlas of Scotland

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xv,242. 283 figures. 89 tables. "This new atlas --- provides an up-to-date survey in map form of the state of agriculture in Scotland in 1965 with comparisons with the situations in 1938 and 1870."
Published : John Donald, Edinburgh 1976, First Edition
£9.00

Coull, William W. (Revised By Lynn Coull and Doreen Gordon) - Golf in Montrose: A History of the Fifth Oldest Golf Course in the World

Softback. A near fine copy. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.[vi],186. Illustrations including colour. Apparently golf has been played in Montrose since at least 1562.
Published : William W Coull, Montrose 2004,
£20.00

Cowan Samuel - Life of the Princess Margaret, Queen of Scotland 1070-1093

A fair to good copy in the original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. The spine is darkened with a small tear in the cloth at the join with the upper board. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Three stamps from the library of a newspaper. 249pp. 18 illustrations.
Published : Mawson Swan & Morgan, Newcastle Upon Tyne 1911, First Edition
£12.00

Cowan Samuel - The Lord Chancellors of Scotland from the Constitution of the Office to the Treaty of Union

A very good two volume set in red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper board. Top edge gilt. Ownership inscription. Vol. 1, pp.xvi,306. Frontispiece and eight plates. Vol. 11,pp.viii,299. Frontispiece and eight plates. Plates collated. Covers the period from the 10th century to the early 18th century.
Published : W & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh 1911, First Edition
£45.00

Cowan Samuel - The Lord Chancellors of Scotland from the Institution of the Office to the Treaty of Union

A very good two volume set. Some fading to the spines and a small neat repair at the head of the spine of volume 1. Vol. 1 pp.xvi,307. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations. Vol. 11 pp.viii,299. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations.
Published : W & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh 1911, First Edition
£35.00

Cowan Samuel - The Royal House of Stuart; from Its Origin to the Accession of the House of Hanover

Hardback. A just about good two volume set in red cloth lettered in gilt. Spines faded and ink stain to fore-edge of front board of both volumes. Single stamp of a church in each volume. A little foxing. Bindings sound. Vol.I,pp.xvii,528. Vol.II,pp.vii,547. Many illustrations.
Published : Greening & Co, London 1908, First Edition
£18.00

Cowan, Ian B. - The Medieval Church in Scotland

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription, foxing or other marking. Pp.xv,254. The book "explores the evolution of key features in the church's mission from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries ---overall an evaluation is made of the churhh's contribution to society in the later middle ages."
Published : Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1995, First Edition
£35.00

Craig G.Y. And Hull J.H. (Editors) - James Hutton - Present and Future

A very good copy in laminated boards. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.viii,184. Figures. Consists of papers relating to the great Scottish geologist given at a conference in Edinburgh in 1997 to mark the bicentenary of his death.
Published : The Geological Society, London 1999, First Edition
£22.00

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