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327 books in list (last updated 19 September 2008)
Buckley, Helen Maclean : From Little Towns in a Far Land we Came. London: Whitefriars Press 1950. 84p green cloth, ex library, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, binding firm, paper title sticker to front board, very good condition PKM 118435 £25
Escott, Harry : A History of Scottish Congregationalism. Glasgow: Congregational Union of Scotland 1960. 400p cloth with cream dustjacket, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 117922 £13
: Old Scottish Psalm Tunes: A Supplement to Existing Psalmodies, with Table of Adaptations for the Most Commonly used Psalms and Paraphrases. London: Bayley & Ferguson 1908. 67p blue cloth, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, some very small ink parks to index page, index, binding firm, very good condition PKM 117828 £8
Carrick, J D [Ed]: The Laird of Logan. Anecdotes and Tales illustrative of the Wit and Humour of Scotland. Glasgow: Robertson 1889. 608p marble boards with red leather spine, worn copy, spine cracked and detached, hinges cracked, gilt edges, ink marking to front end paper, acceptable condition PKM 117525 £10
Williams, E C : Anne of Denmark. Wife of James VI of Scotland: James I of England. London: Longman 1970. 236p cream cloth, minor shelfwear to dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 117037 £10
Smellie, Alexander : Men of the Covenant: The Story of the Scottish Church in the Years of the Persecution. London: Melrose 1905. 443p red cloth, ex library, minor shelfwear, light foxing to endpapers, cracked hinges, binding firm, many colour illustrations, index, good condition PKM 116974 £12
Aytoun, William : The Ballads of Scotland. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 and 2 Complete Set. First Edition. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1858. 288p 389p red cloth, heavily worn and rubbed boards, spine soiled, binding weak with some pages lose, unmarked, inner hinges cracked, acceptable condition PKM 116868 £34
(No Author) : British Literary Manuscripts from the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh: Mediaeval and Renaissance Manuscripts c.1300-c.1700. Brighton: Harvester 1987. (Britain's Literary Heritage) 44p black/white paperback, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 116474 £9
MacDougall, Ian : The Minutes Of Edinburgh Trades Council 1859-73. Edinburgh: Scottish History Society 1968. 413p blue cloth, ex library, spine rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115991 £28
Cunnison, J ; Gilfillan, J B S : The City of Glasgow. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. First Edition. London: Collins 1958. 1008p cloth with white/grey dustjacket, ex library, pages unmarked, binding firm, jacket chipped, very good condition PKM 115990 £44
Maclaren, A A : Social Class in Scotland: Past and Present. Edinburgh: Donald 1976. 208p cloth with blue dustjacket, corners bumped, signature to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115989 £10
Carson, James : Glasgow and the Clyde. Edinburgh: McDougall 1970. (This is Your City Series) 120p yellow/black paperback, corners rubbed, signature to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, b&w illustrations, spine worn, very good condition PKM 115987 £22
Harvey, Colin : Ha'penny Help: A Record of Social Improvement in Victorian Scotland. Glasgow: Heatherbank 1976. 197p pink paperback, spine creased, signature to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, many b&w photographs, very good condition PKM 115984 £10
Macaulay, Lord : The Story of the Siege of Londonderry as Contained in History of England. Derry: Associated Clubs of Apprentice Boys 1950?. 46p brown/red stapled booklet, spine sunned, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115983 £14
Handley, James : The Irish in Scotland. From the Industrial Revolution to the Great Famine. From the Great Famine to Modern Times. Glasgow: Burns 1964. 369p white/green paperback, some shelfwear, spine creased, signature to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115980 £25
Graham, Henry : The Social Life of Scotland In The Eighteenth Century. In One Volume. London: Black 1909. 545p blue cloth, spine sunned and rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115979 £16
Lenman, Bruce : Integration, Enlightenment and Industrialization: Scotland, 1746-1832. London: Arnold 1981. (The New History of Scotland) 186p red cloth, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115978 £10
(No Author) : Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis. Magne Britannie, Franciae & Hiberniae, Tricesimo Secundo. 1757. Edinburgh: Kincaid 1757. 85p white/blue card boards, ex library, signature to front endpaper, ink marks to pages, binding loose but holding, soiled and rubbed cover, good condition PKM 115977 £44
Hollingsworth, T H : Migration: A Study Based on Scottish Experience Between 1939 and 1964. Edinburgh: Oliver 1970. (University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies) 187p blue paperback, corners rubbed, signature to front endpaper, very good condition PKM 115974 £15
Cullingworth, J B : A Profile of Glasgow Housing 1965. Edinburgh: Oliver 1968. (University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies) 120p blue paperback, corners rubbed, signature to front endpaper, very good condition PKM 115973 £13
Omond, James : How To Know the Orkney Birds. Kirkwall: Mackintosh 1925. 59p blue paperback, corners slightly rubbed, fraying to head and foot of spine, signature to front endpaper, many b/w illustrations, very good condition PKM 115577 £22
(No Author) : Illustrations. National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh: HMSO 1952. 190p grey paperback, corners slightly rubbed, many b&w illustrations, spine browned and half detached, very good condition PKM 115049 £15
Simpson, A D C [Ed]: Joseph Black, 1728-1799: A Commemorative Symposium. First Edition. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum 1982. (Royal Scottish Museum Studies) 69p brown paperback, ex library, corners slightly bumped and rubbed, binding firm, very good condition PKM 114731 £12
Scottish Education Department : Heritage for Scotland. London: HMSO 1981. 118p blue paperback, ex lib, bottom right corner curled, very good condition PKM 114343 £9
George, J W ; Nylehn, B : Distance Education in Norway and Scotland: Experiences and Reflections. Edinburgh: Donald 1996. 216p brown paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, binding firm, very good condition PKM 114142 £26
Ambrose, Timothy [Ed]: Presenting Scotland's Story. London: HMSO 1989. 96p white/maroon paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, as new PKM 114035 £22
Institute for Fiscal Studies : The Taxation of North Sea Oil. Bath: Dawson 1976. 77p large green stapled booklet, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 113988 £15
Anderson, Mark : A History of Scottish Forestry. Volume 2 Only. From the Industrial Revolution to Modern Times. First Edition. London: Nelson 1976. 649p green cloth with gilt lettering, fraying to head and foot of spine, signature to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 113835 £112
Moss, Michael ; Hume, John : Glasgow as It was. Volume 3. Glasgow at Work. Nelson: Hendon 1976. 44p red/black paperback, minor shelfwear, very good condition, signature to front end paper PKM 113833 £18
Mitchell, James : The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes & Facts illustrative of Scotland and Scotsmen. London: Printed for Sir Richard Philips 1840?. 740p grey cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, browning to pages, very good condition PKM 113598 £15
Thomas, John : The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis. Newton Abbot: David 1964. 260p yellow paperback, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w photographs, index, near fine condition PKM 113546 £22
Chambers, Robert : Popular Rhymes of Scotland. London: Chambers 1870. 400p brown/maroon cloth with gilt lettering, worn boards, spine nearly detached, sunned and cracked boards, corners rubbed, inscription to front end paper, good reading copy only PKM 113542 £18
(anon?) : A Report and Critique of Oil Developments in North East Scotland. Oil Over Troubled Waters. Aberdeen: People's Press 1976. 55p stapled booklet, soiled cover, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 113507 £17
Drucker, H M [Ed]: New Edinburgh Review. Number 31 February 1976. Our Changing Scottish Democracy. Devolution to Scotland and Wales. Edinburgh: University Student Publications 1976. 52p black/white paperback, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, yellowing to edges, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 113506 £7.8
Micromap : England Scotland & Wales. Micromap: The Unique Pocket Map Which Shows Accurate Distances at a Glance. London: Micromap 1950?. 20p spiral binding, card board, many maps, slightly worn near the extremities, very good condition PKM 113339 £22
MacCartney, Thomas : The Scottish Covenanters: A Fifty Years' Struggle for Religious Liberty. London: Kelly 1891. 167p maroon pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, ex library, frontispiece with tissue guard, corners slightly rubbed, fraying to head and foot of spine, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w plates, still very good condition PKM 113132 £44
National Trust for Scotland : The Georgian House: No. 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Edinburgh: National Trust for Scotland 1976. 16p green paperback, pages clean and unmarked, many colour photographs, near fine condition PKM 112097 £6
Dickinson, William Croft : Volume 1: Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603. Volume 2: Scotland from 1603 to the Present Day. London: Nelson 1962. 408p and 355p cloth with brown and blue jacket, fraying to head and foot of spine, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, slightly chipped jacket, index, with folded maps, near fine condition PKM 112035 £44
Mackenzie, W M : The Secret of Flodden: With 'The Rout of the Scots'. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem 'La Rotta de Scocesi'. First Edition. Edinburgh: Grant 1931. 126p blue cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w plates, very good condition PKM 111973 £28
Sitwell, Sacheverell : Edinburgh. London: Faber 1938. 320p grey cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 111967 £8
Morrison, Matthew : A Plumber's Pastime: Photographs of Victorian Life in the West of Scotland. Lancaster: Earnshaw 1974. 84p black/yellow paperback, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w photographs, near fine condition PKM 111962 £8
Bowman, John : Seven Royal and Ancient Burghs of Scotland: Their Past and Present. London: Chantry 1952. 42p cloth with white dustjacket, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w photographs, jacket heavily torn near the top edge, very good condition PKM 111951 £10
McGregor, Iona : Edinburgh Reel. London: Faber 1968. 208p cloth with red dustjacket, slightly scratched cover, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 111913 £13
National Trust for Scotland : Culloden Moor and Clava Circles. Edinburgh: National Trust for Scotland 1920?. 32p green stapled booklet, pages clean and unmarked, old b&w photographs of Culloden, fold-out photograph and map detached from booklet, hand drawn imitation of Yorke's plan of Culloden, good condition PKM 111886 £12
Macdonald, Hugh : Guide to Staffa Iona and Island of Mull: Illustrated with Maps and Plates Including Exact Representations of the Iona Monuments. London: MacDonald 1920s?. 58p blue stapled booklet, shelfwear, staples rusty, pages clean and unmarked, large fold-out b&w illustrations, large coloured fold-out tourist map of the Island, various quaint advertisments at front and rear of booklet, index, good condition PKM 111884 £12
Hannan, Thomas : Iona: And Some Satellites. London: Chambers 1928. 267p blue cloth, shelfwear, spine slightly sunned, foxing to pages, yellowing to edges, binding firm, b&w photographs showing the ruins left in Iona, includes advertisments with illustrations for four Scottish books at rear, index, good condition PKM 111881 £10
McNeill, F M : Iona: A History of the Island with Descriptive Notes. London: Blackie 1920. 104p grey cloth, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, light foxing to pages, yellowing to edges, binding firm, faded colour on rear board edges, many b&w photographs, with a sketch map of Iona, index, appendix, good condition PKM 111879 £10
Gordon, Seton : A Highland Year. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1944. 152p cloth with grey worn dustjacket, inscription to front endpaper, light foxing to pages, binding firm, many b&w photographs, war-time economy standard paper used, good condition PKM 111878 £10
Barnett, T R : The Land of Lorne and The Isles of Rest. London: Chambers 1933. 199p cloth with slightly worn cream dustjacket, light foxing to pages, binding firm, name on endpaper in white stencil, many b&w photographs, very good condition PKM 111877 £11
MacCulloch, Donald : The Wondrous Isle of Staffa: Its History, Geology, Features, and Associations.Third Edition. London: Oliver & Boyd 1957. 205p red cloth with gilt lettering, cloth in excellent condition, interior light foxing, binding firm, many b&w photographs, inscription, index, very good condition PKM 111870 £15
Scott, Walter : Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland: with a few of Modern Date, Founded upon Local Tradition. Volume 3 Only. Edinburgh: Ballantyne 1812. 488p brown/blue hardback, signature to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, worn and soiled boards half detached, spine creased, pages worn near edges, acceptable condition PKM 111793 £30
Peploe, S J : S J Peploe 1871-1935. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1985. 67p beige, paperback catalogue from an exhibition ar The Scottish National Gallery of Art, many colour and b&w plates, as new PKM 111776 £25
Dowden, John : Celtic Church in Scotland: Being an Introduction to the History of the Christian Church in Scotland Down to the Death of Saint Margaret. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1894. 338p black cloth with gilt lettering, spine slightly sunned, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, very good condition PKM 111652 £75
Smith, S G : A Choice of Burns's Poems and Songs. London: Faber 1966. 155p white paperback, minor shelfwear, binding good, very good condition PKM 111651 £10
Hamilton, John : Excavations at Jarlshof, Shetland. London: HMSO 1956. (Archaeological Reports) 228p cloth with green dustjacket, still in original cardboard box, unused, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, as new PKM 111600 £90
Hamilton, John : Excavations at Clickhimin, Shetland. London: HMSO 1968. (Archaeological Reports) 195p cloth with grey dustjacket, still in original cardboard box, unused, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, as new PKM 111599 £90
Mackintosh, Charles : Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1868-1928: Architecture, Design and Painting: An Exhibition Arranged by the Scottish Arts Council in association with the Edinburgh Festival Society. Edinburgh: Scottish Art Council 1978. 71p white/navy paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, minor shelfwear to cover, very good condition PKM 111594 £18
Hogg, James : The Jacobite Relics of Scotland: Being the Songs, Airs, and Legends of the Adherents to the House of Stuart. Second Series. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1821. 480p blue cloth, board soiled, corners slightly bumped, spine slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, label on spine worn, with notes and music scores, appendix, very good condition PKM 111589 £88
Murray, W H : Mountaineering in Scotland. First Paperback Edition. London: Dent 1966. 252p white paperback, minor shelfwear, spine slightly creased, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 111586 £6
Bain, Robert : The Clans and Tartans of Scotland. First Edition. London: Collins 1938. 318p blue cloth with gilt lettering, minor stain to boards, signature to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, colour patterns throughout, with map, index, very good condition PKM 111583 £12
MacCulloch, Donald : Romantic Lochaber, Arisaig and Morar. Edinburgh: Chambers 1971. 355p cloth with green dustjacket, fraying to head and foot of spine, signature to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w photographs, with map, index, very good condition PKM 111580 £17
MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin : Skye and the Inner Hebrides. First Edition. London: Robert Hale 1953. (County book series) 325p cloth with green dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w photographs, slightly chipped jacket near the extremities, with map, index, very good condition PKM 111579 £16
Deas, James : The Clyde. Glasgow: Wilson 1884. 29p green cloth with paper label on front board, "Reprinted from The Shipping World" on half tp, bound-in compliments slip: "Professor Jack (?) L.L.D. with the Author's Compliments. Glasgow 18th Oct. 1884", fold-out frontispiece engraving captioned "Glasg PKM 110899 £85
Hawkins, Valerie ; Dunlop, Anna : Art of mid-Lothian: The Story of the Pentland Art Club 1967 - 1988. Balerno: Pentland Art Club 1988. viii 44p stapled booklet, many b/w and colour illustrations, hardly used, VG+ PKM 110862 £9
Muir, Edwin : Autobiography. London: Methuen 1965. 287p white paperback, slightly creased, minor shelfwear to top/bottom of spine, corners bumped, pages lightly marked, very good condition PKM 110625 £10
Kirkwood, J B : The Regiments of Scotland: Their Histories, Badges, Tartans, etc. Edinburgh: Moray 1949. 142p cloth with grey jacket, near fine condition PKM 110006 £11
Rhys, Grace : A Celtic Anthology. London: Harrap 1927. 351p brown leather with elaborate gilt celtic design and lettering on cover and spine, first edition, covers bent outwards and detaching from spine, covers a little sunned, upper edges gilt, rough cut pages, binding still firm, nice and clean pages, VG co PKM 109805 £30
Macrow, Brenda : Hills and Glens. London: Oliver & Boyd 1949. 107p maroon cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear to top/bottom of spine, illustrated, very good condition PKM 109440 £9
Grant, Will : Tweeddale. First Edition. London: Oliver & Boyd 1948. 232p cloth with white jacket, minor shelfwear to jacket, otherwise very good condition, index, illustrations throughout PKM 108647 £24
Warren, F E : The Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1881. 273p brown hb, very good condition for age, first edition, small inscription on title page, rough cut pages in excellent condition, bright and crisp, one pencil inscription to text, an excellent book PKM 107313 £100
McLachlan, Gordon : Medical Education and Medical Care. A Scottish-American Symposium. Oxford University Press 1977. 215p hardback with white illustrated dj, dj condition vg, spine faded, no rips, internally as new, an excellent book PKM 106446 £10
Finkelstein, David [Ed]: Print Culture and the Blackwood Tradition. Toronto University Press 2006. 326p hardback with grey dj, b/w illustrated design on dj, fine condition, no evidence of prev use, illustrated section in centre, bibliography, index PKM 106289 £30
Daiches, David : Robert Burns and his World. London: Thames & Hudson 1971. hardback with dustjacket (sl torn), many illus, VG ex lib PKM 106057 £8
McHale, Brian ; Stevenson, Randall : The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-century Literatures in English. Edinburgh University Press 2006. 294p hardback with sky blue dj, photo of bridge on cover, various contributors, as new, index PKM 106024 £48
Norquay, Glenda : Robert Louis Stevenson and Theories of Reading. The Reader as Vagabond. Manchester University Press 2007. 240p hb with grey illustrated dj, new copy PKM 106001 £42
McCracken-Flesher, Caroline : Possible Scotlands. Walter Scott and the Story of Tomorrow. Oxford University Press 2005. 225p hb with gren dj, as new PKM 105812 £30
Watson, Roderick : The Literature of Scotland. London: Macmillan 1984. (Macmillan History of Literature) 481p hb with illustrated dj, ex lib, usual markings in front and rear, sticker on spine, otherwise as new, clean, crisp and tight PKM 105742 £36
Stewart, Alexander : 1948 of Napoleon and Preacher of the Gospel. London: Allen. 180p blue cloth, dustjacket worn, map in back, frontisp, VG PKM 104929 £12
Thompson, Francis : A Scottish Bestiary. The Lore and Literature of Scottish Beasts. Glasgow: Molendinar Press. 92p hardcover, excellent condition, dustjacket slightly worn at edges with small tears front and back, pages clean and fresh. PKM 104511 £6
Maclaren, Ian : A Doctor of the Old School. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1900. 208p green decorated cloth with gilt lettering, excellent condition, cloth and spine extremely clean and bright, all edges gilt, pages very clean, foxing to endpapers and first few pages, else an excellent copy, fifth edition. PKM 104373 £8
One of its Officers : With A Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia. Bombay: Times 1918. 165p navy hardback, very good condition, cover a little darkened and faded on spine, gilt lettering, pages clean, unmarked, internally near new, photos PKM 104348 £44
Childe, V Gordon ; Simpson, Douglas : Ancient Monuments Scotland. Illustrated Guide to Ancient Monuments in the Ownwership or Guardianship of the Ministry of Works. Volume VI. London: HMSO 1961. 132p white hardcover, very good condition, includes fold out map in envelope at back, dustjacket worn at edges and lightly soiled, not price clipped, includes b/w photographs throughout, pages clean. PKM 104315 £6
Countryside Commission for Scotland : Scotland's Countryside 1970. The Official Guide to Scotland's Contribution to European Conservation Year. Perth: Countryside Commission for Scotland 1970. 132p spiral bound booklet, very good condition, general aging but no marks or blemishes. PKM 104206 £8
Ramsay, Dean : Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character. London: Peter Davies 1931. 368p hardcover, very good condition, pages slightly weathered at edges, dj (fair condition, several rips), 16th edn reprint, 370 colour tipped-in frontispiece and 15 similar plates, all by Henry W.Kerr. PKM 104126 £8
Grey, Cyril : The Brownie of Weirdlaw. London: Religious Tract Society 1912. 377p red hardback w/ protective plastic sleeve, first edition, previous owner’s inscription on front endpaper, rare title, minor foxing throughout, b/w frontispiece, very well preserved PKM 102391 £20
Manning, Susan : The Puritan-Provincial Vision. Scottish and American Literature in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press 1990. (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) 241p hardback w/ white dustjacket, as new, notes, bibliog, index, VG+ PKM 102296 £40
Tait, George ; Taylor, Jim [Illustr]: Heartbeats. Poems in English and Scots. Winchester: Hesperus Press 1982. Unpaginated white booklet, card cover, ex lib but unused PKM 102020 £7
Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Brock, H M [Illustr]: The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale. 1st Illustrated Classics Edition. London: Macmillan 1928. 259p blue leather with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt thistle decorations on spine, gilt Stevenson monogram on front, colour frontispiece, ribbon marker, gilt top edges, copyright stamp on back ep, excellent condition PKM 98978 £18
Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Sullivan, Edmund [Illustr]: Weir of Hermiston. The Misadventures of John Nicholson. 1st Illustrated Classics Edition. London: Macmillan 1928. 286p blue leather with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt thistle decorations on spine, gilt Stevenson monogram on front, colour frontispiece, ribbon marker, gilt top edges, copyright stamp on back ep, excellent condition PKM 98976 £18
Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Brock, H M [Illustr]: Black Arrow. A Tale of the Two Roses. 1stI llustrated Classics Edition. London: Macmillan 1928. 286p blue leather with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt thistle decorations on spine, gilt Stevenson monogram on front, colour frontispiece, ribbon marker, gilt top edges, copyright stamp on back ep, excellent condition PKM 98975 £18
Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Millar, H M [Illustr]: The Merry Men and Other Tales & Fables. 1st Illustrated Classics Edition. London: Macmillan 1928. 266p blue leather with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt thistle decorations on spine, gilt Stevenson monogram on front, colour frontispiece, illustrations, ribbon marker, gilt top edges, copyright stamp on back ep, excellent condition PKM 98973 £18
Ridler, Anne : Azalea in the House, Islands of Scilly (Poems) in: Critical Quarterly, Vol 11, No 3, 1969. London: Critical Quarterly 1969. 96p brown paper cover, VG+ also contains an essay by Edward Brathwaite on Caribbean Critics PKM 96822 £8
Scottish Education Department : Distance No Object: Examples of Open Learning in Scotland. London: HMSO 1982. 173p white paperback, ex library, VG+ PKM 96676 £15
Scott, Sir Walter : Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Complete in One Volume. With All His Introductions and Notes and Various Readings, and the Editor's Notes. London: Cadell 1850. 823p Half leather with marbled boards and raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. Many fine engravings. A little rubbing on spine but a very good copy with little foxing and good, tight binding. PKM 96660 £35
Gammie, Alexander : Duncan Main of Hangchow. London: Pickering & Inglis . 159p blue cloth bright,m nice fresh copy with plates and frontisp, VG+ PKM 96537 £15
Ramsey, Allan : Poems, with a Biographical Sketch of the Poet by J Logie Robertson. London: Walter Scott 1890. (Canterbury Poets) li 266p small hardback green cloth, spine well gilt with ornamental design, neat little volume, name on endpaper and tp, VG PKM 95920 £12
Stevenson, Robert Louis : Vailima Letters, Being Correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin Nov 1890 - Oct 1894. Second Ed. London: Methuen 1895. 366p buckram cloth with RLS / SC gilt on front cover, frontisp, armorial bookplate, nice fresh copy PKM 95784 £8
Breatnach, Padraig : Die Regensburger Schottenlegende - Libellus de fundacione Consecrati Petri. Untersuchung und Textausgabe. München: Arbeo Gesellschaft 1977. (Münchener Beiträge zur Mediävistik und Renaissanceforschung) 324p hardback with dj, excellent copy, as new PKM 95500 £36
Shaw, Frank : Karl der Grosse und die Schottischen Heiligen. Berlin: Akademie 1981. (Deutsche Texte des Mittelalters) xcviii 335p orig paper cover large format, excellent fresh clean unused copy PKM 94329 £42
Scott, Sir Walter : The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Ed. William Sharp. London: Walter Scott 1885. 340p small format 15cm blue cloth with paper label to spine, printed with red frame and oranments, VG PKM 94221 £7
Brigstocke, Hugh : Italian and Spanish Paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland 1978. 220p pink paperback, plates in the back, VG+ PKM 94115 £8
Carlyle, Thomas : Scottish and other Miscellanies. Ed. J R Lowell. Dent / Everyman 1928. xi 339p orange cloth, with gilt cartouche design, spine minor spotting, fresh tight copy, VG PKM 93262 £7
Carlyle, Thomas : English and Other Critical Essays. Dent / Everyman 1925. xi 341p orange cloth, with gilt cartouche design, spine clear, fresh tight copy, VG PKM 93261 £8
Donaldson, Gordon : Common Errors in Scottish History. London: Historical Association 1956. 27p stapled booklet, VG PKM 92999 £5
: Classical Association of Scotland. Proceedings 1911 - 1912. Edinburgh: Pillans & Wilson 1912. 123p brown cloth with elaborate gilt emblem to front, nice copy, from a government library PKM 92294 £18
: Classical Association of Scotland. Proceedings 1912 - 1913. Edinburgh: Pillans & Wilson 1913. 131p brown cloth with elaborate gilt emblem to front, nice copy, from a government library, some old pencil marks PKM 92293 £18
Rouse, W H D : Classical Association of Scotland. Proceedings 1910 - 1911. Edinburgh: Pillans & Wilson 1911. 139p brown cloth with elaborate gilt emblem to front, nice copy, from a government library, some old pencil marks, Essay by Rouse et al PKM 92283 £18
: Classical Association of Scotland. Proceedings 1903 - 1904. Edinburgh: Pillans & Wilson 1904. 107p brown cloth with elaborate gilt emblem to front, nice copy, from a government library, some old pencil marks, Essays by Ramsey, Pillimore, and Kerr PKM 92282 £18
Demongeot, Jacques ; Montucci, Henry : De l'Enseignement Superieur en Angleterre et en Ecosse. Rapport Adressé à son Exc. M. Le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique. Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale 1870. viii 733p bound in half calf with bright blue boards, from the library of the Education Department, curious provenance: The UK Government studying what the French have written about the UK system, a large and heavy book, superbly produced, front hinge yie PKM 92238 £280
Demongeot, Jacques ; Montucci, Henry : De l'Enseignement Secondaire en Angleterre et en Ecosse. Rapport Adressé à son Exc. M. Le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique. Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale 1868. viii 664p bound in half calf with bright blue boards, from the library of the Education Department, curious provenance: The English Government studying what the French have written about the UK system, a large and heavy book, superbly produced, front hing PKM 92237 £240
Reid, Whitelaw : How the United States Faced its Educational Problem. Armitstead Lectures Dundee. London: Harrison 1906. 28p rebound in red cloth with typewritten label to front, VG, from a government library PKM 92220 £12
: First (Second, Third, 4., 5., 6., 7., 8.) Report of the Commissioners under the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act, 1928. (49-210) London: HMSO 1930-1937. all bound in one volume, strong library cloth, each item has a bookplate to last page, not trimmed, VG mit mild traces of use, from a government library PKM 92219 £36
: Glasgow. A Book of 30 Postcards. The Glasgow Shoot 1990. book of 30 postcards, all present, VG PKM 92169 £8
Gaskin, Maxwell : The Scottish Banks. London: Allen & Unwin 1965. 224p cloth w/ green dustjacket, excellent condition, first edn, ex lib, tables, index PKM 91908 £8
Askham, Janet : Fertility and Deprivation: A Study of Differential Fertility Amongst Working Class Families in Aberdeen. Cambridge University Press 1975. (Cambridge Papers in Sociology) 188p cloth w/ dustjacket, excellent condition, ex lib, appendix, indexes, VG PKM 91566 £10
Cairncross, A K : The Scottish Economy, A Statistical Account of Scottish Life. Cambridge University Press 1954. 320p cloth fresh, nice ex lib copy, many tables PKM 91542 £10
Davie, George Elder : The Crisis of the Democratic Intellect. The Problem of Generalization and Specialization in Twentieth-Century Scotland. Edinburgh: Polygon 1986. 283p cloth w/ dustjacket and protective sleeve, ex lib, unspoiled, epilogue PKM 91417 £10
Burns, Robert : The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns with a Glossary. London: Nelson 1902. (New Century Library) 782p bright green cloth with gilt orn, thin paper, small format, frontisp, nice copy, top edge gilt PKM 91235 £8
Burns, Robert : The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. Dent / Everyman 1906. green cloth, spine with floral carpet motiv, still quite nice PKM 91230 £6
Cunninghame Graham, R B : Progress and Other Sketches. First Edition. London: Duckworth 1905. xvi 285p red cloth, dedication to Joseph Conrad (printed), spine hinge tearing but spine in place, sl worn and aged but internally clean copy PKM 91208 £18
Whitelaw, David : Little Lady of Arock. London: Nelson 1922. (Edinburgh Library) small red cloth volume with black lettering, sl worn copy, binding a bit soft, uncommon PKM 90727 £10
Urquhart, Fred : The Clouds are Big with Mercy: 16 Short Stories. Glasgow: William Maclellan 1946. hardback with yellow dustjacket (spine small tear and tiny piece missing), VG PKM 90525 £10
O'Malley, Raymond : One-Horse Farm: Crofting in the West Highlands. London: Muller 1948. 209p green cloth, photographs, VG PKM 90284 £8
Harbottle, George : Elizabeth and her Family. Privately Published 1987. 130p green paperback, as new, maps, letter by author laid in, VG+ PKM 90009 £15
Harbottle, George : The Quayside Golfing Society 1910-1985. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Quayside Golfing Society 1985. 82p cloth with dustjacket, The Society was located in the Newcastle Commercial Exchange, in the Guildhall on the Newcastle Quayside. Many members (mostly in the coal trade) played at Alnmouth and the Town Moor before the formation of the City of Newcastle PKM 89996 £10
Jamieson, John ; Longmuir, John : An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Illustrating the Words in their Significations etc. A New Edition by John Longmuir and David Donaldson. Paisley: Gardner 1879-1882. 4 large quarto vols, 550p 715p, 652p 871p each, list of subscibers prefixed, reproduces titlepage and prelims of 1808 edition, xivp subscribers in the back, orig brown cloth, vol 4 binding broken and spine absent, vol 1spine incomplete, needs a bit of att PKM 89938 £120
Turnock, David : The Historical Geography of Scotland Since 1707. Geographical Aspects of Modernization. Cambridge University Press 1982. 350p hardback, dustjacket, almost as new, never used PKM 89231 £21.6
M'Alpine, D : Observations on the Movements of the Entire Detached Animal and of Detached Ciliated Parts of Bivalve Molluscs, viz Gills, Mantle-Lobes, Labial Palps and Foot. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1888. 30p essay, removed from binding, two plates with many molluscs, partly uncut, two plates, VG PKM 88765 £14.4
Froude, William : On the Soaring of Birds: Being an Extract from a Letter of the late W Foude to Sir W Thomson 5 Feb 1878, received after Mr Froude's Death. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 3p essay, removed from binding, VG PKM 88760 £10.8
Stevenson, Charles : Notice of the Recent Earthquake in Scotland, with Observations on those since 1832 (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 10p essay, removed from binding, folding map, VG PKM 88759 £10.8
Stecher, Ernst : Contact-Phenomena of some Scottish Olivine Diabases. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 13p essay, removed from binding, one table, VG, included is a note by Tait: Preliminary Note on the Duration of Impact PKM 88748 £9
Piazzi Smyth, C : The Edinburgh Equatorial in 1887. A Paper with two Appendices. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888. Edinburgh: Neill 1887. removed from binding, included are the prelims for the entire volume, addresses, table of contents, etc. VG PKM 88740 £9
Foster, John : Scottish Stories. London: Ward, Lock & Co 1978. (WLE Short Stories) 104p hardback with dustjacket, tape mark to spine includes stories by Naomi Mitchison, George Mackay Brown, Fred Urquhart, Elspeth Davie and Iain Crichton Smith etc. PKM 88698 £9
Scottish Office : The Scottish Economy 1965 to 1970. A Plan for Expansion. Edinburgh: HMSO 1970. 168p map in back, clean neat copy PKM 88251 £16.2
Tate, Joan : The Runners. London: Longman 1977. (Knockouts) 94p small paperback with colour mark to spine PKM 87648 £6.3
Lehmann, Erdmut : Die französischen Lehn- und Fremdwörter in den Werken von Robert Burns. Inaugural Dissertation. Breslau 1933. 131p Lebenslauf, VG PKM 87322 £10.8
Coats : Coats' Tatting Book. A Elementary Course in Tatting. Published 1930?. (Coats Publication) 16p with brown craft paper cover, folded, creased, used, a bit a survivor PKM 87301 £7.2
Leewes, W : Auld Robin Gray. A Favorite Scotch Song. Set to the Orginal Favorite Air. New York: Mathematical Association of America 1850. 2 pages disbound, creased, fragile, original: p 3 contains text for 3 addtl stanzas, and on reverse "For one or two Guittars" (Young Jamie lov'd me weel and askd me for his bride) rare early and authentic PKM 87141 £41.4
[Scottish Home and Health Department]: A Report on an Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in Scotland 1965 - 1971. Edinburgh: HMSO 1974. 71p brown booklet with stapled card cover, owner's stamp but pages clean with charts throughout, VG PKM 87008 £7.2
Arnold, Matthew : On the Study of Celtic Literature. London: Smith, Elder & Co 1867. 181p burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover, used ex-lib copy, spine creased and fraying and edges scuffed, hinges and binding weak but pages clean PKM 86919 £22.5
Kerr, Anthony : Schools of Scotland. Glasgow: William Maclellan 1962. 213p hardback with original blue paper jacket, ex-lib first edition, pages clean with appendix and index, VG PKM 86441 £13.5
Little, Allan [Ed]: Scotland's Gardens. Edinburgh: Spurbooks 1981. 280p hardback with grey pictorial laminated jacket, first edition, little use, pages clean with photographs throughout, VG PKM 85921 £7.2
Scotland, James : The History of Scottish Education. Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1872. University of London Press 1969. 385p hardback with purple laminated jacket, ex-lib first edition, pages clean with references and index, VG PKM 83992 £22.5
Meiklejohn, J et al: Raising Standards in Scottish Primary Schools 1953 - 1963. University of London Press 1968. 140p hardback with original blue paper jacket, ex-lib first edition, pages clean with charts and footnotes, VG PKM 82501 £20.25
Howat, D et al: The Attainments of Scottish Ten - Year - Olds in English and Arithmetic. University of London Press 1965. 94p blue paperback with card cover, ex-lib copy, some use but pages clean with charts and footnotes, VG PKM 82500 £15.75
Maxwell, J et al: The Scottish Standardisation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. University of London 1967. 71p blue paperback with card cover, ex-lib copy, some use but pages clean with charts and footnotes, VG PKM 82499 £15.75
Scotland, James : The History of Scottish Education. Volume 2: From 1872 to the Present Day. University of London Press 1969. 294p hardback with purple laminated jacket, spine sunned, first edition ex-lib copy, pages clean with plates and index, VG PKM 82497 £22.5
Howat, D et al: The Scottish Scholastic Survey 1953. University of London Press 1963. 216p hardback with original blue paper jacket, first edition ex-lib copy hence stickers and stamps, spine yellowed but pages clean with appendix, answers and index, VG PKM 82495 £28.12
Watson, Roderick : MacDiarmid. Milton Keynes: Open University 1985. (Open Guides to Literature) 115p white and blue paperback with laminated cover, owner's inscription but pages clean with appendix and index, VG PKM 82176 £15.75
Prebble, John : Culloden and The Highland Clearances. London: Penguin 1974 - 197. 360p 336p orange and black paperbacks with illustrated covers, some use, pages clean, nice set, VG PKM 82024 £9
Jefferys, Charles [Words]; Glover, Charles [Music]: Scotch Ballad: Bonnie Bessie Gray. London: Jefferys 1860. illus title signed A Laby, 6 pages, mild marginal soiling, removed from binding PKM 81826 £12.6
Nash, Robert : The English and Scottish Tobacco Trades in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Legal and Illegal Trade. (The Economic History Review, Second Series, Volume 35, No 3, August 1982) Glasgow: Economic History Society 1982. Large white journal with white card cover, front corner a little folded, ex-lib hence stamps, pages clean, VG PKM 81499 £9
Askham, Janet : Fertility and Deprivation. A Study of Differential Fertility Amongst Working - Class Families in Aberdeen. Cambridge University Press 1975. (Cambridge Papers in Sociology) 188p hardback with ornage and white paper jacket, slight scuffing to edges and spine yellowed, first edition, pages clean with charts, footnotes and index, VG PKM 80934 £14.4
Scott, Sir Walter ; Cleishbotham, Jedediah : Tales of My Landlord, fourth and last series. Collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham. First Edition. Vol 2 and 3 only. Edinburgh: Cadell 1832. orig simple paper binding with printed label on spine, half titles present, large margins, only a little foxing to prelims, in the original garb, a bit dusty, paper spines quite complete but deteriorating and opening PKM 79002 £25.2
Roxburgh, James : The School Board of Glasgow 1873 - 1919. University of London Press 1971. 264p hardback with black and green pictorial jacket, ex-lib first edition, pages clean with footnotes and bibliography, VG PKM 77924 £10.8
Highnet, John : A School of One's Choice. A Study of the Fee - Paying Schools of Scotland. London: Blackie 1969. 301p hardback with black illustrated jacket, ex-lib first edition, pages clean with acknowledgments and index, VG PKM 77783 £10.8
Scottish Council for Research in Education : Educational and Other Aspects of the 1947 Scottish Mental Survey. University of London Press 1958. (Scottish Council for Research in Education 41) 150p hardback with blue paper jacket, ex-lib first edition, hardly used, pages clean with tables and appendix, nice copy, VG PKM 77737 £10.8
Scottish Council for Research in Education : The Intelligence of Scottish Children. A National Survey of Age - Group. University of London Press 1933. (Scottish Council for Research in Education) 160p blue hardback with gilt lettering on spine, hardly used ex-lib first edition, pages clean with roughcut edges and foldout charts, VG PKM 77736 £8.64
Scottish Council for Research in Education : Social Implications of the 1947 Scottish Mental Survey. University of London Press 1953. (Scottish Council for Research in Education) 356p blue hardback with gilt lettering on spine, first edition ex-lib copy, hardly used, pages clean with charts, VG PKM 77735 £7.2
Craigie, William : The Scottish Alliterative Poems. Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 28. Oxford University Press 1942. 20p sewn paper cover, library stamp, VG, minor tear to cover PKM 76426 £6.3
Harmer, Sidney ; Ridewood, W G : The Pterobranchia of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902 to 1904). (Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol 49, Part 3, No 7) Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh 1913. pp532 - 565 very large blue offprint with card cover, pages clean with diagrams and tables, references and fresh plates to rear, VG PKM 76384 £16.2
Brown, Sally : Introducing Criterion Referenced Assessment: Teacher's Views. Report of a Study Carried Out Between October 1979 and March 1980 With the Aid of a Grant From the Scottish Education Department. University of Stirling 1980. (Educational Monographs) 142p large A4 orange paperback with card cover, ex-lib, corners a little bumped, printed from typescript, pages clean, VG PKM 74082 £9
Mason, John : A History of Scottish Experiments in Rural Education. From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. University of London Press 1935. 207p blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, ex-lib copy with stamps and shelf mark, text clean, binding firm, VG PKM 73846 £13.5
Hazell, Robert [Ed]: Constitutional Futures. A History of the Next Ten Years. Oxford University Press 1999. 263p hardback with green pictorial jacket, as new, pages clean with further reading and index, VG PKM 73343 £10.8
Dunleavy, Patrick ; Gamble, Andrew [Eds]: Developments in British Politics 5. London: Palgrave Macmillan 1997. 418p white paperback with illustrated laminated cover and yellow title panels to cover and spine, as new, pages clean with further reading, bibliography and index, VG PKM 73329 £5.4
Barberis, Peter ; Gains, Francesca et al: Public Policy and Administration. Special Issue: Governance UK. Volume 18, No 2, Summer 2003. Published 2003. 117p journal with blue and white card cover, little use, pages clean with references and notes on contributors, includes articles on Executive Agencies under New Labour and Political Identity in the National Assembly for Wales, VG PKM 73316 £10.8
Trench, Alan [Ed]: The State of the Nation 2001. The Second Year of Devolution in the United Kingdom. London: University College 2001. 283p paperback with illustrated laminated cover and black title band, hardly used, pages clean with charts and index, VG PKM 73299 £7.2
Pennington, Winifred ; Haworth, E Y et al: Lake Sediments in Northern Scotland. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 861, Vol 264, pp 191 - 294). London: Royal Society 1972. A4 with brown card cover, illustr, one plate, VG+ PKM 73264 £13.5
Simpson, Blantyre : Sir James Y. Simpson. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1896. 160p red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover, cover and spine show traces of wear, text clean, copy firm and neat, VG PKM 72795 £6.3
Royal Philosophical Society Glasgow : Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. Volume 40, 1908 - 1909. Glasgow: Philosophical Society 1909. vi 264p red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustr, list of members at back, spine slightly sunned otherwise very good condition PKM 72788 £7.2
Royal Philosophical Society Glasgow : Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. Volume 41, 1909-1910. Glasgow: Philosophical Society 1910. vi 310p red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustr, list of members at back, spine slightly sunned, otherwise very good condition PKM 72787 £7.2
Phillipson, Nicholas : Towards a Definition of Scottish Enlightenment: James Beattie and the Defence of Common Sense. Fourth International Conference on the Scottish Enlightenment, Thursday 17 July 1975, Section 25 (B). Offprint 1975. 10p stapled booklet A4 format, talk printed from typescript, pages clean, signed by the author, VG PKM 71492 £5.4
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries : Scottish Agricultural Economics. Volume 22, 1972. Edinburgh: HMSO 1972. 189p cream and green stapled booklet, hardly used, pages clean woith maps and charts, VG PKM 71074 £9
Gibson, W J : Education in Scotland: A Sketch of the Past and Present. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1912. 151p green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, ex-lib hence stamps and stickers, pages clean, VG PKM 70719 £16.2
Cameron, G C ; Clark, B D : Industrial Movement and the Regional Problem. University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies, Occasional Paper 5. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1966. 220p paperback with blue cover with university arms, hardly used, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 69733 £8.1
Cameron, G C ; Reid, G L : Scottish Economic Planning and the Attraction of Industry. University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies, Occassional Papers 6. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1966. 70p paperback with blue cover with university arms, hardly used, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 69731 £9
McCrone, Gavin : Scotland's Future. The Economics of Nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell 1969. 111p paperback with blue illustrated cover, little use, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 69730 £5.4
Levin, Katharine : Cerebral Palsy. The Pioneer Years of Occupational Therapy in Scotland. Edinburgh: Livingstone 1964. 119p blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, ex-lib, edges a little yellowed but pages clean and unmarked with plates throughout, VG PKM 69186 £18
[Turner, J M W]; National Gallery of Scotland : Turner in the National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland 1993. 104p large paperback with illustrated cover, hardly used, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 67945 £9
Willi, Ernst [Ed]: Ferrum: Nachrichten aus der Eisenbibliothek. Technische Entwicklung als Folge von Katastrophen. No 69. Schlatt: Eisenbibliothek 1997. large 4to pb, plates, as new PKM 67923 £3.6
Reed, James : The Border Ballads. London: Athlone 1973. 218p blue hardback with gilt lettering on spine, b/w pictorial jacket, little use, pages clean and unmarked with b/w photographs, VG PKM 67891 £9.9
Scott, Sir Walter : Waverly; or 'tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes. First Edition. Edinburgh: Constable 1814. 358p [4]p 370p [4]p 371p [5]p three half titles present, final impresion leaves, bound in half calf with marbled papers on boards (rubbed/ party defaced), spine with gilt lettering and gilt rules, and blindstamped ornaments, marbeled boards worn, binding PKM 67549 £2160
Wallace, Robert ; Campbell Smith, J : George Buchanan. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1900. (Famous Scots Series) vi 150p plus publisher's adverts, red cloth with black and gilt lettering on front and spine, pages roughly cut at bottom from page 145 upwards, cover a little grubby but firm and clean copy, VG PKM 66975 £11.7
Kilbride-Jones, H E : Celtic Craftsmanship in Bronze. London: Croom Helm 1980. 266p black hardback with gilt lettering on spine, bronze illustrated jacket, undamaged, pages clean and unmarked, very nice copy, excellent condition PKM 66735 £32.4
Bain, Andrew : Education in Stirlingshire from the Reformation to the Act of 1872. University of London Press 1965. (The Scottish Council for Research in Education) 300p blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, blue card jacket with sunned spine, ex-lib, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 65626 £9
Bone, T R [Ed]: Studies in the History of Scottish Education 1872 - 1939. University of London 1967. (The Scottish Council for Research in Education) 320p blue hardback with gilt lettering on spine, blue card jacket with sunned spine, library markings, small rip to top corner of front end paper, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 65625 £12.6
Shakespeare, William : Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth. With Preface, Glossary etc by Israel Gollancz. London: Dent 1928. (The Temple Shakespeare) 128p small burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and arms blindstamp on cover, bookplate and owner's ink inscription, very occasional pencil markings otherwise pages clean, VG PKM 65427 £4.5
Paterson, Roy : Meeting the Mormons. A Study of the Mormon Church in Scotland and Elsewhere. Edinburgh: Church of Scotland Home Board 1965. 88p paperback with card cover, edges grubby but pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 65166 £9
Carlyle, Thomas : Life of John Sterling. Works of Thomas Carlyle: Centenary Edition in 30 vols, vol 11. London: Chapman & Hall 1920. ribbed blue cloth, frontisp w/ tissueguard, titlep in red and black, spine gilt, clean firm copy, VG+ PKM 65093 £10.8
Lesage, Alain-René : Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Nouvelle Edition. 2 Vols. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1797. 2 Vols, full plain calf binding with title and circular volume label, frontisp (2x) first 509p of vol 1 with minor water mark, clean set, binding firm, name cut out from title page top, VG (the first word vol I, p17 is "venir") PKM 64680 £57.6
Macdonald, George : Phantastes. Edinburgh: Quadriga 1992. 153p pb, reprint of 1858 edition, neat and clean copy, not used, VG, only issued for the purposes of literary study PKM 64018 £10.8
Neilson, Walter : Loch Lomond, The Trossachs and the Clyde Sea Lochs Guide. Edinburgh: Scottish Youth Hostel Association 1950s?. 56p stapled booklet, slight ringed mark to cover, illustrations throughout, includes separate inset to edition, pages clean, VG PKM 63820 £9
(No Author) : Ancient Ballads, Songs and Poems. Bound with 1) Songs Descriptive, Moral and Pastoral. Humourous; and bound with 2) Songs Elegiac. Sea; and bound with Scotish Ballads and Songs. Manchester: Printed by G Nicholson, sold by T Knott and Champante & Whitrow 1796. 81p, 28p + 12p, 40p, 52p titlepages with arms or engraved illus, imprint for "Songs Elegiac. Sea" is Ludlow 1799, glossary and contents, a neat small volume in full calf, front board detached, some pages have faint pencil reference to Percy, very uncommon PKM 63306 £90
Humes, Walter ; Paterson, Hamish : Scottish Culture and Scottish Education 1800 - 1980. Edinburgh: Donald 1983. 277p, hb with dj, exlib with stamps and shelf number on spine (dj only), no markings, very clean and neat copy, excellent condition PKM 63291 £9
Beattie, James : The Poetical Works of James Beattie. Edinburgh: Nimmo 1880. (Half Crown Reward Books) xix 186p small grenn hardback with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, pages are gilt edged, excellent condition PKM 63004 £10.8
National Library of Scotland : Scottish Architects at Home and Abroad. An Exhibition 15 My to 30 September 1978. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland 1978. 86p paperback catalogue of the exhibition, printed from typescript without illustrations, pages clean and unmarked, excellent condition PKM 62994 £7.2
Zachs, William : Without Regard to Good Manners: A Biography of Gilbert Stuart 1743 - 1786. Edinburgh University Press 1992. 226p Hardcover, dustjacket, this is almost a new copy without any traces of use, but a bit dusty perhaps PKM 62913 £18
Watt, Donald Elmslie Roberts : Medieval Church Councils in Scotland. London: Clark 2000. 192p Hardcover, dustjacket, this is almost a new copy without any traces of use, but a bit dusty perhaps PKM 62841 £12.6
Bruce, George [Ed]: The Scottish Literary Revival. An Anthology of twentieth-century poetry. New York: Collier 1968. 130p cloth with dj, VG, excellent copy PKM 62784 £5.4
Young, Douglas [Ed]; Forbes, Duncan et al: Edinburgh in the Age of Reason. Edinburgh University Press 1967. 69p tall hardback, First Edition, VG PKM 62765 £7.2
Edwards, Owen Dudley (Ed); Shepperson, George (Ed): Scotland, Europe and the American Revolution. (New Edinburgh Review No 35 and 36). Edinburgh: EUSPB 1976. 140p, pb, paper slightly yellowed and cover bent once on back sleeve. Otherwise pristince condition, not read. Includes contributions from Lord Cameron, Robin W. Winks, Peter Marshall, J.W. Schulte, V.G. Kiernan and more PKM 62741 £12.6
Carlyle, Alexander ; Burton, John Hill (Ed): The Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk 1722-1805. Edinburgh: Foulis 1910. 615p, plus 32 applique photogravure portraits, black buckram cloth, gilt titles, untrimmed. VG PKM 62709 £12
Masson, David : Memories of Two Cities. Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1911. 317p red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, with gilt crests on cover, first edition, frontispiece w/ tissue guard, top edge gilt, with a preface by his daughter, some foxing to edge only, VG PKM 62600 £14.4
Donaldson, Ian : Jonson's Walk to Scotland. Edinburgh: Quadriga 1992. 24p black paperback, stapled with blue jacket, taken from the inaugural lecture for the Regius Chair of Rhetoric & English Literature, University of Edinburgh, VG PKM 62523 £9
Kerr, John : Scottish Education, School and University: From Early times to 1908. Cambridge University Press 1910. xvi 442p cloth, spine sl rubbed, sm library shelf marks on spine, index, appendices, faint marginal pencil markings on three or four pages, very well preserved, VG ex lib copy PKM 62329 £25.2
Craigie, James : A Bibliography of Scottish Education before 1872. University of London Press 1970. 255p hardback, dustjacket, VG ex lib copy, hardly used, well preserved PKM 61657 £10.8
Hart, Francis : Lockhart as Romantic Biographer. Edinburgh University Press 1971. 300p cloth, nice and clean copy PKM 61635 £7.2
Simpson, Ian : Education in Aberdeenshire Before 1872. University of London Press 1947. 229p cloth, dustjacket, VG+ ex lib copy, hardly used, VG+, clean and bright PKM 61514 £9
Smith, John : Broken Links in Scottish Education. London: Nisbet 1913. 180p orig green dark cloth, excellent ex lib copy PKM 61513 £10.8
Law, Alexander : Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century. University of London Press 1965. 238p hardback, dustjacket, excellent ex lib copy, never used PKM 61435 £10.8
Stevenson, Grant : Puddin': An Edinburgh Story. With Initial Letters and 6 Illustrations by the Author. New Edition. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1916. 127p cloth, sl battered copy, illustrated cover (Boy holding baby) a bit dusty, weak inner hinges, plates, chapter initials, boards loosening, still VG PKM 61129 £7.2
Morrison, C M : An Annotated Bibliography of Adult Education. Scottish Council for Research in Education 1976?. 62p large format pb, VG ex lib copy PKM 60845 £10.8
Murray, Kathleen ; Wilkinson, Eric [Eds]: Children's Rights in a Scottish Context. London: National Children's Bureau 1987. (Scottish Group) 20p pb, VG+ ex lib copy PKM 56913 £9
[Hume, David]; Cavendish, A P : David Hume. New York: Dover 1968. 183p pb, index, notes, VG PKM 56483 £9
Margetson, W J : G H S Walpole: Bishop of Edinburgh. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co 1930. vii 99p light blue cloth, bibliography, frontispiece photgraphic portrait, sl/ foxing, hardly used, VG+ PKM 56011 £24
Cruickshank, Marjorie : A History of the Training of Teachers in Scotland. London University Press 1970. 280p cloth green dj, frontisp, faint marginal pencil markings on a few pages, index, bibliography, examples, photogr plates, appendices, VG ex lib copy PKM 53960 £12
Scottish Education Department : Public Education in Scotland. London: HMSO 1955. 58p stapled paper covers, bibliography, VG ex lib copy PKM 53432 £7.2
Willson, Beckles : Lord Strathcona: The Story of his Life to 1902. With Forewords by the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Aberdeen. London: Methuen 1902. xii 288p 31p red cloth (bright) with gilt lettering on cover and spine, weak inner hinges, faint foxing, clean pages, VG PKM 53310 £18
MacColla, Fionn : And the Cock Crew. Glasgow: Souvenir 1977. 188p pb, hardly used, VG PKM 53199 £9
Philip, George : A Scots Boy's World Sixty Years Ago. Edinburgh: Hodge 1922. viii 188p blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, spine sl sunned, frontisp, plates, clean pages, VG PKM 53132 £25.2
(No Author) : Scottish Poetry Index, Vol 2: Verse 1984 - 1995. An Index to Poetry and Poetry-Related Material in Scottish Literary Magazines, 1952 - . Edinburgh: Scottish Poetry Library 1995. 171p large A4 ringfolder, transparent plastic cover, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 52793 £10.8
Scottish Record Office : List of Gifts and Deposits in the Scottish Record Office, Vol 2. Edinburgh: HMSO 1976. vi 116p sm quarto hb, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 52778 £14.4
Scottish Record Office : List of Gifts and Deposits in the Scottish Record Office, Vol 1. Edinburgh: HMSO 1971. vi 122p red sm quarto cloth, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 52777 £14.4
Scottish Record Office : Index to Register of Deeds, preserved in Her Majesty's General Register House, Vol 36, 1696. (Indexes No 70) Edinburgh: HMSO 1975. 163p green sm quarto cloth, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 52776 £14.4
Scottish Record Office : Index to Register of Deeds, preserved in Her Majesty's General Register House, Vol 35, 1695. (Indexes No 67) Edinburgh: HMSO 1971. 139p green sm quarto cloth, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 52775 £14.4
(No Author) : The Year Book for Scotland and Scottish Parliamentary Election Manual being a political Reference for the Year 1966. Scottish Conservative 1966. 325p cloth, VG+ PKM 51634 £8
Jack, Ronald [Ed]: Scottish Prose 1550 - 1700. London: Calder & Boyars 1971. (Scottish Library) 220p pb, glossary, contributions by John Knox, Thomas Maitland, John Leslie, James Row, etc, VG PKM 50855 £7.2
Burns : Robert Burns. London: Pitkin 1973. (Pitkin Pictorial Guides and Souvenir Books) 24p illustrations, some in colour, VG PKM 50645 £5.4
Letley, Emma : From Galt to Douglas Brown: Nineteenth Century Fiction and Scots Language. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1988. xiv 351p hardback, dustjacket, almost as new PKM 50403 £10.8
Knox, John : The Historie of the Reformatioun of Religion within the Realm of Scotland. A Selection edited by Ralph Walker. Edinburgh: Boyd 1940. (Scottish Classics / Saltire) 72p cloth dj sl dusty, VG PKM 49886 £7.2
Henderson, Thomas [Ed]: A Scots Garland: An Anthology of Scottish Vernacular Verse. Edited with an Introductory Essay by T Henderson. Edinburgh: Grant & Murray 1931. 192p blue cloth with gilt on cover and spine, fresh floral pattern on front cover, fine edition, frontisp, glossary, illustrated title page, includes Antrin Rhymes, for Children, Jacobite, Ballads, Burns, etc, VG PKM 49732 £10.8
Tonge, John : The Arts of Scotland. Illustrated. Specially written on the Occasion of The Royal Academy Exhibition of Scottish Art. London: Kegan Paul 1938. x 128p pb, cover a bit dusty, sl foxing, frontisp, index, plates, VG PKM 49729 £9
Campbell, J R : Burns, The Democrat. Glasgow: Caledonian Books 1945. (Scottish Arts & Letters) 40p stapled booklet, back cover tape-repaired, minor signs of use, VG PKM 49723 £3.6
Edwards, Owen Dudley [Ed]: A Claim of Right for Scotland. Edinburgh: Polygon 1989. (Determinations) 202p pb, chronolog table, various contributors, VG PKM 49720 £7.2
Metcalfe, W M : Specimens of Scottish Literature, 1325 - 1835. With Introduction, Notes and Glossary. London: Blackie 1913. vii 227p cloth dj sl dusty, faint foxing, notes, glossary, index, on John Spalding, Allan Ramsay, Hector Boece, William Dunbar, etc, VG PKM 49575 £21.6
Cairncross, A K : Living with the Century. Fife: Iynx 1998. xvi 320p large cloth dj protective sleeve, frontisp, illustrations, index, appendix, hardly uesd, VG ex lib copy PKM 49288 £14.4
Wilson, Duncan : The History of Mathematical Teaching in Scotland to the End of the 18th Century. London University Press 1935. (Publications of the Scottish Council for Research in Education) viii 99p blue cloth, frontisp, bibliography, indices, hardly used, VG ex lib copy PKM 49043 £18
Craith, Máiréad Nic [Ed]: Watching One's Tongue: Aspects of Romance and Celtic Languages. Liverpool University Press 1996. xii 260p large pb, spine sl sunned, various contributors, on language planning in the Valencian and Balearic communities, Catalonia, North-West Wales, Cornwall, etc, Gaelic influences in Anglo-Manx, tables, appendix, bibliography, as new, VG+ PKM 47034 £13.5
Rendall, Robert : Orkney Shore. Kirkwall: Mackintosh 1973. 200p hb, gilt lettering to spine, amateur natural history in the Orkneys, notes, VG ex lib copy with minimal library marks PKM 46539 £16.2
Finlay, Ross : Touring Scotland: The Unknown Highlands. Edinburgh: Foulis 1970. 201p blue cloth, dj, halftone plates, index, VG PKM 46494 £10.8
Scott-Moncrieff, George : Edinburgh. London: Batsford 1947. viii 112p turquoise cloth, maps to eps, colour frontisp, many halftone plates, index, cover sl sunned, VG PKM 46492 £9
Kipling, Rudyard : Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923. London: Macmillan 1923. 32p red cloth, gilt lettering to cover, ' The sole revenge that Maturity can take upon Youth for the sin of being young, is to preach at it', cover sl sunned, VG first edition PKM 46283 £8.1
[(No Author)]: Gaelic-Speaking Children in Highland Schools. London University Press 1961. (The Scottish Council for Research in Education Committee on Bilingualism) 95p hb, dj, maps, appendices, bibliogr, VG ex lib copy PKM 46257 £13.5
[Wedgwood, C V]: Montrose. London: Collins 1952. (Brief Lives) 158p blue cloth, frontisp, notes, map, VG ex lib copy PKM 44745 £7.2
Stevenson, David ; Stevenson, Wendy : Scottish Texts and Calendars: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications. London: Royal Historical Society 1987. xii 233p large cloth, index, as new PKM 42710 £10.8
Conlon, Tom ; Cope, Peter : Computing in Scottish Education: The first Decade and beyond. Edinburgh University Press 1989. (Edinburgh Education and Society Series) xi 179p pb, index, hardly used ex lib copy, VG PKM 42680 £7.2
Lindsay, David : Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaitis. Edinburgh: Canongate 1989. (Canongate Classics) xliv 211p pb, text with commentary, cover sl creased, VG PKM 42406 £7.2
Thomson, James : The Seasons, and The Castle of Indolence. London: Bogue 1841. lxxi 271p glossy polished tan leather, 5 bands, gilt lettering to spine, decoration to spine & cover, very bright, top edge gilt, extensive introduction, 48 exquisite engraved illustrations by Samuel Williams, some in-text, as well as elaborately framed s PKM 41995 £49.5
Decraene, Paulette : Écosse. Lausanne: Éditions Rencontre 1968. (L'Atlas des Voyages) 191p hb A4 format, many illustrations, bibliography, VG PKM 41016 £9
(No Author) : Oban Skye Fort William and the Western Highlands. 12th Edition. London: Ward, Lock & Co 1930. (Illustrated Guide Books) 158p red cloth, front hinge a bit soft, 2 addtl maps laid in, VG PKM 40155 £4.5
Oliver & Boyd : Educational Works published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. (Catalogue) Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1890. 24p publisher's catalogue removed from binding, with one page indicating source PKM 40076 £4.5
Quigley, Hugh : The Highlands of Scotland. London: Batsford 1949. viii 120p hb, dj, printed eps, colour frontisp, many b&w photographs, index, dj sl torn, VG PKM 38696 £7.2
Fleming, Anne : In Search of Byron in England and Scotland. Old Forge Press 1988. vi 74p pb, figures in text, VG PKM 38308 £7.2
Childe, V Gordon ; Simpson, Douglas : Illustrated Guide to Ancient Monuments in the Ownership of Guardianship of The Ministry of Public Building and Works Vol VI: Scotland. Edinburgh: HMSO 1967. 139p black cloth, dj, 24 halftone plates, bibliogr, index, dj sl torn, VG PKM 38256 £7.2
Browne, James : A History of the Highlands and of The Highland Clans. Vol 1. Glasgow: Fullarton 1836. lxxii 447p green cloth, gilt emblem and lettering to spine (very faded), 2 engraved plates with tissue guards, engraved folding map of Scotland, sl foxing and mildew to front and back portions, binding tight, cover rather dulled, VG ex lib copy, well pres PKM 36811 £30.6
Dickson, Tony : Scottish Capitalism. Class State and Nation from before then Union to the Present. London: Lawrence & Wishart 1980. 335p large pb, maps, index, VG PKM 35813 £8.1
Scott, Sir Walter : The Abbott. (The Waverley Novels, Vol 11). New York: Merrill & Baker 1900. 504p petrol coloured cloth, spine gilt, with many plates with tissue guards, teg, a nice and fresh copy of this very special edition PKM 35768 £21.6
Harris, Nathaniel : The Life and Works of Rennie Mackintosh. Edinburgh: Lomond 1998. 79p hb, dj, very many colour plates, as new PKM 35303 £6.3
Macdiarmid, Hugh [Ed]: Henryson, Selected by Hugh MacDiarmid. London: Penguin 1973. (Poet to Poet) 88p 15p introduction by MacDiarmid, nice unused copy, no creases, but paper a bit browning PKM 35023 £5.4
[Cameron, James]: Tobersnorey. A Rollicking Tour in the Land of the Gael. By Rag, Tag, and Bobtail, Author of Stronbuy. New Edition. Edinburgh: MacNiven & Wallace 1878?. 112p many illus, green illus paper cover, both coves detached, VG PKM 35005 £12
Cunninghame Graham, R B : Writ in Sand. (First Edition). London: Heinemann 1932. 164p light brown cloth (a bit dusty), WH Smith bookplates removed from inside front board, spine sl slanted, lettering on spine gilt (still bright) PKM 34992 £12.6
Constable : The A1 Edinburgh and Leith Street Directory, with Tram and Bus Routes and General Information. Edinburgh: Constable 1920. 112p very small format (12cm) price 4d, stapled, VG PKM 34943 £6.3
McLaren, J Wilson : Edinburgh Memories and Some Worthies. Edinburgh: Chambers 1926. 231p orig cloth, front free endpaper missing, nice copy PKM 34940 £12.6
Burns, Robert : The Poetical Works. London: Warne 1890. xxvi 614p azure cloth, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & cover, all edges gilt, frontisp with tissue guard, linedrawing plates, eps sl foxed & water-marked, spine detaching, binding lifting at eps, first few pages detached, still pretty despite damag PKM 34308 £7.2
MacNeice, Louis : Selected Poems. London: Faber 1940. (Second impression) 80p rebound in blue library cloth, poems inc Eclogue by a Five-barred Gate, Carrickfergus, Bagpipe Music, VG ex lib copy PKM 33651 £9
Atkinson, Mabel : Local Government in Scotland. London: Blackwood 1904. x 441p blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, brown eps, appendices, index, many pencil markings, sl foxing to eps, VG PKM 32003 £13
MacInnes, D : Conversations in Gaelic and English (Comhraidhean an Gaidhlic 's am Beurla). Glasgow: Maclaren 1938. 64p pb, stapled, useful reference book, cover sl marked, pages clean, VG PKM 31951 £7.2
(No Author) : Reports by the Council for the National Trust for Scotland, 1942 - 5, 1947 - 50, 1953 - 4, 1956, 1961. Edinburgh: National Trust for Scotland 1942. 11 reports, 12 - 83p stapled / pb, incl news, accounts, donations, members, some illus, 1942 report missing back cover, mostly VG, library stamp PKM 31318 £10.8
Scott, Paul : Scotland in Europe: Dialogue with a Sceptical Friend. Edinburgh: Canongate 1992. xiv 79p pb, bibliogr, VG ex lib PKM 30797 £4.5
Scott, Sir Walter : Select Poems of Sir Walter Scott. (Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts, No 40). Edinburgh: Chambers 1860. 32p, folded sheets, not bound, VG PKM 30685 £5.4
(No Author) : An Account of the Borders. (Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts, No 37). Edinburgh: Chambers 1860. 32p, folded sheets, not bound, uncut, title illus, VG PKM 30681 £5.4
Brennan, T : Reshaping a City. Glasgow: House of Grant 1959. 221p hb, dj (sl dulled), figures throughout, appendices, index, VG: focus on Glasgow PKM 30076 £7.2
Daiches, David : A Third World. Brighton: Sussex University Press 1971. viii 216p green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, index, ex lib hardly used PKM 28063 £9
Braemar : Valentine's Snapshots: Braemar. 12 Real Photographs for your Album. Braemar: Hendry 193?. 12 half-tone photographs, 7 x 9cm, in card envelope, still intact PKM 27833 £5.4
Taylor, Wilfred : Scot Free: A Book of Gael Warnings. London: Reinhardt 1954. vii 168p cloth, index, inscription on tp, VG PKM 27429 £9
Murray, David : The Hunterian Museum in the Old College of Glasgow. Glasgow: Jackson 1925. (Glasgow University Publications) [viii] 16p small 4to stapled, brown card wrapper, ex-lib hence evidence of tape repair to spine, overlong edges a little scuffed but pages clean with frontisp, 5 plates and illustrations, VG PKM 27060 £7.2
Robertson, C J [Ed]: Scientific Survey of South-Eastern Scotland. London: British Association for the Advancement of Science 1951. 208p large pb, 39 figures, plates, chapters by authors incl Steer & Piggott on agriculture, archaeology, history, demography, geology, mining, transport, education, topography etc, folding "Coloured Topographical Map of South-Eastern Scotland" in pocket i PKM 26645 £7.2
Ritchie, John : A Contribution to the Parasitic Fauna of the West of Scotland. Offprint, The Glasgow Naturalist, Vol 7 no 2. Glasgow 1915. 10p sewn paper cover, faint crease down middle from folding, otherwise VG ex lib PKM 23916 £5.4
National Gallery of Scotland : Forty Scottish Paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland 1958. [iv]p + 40 plates 25cm sewn card cover, VG+ PKM 23724 £4.5
McKichan, Finlay : The Highland Clearances. London: Longman 1979. (Then & There) 96p pb, plates & illus, glossary, VG+, elementary PKM 22394 £5.4
[Ker, W P]; Chambers, R W : Obituary of W P Ker (1855 - 1923). Offprint, Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 11. Oxford University Press 1925. 14p sewn paper cover, VG PKM 22058 £4.5
[Robertson, John]; Gooch, G P : Obituary of John George Robertson (1867 - 1933). Offprint, Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 19. Oxford University Press 1933. 23p sewn paper cover, VG PKM 22040 £3.6
Wiggins, Kate : Penelope's Experiences in Scotland: Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton. London: Gay & Hancock 1910. xii 302p 17cm cloth (spine edge tearing but book still firm) illus C Brock, VG PKM 20792 £7.2
Muirhead, L R [Ed]: Scotland. London: Benn 1949. (Blue Guides) lviii 454 32p cloth, maps, some folding, index, atlas at rear, short period guides to all aspects of Scotland's history, geography and culture, also incl map of central Edinburgh, Edinburgh tour guide programme laid in, cover sl soiled but text clean PKM 20751 £6.3
Scott, Sir Walter : The Antiquary. Dent / Everyman 1923. xii 418p red cloth, spine with dull floral carpet design, notes, glossary, VG PKM 20729 £6
Cunninghame Graham, R B : Progress and Other Sketches. London: Duckworth 1911. xvi 285p cloth, embossed on front, dedication to Joseph Conrad (printed), excellent fresh copy: collection of short stories PKM 19563 £14
Blackburn, John [Ed]: Short Stories From Scotland. Exeter: Wheaton 1979. xiv 110p large pb, glossary, inc stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Iain Crichton Smith, ex-lib VG PKM 18830 £5.4
(No Author) : Women in Scotland. An Annotated Bibliography. Milton Keynes: Open University 1987. 65p A4 format, stapled, VG+ PKM 18557 £7.2
(No Author) : Picturesque Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Sands 1920. 14 colour plates, 14 b/w plates, cloth spine, red boards tartan pattern PKM 18036 £7.2
Macalpine, Neil : Macalpine's Gaelic-English Dictionary. Glasgow: Maclaren 1948. xvi 281p cloth, dj (worn), VG PKM 17724 £10.8
Gunn, Neil : Morning Tide. Edinburgh: Porpoise 1931. 287p green cloth, one page badly opened, cloth a bit worn, binding slanted, second impression PKM 16106 £6
Stevenson, William : The Jacobite Rising of 1745. Illustrated from Contemporary Sources. London: Longmans 1969. (Then & There) vii 104p card cover, illus, glossary, VG ex school lib: PKM 15697 £6.3
Haldane, A R B : Three Centuries of Scottish Posts. A Historical Survey to 1836. Edinburgh University Press 1971. 336p 24cm, cloth, dj, maps, index, bibliogr, plates, illus, handsome & scientific, as new PKM 15300 £10.8
Norrie, Jessie : Memories of the Old High School. Dundee: Kidd 1924. 188p 22m, pb, sl soliled, binding weak, spine partly detached, traces of tape inside cover, plates; going back to 1881, when Mr Arnold did come for a visit PKM 13782 £7.2
Home, Gordon : Edinburgh. Mine Own Romantic Town. London: A & C Black 1927. xii 140p cloth, 24plates, index, VG+ PKM 13778 £11.7
Massie, Alan : Edinburgh. Sinclair 1994. xviii 266p, hb, dj, index, wonderfully illustrated, "fine and pawky" VG+ PKM 13776 £7.2
Davidson, John Davidson [Ed]: Accounts of the Chamberlain of Scotland in the Years 1329, 1330 and 1331, from the Originals in the Exchequer, with some Other Curious Papers. Edinburgh: Murray, Cochran 1771. 31p disbound pamphlet, VG PKM 13766 £23.4
Hume Brown, P : A Short History of Scotland (1908). Rev Ed. Henry Meikle. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1953. xvi 350p cloth, spine dull, index, lists, many plates, VG ex lib PKM 13763 £5.4
Carlyle, Thomas : Scottish and other Miscellanies. Ed. J R Lowell. Dent / Everyman 1964. xi 339p green cloth, VG PKM 13762 £5
Wannan, Bill Wannan [Ed]: The Heather in the Sun. A Scottish Australian Entertainment. Lansdowne 1966. xv 189p hb, dj (sl loss), an anthology of Scottish literature in Australia PKM 13756 £10.8
Saintsbury, George ; [Scott, Sir Walter]: Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson 1897. (Famous Scots) 158p cloth gilt, ex lib with sm faults PKM 13753 £7.2
Richmond, I A [Ed]: Roman and Native in North Britain. London: Nelson 1958. x 174p cloth, dj (grubby), appendix annotated in pencil, VG, with newspaper clippings relating to author laid in PKM 13751 £9
O'Dell, Andrew [Ed]: St Ninian's Isle Treasure. A Silver Hoard Dicovered on St Ninian's Isle, Zetland, 1958. Aberdeen University Press 1963. (Aberdeen University Studies) 47p 38cm card cover, 40 pages of wonderful plates VG+ PKM 13745 £16.2
Prebble, John : The Lion in the North. 1000 Years of Scotland's History. London: Penguin 1973. 344p card cover, large format paperback, illus throughout, also in colour, index, bibliogr, tables, VG+ PKM 13740 £7.2
Prebble, John : The Darien Disaster. London: Secker & Warburg 1968. 366p hardback with dustjacket, VG+: Scotland's Colony in the Isthmus of Panama PKM 13736 £14
Cunninghame Graham, R B : Scottish Stories. London: Duckworth 1929. 191p cloth, VG PKM 13734 £10
Cunninghame Graham, R B : The North American Sketches. Ed. John Walker. Alabama University Press 1986. 144p cloth, dj, new. Mexico City to New Orleans, 1879 - 1881 PKM 13726 £8.1
[Carlyle, Thomas]; Clubbe, John [Ed]: Two Reminiscences of T Carlyle. Durham: Duke University Press 1974. xiv 145p cloth, dj, plates, index, VG+. Engl transl of Althaus' biography (1866) complete with Carlyle's own notes, plus one similar PKM 13327 £12.6
Hayes, A J [Ed]: Scottish Methodism in the Early Victorian Period. The Scottish Correspondence of the Rev Jabez Bunting, 1800 - 1857. Ed. A J Hayes. Edinburgh University Press 1981. viii 143p cloth, dj, plates, index, as new PKM 13301 £7.2
Müller, Paul ; Scott, Sir Walter : Die Quellen zu Walter Scotts Roman "The Fortunes of Nigel". Dissertation 1913. ix 187p bibliogr, VG Dissertation Leipzig PKM 13262 £10
Urquhart, Thomas : The Jewel (1652). Ed. R Jack, R Lyall. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1983. vii 252p hb, dj, unpublished letters, as new, notes, introd PKM 12747 £9
Stuart, Louisa : Memoire of Frances Lady Douglas (1750 - 1817). Ed. Jill Rubenstein. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1985. xxi 106p hb dj as new PKM 12209 £5.4
[Ogilvie, Alan]: Geographical Essays in Memory of Alan Ogilvie. Ed. R Miller, J W Watson. London: Nelson 1959. 245p cloth, plates, as new. Festschrift with 10 essays, mostly on Scottish geography, also JK Wright on British Grandfathers of American Geography. PKM 11747 £6.3
Dilworth, Mark : The Scots in Franconia. A Century of Monastic Life. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1974. 302p hb, dj, indices, appendices, plates, very scholarly, as new, "The History of the Scottish monastic community at Würzburg has the appeal of the unusual ..." PKM 11678 £9
Sultana, Donald ; Scott, Sir Walter : The Siege of Malta Rediscovered. An Account of Sir Walter Scott's Mediterranean Journey and His Last Novel. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1977. xii 215p hb, dj, many plates, maps, index, bibliogr, as new. PKM 10952 £9
Lockhart, John Gibson : Peter's Letter to his Kinsfolk (1819). Ed. William Ruddick. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1977. xxiii 204p hb, dj, as new. Notorious satirist of the first issues of Blackwood's Magazine, mounting an attack on the the Enlightenment tradition of Hume and the Edinburgh Reviewers PKM 10894 £7.2
Scott, Mary Jane : James Thomson, Anglo-Scot. Athens: Georgia University Press 1988. xiv 373p cloth, dj, index, bibliogr, notes, appendix, new: Thomson as a Scot in exile PKM 10871 £9.9
Groves, David : James Hogg. The Growth of a Writer. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 1988. 160p hb, dj, bibliogr, as new PKM 10681 £6.3
Carlyle, Thomas : The Life of John Sterling. London: Chapman & Hall 1851. 304p orig cloth minor wear, inner hinges weak, text clean, first edition, first issue (verso of table of contents paginated iv) PKM 9487 £57.6
Ritchie, J M : German Books in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1500 - 1700. Offprint Modern Language Review, Volume 62, No 4, October 1962. Cambridge University Press 1962. 18p plates, inscribed PKM 9428 £3.6
Kinghorn, A M [Ed]: Peblis, To the Play. Feltham: Quarto Press 1974. (Scottish Poetry Reprints) 30p card cover, glossary, introd, notes, one of 350 copies: Playful writing, ascribed to James I PKM 9097 £8
Muir, Edwin : An Autobiography. London: Methuen 1964. (University Paperbacks) 288p white paperback with pictorial cover, index, plates, VG: Orkney etc PKM 9001 £9
Donaldson, William [Ed]: The Language of the People. Scots Prose from the Victorian Revival. Aberdeen University Press 1989. xi 240p cloth, illus, index, glossary. VG+ PKM 8569 £12.6
Gunn, Neil : The Green Isle of the Great Deep. London: Faber 1944. 258p green cloth, VG+, a nice copy PKM 7633 £4.5
Stokoe, C J L : A Bibliography of the Works of Neil M Gunn. Aberdeen University Press 1987. x 245p 23cm card cover, index, as new. Important Scottish author PKM 2259 £9
Giles, Arthur : Some Book-Stores of Modern Athens [Edinburgh]. Edinburgh 1900. 76p, unbound xerox copy of this title in a torn envelope PKM 2031 £7.2
Henryson, Robert : The Poems and Fables. Ed. H Harvey Wood. London: Oliver & Boyd 1968. xlvii 304p cloth, dj, glossary, commentary, VG PKM 715 £19.8
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