Books

These are some of our special/dearer/nicer books. The list is mainly for the benefit of customers who visit the shop however we occasionally post books out. If you plan to visit especially to see one of these books it may be worth getting in touch first to check that we still have it - and can find it!

Feel free to offer a lower price for the dearer books if you think they've been listed for a while and we'll see how that goes!

The Highland Bagpipe and its Music (£10.00)
Roderick D. Cannon
Birlinn, 2008
Paperback, ISBN: 9781841586663

Comments: Ex-lib with first page torn out. I think the date is correct.

Seydabraevid (£80.00)
Hardback

Comments: Faroese Sheep Letter. Large size (folio?). Introduction in English. Parallel old Norse, Faroese and English. Please ask if you want further attempts at details. Don't just turn up, we probably won't be able to find it!

The Paisley Thread Industry (£10.00)
Matthew Blair
The Grimsay Press, 2004
Paperback, ISBN: 9780902664913

Comments: Facsimile of 1907 edition. Currently 2 copies. Essentially new.

Kintyre: The Hidden Past (£10.00)
Angus Martin
The Grimsay Press, 2014
Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301507

Comments: Like new.

Colonial Houses of South Africa (£20.00)
Graham Viney
Struik-Winchester, 1987
Hardback, ISBN: 9780947430054

Kirkpatrick Fleming: On the Borders of History (£25.00)
Duncan and Shiela Adamson
D & G Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 2011
Hardback, ISBN: 9781907931055

Scottish Painters At Home and Abroad 1700-1900 (£20.00)
David and Francina Irwin
Faber & Faber, 1975
Hardback, ISBN: 0571088228

Scottish Painting 1620 - 1908 (£12.00)
James L. Caw
Kingsmead Reprints, 1975
Hardback, ISBN: 0901571717

Lost Ayrshire (£10.00)
Dane Love
Birlinn, 2005
Hardback, ISBN: 9781841583563

Thornhill and Its Worthies (£10.00)
John Laing Waugh
Hunter, Watson & Co., 1913
Paperback

Comments: 2nd edition.

Random Naval Recollections (£10.00)
Angus Cunninghame Graham
Paperback

Comments: Worn condition. Signed by the author. Self published.

Elshieshields: The Story of a Scottish Tower 1245-2018 (£15.00)
Ann Shukman
Ann Shukman, 2018
Paperback, ISBN: 9781527219298

Comments: Brand new book.

By Hill and Shore in South Kintyre (£10.00)
Angus martin
The Grimsay Press, 2011
Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301125

Comments: New book

Bankhead: The Story of a Primary School at War (£28.50)
Bryan Cromwell
Paperback, ISBN: 9790954136603

Comments: A Kinghtswwod school in Glasgow

Jump to:    Glasgow   History   Literary   Miscellaneous   Renfrewshire   Scottish   Book Sets

Renfrewshire

Further Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire (£15.00) William Hector Heritage Books, 1999 Paperback, ISBN: 0788413279 Comments: Facsimile of 1876 book.	The Paisley Thread Industry (£10.00) Matthew Blair The Grimsay Press, 2004 Paperback, ISBN: 9780902664913 Comments: Facsimile of 1907 edition. Currently 2 copies. Essentially new.
Golf on the Land of Wallace: The First Hundred Years of Elderslie Golf Club (£15.00) David Bryden Hardback Comments:	Three Score Years and Ten: The Story of Sherwwod Church Paisley 1891-1961 (£10.00) Paperback Comments: Appears undated.

Glasgow

Bankhead: The Story of a Primary School at War (£28.50) Bryan Cromwell Paperback, ISBN: 9790954136603 Comments: A Kinghtswwod school in Glasgow	Glasgow Dean of Guild Court : A History (£25.00) Andrew M. Jackson Hardback, ISBN: 0950876704 Comments:
Biographical Sketches of the Hon. The Lord Provosts of Glasgow (£10.00) John Tweed, 1883 Hardback Comments: Poor condition.	History of the Cathedral and See of Glasgow (£20.00) James Pagan Francis Orr, 1897 Hardback Comments:
Clyde Passenger Steamers 1812 - 1901 (£10.00) Capt James Williamson James MacLehose, 1904 Hardback Comments:	Post Office Glasgow Directory 1968-69 (£10.00) Hardback Comments:
Clyde River Steamers of the Last Fifty Years (£6.00) Andrew McQueen Gowans and Gray, 1923 Hardback Comments:	The Glasgow Region - A General Survey (£5.00) Ronald Miller & Joy Tivy Hardback Comments:

Scottish

The Great Historic Families of Scotland. 6 divisions (£100.00) James Taylor Hardback Comments:	Scotland in the Middle Ages (£10.00) Cosmo Innes Edmonston & Douglas, 1860 Hardback Comments: Very poor cover.
A Popular History of the Highlands and Gaelic Scotland (£20.00) Dugald Mitchell Alexander Gardner, 1900 Hardback Comments: Cover very poor.	Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century (£15.00) Henry Grey Graham Adam and Charles Black, 1901 Hardback Comments:
A Third Summer in Kintyre (£10.00) Angus Martin The Grimsay Press, 2016 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301583 Comments:	Scottish Painters At Home and Abroad 1700-1900 (£20.00) David and Francina Irwin Faber & Faber, 1975 Hardback, ISBN: 0571088228 Comments:
Accounts of the Treasuer of Scotland vol. 13 1574-1580 (£10.00) Charles McInnes (ed.) HMSO, 1978 Hardback, ISBN: 0114914281 Comments:	Scottish Painting 1620 - 1908 (£12.00) James L. Caw Kingsmead Reprints, 1975 Hardback, ISBN: 0901571717 Comments:
Adventures of an Obscure Victorian (£10.00) W.G. Riddell James MacKelvie & Sons, 1964 Hardback Comments:	Scottish Rivers (£10.00) Thomas Dick Lauder Edmonston and Douglas, 1874 Hardback Comments:
Ayrshire Idylls (£6.00) Neil Munro Adam and Charles Black, 1912 Hardback Comments:	Ships For All Nations: John Brown & Co. Clydebank 1847-1971 (£30.00) Ian Johnston Seaforth Publishing, 215 Hardback, ISBN: 9781848322677 Comments: Brand new.
Ayrshire Village Sketches and Poems (£7.00) David Mackie Dunlop & Drennan, 1896 Hardback Comments: 2nd edition.	Stirling Observer 150 Years On (£10.00) Bob McCutcheon Stirling Observer, 1992 Paperback, ISBN: 0951173618 Comments: Reprint.
By Hill and Shore in South Kintyre (£10.00) Angus martin The Grimsay Press, 2011 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301125 Comments: New book	Suas gu Deas: Two Hebrideans Walking from the Butt to Barra Head (£10.00) Angus Peter Campbell & Cailean MacLean The Islands Book Trust, 2009 Hardback, ISBN: 9780956076434 Comments:
Clydesdale (£10.00) A. MacCallum Scott Thornton Butterworth, 1924 Hardback Comments:	Tayside Songs and other Verses (£15.00) Robert Ford Alexander Gardner, 1895 Hardback Comments:
COME TO SCOTLAND: THE BENS AND THE GLENS, THE HILLS AND THE HEATHER (£12.00) Alex. R. McFarlane Simmath Press, Hardback Comments: Appears undated. 1932?	The City of Edinburgh: An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments (£20.00) HMSO, 1951 Hardback Comments: 13th report of the Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland.
David Keir (£7.00) The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: Edinburgh Collins, 1966 Hardback Comments:	The Complaynt of Scotlande (Part Two) (£15.00) James A.H. Murray Llanerch Publishers, 1998 Paperback, ISBN: 1861430582 Comments: Facsimile reprint of 1872 book.
Duncan Dewar's Accounts: A Student of St Andrews 100 Years Ago (£10.00) Jackson, Wylie & Co., 1926 Hardback Comments: Poor cover. At least one page loose.	The Declaration of Arbroath (£5.00) Sir James Ferguson Edinburgh University Press, 1970 Hardback, ISBN: 085224181X Comments:
Elshieshields: The Story of a Scottish Tower 1245-2018 (£15.00) Ann Shukman Ann Shukman, 2018 Paperback, ISBN: 9781527219298 Comments: Brand new book.	The Highland Bagpipe and its Music (£10.00) Roderick D. Cannon Birlinn, 2008 Paperback, ISBN: 9781841586663 Comments: Ex-lib with first page torn out. I think the date is correct.
Industries of Stirling and District (£10.00) Stirling Council Library, 1998 Hardback, ISBN: 1870542371 Comments: Reprint of 1909 book.	The History of Argyll (£10.00) Colin M. MacDonald W R Holmes, Hardback Comments: Ex-library.
Kintyre: The Hidden Past (£10.00) Angus Martin The Grimsay Press, 2014 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301507 Comments: Like new.	The History of Dumbartonshire from earliest period to present time (£15.00) Joseph Irving The Grimsay Press, 2004 Paperback Comments: New but marks around page 20 - maybe printing fault? Reprint of 1857 edition.
Kirkpatrick Fleming: On the Borders of History (£25.00) Duncan and Shiela Adamson D & G Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 2011 Hardback, ISBN: 9781907931055 Comments:	The Lairds of Glenlyon (£25.00) Duncan Campbell Clunie Press, 1984 Hardback Comments:
Leith-Built Ships on War Service (£12.00) Henry Robb Hardback Comments:	The Memoirs of Sir David Erskine of Cardross (£5.00) Mrs Steuart Erskine (ed.) T. Fisher Unwin, 1926 Hardback Comments:
Lost Ayrshire (£10.00) Dane Love Birlinn, 2005 Hardback, ISBN: 9781841583563 Comments:	The Minute Book of the Faculty of Avocates Minute BookVol. 4 1783-1798 (£40.00) Angus Stewart & David Parratt The Stair Society, 2008 Hardback, ISBN: 9781872517209 Comments:
Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth (£8.50) One of Their Descendants The Grimsay Press, 2004 Paperback, ISBN: 9780902664845 Comments: Reprint of 1894 book.	The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire 1707-1723 (£12.00) Charles A. Malcolm Edinburgh University Press, 1931 Hardback Comments:
Memorabilia Domestica: Parish Life in the North of Scotland (£10.00) Donald Sage Albyn Press, 1975 Hardback, ISBN: 0284985724 Comments: Ex-library.	The Regality of Kirriemuir (£35.00) Alan Reid John Grant, 1909 Hardback Comments:
Mitchison's Ghosts (£8.50) Moira Burgess humming earth, 2008 Paperback, ISBN: 9781846220197 Comments:	The Scottish Handloom Weavers 1790-1850 (£18.00) Norman Murray John Donald, 1978 Hardback, ISBN: 0859760286 Comments:
Old and New World Highland Bagpiping (£8.00) John G. Gibson Birlinn, 2002 Paperback, ISBN: 9781841583341 Comments: Brand new book.	The Scottish Nation (3 volumes) (£50.00) William Anderson Fullarton, 1865 Hardback Comments: 3 volumes: ABE-CUR, DAL-MAC, MAC-ZET Spine loose on vol. 1
Old Faces, Old Places & Old Stories of Stirling (£10.00) William Drysdale Eneas MacKay, 1898 Hardback Comments:	The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada 1784-1855 (£10.00) Lucille H. Campey Natural Heritage Books, 2005 Paperback, ISBN: 9781897045015 Comments:
Old Glagow Weavers: Revords of the Incorporation of Weavers (£10.00) Deacon R.B. McEwan Carson & Nicol, 1933 Hardback Comments:	The Statistical Account of Scotland vol 13 Angus (£15.00) Sir John Sinclair (ed.) EP Publishing, 1976 Hardback, ISBN: 0715810138 Comments:
Portrait of a Parish (£20.00) Duncan Fraser Standard Press Montrose, 1979 Hardback, ISBN: 0900871350 Comments:	Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Character, Folklore, Story & Anecdote (£10.00) Robert Ford Alexander Gardner, 1913 Hardback Comments:
Quiet Waters: Essays on Some Streams in Scotland (£20.00) H.W.H. J. and R. Parlane, 1884 Hardback Comments:	Thornhill and Its Worthies (£10.00) John Laing Waugh Hunter, Watson & Co., 1913 Paperback Comments: 2nd edition.
Random Naval Recollections (£10.00) Angus Cunninghame Graham Paperback Comments: Worn condition. Signed by the author. Self published.	Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland vol. XLII (£10.00) William Blackwood and Sons, 1930 Hardback Comments: 5th Series. Vol XLII including index to vols 36 - 42
Reminscences of a Highland Parish (£10.00) Norman Macleod Charles Burnet & Co., 1891 Hardback Comments:	West Highland Steamers (£10.00) C.L.D. Duckworth & G.E. Langmuir Richard Tilling, 1935 Hardback Comments:
Roll of Eminent Burgessesof Dundee 1513-1886 (£50.00) Order of the Provost etc, 1887 Hardback Comments:

History

English Historical Documents Volume 2: 1042 - 1189 (£15.00) David C. Douglas & George W. Greenaway Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959 Hardback Comments: Ex-lib.	The Territorial Army 1907-1940 (£20.00) Peter Dennis Royal Historical Society, 1987 Hardback, ISBN: 0861932080 Comments: Studies in History 51
Napoleon the Great (£20.00) Andrew Roberts Allen Lane, 2014 Hardback, ISBN: 9781846140273 Comments:	The Year-Book of Social Progress for 1913-14 (£20.00) Thomas Nelson, Hardback Comments:
The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne (£20.00) Henry Bourne Frank Graham, 1980 Hardback, ISBN: 0859831361 Comments: Facsimile reprint of 1736 edition.	Winchester in the Early Middle Ages (£15.00) Martin Biddle (ed.) Oxford University Press, 1976 Hardback, ISBN: 0198131690 Comments: Ex-lib

Literary

A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs (£10.00) W.H. Logan Hardback Comments:	Notre-Dame de Paris (two vols.) (£20.00) Victor Hugo Sampson Low et al., Hardback Comments: No. 206 and 223 0f 775 copies. Illust Bieler et al. Trans. Alger
Amusing Prose Chapbooks (£20.00) Hamilton, Adams, 1889 Paperback Comments:	The Chouans (£17.50) H. de Balzac John C. Nimmo, 1890 Paperback Comments: Translated by George Saitsbury. No. 64 of 780 copies.
Is There a Sphygmomanometerist In the House (£3.00) Frank Livingstone Sinclair Scottish Cultural Press, 1996 Paperback, ISBN: 9781898218159 Comments: "Comic verse for teachers, anglers and everyone else."	The Mystery of Edwin Drood (£20.00) Charles Dickens & Margaret Cardwell Oxford University Press, 1972 Hardback Comments:

Miscellaneous

Bad 'Uns to beat (£10.00) Guy Paget (ed.) Collins, 1936 Hardback Comments:	Railway and Other Steamers (£8.00) C L D Duckworth & G E Langmuir Shipping Histories, 1948 Hardback Comments:
Colonial Houses of South Africa (£20.00) Graham Viney Struik-Winchester, 1987 Hardback, ISBN: 9780947430054 Comments:	Seydabraevid (£80.00) Hardback Comments: Faroese Sheep Letter. Large size (folio?). Introduction in English. Parallel old Norse, Faroese and English. Please ask if you want further attempts at details. Don't just turn up, we probably won't be able to find it!
Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers (£25.00) Frank Burtt Richard Tilling, 1934 Hardback Comments:	Stirring Tales of Colonial Adventure (£8.00) Skipp Borlase Frederick Warne, 1894 Hardback Comments:
French Cathedrals (£8.00) Elizabeth Robins-Pennell The Century Co., 1909 Hardback Comments:	The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration (£25.00) Jack Hillier Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980 Hardback, ISBN: 0856670669 Comments:
Gesammelte Schriften (2 volumes) (£50.00) Emil Lask J.C.B. Mohr, 1923 Hardback Comments: In German.	The Coast of Iceland (£12.00) Gudmundur Pall Olafsson Mal og Menning, 1998 Hardback, ISBN: 9789979316879 Comments:
Hunting in the Olden Days (£30.00) William Scarth Dixon Constable & Company, 1912 Hardback Comments:	The Memoirs of George M. Kahrl (£15.00) Rosemary O. Joyce (ed.) Hardback Comments:
Iceland: Volcanoes Glaciers Geysers (£10.00) Ulrich Münzer Atlantis, 1985 Hardback Comments:	The Summa Theologica (£50.00) St. Thomas Aquinas Burns & Oates, 1922 Hardback Comments: 16 volumes at time of listing! Please ask for details. Ex-lib. Very dusty looking along top edge.