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.

Ayrshire: Its History and Historic Families Volume 1 (£19.00)
William Robertson
The Grimsay Press, 2005
Paperback, ISBN: 1845300254

Comments: Reprint of 1908 edition.

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!

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

Scottish Painting 1620 - 1908 (£10.00)
James L. Caw
Kingsmead Reprints, 1975
Hardback, ISBN: 0901571717

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.

Historic Glasgow: the archaeological implications of development (£8.00)
Sylvia J. Stevenson & Elizabeth P.D. Torrie
Scottish Burgh Survey, 1990
Paperback

Comments: New book.

The Story of the Making of Buchanan Street (£15.00)
Daniel Frazier
James Frazer, 1885
Hardback

Municipal Glasgow: Its Evolution and Enterprises (£25.00)
Anon
Corporation of the City of Glasgow, 1914
Hardback

Bridge of Weir Memories (£5.00)
Irene McCallum
Privately Published, 2020
Paperback

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin - A History (£12.00)
Kenneth Milne
Four Courts Press, 2010
Paperback, ISBN: 9781846822704

A New Anatomy of Ireland (£10.00)
Toby Barnard
Yale University Press, 2003
Hardback, ISBN: 9780300096699

A History of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (£20.00)
Barra Boydell
The Boydell Press, 2004
Hardback, ISBN: 9781843830443

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Renfrewshire

Bridge of Weir Memories (£5.00) Irene McCallum Privately Published, 2020 Paperback Comments:	Paisley Patterns - A Design Source Book (£10.00) Valerie Reilly Studio House, 1989 Hardback, ISBN: 9781851703067 Comments:
Chronicles of the Stickleback Club - Annals of the Countryside Round paisley (£10.00) Alexander M. Stewart Alexander Gardner, 1930 Hardback Comments:	Seams Sewn Long Ago (£12.00) Brain Coats Createspace, 2013 Paperback, ISBN: 9781490408262 Comments:
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 Pattern: The Official Illustrated History (£8.00) Valerie Reilly Richard Drew, 1987 Hardback, ISBN: 0862671930 Comments:
Golf on the Land of Wallace: The First Hundred Years of Elderslie Golf Club (£10.00) David Bryden Hardback Comments:	Three Score Years and Ten: The Story of Sherwwod Church Paisley 1891-1961 (£10.00) Paperback Comments: Appears undated.
Paisley - A History (£10.00) Sylvia Clark Mainstream Publishing, 1988 Paperback, ISBN: 9781851581108 Comments:

Glasgow

Clyde Passenger Steamers 1812 - 1901 (£10.00) Capt James Williamson James MacLehose, 1904 Hardback Comments:	Glasgow the Forming of the City (£15.00) Peter Reed (ed.) Edinburgh University Press, 1999 Paperback, ISBN: 9780748612000 Comments:
Clyde River Steamers of the Last Fifty Years (£6.00) Andrew McQueen Gowans and Gray, 1923 Hardback Comments:	Municipal Glasgow: Its Evolution and Enterprises (£25.00) Anon Corporation of the City of Glasgow, 1914 Hardback Comments:
Exploring Glasgow: The Architectural Guide (£10.00) Robin Ward Birlinn, 2017 Paperback, ISBN: 9781780274546 Comments:	The Five-Hundred Year Book of the University of Glasgow 1451-1951 (£10.00) Ian R Hamilton (ed.) Glasgow University, Hardback Comments:
Glasgow Dean of Guild Court : A History (£25.00) Andrew M. Jackson Hardback, ISBN: 0950876704 Comments:	The Story of the Making of Buchanan Street (£15.00) Daniel Frazier James Frazer, 1885 Hardback Comments:

Scottish

A History of the Scottish Miners (£10.00) R. Page Arnot George Allen & Unwin, 1955 Hardback Comments:	Road From the Isles (£10.00) D D C Pochin Mould Oliver & Boyd, 1950 Hardback Comments:
A Third Summer in Kintyre (£10.00) Angus Martin The Grimsay Press, 2016 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301583 Comments:	Roll of Eminent Burgessesof Dundee 1513-1886 (£50.00) Order of the Provost etc, 1887 Hardback Comments:
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland Volume I (£12.00) Samuel Lewis The Grimsay Press, 2011 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300883 Comments: New	Rural Eaglesham (£10.00) Christina Robertson Brown Privately Published, 1966 Hardback Comments:
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland Volume II (£12.00) Samuel Lewis The Grimsay Press, 2011 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300890 Comments: New	Scots Plays of the Seventies (£18.00) Bill Findlay (ed.) Scottish Cultural Press, 2001 Paperback, ISBN: 9781840170283 Comments:
Albanich: A History of the Galloway Rifle Volunteers (£20.00) Ian Devlin G.C. Book Publishers, 1996 Hardback, ISBN: 1872350070 Comments: Number 360 of first 500. Signed.	Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century (£15.00) Henry Grey Graham Adam and Charles Black, 1901 Hardback Comments:
An' then the world came tae oor doorstep: Lockerbie Lives and Stories (£10.00) Jill S. Haldane The Grimsay Press, 2008 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300630 Comments:	Scottish Painting 1620 - 1908 (£10.00) James L. Caw Kingsmead Reprints, 1975 Hardback, ISBN: 0901571717 Comments:
Ayrshire: Its History and Historic Families Volume 1 (£19.00) William Robertson The Grimsay Press, 2005 Paperback, ISBN: 1845300254 Comments: Reprint of 1908 edition.	Scottish Rivers (£10.00) Thomas Dick Lauder Edmonston and Douglas, 1874 Hardback Comments:
Castles and Historic Homes of the Border (£10.00) Alexander Eddington The Grimsay Press, 2012 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300999 Comments: New	Ships For A Nations: John Brown & Co. Clydebank 1847-1971 (£12.00) Ian Johnston West Dunbartsonshire Libraries & Museums, 2000 Paperback, ISBN: 9780953773619 Comments:
David Keir (£7.00) The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: Edinburgh Collins, 1966 Hardback Comments:	Ships For All Nations: John Brown & Co. Clydebank 1847-1971 (£30.00) Ian Johnston Seaforth Publishing, 2015 Hardback, ISBN: 9781848322677 Comments: Brand new.
Dear Grieve: Letters to Hugh MacDiarmid (£20.00) John Manson (ed.) Kennedy & Boyd, 2012 Paperback, ISBN: 9781849210782 Comments: More or less new.	Sidelights on Highland History (£10.00) William MacKay Hardback Comments:
Elshieshields: The Story of a Scottish Tower 1245-2018 (£15.00) Ann Shukman Ann Shukman, 2018 Paperback, ISBN: 9781527219298 Comments: Brand new book.	Stirling Observer 150 Years On (£10.00) Bob McCutcheon Stirling Observer, 1992 Paperback, ISBN: 0951173618 Comments: Reprint.
Fonn: Music and a Sense of Place in Gaelic Family Song Tradition (£15.00) The Campbell Family Acair, 2011 Hardback, ISBN: 9780861523535 Comments:	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:
Glasgow Girls: Women in Art & Design 1880-1920 (£15.00) Jude Burkhauser Canongate, 1990 Paperback, ISBN: 0862413322x Comments:	Tayside Songs and other Verses (£15.00) Robert Ford Alexander Gardner, 1895 Hardback Comments:
Historic Glasgow: the archaeological implications of development (£8.00) Sylvia J. Stevenson & Elizabeth P.D. Torrie Scottish Burgh Survey, 1990 Paperback Comments: New book.	The Dialects of the Southern Counties of Scotland (£10.00) James A H Murray The Grimsay Press, 2010 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300876 Comments: New book.
Historic Haunts of Scotland (£8.00) Alexander MacLehose Alexander MacLehose, 1936 Hardback Comments:	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.
Historical and Traditional Tales in Prose and Verse Connected with South of Scotland (£15.00) John Nicholson The Grimsay Press, 2011 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300913 Comments: New	The History of the Working Classes in Scotland (£15.00) Thomas Johnston Unity Publishing, 1946 Hardback Comments: 4th edition
History of the Burgh of Dumfries (£18.00) William McDowall T.C. Farries, 1986 Hardback, ISBN: 0948278013 Comments: 4th revise edition.	The Kingdom of MacBrayne (£8.00) Nick S Robins & Donald E Meek Birlinn, 2006 Hardback, ISBN: 9781841585000 Comments:
History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton: Volume 1, Kyle (£10.00) James Paterson The Grimsay Press, 2003 Paperback, ISBN: 9780902664111 Comments: Reprint of 1863 edition. Very good but signs of water damage on top edge.	The Lairds of Glenlyon (£25.00) Duncan Campbell Clunie Press, 1984 Hardback Comments:
In the Hills of Breadalbane (£10.00) V A Firsoff Robert Hale, 1954 Hardback 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:
Industries of Stirling and District (£10.00) Stirling Council Library, 1998 Hardback, ISBN: 1870542371 Comments: Reprint of 1909 book.	The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire 1707-1723 (£10.00) Charles A. Malcolm Edinburgh University Press, 1931 Hardback Comments:
Kintail Scrapbook (£10.00) Brenda G Macrow Oliver & Boyd, 1948 Hardback Comments:	The Regality of Kirriemuir (£35.00) Alan Reid John Grant, 1909 Hardback Comments:
Kintyre Country Life (£8.00) Angus Martin Birlinn, 2005 Paperback, ISBN: 9781841584126 Comments:	The Scottish Home (£10.00) Annette Carruthers (ed.) National Museums of Scotland, 1996 Hardback, ISBN: 9780948636721 Comments:
Kintyre: The Hidden Past (£10.00) Angus Martin The Grimsay Press, 2014 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845301507 Comments: Like new.	The Snell Exhibitions 1679-1900 (£12.00) W. Innes Addison James MacLehose, 1901 Hardback Comments:
Ladies First - A History of the Queen Margaret Union of the University of Glasgow (£10.00) Gary R. Brown (ed.) The Grimsay Press, 2010 Paperback, ISBN: 9781845300616 Comments:	The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet (£10.00) Edinburgh University Press, 1936 Hardback Comments:
Leith-Built Ships on War Service (£12.00) Henry Robb Hardback Comments:	The Statistical Account of Scotland vol 13 Angus (£15.00) Sir John Sinclair (ed.) EP Publishing, 1976 Hardback, ISBN: 0715810138 Comments:
Let's Visit Kintyre (£5.00) Freddy Gillies Ardminish Press, 2003 Paperback, ISBN: 9780954280444 Comments:	The Story of Edinburgh University Athletic Club (£12.00) C M Usher University of Edinburgh, 1966 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 Viking Isle (£16.00) Freddy Gillies Ardminish Press, 2002 Paperback, ISBN: 9790954280405 Comments:
Mitchison's Ghosts (£8.50) Moira Burgess humming earth, 2008 Paperback, ISBN: 9781846220197 Comments:	Thomas Muir of Huntershill (£10.00) Gerard Carruthers & Don Martin (eds.) humming earth, 2016 Paperback, ISBN: 9781846220517 Comments:
Old and New World Highland Bagpiping (£8.00) John G. Gibson Birlinn, 2002 Paperback, ISBN: 9781841583341 Comments: Brand new book.	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
Portrait of a Parish (£20.00) Duncan Fraser Standard Press Montrose, 1979 Hardback, ISBN: 0900871350 Comments:	West Highland Steamers (£10.00) C.L.D. Duckworth & G.E. Langmuir Richard Tilling, 1935 Hardback Comments:
Random Naval Recollections (£10.00) Angus Cunninghame Graham Paperback Comments: Worn condition. Signed by the author. Self published.

History

History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (£30.00) Sir Bernard Burke Harrison and Sons, 1894 Hardback Comments: Ex-lib. Binding cracked.	The Story of the Royal Dublin Society (£8.00) Terence de Vere White The Kerryman Ltd., 1955 Hardback Comments:
The History of England Volume 1 (£10.00) David Hume University of Michigan Library, Paperback, ISBN: 9781425559458 Comments: Reprint of 1856 edition.	The Year-Book of Social Progress for 1913-14 (£20.00) Thomas Nelson, Hardback Comments:
The Irish Country House - A Social History (£20.00) Peter Somerville-Large Sinclair Stevenson, 1995 Hardback, ISBN: 9781856192378 Comments:

Literary

Amusing Prose Chapbooks (£15.00) Hamilton, Adams, 1889 Paperback Comments:	Let Burns Speak (£8.00) Clark Hunter J & J Cook, 1961 Hardback Comments:
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."	Letters of Aldous Huxley (£18.00) Grover Smith (ed.) Chatto & Windus, 1969 Hardback Comments:

Miscellaneous

A History of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (£20.00) Barra Boydell The Boydell Press, 2004 Hardback, ISBN: 9781843830443 Comments:	Gesammelte Schriften (2 volumes) (£50.00) Emil Lask J.C.B. Mohr, 1923 Hardback Comments: In German.
A New Anatomy of Ireland (£10.00) Toby Barnard Yale University Press, 2003 Hardback, ISBN: 9780300096699 Comments:	Hunting in the Olden Days (£30.00) William Scarth Dixon Constable & Company, 1912 Hardback Comments:
Building Over the Centuries: A History of McLaughlin & Harvey (£16.00) Frederick Gilbert Watson Nicholson & Bass, 2010 Hardback, ISBN: 9781905989508 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!
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin - A History (£12.00) Kenneth Milne Four Courts Press, 2010 Paperback, ISBN: 9781846822704 Comments:	Stirring Tales of Colonial Adventure (£8.00) Skipp Borlase Frederick Warne, 1894 Hardback Comments:
Colonial Houses of South Africa (£20.00) Graham Viney Struik-Winchester, 1987 Hardback, ISBN: 9780947430054 Comments:	The History of Freemasonry (£10.00) Albert Mackay Gramercy Books, 1996 Hardback, ISBN: 9780517149829 Comments:
Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers (£25.00) Frank Burtt Richard Tilling, 1934 Hardback Comments:	The Memoirs of George M. Kahrl (£15.00) Rosemary O. Joyce (ed.) Hardback Comments:
French Cathedrals (£8.00) Elizabeth Robins-Pennell The Century Co., 1909 Hardback Comments: