ABBOTT, JACOB

History of Cyrus the Great

University of Michigan. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, first published in 1850. In the series Michigan Historical Reprint. A rather romantic historical biography. Small crease to front cover, no inscriptions, VG. 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 10188

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, CYRUS, XENOPHON History

ADAM, JAMES S

Over the Minch from Kyleakin to Stornoway

Arbroath, Arbroath Herald. 1997. (ISBN: 0900454172). Soft cover. Reprint. Following his adventure by kayak up the West coast of Scotland in the 1930s with Alasdair Dunnett, told in The Canoe Boys, Adam made the first kayak crossing to Lewis. Signed by the author to the title page and with 'To Tom from Seumas' to the front cover verso. VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 10378

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0900454172 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, NAUTICAL, MARITIME, SIGNED, INSCRIBED Scottish Travel

ADAMS, HAZARD

Lady Gregory

Lewisburg, Bucknell University Press. 1973. (ISBN: 083871207x). Soft cover. In the Irish Writers series - a critical reassessment of the playwright and mythologist. Covers lightly worn and marked, no inscriptions, good. Good.

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Book number: 9183

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 083871207x IRISH, IRELAND, LITERARY CRITICISM, AUGUSTA GREGORY Literary criticism

ROBERT VANS AGNEW

Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, Knight; Part I and Part II

Edinburgh, Ayr and Galloway Archaeological Association. 1887. Hardcover. Two vols, part I from 1540 - 1584, part II from 1584 - 1597. Part I (No. 183 of an edition of 300), has cream cloth boards a little worn, marked and sunned, internally clean and sound, good in much tattered poor DJ; Part II is in brighter and better condition with many pages unopened, generally VG in marked, chipped and edge-worn, good DJ. The two vols are heavy and may require extra postage. Good/Good.

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Book number: 12277

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY History Scottish

ALLEN, ARTHUR B

The Spacious Days of Queen Elizabeth - the Background Book

Barrie & Rockliffe London HB. 1963. Hardcover. A 'Background Book' in the Rockliff New Project Series. Orange cloth, faded spine, ex-lib, o/w good. 252pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 3339

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, ELIZABETHAN BIOGRAPHY General

ANDERSON, D BROWN

The Vale of Anwoth and Other Essays

Edinburgh/London/Perth, John Menzies/Houlston & Sons/Cowan & Co. 1899. Hardcover. Aspects of Scottish life and landscape. Green cloth worn, rubbed and marked, name to prelims, two small ink marks to the table of contents, very occasional grubby marks, otherwise good. Good.

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Book number: 12238

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: SCOTTISH, TRAVEL, POETRY, BIOGRAPHY Scottish Local history

ARTHUR, CHRIS

Words of the Grey Wind: Family and Epiphany in Ulster

Belfast, Blackstaff Press. 2009. (ISBN: 9780856408434). Soft cover. Lyrical meditations. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12127

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 9780856408434 PHILOSOPHY, BIOGRAPHY Philosophy

AUSTIN, MARY S

Philip Freneau, the Poet of the Revolution

Gale Research Co. Detroit 1968 HB. Hardcover. Reprint. Cover a little worn, partially erased pencil marks to ffep, o/w VG, no DJ. 285pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7773

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, USA, AMERICAN REVOLUTION General

BABORKA, GEOFFREY

H P Blavatsky the Light-Bringer - the Blavatsky Lecture 1970

London, The Theosophical Publishing House. 1970. Soft cover. Biographical and philosophical. Includes a glossary. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10235

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY, THEOSOPHY Philosophy

LADY GRISELL BAILLIE

Recollections of a Happy Life

Edinburgh, R & R Clark. 1891. Hardcover. Author was a Deaconess of the Church of Scotland, writing about her brother Major Robert Baillie. Blue cloth a little worn, with white marks to the back cover, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 12352

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, RELIGION, PRAYER Religion Scottish

BAKER, MARY

All the Way to Yesterday

Kirkconnel, Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society. 2006. Soft cover. Memories of childhood in Galston, South Ayrshire, nursing in Glasgow and life in Orkney. Illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12187

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, BIOGRAPHY Scottish

BAKEWELL, JOAN

The Heart of the Matter

BBC Books London 1st edition 1996 HB. Hardcover. The Land, sex in the classroom, forgiveness of child murder, prejudice, are some of the topics examined in this "searching and thought-provoking" book. VG in Good DJ 253pp 0. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 1291

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: TV, POLITICS, BROADCASTERS, CURRENT AFFAIRS, BIOGRAPHY

BALDWIN, JAYNE

West over the Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie Mackay

Wigtown, GC Books. 2010. Soft cover. Reprint. An early aviator, lost in an attempt to fly the Atlantic. Signed by the author to the title page. Light wear to illustrative covers, no other inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 12229

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, INSCRIBED Scottish Signed

BARRETT, JOHN

The Promised Land

Times Commercial Printers Hamilton, NZ 1st 1977 HB. Hardcover. A biography of journalist Colin Wilson, signed by Colin Wilson to the ffep verso. Blue cloth covers a little worn and marked, some slight age-mottling to pages but generally tight, clean and sound, good in good DJ, edge-worn, a little chipped and lightly marked. 208pp 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 9048

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, NEW ZEALAND, WAIKATO TIMES

BEGAMUDRÉ, VEN

Isaac Brock - Larger Than Life

XYZ Publishing Quebec 2000 PB. (ISBN: 0968360173). Soft cover. The author sets Brock's adventurous life story in the context of the larger struggle between Britain and France, as well as Canadian history in 1812. VG - inscribed by previous owner on FFEP. 179pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6315

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0968360173 GENERAL, BIOGRAPHY, WAR OF 1812, BATTLE QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, DETROIT General