HIGGITT, JOHN

'Imageis Maid with Mennis Hand': Saints, Images, Belief and Identity in Later Medieval Scotland -9th

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 2003 PB. (ISBN: 0954423224). Soft cover. The Ninth Whithorn Lecture 2000. Stapled booklet, VG. 32pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9120

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0954423224 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, MIDDLE AGES, MEDIAEVAL, WHITHORN LECTURE, Scottish Archaeology

THE HIGHLAND & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND

The Journal of Agriculture and the Transactions of the Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland No 5 July 1844

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons. 1844. Soft cover. Full of period advertisements, articles ranging from introducing Alpacas into Scotland to tables of Revenue. Worn green card cover, text block uneven and marked but text clear. Good.

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Book number: 12437

Catalogue: History

Keywords: FARMING, AGRICULTURE, SCOTTISH, ALPACAS , HISTORY, GEOLOGY Scottish Farming

HILLSON, DICK

Twixt Grey and Red Mountains

Elgin, Strathspey Farmers' Club. 1988. Soft cover. The history of the Strathspey Farmers' Club on its bi-centenary, illustrated with b/w photographs. Illustrative covers a little worn and rubbed, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 11994

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, FARMING, RIVER SPEY Scottish Farming

JOHN HILTON

Your House and Its History

The Author. 1981. Soft cover. A guide to sources. Stapled booklet, illustrative covers a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 13349

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: local history

HOARE, ROBERT J

Men, Medicine and Machines

Odhams Press London 1962 HB. Hardcover. No 4 in the Modern Age Readers series. Cover a little marked, generally VG. 80pp 0. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 5900

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOK, JUVENILE, MEDICINE, ENGINEERING General

JAMES HOGG

Hogg's Jacobite Relics of Scotland 2 Vols, Ist and 2nd Series

Paisley, Alex. Gardner. 1874. Hardcover. Two volumes, First and Second Series. The songs, airs and legends of the adherents of the House of Stuart. Reprinted from the original edition, professionally rebound in maroon cloth with paper title labels to the spine. Small maroon mark to the title label First Series, pages yellowed, otherwise VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 12159

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, POETRY, HISTORY Poetry Scottish

HOLLINS, REG

The Jubilee Series of Monographs - No. 5 - the Official Journal and Its Editors

British Printing Society. 1998. (ISBN: 1901220044). Soft cover. The journal of the Amateur Printers', British Amateur Press, or International Small Printers Association, as it was variously known. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 9747

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 1901220044 PRINTING, HISTORY Printing

HOLYOAKE, GREGORY

Wellington at Walmer

Buckland Publications Dover 1996 PB. (ISBN: 072120970x). Soft cover. Signed by the author Cover a little marked and edge-worn, generally VG 141pp 0. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 5664

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 072120970x GENERAL, LOCAL HISTORY, WALMER, WELLINGTON, HOLYOAKE, SIGNED, INSCRIBED General

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

New Homes for Old - Improvements and Conversions

HMSO London 1954 PB. Soft cover. How to modernise existing housing stock, with ground plans of suitable conversions for houses and flats. Covers marked with publication stamp and a brief note, o/w internally VG. 67pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7918

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, ARCHITECTURE, SOCIAL HISTORY General

HOWELLS, ROSCOE

Caldey

Llandysul, Gomer Press. 1984. (ISBN: 0863830870). Hardcover. A history of this Pembrokeshire island and its monastic community. Map end-papers, no inscriptions, VG in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 11839

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0863830870 HISTORY, TRAVEL, WALES Travel Welsh

HOWKINS, JOHN

Understanding Television

Sundial London 1st 1976 hdbk. Hardcover. The development of television over its 50 years worldwide, with a behind the scenes look at drama and news, Good in price-clipped, slightly edge-worn Good DJ 126pp. Introduction by David Frost. 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 3159

Catalogue: History

Keywords: TV, BRITISH TV HISTORY, TELEVISION Screen

HUNTER, J R

Rescue Excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974 - 82

Edinburgh, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 1986. (ISBN: 0903903040). Soft cover. Monograph series No 4. With contributions by J Bond, A M Donaldson, G McDonnell and T J Seller. Fold out plan and many illustrations. Excavations triggered by erosion at the site on this small tidal island off Mainland Orkney. Light wear to covers, address label to front cover verso, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10498

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0903903040 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, ORKNEY, ORCADIAN, Archaeology

F.W.I.

Arctic Storie: Or Dr. Kane's Search for Franklin

Gall and Inglis London HB. Hardcover. No publish date given, prob 1890's. A sometimes didactic Victorian-era account for children concerning the search for Sir John Franklin, the Arctic Explorer. Good only. Pictorial boards are heavily rubbed and worn as is spine. Contemporary prize inscription in pen on ffep. Owner inscription upon paste-down. Dates to 1895-1896. Sporadic finger marks and other grubby blemishes throughout the book. 96pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8601

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ELISHA KENT KANE, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, CHILDRENS, ARCTIC, EXPLORATION Children's

JOHN IMRIE AND JOHN G DUNBAR, EDS

Accounts of the Masters of Works for Building and Repairing Royal Palaces and Castles: Vol II: 1616 - 1649

Edinburgh, HMSO. 1982. Hardcover. Scotland's palaces and castles from the visit of James VI to the start of the Cromwellian occupation. VG in VG DJ, in original card box. A heavy book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12181

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Scottish Archaeology

BILL INGLIS

Dunblane from the Stone Age to Mary Queen of Scots

Jamieson and Munro. 2011. (ISBN: 9780956948304). Soft cover. A local history, integrating the history of Scotland with that of Dunblane. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 13001

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780956948304 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY Scottish Local history