Dumfries Octo-Centenary 1186 - 1986: Poems and Songs by James Urquhart

Dumfries, James Urquhart. 1985. (ISBN: 0950703397). Hardcover. Self published verse, drawings and music celebrating the history of Dumfries, No 32 of an edition limited to 150. Black cloth very lightly worn, a large x drawn to the ffep, but otherwise VG, no DJ. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB12195

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Keywords: 0950703397 Scottish, Scotland, poetry, poems Poetry

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The Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society: No 9, Session 1892 - 93

Dumfries, Courier and Herald. 1894. Soft cover. Much marked and stained, though sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12131

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, history, archaeology History archaeology

ADAM, JAMES S

New Verses for an Auld Sang

Arbroath, The Herald Press. Soft cover. Passionate verses on Scotland. Before a career in journalism, the author was one of the 'Canoe Boys' who, with Alastair Dunnett, took a kayak up the West coast of Scotland in the 1930s. VG, no inscriptions. 0. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10373

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Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, poetry, poems, nationalism Poetry

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: BYB10378

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 0900454172 Scottish, Scotland, travel, adventure, nautical, maritime, signed, inscribed Biography Travel

ADAMSON, DONALD

The Gift of Imperfect Lives

Kirkcudbright, Markings. 2002. Soft cover. Poems, some in Scots. Stapled booklet, covers lightly worn, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11473

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, poetry, poems Poetry

CORMACK, ALASTAIR AND ANNE

Days of Orkney Steam

Kirkwall Press. 1971. Hardcover. A history of the steamers that served the Orkney islands. Map end-papers, illustrated with b/w photographs, no inscriptions, VG in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10788

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, Orkney, Orcadian, maritime, nautical Nautical

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM

Johnnie Gibb of Gushetneuk

Edinburgh, David Douglas. 1888. Hardcover. Ninth edition. Half bound in dark green leather, worn to the corners, gold decorated raised bands to the spine, leather title label, marbled end-papers, marbled edges to page block, contemporary inscription to prelims, some foxing, tight and sound, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11275

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, novel, fiction Fiction

ANDERSON, GEORGE MURRAY

From the Glens to the Lowlands

Bognor Regis, New Horizon. 1979. Hardcover. A farming memoir. Marks from a paper-clip to the ffep, otherwise VG, no inscriptions, in slightly edge-worn, good DJ. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: BYB12005

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, biography, autobiography, farming farming Biography

ANDERSON, STEPHEN

Moffat Thistle F.C. - 10th Anniversary Handbook

Moffat Thistle. Hardcover. Undated - 1994. Ex-lib, in hard laminated library binding, clean and sound, good. 0. Good.

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Book number: BYB9969

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, sport, football

ANDERSON, JOSEPH

Scotland in Pagan Times: 2 Vols: The Iron Age; the Bronze and Stone Ages

Edinburgh, David Douglas. Hardcover. The Rhind Lectures in Archaeology for 1881 and 1882. The Iron Age, published in 1883, is worn to the spine top and tail, boards a little worn and marked, black end-papers, heraldic name plate to front paste-down, tissue-guarded frontis, clean, sound, good. The Bronze and Stone Ages, published in 1886, has boards a little worn and marked, no inscriptions or annotation, very occasional foxing, clean, sound, good. Both vols fully illustrated in b/w. Good.

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Book number: BYB12137

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Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, archaeology, arceology archaeology

MIDOUGALL, ANDREW AND THE SCOTTISH PRINTING ARCHIVAL TRUST

A Reputation for Excellence - a History of the Edinburgh Printing Industry

Edinburgh, Merchiston Publishing. 1990. (ISBN: 0951126679). Soft cover. Scotland's printing heritage from its beginnings in Edinburgh's Cowgate in the early 16th C. Large stapled booklet, glossy illustrative covers just a little sunned, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9733

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Keywords: 0951126679 Scottish, Scotland, Edinburgh, printing, history printing

ANON.

The Kirk of Durisdeer

Dumfries and Galloway, Kirk of Durisdeer. Soft cover. Undated. Brief history, architectural features and guide. Small stapled booklet, lightly worn, no inscriptions, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11599

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, local history local history

ANON

Old Scotch Gems in Song and Scenery

Glasgow, David Bryce & son. Hardcover. Undated. Traditional songs, with music, illustrated with b/w sketches and photographs of Scottish scenes. Green cloth a little worn and marked, dulled gilt titles with thistle decorations, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, some gathering loosening, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11948

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, poetry, song, music Music Poetry

ARMSTRONG, A J

The Cobbler O' Kirkiebrae: A Romance of Galloway

London/Edinburgh/Dumfries, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co/John Menzies/A & T Hunter. 1896. Hardcover. With some Scots dialogue. Green cloth worn and marked, small split to spine, title label almost all worn off and illegible, no inscriptions, occasional foxing and some grubby marks, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11956

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, fiction Fiction

ASCHERSON, NEIL ED.

The Bulletin of Scottish Politics No. 1 Autumn 1980

Edinburgh, BSP. 1980. Soft cover. The first issue of this magazine, with articles by Ascherson, Michael Spens, Stephen Maxwell, Tom Nairn and Edwin Morgan, among others. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11350

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, politics Politics

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: BYB12187

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, biography Biography

BALDWIN, JOHN R, ED.

Caithness: A Cultural Crossroads

Edinburgh, Scottish Society for Northern Studies/Edina Press. 1982. Soft cover. Essays first presented to a conference in Thurso 1979: Donald Oman, The Making of the Caithness Landscape; Edward J Cowan, Caithness in the Sagas; Colleen Batey, The Late Norse Site of Freswick; Barbara E Crawford, Scots and Scandinavians in Medieval Caithness 1266 - 1375; W F H Nicolaisen, Scandinavians and Celts in Caithness, the place-name evidence; Geoffrey Stell, Some Small Farms and Cottages in Latheron Parish; John Porter, An Introduction to the Caithness Flagstone Industry; Jean Dunlop, Pulteneytown and the Planned Villages of Caithness; John R Baldwin, Fishing the Sellag: hand-netting traditions; and Donald Grant, Poems. Illustrative covers slightly foxed, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11990

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, history, archaeology archaeology History

BALLANTYNE, R M

Hunted and Harried: A Tale of the Covananters

London, James Nisbet & Co. Hardcover. Undated. The 'Killing Times' in South West Scotland. Red cloth, illustrated with a sailing ship to the front and spine, a little worn to the spine top and tail and the spine discoloured, prize label to the front paste-down, tissue-guarded frontis, three other illustrations, occasional foxing, tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12030

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, fiction, children's, juvenile Fiction children's

BARCLAY, J B

Viewing Tastes of Adolescents in Cinema and Television

Glasgow, Scottish Educational Film Association. 1961. Soft cover. The results of a questionnaire distributed to Scottish youth between 14 and 18 - does mass media appeal to the lower instincts and instil false values? Stapled booklet, covers a little sunned, name and 'Jordanhill College' label to front cover, no other inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11115

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Keywords: film, movies, cinema, TV, television, Scottish, Scotland

BARNES, DAVID

The Accies - the Cradle of Scottish Rugby

Edinburgh, Birlinn. 2008. (ISBN: 9781841587714). Hardcover. 150 years of the Edinburgh Academical Football Club. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9918

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Keywords: 9781841587714 sport, rugby, Edinburgh Academicals Sport History

BELL, HARRY

Forgotten Footsteps Charted for the First Time in 4,000 Years

East Kilbride, Ley-line Publications. 1977. Soft cover. The paperback edition of this classic of Scottish geomancy. Stapled booklet, illustrative covers a little worn, name and small tippex mark to ffep, fold-out map of leys in the Central Belt, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12222

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Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, folklore, Forteana, geomancy, leylines, leys, Old Straight Track folklore

BENNETT, MARGARET

The Last Stronghold: The Scottish Gaelic Traditions of Newfoundland

Edinburgh, Canongate. 1989. (ISBN: 0862411971). Soft cover. A vivid, scholarly account of the remaining Gaelic speakers from the Codroy Valley of Newfoundland. Illustrative card covers a little sunned, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10422

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 0862411971 folklore, folklife, oral history, Canada, Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, Bennett, Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic

BENNETT, MARGARET

Oatmeal and the Catechism - Scottish Gaelic Settlers in Quebec

Edinburgh/Montreal, John Donald Publishers/McGill-Queen's University Press. 1998. (ISBN: 0859764613). Hardcover. The folk-culture of the Hebridean settlers in eastern Quebec, a scholarly study of folklore and history, with transcriptions of interviews and detailed notes. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ, not price-clipped. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10348

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 0859764613 folklore, Canada, Quebec, Scottish, Scotland, Gaelic, Hebrides

BLACK, C W, CITY LIBRARIAN

Catalogue of Robert Burns Collection in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Glasgow, The Mitchell Library. 1959. Soft cover. Listing the collection of works by and about Burns, started in 1877 and now exceeding 3,500 volumes. Light wear to original covers, coloured frontis, occasional marginal markings, tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB10794

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, Burns, Mitchell Library, catalogue, catalog Poetry

BONNER, ALAN

The Life of Alexander Murray

Newton Stewart, Galloway Gazette Press. 1974. Soft cover. A biography of the Galloway shepherd boy who became professor of oriental languages. Stapled booklet, illustrative covers lightly marked, erased name to ffep, otherwise clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12223

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, biography Biography