THE GALLOVIDIAN ANNUAL 1923

The Levellers: Local History Offprint No. 2

Wigtown, GC Books. Soft cover. Reprinted from an article in The Gallovidian Annual 1923. The Levellers knocked down the stone walls built to enclose land in Galloway in 1723. Stapled A4 booklet, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12451

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY, ENCLOSURE local history

N/A

Dumfries and Galloway Doocots

. Hardcover. No author, date or publishing details, printed by Solway Offset, Dumfries. A gazetteer of dove cotes in South-West Scotland, illustrated with photographs and plans. Stapled booklet, sticker ghost to front cover otherwise VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB12457

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY, PIGEONS local history

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

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY local history

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

W W BARR

Ghosts of Glasgow

Glasgow, published by The Author. 1982. Soft cover. Tales of Glasgow history from the Cathedral, the Necropolis, the Crosses and the Battle of Langside. Signed by the author to the title page. Light wear to illustrative covers, foxing to edge of page-block, clean, sound, good. Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: BYB12615

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY local 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

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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

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Keywords: 0859764613 FOLKLORE, CANADA, QUEBEC, SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, GAELIC, HEBRIDES

BRADLEY, SEAN, ED.

Deliberately Thirsty: Issue 7, August 2000

Glendaruel, Argyll Publishing. 2000. (ISBN: 1902831195). Soft cover. With contributions by Lucy Ellmann, Priscilla Frake, P Burnett and others. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11422

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Keywords: 1902831195 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, POETRY, POEMS, WRITING, ESSAYS Writing

DONNA BREWSTER AND SORBIE KIRK SESSION

The History of Sorbie Parish Church

Wigtown, GC Books. 1994. Soft cover. A local history of this church in South-West Scotland. Stapled booklet, light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12286

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY local history

DONNA BREWSTER

Wigtown: The Story of a Royal and Ancient Burgh

Wigtown, Donald King. Soft cover. Undated (1980s?). A detailed local history of this small town in South West Scotland, once the county town of Wigtownshire, now Scotland's national Book Town. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB12497

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, GALLOWAY, LOCAL HISTORY local history

SUSI BRIGGS, ILLUSTRATED BY RUTHIE REDDEN

Nip Nebs

Kirkcowan, Curly Tale Books. 2017. Soft cover. Signed by both author and illustrator. A sparkling story in Scots for children. VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: BYB12327

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND SCOTS, CHILDREN'S JUVENILE, SIGNED, INSCRIBED children's signed