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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

Catalogue: Scottish

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

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

Catalogue: Scottish

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

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

Catalogue: Scottish

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

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 9781841587714 sport, rugby, Edinburgh Academicals Sport History

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

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

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 1902831195 Scottish, Scotland, poetry, poems, writing, essays Writing

BROOKE, DAPHNE

Saints and Goddesses: The Interface with Paganism - 7th Whithorn Lecture

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 2006 PB. (ISBN: 0952572672). Soft cover. Reprint. Kirkmadrine and Kirkmaiden - do the names of these parishes in the Rhins and Machars hint at a pagan past? The 7th Whithorn Lecture, 1998. Stapled booklet, VG. 36pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9113

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 0952572672 archaeology, archeology, Scotland, Scottish, history, prehistory, Whithorn, Whithorn Lecture, Candida Casa, Galloway archaeology History

BROWN, OLIVER

The Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707 - Then and Now

Stirling, A Scots Independent Publication/Learmonth. Hardcover. Undated - 1950s. A polemic. Illustrative black and yellow boards a little marked, no inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB12106

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, politics, history Politics History

BROWN, OLIVER

Scotland: The Satellite!

Glasgow, The Scottish Secretariat. Soft cover. Undated - late '50s. Examples in parliament and press where Scotland has been side-lined. Stapled booklet, light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12105

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, politics History

BROWN, CATHERINE

Scottish Cookery

Glasgow, Richard Drew. 1985. (ISBN: 0862671191). Hardcover. A detailed classic study of Scottish food. VG, no inscriptions, in very lightly worn DJ, generally VG. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB12116

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: 0862671191 Scottish, Scotland, cooking, food, recipes cooking