[ANNO DECIMO GEORGII II. REGIS]:

An Act to disable Alexander Wilson Esquire, from taking, holding, or enjoying any office or place of magistracy in the city of Edinburgh, or elsewhere, in Great Britain and for imposing a fine upon the corporation of the said city.

London, Printed by John Baskett, 1737 ACT - 29.5cm x 19.5cm, 6pp [blank, blank, title, blank, printed, printed (579-580]. Condition - front blank partly loose, o/w Good.

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Book number: 16881

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Aleander Wilson, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Porteous, Riots, Act, Law,

CHATTERTON-NEWMAN, ROGER:

EDWARD BRUCE - A Medieval Tragedy.

Cambridge, Ian Faulkner Publishing, 1992 8vo, 190pp, Plates, Maps, no annotations, Hardback with Dust Jacket in Used - like New condition

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Book number: 17361

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, 1857630092

CUNNINGHAM, AUDREY:

The Loyal Clans.

Cambridge At The University Press, 1932 size 24cm x 17cm, viii, 590pp, frontispiece, Light Brown Cloth with gilt spine [Very Good], Dust Jacket [chipped, small tears, light fading o/w Fair/Good]. "An attempt, based upon a general survey of the socilal institutions and political ideas of the Highland clans in the three centuries before the Revolution, to explain the historical causes which made the Highlands Jacobite......"

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Book number: 16504

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Highland Clans, Jacobite, Scottish Clans, Scotland,

FLEMING, JOHN; LEIGHTON, JOHN M. AND WILSON, JOHN:

The LAKES OF SCOTLAND: A SERIES OF VIEWS, From Paintings Taken Expressly For The Work.

Glasgow, A. Fullerton & Co., 1839 4to, lii, 223pp, 42 full page plates plus 13 County plates plus numerous cuts to text, all edges gilt. Bound in half leather with gilt decorations. Condition - font inner hinge split o/w tight, binding tight, some foxing to text, foxing to some plates mostly marginal. A nice copy in Good condition consitent with age. TITLE PAGE continues - Historical and Descriptive Illusrations by John M. Leighton; And Remarks On The Character Of The Highland Scenery Of Scotland by John Wilson...

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Book number: 17327

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Lakes of Scottland, Scotish Lakes, Highland Scenery of Scotland,

IMRIE, JOHN AND DUNBAR, JOHN G.(EDITOR):

Accounts of the Master of Works for building and repairing Royal Palaces and Castles. Volume II: 1616-1649.

Edinburgh, HMSO, 1982 Large 8vo, cxii, 608pp, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good/Fine condition and housed in box. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK WEIGHS 1.9 KILOS WITH PACKING.

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Book number: 15201

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: 0114916209

KIRK, JAMES [EDITED]:

The Books Of Assumption Of The Thirds Of Benefices. Scottish Ecclestiastical Rentals at the Reformation

Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1995 [Records Of Social And Economic History New Series 21]. 8vo, lxxxviii, 896pp, Folding Map At End,Green Cloth with gilt spine [Very Good/Fine], Dust Jacket [some repair to top of spine o/w Good+]. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK WEIGHS 1.9 KILOS WITH PACKING.

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Book number: 17217

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: The Books Of Assumption Of The Thirds Of Benefices. Scottish Ecclestiastical Rentals at the Reformation 0197261256

MCPHERSON, J.M.:

The Kirk's Care of the Poor. With special reference to the North-East of Scotland.

Aberdeen, John Avery & Co. Ltd., no date [1941] 8vo, 217pp, Hardback (minor soiling to all edges, gilt spine o/w in Good + condition), Dust Jacket (some soiling to edges & spine, small tear to top of front cover o/w Good). "This is a fresh study made from original sources many of which have never before been tapped. It throws fresh light upon the appaling poverty and destitution of the people and upon the heroic efforts of the Kirk to deal with a desperate problem". - Aberdeen, 17th and 18th Century Scottish History

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Book number: 17295

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Kirk, Scotland, Charities, Church Charities, Aberdeen,

PATERSON, RAYMOND CAMPBELL:

King Lauderdale - The Corruption Of Power.

Edinburgh, John Donald Publishers Ltd., 2003 8vo, ix, 307pp, Illustrated, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good/Fine condition.

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Book number: 15218

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: King Lauderdale, John Maitland, Treaty of Carisbrooke,17th Century History 9780859765732

PHILLIPS, DOUGLAS AND THOMPSON, RON:

DUNDEE the way it was.

Dundee, David Winter, August 1991 Size 21cm x 30cm [oblong], PAPERBACK (Very Good), 58pp, No Annotations or Markings, Illustrations by Douglas Phillips.

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Book number: 14221

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Dundee, Scotland,

REID, STUART:

The Campaigns of Montrose. A Military History of the Civil War in Scotland 1639 - 1646

Edinburgh, The Mercat Press, 1990 8vo, viii, 200pp, Maps, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Used - Like New condition.

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Book number: 16998

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: The Campaigns of Montrose, A Military History of the Civil War in Scotland, 0901824925

REID, GEORGE:

Twelve Sketches Of Sceneray & Antiquities on the Line The Great North of Scotland Railway.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1883 With Illustrative Letterpress by W.Ferguson Of Kinmunday. 4to, 115pp, Plates [12 etchings with tissue guards], hmp, edges untrimmed. Internally in Good++ condition. Signed letter from Author glued to endpaper. Hardback [corners & edges rubbed, paper label to spine worn o/w Good]. Protected by clear wrappers. Illustrations - King's College, Old Aberdeen; The Cathedral of St. Machar; Barra Castle; Balquhain Castle; Fyvie Castle; Huntley Castle; Elgin Cathedral; Bishop's Palace, Spynie; Crathes Castle; Tilquhille Castle; Drum Castle; Inverugie Castle.

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Book number: 17902

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: CT-2019,Scotland Railway,George Reid,King's College,Old Aberdeen,Scotland,St. Machar,Barra,Balquhain,Fyvie,Huntley,Elgin,Spynie,Crathes,Tilquhille,Drum,Inverugie,

SCARFE, NORMAN:

To the Highlands in 1786. The Inquisitive Jouney Of A Young French Aristocrat.

Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 2001 8vo, xxiv, 276pp, 71 Illustrations, 2 Maps, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good/Fine condition. Plus a postcard .....signed Norman [Scarfe].

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Book number: 15696

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Highlands, Scotland, La Rochefoucauld, Lazowkski, 0851158439

SOMERSET FRY, PETER AND FIONA:

THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

London, Routledge, 1997 8vo, PAPERBACK (Very Good/Fine), viii, 248pp, Illustrated.

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Book number: 12157

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: Scotland, 9780415066013

WILSON, JOHN J.:

The Annals of Penicuik, Being a History of the Parish and the Village, by

Edinburgh, Privately Printed by T. & A. Constable. 1891 8vo [22cm x 18cm], viii, 251pp, Red Cloth gilt spine, bevelled-edged , top edge gilt, Illustrated with 2 black-and-white plates with tissue-guards. Book Plate to front endpaper. Slight wear to top of spine.No dustwrapper. In Good+ condition consistent with age.

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Book number: 17276

Catalogue: Scottish History

Keywords: PENICUIK, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND,