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1997The compelling 16th. century story of John Maxwell, Warden ot the West March. 274p. [Tiny remainder mark, else as new] Book
1950The great Scot's hero Patrick Hepburn was known simply as The Hepburn. Strong, hot-tempered, and reckless, he is the chief supporter of James IV of Scotland and finds himself locked in the dangerous schemes and plots of his new king as he fights to keep his throne and conquer Henry VII of England.In appreciation for the Hepburn's valor and loyalty, Jamie Stuart awards The Hepburn the hand of a beautiful noble woman. However, the willful and spirited Jane Gordon boldly refuses to be possessed and makes every meeting between them a fiery battle of wits.... The result is an action-filled, compelling novel with a full complement of courtiers and courtesans, ladies of high and low degree, dramatic fights, bold ventures, historical intrigue, and sizzling romance. Neat sound copy. Name of previous owner Book
1999Fatal Majesty is the story of Mary Queen of Scots - but this is no conventional retelling of a fascinating yet familiar tale. Reay Tannahill, with her mastery of characterisation, pace and plot, presents Mary's life not simply as a romantic saga on the grand scale, but also as one of the most complex and violent political thrillers in the annals of British history.466P. Book
1985Description In 1426, leaving her home in the sun-bleached courts of Avignon, seventeen-year-old Ninian rides into the darkness and strife of Scotland to marry a stranger. Her path crosses that of Gavin Cameron of Kinveil, priest and Chancellor of Scotland. Laconic, ambitious and handsome, he is the one man the Stewart king dares to trust, the one man strong enough to save the kingdom from the civil war planned by the charming, implacable Archdeacon Columba Crozier and his bastard sun, Adam de Verne. Tied by blood on one side and by an overwhelming -- and forbidden -- love on the other, Ninian, growing from her careless girlhood into a beautiful woman and an artist of brilliance and power, is precipitated into violence and tragedy, in which she, too, has a vital part to play.479p. Genealogy on endpapers . Book
1978A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north-east of Scotland during the early 20th century. Book
1983Fascimile of the original edition published in 1868 by Russell & Watson, Elgin. "An invaluable portrait of Morayshire half-way through the Victorian age." 350p. illus.index [+ 16 pages of advertisements of material available from Russell & Watson] Map laid in . Clean crisp copy, small stain on frornt of dj. Book
1965Thane and Moss solve the intriguing mystery of a theft from a Glasgow Whisky distillery - as neat and complex a story as in a single malt ! 188p. Book
2003"Celtic Prayers: Prayers and blessings from the Hebridean Islands in Scotland" A selection from the Carmina Gadelica translated into Estonian by Valda Raud and Jaan Tammsalu It was a compendium of prayers, hymns, charms, incantations, blessings, literary-folkloric poems and songs, proverbs, lexical items, historical anecdotes, natural history observations, and miscellaneous lore gathered in the Gaelic-speaking regions of Scotland...the material was recorded, translated, and reworked by Alexander Carmichael.Despite its flaws, Carmina Gadelica remains an indispensable source for the popular culture, customs, beliefs, and way of life of Scottish Gaels in the 19th.C. Book
1976'Susan had been infatuated with everything Scottish for as long as she could remember. When she arrived in Scotland to work on an archaeological dig, she thought it was a dream come true. But now the dream was rapidly becoming a nightmare.She had no idea why a sinister soap box orator slipped her a cryptic message. Or why he was chasing her through the streets of Edinburgh. So when Jamie Erskine, a young Scottish laird came to her rescue, she was very grateful.Before they could say Mary Queen of Scots, Susan and Jamie were being pursued by the police who wanted them for murder. And by someone who was intent on murdering them.... Book
First Edition, 4to, frontis., 22 facsimiles, orig. quarter vellum, slightly soiled. Founded in 1580 with a bequest of 300 books from Mr. Clement, a citizen of Edinburgh.
4to, 57pp., orig. wrappers.
56pp., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. decorated wrappers.
First Edition, 4 parts in one, lxiv, 274pp., limited to 275 copies, this is 1 of 250 on small paper, with the title-pages to the original parts and an 8pp., `Hand-List of Books Printed at Aberdeen Printers 1620-1736' bound in at end, orig. quarter calf, head of spine chipped, uncut, t.e.g. The majority of the book (274pp.,) is a list of works published in Aberdeen or by Aberdeen printers, most of them being described in great detail, the other 64pp., are historical notes about the printers.
344pp., 16 portraits, orig. printed wrappers, re-backed, 4,483 lots. Ex-library copy, with stamps.
126pp., orig. printed wrappers, re-backed, 3273 items.
12mo, 191,[1]pp., folding engraved map, small area (75 x 12mm) torn away from head of map, slightly intruding into the border and headline text, duty stamp on title, cont. sheep, rubbed, spine chipped, upper hinge cracked. ESTC listing just one copy (L) for this year.
8pp., in verse, woodcut vignette of title, folded as issued. Attributed to Mrs. Grant of Carron.
12mo, 191,[1]pp., orig. boards, rubbed, hinge and printed paper label a little chipped, but overall in nice original state. Rare, Copac locates the British Library copy only.
First edition, folio, xv,575pp., title vignette, engraved frontispiece of John Earl of Sutherland slightly offset, engraved plate of the Sutherland Coat of Arms and a facsimile indenture, from the reference library of Professor T. A. Birrell, several related notes in Professor Birrell's hand inserted at the rear, engraved bookplate of William Middleton, cont. half calf,a little rubbed, rebacked with the orig. spine laid-down.
First edition, [4], 178pp., new endpapers, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco spine label. William Aiton (1760-1847) of Strathaven was Sheriff Substitute for the Middle Ward in Lanarkshire, and was widely known as an authority "on all matters bearing on Scottish husbandry". He had the perception to observe that one of the major problems of the Scottish farmer was the cultivation of moss earth. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 19038.1; Fussell III, p. 59; Rothamsted, p. 9.
First edition, 4to, ix, [1], 137, [1], 3, [1]pp., with errata slip, engraved frontispiece and a further 2 engraved plates, presentation inscription to Thomas McCosh, orig. boards, spine torn.
First edition, viii, 40pp., orig. wrappers. Freeman, 1359; Simpson, p. 349; Not in Hall & Rickard.
First Edition, title within a typographical border, soiled, 39, [1] pp., disbound. Sometimes attributed to William Logan and to John Ker. Kress, 3451; Hanson, 2895.
First Edition, folio, lacks the engraved portrait of Charles 1, with the final colophon leaf, [2], 430, [2] pp., contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, label. Edited by W. Balconquhall, the work contains key declarations and documents relating to the events in Scotland, which subsequently led to the outbreak of Civil War in England. It was answered by W. Ker in "A True Representation of the Prceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland," 1640. S.T.C., 21906. The issue with the side note on page 41.