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Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1971-1974 a Supplement to the 1971 Catalogue of Books Currently in Print

National Book League · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Highlands and Islands Developement Board, 1974. Soft Cover. 53p with an index and ammedments. te supplement lists books numbered 483 to 886. The book is clean and tight but has some listings and undelrining. A good working copy. See scans. (ISBN: 0853530661).. Good

Annual Reports of the Scottish Board of Health 1919-1928 - Vols. 1-10 Complete Bound Uniformly.

1919

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

HMSO, 0. Hardcover. The first 10 volumes of the Scottish Board of Health from 1919-1928 uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt titling on spines. Detailed coverage of infectious diseases (Influenza, Tuberculosis, Venereal disease, Smallpox, Encephalitis lethargica, sanitary ...

Fly Fishing for Bonefish

Brown, Dick · 2008

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

The Lyons Press, 2008. Hardcover. The comprehensive guide to the fish, tackle, flies and locations. for the elusive bonefish. The contents include much useful information on the species, methods and techniques, flyfishing equipment, where to fish and a chapter on tying bonefis...

Elephantina. An Account of the Accidental Death of an Elephant in Dundee in the Year 1706 Described by an Engraver Resident in That Town. . with . Osteogrqphia Elephantina Taodunensis.

Andrew Drummond · 2008

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2008. Hardcover. 206p; apparently a copy of a book published in Dundee in 1830 - but in fact historical fiction. A fine tale! In near fine unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 184697044X).. Near Fine

The War Graves of the British Empire: Scotland 1-230; the Register of the Names of Those Who Fell in the 1939-1945 War and Are Buried in Cemeteries in the Counties of Argyll, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Fife, Kinross, Perth and Stirling, Scotland.

1931

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Imperial War Gravs Commission, 1931. Soft Cover. 84p detailed listing pf Wrar Graves in maned Scottish Counties from WWI. In near fine unmarked condition. See scans and email for list of all the graveyards identiied if wished. See scans. . Near Fine

The Lillesden Estate, Hawkhurst, Kent - Sale Particulars - 1913 Now at Tn18 4qg

1913

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Messrs. Rider, Heaton & Co, 1913. Soft Cover. Auction Sale Prospectus Lillesden House and its Estate 1913. Full title: By Direction of Llewellyn F.Lloyd, Esq. - Hawkhurst, Kent - Particulars of the Residential Estate known as Lillesden extending to 491 acres with the most beau...

Report on Cetacea - Strandings on the British Coast from 1913 to 1966 in 5 Original Volumes. (Nos. 10-14)

1974

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History, 0. Soft Cover. Five original volumes published by the British Museum (Natural History) between1927 and 1974 covering a period of 53 years: 1) 1913-26 91p 42 text figurs and 7 maps pubd. 1927; 2) 1927-32 41p 8 text figures and 6 ...

Memoir of Sir James David Marwick

John Gray M'Kendrick · 1909

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

James MacLehose, 1909. Hardcover. 67p illustrated with portraits and plates of views. Folows Marwick's early life in Edinburgh and Dundee followed by his role as Town Clerk in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Killermont House. The book is clean and unmarked though the boards are a ...

The Radical Laird - a Biography of George Kinloch 1775-1833

Tennant, Charles · 1970

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Kineton:The Roundwood Press, 1970. Hardcover. Kinloch's biography told through his letters. Kinloch latterly took to Politics, influenced by his experiences in Paris at the time of the Revolution. After the Peterloo massacre in Manchesteer he spoke against the governmemt, was ...

A Biographical Sketch of the Right Rev. David Low, D.D. ,

Conolly, Mathew Forster · 1859

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Robert Grant and Son, 1859. Hardcover. Full title: A Biographical Sketch of the Right Rev. David Low, D.D., formerly Bishop of the United Dioceses of Ross, Moray, and Argyll. containing an outline of the Vicissitudes which have affected the Scottish Episcopal Church during the...

Moltke's Military Correspondence 1870-71

Wilkinson, Spenser · 1922

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Printed for Private Ciculation at the Unversity Press, 1922. Soft Cover. Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891) was the most famous European soldier of the nineteenth-century. This is the rare first edition boundd in a card printer wrapper for Private Circulation at the...

Commemorative Record of the Scottish National Demonstration in Honour of Arthur James Balfour, Mp, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Held in Edinburgh on the 4th and 5th of Dec. 1889

Sansome, Alfred Woodrow · 1890

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. Hardcover. 160p portrait frontis. The Commemorative Record of the Scottish National Demonstration in honour of The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, MP Chief Secretary for Ireland. The book records the celebration which included a mass me...

By Tram to Garston

Vaughan, Eric · 1986

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, 1986. Soft Cover. 48p illustrated. Vey clean and unmarked. Appears little used. See scans. . Near Fine

Liverpool Corporation Tramways 1937-1957 Part One

Martin, Terry · 1988

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, 1988. Soft Cover. np but 36p of photo - two to a page. Vey clean and unmarked. Appears little used. See scans. . Near Fine

Locomotion Papers No. 26: Trafford Park Tramways 1897-1946. An Account of Gas, Electric & Steam Traction on the Trafford Park Estate, Manchester, Covering the Estates Company's Own Undertakings Together with Those of the Manchester & Salford Tramways

Gray, Edward · 1964

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The Oakwod Press, 1964. Soft Cover. 66p + 12 pages of plates -trams, trams and trams - also tram tickets. Booklet clean and tight and unmarked biut some edage wear of card covers. See scans. . Near Very Good

Follow Any Stream

Birtill, George · 1968

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Guardian Press,, 1968. Soft Cover. Detailed local history about rural Lancashre ocussing on Croston, Ulness Walton, Parbold Wrightington, South Tunley, Coppull, Yarrow, Runshaw, Charnock Richard, Duxbury and district; Jacobite connections Book clean and unmarked but card cover...

And the Cock Crew

MacColla, Fionn · 1945

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

William MacLellan & Co, 0. Hardcover. Not dated but 1945. 141p. A novel concerning the Highland Clearances Uncommon in first edition. Book sound though pages lightly toned and owners name on fep. See scans. . Good +

Rural Land Use Agencies in Scotland: The History and Effectiveness of the Forestry Commission, Nature Conservancy Council and Countryside Commission

Mackay, Donald · 1995

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Scottish Cultural Press, 1995. Soft Cover. 227p illustrated. The book is clean, tight and appears litle read; one corner knocked. See scans. (ISBN: 1898218315).. Very Good

A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, Selected from the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, Neapolitan, Flemish, French and Spanish Schools to Which Are Added, Remarks on the Principal Painters and Their Works .

Strange, Robert · 1769

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

E& C Dilly, 1769. Hardcover. 173p. The original Edition of Strange's work. Strange was a Scottish Artist and Engraver and a supporter of the Jacobite cause. He published a portrait of the Young Pretender at the time of the 1745 rebellion. He was at the battles of Prestonpans a...

Sixth Report of the Boulder Committtee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

1880

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Edinburgh, 1880. Soft Cover. Offrprint of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. An errata slip states that the three diagrams cakkled fr were npt ready befpre publicaton - So no diagrams, . Lsi of te members of the Boulder Committee incuding Geikie, Heddle, Dvid M...