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Souvenir Programme of Dunoon CIVIC Week 9th to 15th September 1928 - Diamond Jubilee 1868 - 1928

1928

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Pubd. Dunoon, 1928. Soft Cover. 84p profusley illustraed with drawings by James MacIntyre. Includes Dunoon - Sixty Years a Borough - Chronicles of the Town Council,and the Dunoon Historiacl Pageant with many period advertisements. Poor condition - rear cover missing and marks,...

Loch Ranza - Arran

Stewart, John A. · 1949

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Privately Printed for the Author and The Stewart Society, 1949. Soft Cover. Unpaginated but 32p illustrated with plates of the Loch, Steamers etc.. This one of the First Impression of 1000. Title on front cover Fair Loch Ranza in the Isle of Arran. No marks or signatures; stap...

Some Considerations on the Present State of Scotland: In a Letter to the Commissioners and Trustees for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures. To Which Is Subjoined, a Letter from the Annual Committee of the Convention of Royal Boroughs, to the Several Bo

1744

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran, 1744. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [2],31,[1],18p.;original pamphlet attributed to both Duncan Forbes and Robert Dundas, Lord Aniston. The pamphlet has separate pagination for A Letter. after the Considerations. Recently bound in half leather wi...

Return to Mallaig with Sir Robert Macalpine & Sons on September 3rd 1969 - Folding Map and Souvenir Bookmark

1969

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Large Map 14 x 202 which folds down to 10 x 7 with a schematic map and timetable and mileages for the special train which traveled to Mallaig on September 3rd 1969 to mark the centenary of the firm of MacAlpine & Son who built the e...

Log of a Voyage to the Mediterranean and Back on the S.S. Creole Prince November 1908 to March 1909

1908

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

, 0. Soft Cover. 124p log of a sea voyage on a a cargo steamer in a ruled exercise book which is nearly full with 12 passengers leaving Victoria Dock London on November 24th 1908 returning to Liverpool about March 19th 1909. The journal is written in a clear hand by an unnamed...

Bird Watch Around Scotland

W. R. Mitchell · 1983

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Robert Hale Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. 175p with index. Map. Illustrated. Chapters on Lochailort, Canna, Rum, Skye and etc. Condition near fine - unmarked and tight in a similar unpriceclipped protected d/w. See scans. (ISBN: 0709012489).. Near Fine

Trapping: A Practical Guide

James A. Bateman · 1979

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

David & Charles, 1979. Hardcover. 168p index and many digarms. Sections on Trapping Mammals, birds,fish, insects and Trapping for survival. Cean and unmarked in price clipped protected d/w. See scans. (ISBN: 0715376454).. Very Good +

In Praise of Scottish Scenery - Impressions from Atrip in Thehighlands - with a Map of the Trossachs.

Frimodt, Emil H. · 1913

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Published By Author, 1913. Hardcover. Published by J.Frimodt's Forlag , Copenhagen. Record of a Tour from Denmark to Scotland in 1913 with particular reference to Loch :Lomond and the Trossachs. 33p folding coloured plan and a notice for the Trossachs Hotel. Bound in original ...

On Active Service with the S.J. A.B. , South African War, 1899-1902; a Diary of Life and Events in the War Hospitals at Wynberg, Nourse Deep, Johannesburg, and Other Places.

Inder, William Sidney · 1903

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Atkinson and Pollitt, 1903. Hardcover. vii, 318 p. illus., Detailed diary of a St.John's Ambulance Unit in the Boer War. Clean and tight without marks or signatures - though sonme reading wear and light toning. Original yellow endpapers umarked but some light staining of paste...

The Northern Highlands (Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guide Books)

Strang, Tom · 1970

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1970. Hardcover. A first edition of the new series. Book is clean and tight with an owners name opposite half title. No other marks or signatures. D/w is priceclipped and VG. See scans.Second Edition revised of this classic SMC red guide. 156p.wit...

The Southern Highlands (Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide)

Wilson, (J.D.B. Editor) · 1949

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1949. Hardcover. 1st Edition in hardback of the last published of the SMC's red guides. .xi+204p with plates and endpaper map. Book clean and tight though edges brown and gilt faded as usual. Previous owners name - D.S.M.Davies on front pastedown ...

University of London Examination Papers. French Summer 1962 to January 1965

1965

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

University of London, 1965. Soft Cover. University of London Examination Papers. General Certificate of Education. Ordinary Level. French 21st Edition. Summer 1962 to January 1965. 21p. Used but stapled binding intact. See scans . Good +

University of London Examination Papers. Biology. Summer 1962 to January 1965

1965

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

University of London, 1965. Soft Cover. University of London Examination Papers. General Certificate of Education. Ordinary Level. Biology Fourth Edition. Summer 1962 to January 1965 7p. Used but stapled binding intact. See scans . Good +

University of London Examination Papers. Physics. Autumn 1953 to Summer 1955

1956

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

University of London, 1956. Soft Cover. University of London Examination Papers. General Certificate of Education. (Advanced and Scholarship Level . Physics. Third Edition. Autumn 1953 to Summer 1955. 39p. Faded and well used but stapled binding intact. See scans . Good

As a Bhraighe - the Gaelic Songs of Allan the Ridge Macdonald (1794-1868. ) - Beyond the Braes

Rankin, Effie · 2005

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Cape Breton University Press, 2005. Soft Cover. 212p. Biography of the Poets' family Alan MacDoald emigrated to Nova Scotia from Glen Roy and was of Clan Donald of Keppoch.Born in 1794, his father Alasdair Ruadhbelonged to Bohuntin. Clean and unmarked with very light reading w...

The Scottish Sword of State

Burns, Charles O.B.E. · 2007

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

, 2007. Soft Cover. Published on 13 November 2007 to mark the reception held by The Right Honourable Alex Salmond, MSP, First Minister of Scotland celebrating the 500th anniversary of the presentation of the Sword of State by Pope Julius II to King James IV of Scotland. 26pi i...

France Hill School, Camberley, Surrey - (News (Newsletters 1998 & 2001 (Last Edition))

1998

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

, 0. Soft Cover. Two colourful copies of France Hill News - 50th Anniversary Edition July 1998 and No. 105 - last edition - Summer 2001. Includes BBC filming at the school,the Rocky Monster Show and Japanese Experience See scans. . Very Good

Loch Lomond - Pencil Drawing ? Victorian

0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

, 0. . 7 1//4 x 5 pencil sketch of Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond in the background. ? Victorian . Three small houses on a roadside ? Tarbert Unsigned. . Very Good

Rhaiadyr Benglog - Original Coloured Aquatint ( Ogwen Valley North Wales)

1818

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

, 0. . An attractive coloured aquatint of Rhaiadyr Benglog in Caernarvonshire by Compton, engraved by Daniel Havell and published by Thomas Clay in March of 1818, plate number 22 of Comptons Northern Cambrian Mountains. Margin lightkly browned and blind tear repaired with arch...

Cavernous Rocks Near Holyhead - Original Coloured Aquatint 1813 - (Craig Gogarth?)

1813

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

, 1813. . Original coloured aquatint engraving by J. Havell after E. Pugh from Cambria Depicta or Picture of North Wales. Published in 1813. Original colouring which is bright. Edges of plate wragged and blind tear repaired with archival tape. 12 x 99 (19.5 x 14 cms) (Plate 7 ...