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John Blaw of Castlehill - Jacobite and Criminal

Johnston, Christopher N. · 1916

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. Hardcover. x+154p; Plates.Book tight and generally clean without significant marks - however light mottling of edge of front board and probably both endpapers removed - with damage to front pastedown; owners name neatly on front pastedown. Spi...

New York State Museum of Natural History of the Regents of the University of the State of New York - Thirty-First Annual Report 1879-

1879

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1879. Soft Cover. 78p; 1 plate of trilobites.Reports, additions to the museum and Botanical Report. Chapters onTrilobites from the Trenton Limestone, a note on the eggs of Trilobites and of new species of Fossils from the Chazy and Trenton Limest...

The House of Islay

Gruamach, Domhnull · 1962

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Published Authors, 1962. Soft Cover. 80p book with very detailed (and idiosyncratic history of Islay - genealogical tree of The House of Islay and 4p insert of Afterthought. Covers lightly dusted otherwise clean tight and unmarked. See scans. . Very Good

The Lady Sheila and Other Celtic Memorabilia from Stronaclachan, Being the Story of a Few of the Most Notable of My Marvellous Psychic Experiences Through the Mediation of My Dear Wife, Narrated by Me As Faithfully and As Truly As I Have Been Able

Bain, James Leith MacBeth · 1912

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Theosophical Publishing Society, 1912. Hardcover. 72p portrait frontis. Bound in original pale blue cloth with gilt titling and an emblem on front board. Book clean, tght and unmarked (apart from an old indelible price on fep) though endpapers nicely browned. See scans. . Very...

A List of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst - Corrected to 1st May 1845

1850

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Sold By Parker & Co. Military Librarry, 1850. Hardcover. 32p with an attractive title page. Red title label on front board. Lists Board of Commissioners, Professors and Masters, Officers and Gentleman Cadets, Prize list and an alphabetical list of cadets.Regulations relating t...

A History of the Groves Family in South-West Dorset from 1569 to 1962

Hay, Ann Groves · 1963

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Pubd By Author, . Hardcover. Undated c.1963? 11p only with 1 plate, two maps and a folding geneological tabe. Superficial history of the family - privately published in an a very attractive half leather decorative binding. In fone condiotion - see scans. . Fine

Aberdeen Panorama - View from the Blue Hill, of Mountains, Hills, &C. , in the Horizon and Foreground in Outline

1895

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

The Cairngorm Club, 0. . A panorama from The Blue Hill - 467ft above sea level , two miles inland from the North Sea, in the N.E. of Kincardinshire. Measures 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 ; folded; some tonoing and one fold splitting. Probably issued with the Cairngorm Club Journal c.1895. ...

The Cairngorm Mountains - the Horizon from Ben Macdhui - Section 3 Included Cairngorm, Beinn a' Bhuirda - Coloured Panoramas C. 1895 from the Cairngorm Club Journal

Alex Copeland (outlined by) · 1900

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

The Cairngorm Club, 0. . A folding coloured lithographed panorama of The Horizon from Ben Muich Dhui Section 3 - from North to East 180 to 270 degrees; this was issued with others in The Cairngorm Club Journal c.1900. Some toning and browning along some folds on the rear of th...

Maps of the Shin Basin from the Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland

Murray, John & Pullar, Laurence · 1905

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1905. Soft Cover. From Murray & Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland, this part covers the Lochs of the Shin Basin - covers Loch Shin (on two separate maps); Lochs Merkland and A'ghriama; Loch Fiodhaig and Lochs Go...

Maps of the Forth Basin (Remaining Lochs) from the Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland

Murray, John & Pullar, Laurence · 1901

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1901. Soft Cover. From Murray & Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland, this last part of the Lochs of the Forth Basin - covers Loch Chon,Loch Ard, Lake of Mentieth, Loch Leven, Loch Ericht (lower section, Loch Erich...

Maps of the Ness Basin (Third Part) from the Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland

Murray, John & Pullar, Laurence · 1908

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1908. Soft Cover. From Murray & Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland, this third part of the series on the Ness Basin covers Lochs Mhor (Garth & Farraline) and Lochs Ruthven and A'Choire on two folding plates. Each...

Am Fear a Chaill a Ghaidhlig (Dealbh-Chluich) with Calum Is Bantrach Tharmaid (Comhradh)

Le Iain MacCormaig John MacCormick · 1925

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

An Comann Gaidhealach, 1925. Soft Cover. 27p gaelic plays - two plays performed in the Mod in 19211 & 1922. Signature of Keith Henderson (Artist) inside front cover and some pencil notes by him alongside text. Staples rusting but still VG. See scans . Very Good

Communion of the Early Bohemian Protestants - Framed Sepia Print

1722

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

, 0. . The Moravian Church (Latin: Unitas Fratrum, meaning Unity of the Brethren[1]) is a Protestant denomination. This church's nickname comes from the original exiles who came to Saxony in 1722 from Moravia to escape persecution, but its religious heritage began in 1457 in K...

Early Watercolour (1853) of a Waterfall Behind the Inn at Kinloch Rannoch.

1853

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

, 1853. . Large sketch in pencil and watercolour of a waterfall behind the Inn at Kinlochranoch. Dated 1853 bottom left and titled in ink on the back. No signature. Condition Vg - though light crease along left lower margin and some old mounting marks on rear. See scans. . Ver...

Mountaineering Below the Snow-Line or the Solitary Pedestrian in Snowdonia and Elsewhere

Paterson, M. · 1886

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

George Redway, 1886. Hardcover. 305p+39p catalogue. 4 engarved plates includung Adam and Eve on Tryfan. Original binding dusty and some marks. Decorative endpapers browned at ege but book tight and generally clean though a litle toned. Contents page may have once been loose an...

An Account of the Scottish Regiments, with the Statistics of Each, from 1808 to March 1862

1862

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

William P. Nimmo, 1862. Hardcover. 48p; with Army (Number of English Scottish and Irish) by Sir Patrick O'Brien 6p 1872 Pubd. House of Commons, folded and tipped in at the back. Half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt titling along spine (rubbed). Binders stamp - Bro...

Original Map from the Deer Forest Commission Report 1892 Map No. 62 Loch Eil (Royal Commission -Highlands and Islands)

Vanstone, Mary · 1892

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

Wyman & Sons, 1892. . From the set of Maps accompanying the Royal Commission Report on the Highlands & Islands 1892 (Deer Forest Commission). Map is an early 1 to the mile Ordnance Survey with Existing Crofting Holdings in green, Land scheduled as suitable for extension of exi...

Part Set ( (7 Volumes) of the Freshwater Biological Association of the British Empire Scientific Publications - All 1st Editions

1 · 1939

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Freshwater Biological Association of Great Britain, . Soft Cover. 7 volumes of this Scientific publication series: No.1 A key to the British Species of Corixidae (Lesser Water Boatmen) by Maccan 27p 1939; No.2 Plecoptera (Stone Flies) by Hynes 39p 1940; No.4 British Water Bugs...

Lumbricidae (Annelida) Witha Key to the Common Species - the Linnean Society of London - Synopsis of the British Flora No. 6

Cernosvitov, L. & Evans, A.C. · 1947

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

The Linnean Society of London, 1947. Soft Cover. 36p with illustrations. Staples rusting but binding firm. Some toning of edges. No other marks or signatures. See scans. . Near Very Good

Scottish Blood-Sucking Midges

Caneron, A.E. · 1947

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

, . Soft Cover. The author was the reader in Entomology at the University of Edinburgh.A 12p offprint from the Transactions of the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1947. With diagrams of a midge collector, tables and figures. The researchers gathered about 3000 midge...