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Anstruther, Ian. The Knight and the Umbrella:
An Account of The Eglinton Tournament 1839. Bles 1963 Plates,
index, 270pp., good. 10.00
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Collections Vol. 10.
Second Series 1970-1972.
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 1972 400g. 382pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, very worn, working copy only. 3.50
Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.
Historic Ayr: A Guide for Visitors.
AANHS. 100g. 56pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Ayrshire for the Services. For the Use of HM. Forces. nd. c. 1945 144pp., ads., small card covers, good. 3.50
Ayrshire Life
- Autumn 1985 Plates, 36pp., card covers, good. 1.00
Baird, JGA. Muirkirk in Bygone Days with a description of the parish pub. in 1761 by an unknown writer. Muirkirk 1910 59pp., sp. sl. dull/grubby else good. 15.00
Boyd, William.
Education in Ayrshire Through Seven Centuries.
Univ. of London P. 1961 Maps, index, 233pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Brewster, Donna. Second Daughter. Dumfries. 1989 152pp., card covers, vg. Signed by the author. 3.50
Carrick, J.C.
Ayr Fort: The Towne of St. John the Baptist on Ayr.
Ayr 1913 Frontis., 107pp., card covers, sp. sl weak and worn else good. Scarce. 8.00
County of Dumfries. Official Guide. nd. c. 1960 Plates, 79pp., map, card covers, good. 2.00
Crichton, Jim et al. The Presbytery of Ayr 1581-1981. Ayr 1981 Biblio., 44pp., inscr., card covers, good. 2.00
Cunningham, R.R. Portpatrick Through the Ages. Portpatrick 1974 Plates, 18pp., card covers, creased else good. 2.00
Cunninghame Official Guide. c. 1990
350g. Adverts, 108pp., square card covers, good. 1.50
Dick, C.H. Highways & Byways in Galloway & Carrick. MacMillan 1938 2nd pocket ed. Illus. by Hugh Thomson;vg. in d/w. 7.00
Dick, C.H. Highways & Byways in Galloway and Carrick. MacMillan 1919 rep. Illus. by Hugh Thomson, map, index, 536pp. Bottom corner of front cover stained else a good, sound, clean copy. 16.00
Dinwiddie's Guide to the Town of Dumfries and to Places of Interest in Dumfries and Galloway. Dumfries nd. c. 1920 Map, plates, ads., 188pp., small card covers, dusty else good. 4.00
Donnachie, Ian L.; MacLeod, Innes. Old Galloway. David and Charles 1974 Illus., plates, index, 168pp., ex-lib. copy with stamps; lacks ffep., else good in good d/w. 5.00
Douglas, George. (Comp.)
The Story of Friars Carse.
Dumfries 1969 Plates, 12pp., oblong card covers, good. 1.50
Douglas, H and H. Minishant is a Bonnie Wee Place: Portrait of a Village. Peterborough 1983 rep. Illus. by Michael Ellis. 74pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Galloway Travellers: Andrew McCormick's Tinkler-Gypsy photographs.
2006 40pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 2.00
Dumfries Official Guide. Dumfries Town Council 1968 rev. ed. Plates, ads., 54pp., map, card covers, good. 2.50
Dumfries Visitors' Guide. Dumfries: Dinwiddie nd. c. 1925 Plates, ads., 82pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Dunlop, Annie I. The Royal Burgh of Ayr: 750 Years of History. Oliver and Boyd. 1953 700g. Map., plates, index, 342pp., good. 14.00
Finlayson, Malcolm J. (Comp.)
An Anthology of Carrick.
Kilmarnock 1925 Glossary, 416pp., inscr., covers rubbed else good. 15.00
Forman, Sheila. Moffat: A Backward Glance. Lochar 1987 Plates, 30pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Girvan 1668-1968.
Various contributors. Plates, ads., 100pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Gray, James T.
Maybole: Carrick's Capital.
Maybole Town Council 1973 rep. 800g. Some pages creased at corner, some marks to covers, inscr; else good. 10.00
Guthrie, James A. A Corner of Carrick. Newton Stewart. 1979 Plates, 144pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Hewat, Kirkwood. A Little Scottish World: As Revealed in the Annals of an Ancient Ayrshire Parish. Kilmarnock nd c 1890 Frontis., plates, index, 275pp., bkplate., teg., some thumb marks, good. 20.00
Hewat, Kirkwood. A Little Scottish World: As Revealed in the Annals of an Ancient Scottish Parish. Ayr 1908 2nd. ed. Plates, index, 289pp. Lacks frontis. and another plates, boards badly marked and damaged; working copy only. 10.00
Hewat, Kirkwood. In the Olden Times. Paisley 1898 Frontis., index, 338pp., teg., some foxing else good. 16.00
Howie, James. An Historical Account of the Town of Ayr for the Last Fifty Years. Kilmarnock 1861 136pp., good and sound. 24.00
Irvine Development Corporation.
Landscape of the Knights: The Eglinton Story.
IDC 1992 100g. Illus., 33pp., spiral bound pictorial card covers, spiral sl. broken else good. 2.00
Irvine and District Water Board. Inaugeration of Knockendon Reservoir by Baron McGowan of Ardeer. 1947 Plates, 23pp., large card covers, good. 2.50
Irving, Gordon.
Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary: The First Two Hundred, Years 1776-1975 Dinwiddie 1975 Plates, index, 137pp. Inscr., else good in marked d/w. 5.00
Irving, Gordon.
The Solway Smugglers.
Dumfries 1977 3rd. ed. Plates, illus., map, index, 75pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Keith, Graham A. The Free Churches in Ayr 1843-1993 Ayr. Plates, 40pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Kennedy, Dan. Climbing the Galloway Uplands. Ayr 1972 3rd. ed. 184pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00
Kennedy, Dan. Tales of the Galloway Hills.
Ayr nd. c. 1960 Illus. by W. Allan Ramsay. 190pp., good. 6.00
Kilmarnock and District Local History Group.
Kilmarnock - Aspects of Local History. nd. c. 1980 69pp., index, card covers, good. 3.00
Kirkcudbright and Round About. Galloway Pub. Assoc. nd. c. 1950 53pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Kirkwood, Ralph. Plant Life in Ayrshire. AANHS 1992 Illus. by M. Foulds. 32pp., card covers, good. 2.50
McCormick, Andrew.
Galloway: The Spell of its Hills & Glens.
Glasgow: John Smith 1947 rep. 400g. Plates, index, 283pp., map. Good in d/w. 8.00
MacDonald, James; Barbour, James. Birrens and its Antiquities. Dumfries 1897 Large 8vo. 70pp., plan, plates, boards, good. 8.00
McDowall, William. History of Dumfries. A & C Black 1867 Lithographic frontis. and plates, index, 916pp., recently rebound in 2 tone cloth, new title labels, very nice. 65.00
McGrattan, Tom.
Saint Peter in Chains: A Parish History 1938-1988
Plates, appendix, 32pp., card covers, good. 2.50
MacHaffie, Fraser G. The Short Sea Route: Portpatrick - Donaghadee; Stranraer - Larne; Cairnryan - Larne.
T. Stephenson and Sons. 1975 Plates, appendix, index, 286pp., maps, good in sl. torn d/w. 12.50
MacKenzie, Archibald. An Ancient Church: The Pre-Reformation Church of St. John the Baptist, Ayr. Ayr 1935 Frontis., plates, 76pp., card covers, good. 3.50
MacKenzie, Archibald. An Old Kirk and Burns Memories.
1934 Plates, 23pp., card covers, good. 2.50
MacKenzie, Archibald.
William Adair and His Kirk: The Auld Kirk of Ayr 1639-1684.
Ayr 1933 Frontis., plates, 156pp., inscr., good. Presentation copy from the author. 12.00
Macleod, Innes.
Sailing on Horseback: William Daniell and Richard Ayton in Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway.
Dumfries: T.C. Farries 1988 800g. 220mm. by 210mm. Plates, 143pp., good in d/w. 9.00
Mair, Henry. Alone, I Rebel: An Autobiography with poems. Irvine 1975 132pp., inscr., card covers, vg 2.00
Mair, James.
Pictorial History of Darvel.
Alloway Pub. 1989 Plates, 103pp., large card covers, sp. sl. creased/offset else good. 5.50
Martin, David J.
Auchincruive: The History of the West of Scotland Agricultural College; and the estate of Auchincruive with the Oswald family connection.
Published by the author. 600g. Plates, illus., 200pp., card covers, spine creased badly else good reading copy. 7.00
Moffat, Dumfriesshire Official Guide. Moffat Town Council nd. c. 1940 Ads., plates, 64pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Moore, John. (Ed.) Among Thy Green Braes: A Guide to Cumnock and Doon Valley District. CDV Dis Council. c. 1977 Plates, 110pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00
Morris, James A.The Brig of Ayr and Something of its Story. Ayr: Stephen & Pollock 1911 5th. ed. Frontis., plates,86pp.,1/4 cloth boards, vg. 6.00
Murray, Andy.
Discovering Dumfriesshire.
John Donald 1989 Plates, index, 192pp., card covers, good. 6.00
Newmilns and Greenholm Community Council. Historical Aspects of Newmilns. NGCC 1990 Plates, 117pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Pryde, George S. Ayr Burgh Accounts 1534-1624 Edinburgh for the SHS 1937 Index, 313pp., an excellent copy. 15.00
Reid, Donald R.
Old Beith. (photographs)
Stenlake. 48pp., oblong pictorial card covers, good. 3.50
Ritchie, J.G.
Historical Sketch of Cove House and King Robert the Bruce's Cave.
Kirkpatrick Fleming nd. c. 1930 Plates, 14pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Robertson, F.L.; MacLachlan, N.
Routenburn Preparatory School Directory 1892-1903
Glasgow: MacLehose 1903 2nd. ed. 200g. 49pp., covers blothced else good. 6.00
Robertson, John F. The Story of Galloway. Castle Douglas. 1971 rep. Plates, 210pp., index, vg. in d/w. 9.00
Robertson, William. Auld Ayr: A Study in Disappearing Men & Manners.
Ayr: Stephen & Pollock. c 1901 500g., 320pp., teg., good. 8.00
Robertson, William.
Historic Ayrshire Volume II.
Ayr c. 1894 (Vol.2 only) pp.252-513. Bookplate else good and sound. 28.00
Russell, James Anderson. The Book of Galloway. Dumfries 1962 Plates, index, 274pp., edges of covers dampstained else good in d/w. Signed by the author. 6.50
Scottish Nuclear.
Our trip to Hunterston Power Station.
Juvenile school guide book c. 1980 14pp., card covers, good. 1.00
Sinclair, Olga. Gretna Green: Scotland's Gift to Lovers.
Dove House 1997 Index, 161pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Smith, Sydney. South West of Scotland Rambles. Glasgow: Drew 1982 Maps, index, 96pp., small card covers, good. 2.00
Strawhorn, John.
The History of Ayr.
John Donald 1989 Large 8vo. Plates, index, 302pp., good in d/w. 18.00
Strawhorn, John.
The New History of Cumnock.
Cumnock Town Council 1966 Plates, illus., index, 255pp., centenary programme, good in d/w. Many signatures on ffep. including the author's. 12.00
Todd, A.B. The Poetical Works with Autobiography.
Edinburgh 1906 Frontis., 306pp., some ink inscr., else good. 8.00
Turnbull, George. A South Ayrshire Parish: Being Articles on the History of the Parish of Dailly.Ayr 1908 Frontis., illus., appendices (list of place-names), 152pp., good and sound. 15.00
The Wanlockhead Museum Trust:
No. 1 All About Wanlockhead. WMT 1983 23pp., card covers, good. 2.00
No. 5 Mining History Trail. WMT 1979 19pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Wanlockhead Beam Engine. WMT 8pp. 1.00
