Enjoy browsing our selection of antiquarian and out-of-print books
Aitken, Mike; Mercer, Wallace. Heart to Heart: The Anatomy of a Football Club.
Mainstream 1988 Plates, 206pp., good in d/w. 6.00
Allison, William. Rangers: The New Era 1873-1966 Glasgow: RFC C. 1966 Plates, 410pp.,
good in d/w. 15.00
Barclay, John F.
The Story of Arthur & Company: One Hundred Years of Textile Distribution.
Glasgow: Arthur & Co. 1953 Frontis., plates, 172pp., family trees, appendices, good in d/w. 8.00
Bathurst, Bella.
The Lighthouse Stevensons: The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson.
HarperCollins. 400g. Plates, index, 184pp., card covers, good. 5.50
Beattie, J.W.
History of John McCormick and Co. Ltd. 1890-1975 Glasgow: John McCormick c. 1975 Plates, vg. c. 40pp., vg. 5.00
Bilsland, A. Steven. (F'word.) A Distinguished Pedigree: The Arms Granted to The Union Bank of Scotland Ltd.
Privately pub. c. 1937 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., glossary of heraldic terms, 37pp., large folding coloured chart of Arms, pictorial cloth covers, sl. stained, sp. sl. worn else good. 8.00
Blake, George.
B.I. Centenary: 1856-1956.
Collins 1956 Frontis., plates, appendices, index, 272pp., good and sound. 15.00
British Wool Marketing Board.
The Story of a Scottish Blackface Lamb.
c. 1960 400g. Large sized. Plates, illus., 58pp., pictorial boards, good. 5.00
Cameron, Alan. Bank of Scotland 1695-1995 A Singular Institution.
Mainstream 1995 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., biblio., index, 262pp.,
good in d/w. 8.00
Campbell, T; Woods, P. The Glory and The Dream: The History of Celtic FC 1887-1987
Grafton 1987 475pp., index, card covers, good. 5.00
Campbell, T; Woods, Pat.
Dreams and Songs to Sing: A New History of Celtic.
Mainstream. 850g. Plates, index, 350pp., good in sl. marked d/w. 8.00
Carvel, John L.
Stephen of Linthouse: A Record of Two Hundred Years of Shipbuilding, 1750-1950
Linthouse: Alexander Stephen and Son. 700g. Plates, index, 251pp. Some ink marks throughout, spine sl. loose, covers marked. Good reading copy. 12.00
Cormack, Alexander A.
Our Ancient and Honourable Craft: Being an account of the rise and development of paper-making in Scotland, and at Culter, Aberdeenshire in particular. 1750-1933.
Reprinted from 'The Paper Market."
Plates, 39pp., card covers, sl. dusty, inscr. else good. Scarce. 6.00
Court, John H.
North British Steam Locomotives Built 1857-1956 for Railways Overseas.
Bradford Barton c. 1980 750g. Plates, index, 112pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Crampsey, Bob. The Scottish Football League: The First 100 Years. The Official Centenary History 1890-1990 SFL 1990 Plates, illus., index, 306pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Cunyngham-Brown, Sjovald.
The Traders: A Story of Britain's South-East Asian Commercial Adventure.
Newman Neame 1971 Frontis., plates, index, 352pp., good in d/w. Notes on the Guthrie family from near Brechin, Angus. 14.00
Dunlop, A. Ian. (Ed.)
The Scottish Ministers' Widows' Fund 1743-1993.
Edinburgh: St. Andrews P.
Plates, appendices, 153pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Durie, Alastair J. (Ed.).
The British Linen Company 1745-1775.
Edinburgh: The Scottish History Society. 550g. Index, 236pp., good. 9.00
Fleming, Maurice. (Intro.) The Scots Magazine: A Celebration of 250 Years.
Pelham Books 1989 Plates, index, 159pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Goodwin, Noel. A Ballet for Scotland: The First Ten Years of The Scottish
Ballet. Canongate 1979 Large 8vo. Index, 127pp., good in d/w. 4.00
Goodwin, Noel. A Ballet for Scotland: The First Ten Years of The Scottish Ballet.
Canongate 1979 Large card covers. Index, 127pp., 3.00
Grierson, Mary G. A Hundred Years in Princes Street 1838-1938
Jenners 1938 Illus. by C. Walter Hodges. Blue cloth, good. 5.00
Harvey, A & F. The Firm of A & F Harvey. Ceylon, Colombo: Mortlake Press. nd c 1944 Original tipped in photographs of the Harveys, etc., 141 pp. Full dark bottle-green roan. The Harvey family hailed from Neilston, Renfrewshire. 28.00
Harvey, Michael.
Patons: A Story of Handknitting.
Springwood Books 1985 144pp. Hardback. Large sized. Condition: corner of half-title cut-off else good in dustwrapper. 8.00
Hawken, Paul. The Magic of Findhorn.
Fontana 1975 222pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Holmes, Heather; Finkelstein, David (Ed.).
Thomas Nelson and Sons: Memories of an Edinburgh Publishing House.
Tuckwell Press in association with SAPPHIRE and EERC 2001 130pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 3.50
Hope, Iain.
The Campbells of Kilmun: Shipowners 1853-1980
Johnstone: Aggregate pub. 1981 Plates, card covers, good. 4.00
House, Jack.
A Tale of Two Houses.
Thomas MclIntock and Co. 1980. 400g. Plates, 74pp., good in d/w. 5.00
House, Jack. Pride of Perth: The Story of Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd, Scotch Whisky Distillers. Hutchinson Benham 1976 Plates, 134pp., vg in d/w 8.00
House, Jack. The Plumber in Glasgow: The History of the Firm of Hugh Twaddle & Son Ltd, Glasgow from 1848 to 1948. Glasgow: Privately printed. Plates, and four drawings by Robert Eadie. Good and sound. 7.00
House, Jack.
Robert Paterson Builder, 1827-1977.
Airdrie: Robert Paterson Construction Ltd. 1977 600g. Large sized. Plates, illus., 95pp., good in d/w. 8.00
James Templeton & Co.
Carpets and Interiors: A Guide for Architects, Decorators, Furnishers, Hoteliers, Shipbuilders.
Glasgow: James Templeton & Co. 1955 750g. 220mm. by 290mm. Coloured plates, 69pp., covers sl. marked else good. 8.00
James Thin Ltd.
James Thin: 150 Years of Bookselling 1848-1998.
Edinburgh. 300g. Plates, 50pp., good. 6.00
Keir, David.
The House of Collins: The Story of a Scottish Family of Publishers from 1789 to the Present Day.
Collins 1952 600g. Frontis., plates, index, 303pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks, covers dull, corners bumped; good working copy. 5.00
Keir, David.
The House of Collins: The Story of a Scottish Family of Publishers from 1789 to the Present Day.
Collins 1952 Frontis., plates, index, 303pp., good. 9.00
McCormick, John & Co., Ltd. History of John McCormick & Co. Ltd. 1890-1975 Glasgow c 1975 Plates, pictorial covers, vg 3.00
McCrorie, Ian.
Royal Road to the Isles: 150 Years of MacBrayne Shipping.
Caledonian MacBrayne 2001 600g. Plates, 189pp., card covers, inscr., sp. sl. creased else good. 8.00
McKay, Ron; Barr, Brian.
The Story of the Scottish Daily News.
Canongate 1976 Plates, index, 176pp., good in sl. marked d/w. 5.00
MacMillan, Charles. (F'word.) Footprints on the Sand of Time: The Story of the House of Livingstone, Medical, Scientific, Nursing and Dental Publishers, 1863-1963.
Edinburgh. Plates, illus., 71pp., boards, good. 5.00
Magnusson, Magnus et al. The Glorius Priviledge: The History of "The Scotsman".
Nelson 1967 Plates, index, 196pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Magnusson, Mamie.
A Length of Days: The Scottish Mutual Assurance Society 1883-1983.
Henry Melland 1983 Large 8vo. Plates, illus., appendices, 154pp., ffep. sl. rubbed else good in d/w. 5.00
Mantle, Jonathan.
Brown and Tawse: An Illustrated History.
James and James 1989 Large 8vo. Plates, 61pp., inscr., else good in d/w.
8.00
Morris, Neil. Shavings for Breakfast. Glasgow 1987 Photographic plates of H. Morris and Co., Glasgow, large
square card covers, corner creased else good. 5.00
Moss, Michael; Turton, Alison.
A Legend of Retailing: House of Fraser.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1989 205mm. by 275mm., 1600g. Plates, illus., index, 384pp., good in d/w. 15.00
Murphy, William S.
Captains of Industry.
Glasgow: William S. Murphy c. 1901 550g. 304pp., good. 18.00
Murray, Marischal.
Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953
Longmans 1953 Frontis., plates, index, 392pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps in lib. style binding. Good. Notes on the Currie family from Greenock. 20.00
Oliver, Cordelia.
It is a Curious Story: The Tale of Scottish Opera 1962-1987.
Mainstream. Large 8vo. Plates, appendices, 199pp., good in d/w. 10.00
Pateman, Rachel.
A History of Thomas Tunnock Limited 1890-1990
Glasgow. Plates, 48pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Rait, Robert S.
The History of the Union Bank of Scotland.
Glasgow: Smith 1930 Frontis., plates, index, 391pp., a few ex-lib. stamps, sp. and covers sunned else good and sound. 15.00
The Royal Bank of Scotland 1727-1977 Plates, oblong boards, good. 3.50
Scott, James. "Aye Ready": A History of J. Wright and Partners. Pub. by the author. nd. c. 1980 Plates, 84pp., inscr., else good. 5.00
Scottish Artificial Silks Limited.
Production of Viscose Rayon Yarns.
Kirkcudbright: Tongland Mill 1929 100g. Plates, 25pp, card covers, rear sl. torn, dusty else good. Scarce. 4.00
Showman's Guild of Great Britain.
Round-A-Bout Scotland.
Largs nd. c. 1980 Plates, 68pp., card covers, good. 2.50
The Stephenson Locomotive Society.
The Highland Railway Company and its Constituents and Successors, 1855-1955.
SLS 1955 200g. Plates, appendices, 121pp., card covers, spine worn and creased. Good working copy. 5.00
Stewarts and Lloyds Limited, 1903-1953.
1000g. Large sized. Fascinating photographs, 160pp., corners bumped else good. 18.00
Stoddard, A.F. and Company Ltd. The Carpet Makers: One Hundred Years of Designing and Manufacturing Carpets of Quality. Elderslie: A.F. Stoddard and Co. 1962 Tipped in plates, illus., 72pp., patterned endpapers, pictorial cloth covers, large square 8vo., vg. A lavish production. 12.00
The Tennant Group.
Enterprise: An Account of the Activities and Aims of the Tennant Group of Companies First Established in 1797.
Adprint Ltd. c. 1945 450g. Plates, 168pp., good. Presentation copy from the Directors to Mrs. Alex Carslaw. 9.00
Thompson, Francis.
Harris Tweed: The Story of a Hebridean Industry.
David and Charles 1969
Frontis., plates, list of Gaelic terms, biblio., index, 191pp., good. 12.00
Thompson, Francis.
Harris Tweed: The Story of a Hebridean Industry.
David and Charles 1969
Frontis., plates, list of Gaelic terms, biblio., index, 191pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 7.00
Tredrey, F.D.
The House of Blackwood 1804-1954: The History of a Publishing Firm.
William Blackwood 1954 190mm. by 255mm., 850g. Frontis., plates, appendices, folding family tree of Blackwood family, index, 282pp. Covers sl. marked, inscr., foxing to fore-edge else good. 33.00
Webster, Jack.
'Tis Better to Travel: The Story of A.T. Mays and the Tourist Revolution.
Mainstream 1989 Plates, 153pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 5.00
Wilson, Conrad. Playing for Scotland: The History of the
Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Harper Collins 1993
Plates, 208pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Winsbury, Rex. Thomson, McLintock & Co.: The First Hundred Years. Seeley Service for T McL & Co 1977 vg in d/w 5.00
Woodward, H.W. The Story of Edinburgh Crystal.
Edinburgh: Dema Glass Ltd. 1984 Plates, index, 92pp.,
good in d/w. 8.00
