Anderson, John Fyfe. Bishopton and Langbank in old picture postcards 2. European Library. 1990 76plates, oblong boards, good. 6.00

Anderson, John Fyfe. Greenock in Old Picture Postcards Volume 2. European Library. 300g. 76pp. Oblong pictorial boards, good. 5.00

Baird, Maisie. Scenes and Sounds of Old Renfrew. Lacks title page, plates, 32pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good reading copy. 2.00

Baird, Maisie. Scenes and Sounds of Old Renfrew. 32pp., card covers, sticker marked else good. 3.00

Barrhead Reminiscence Group. Barrhead and Levern Then and Now. c. 1990 56pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 3.00

Battrum, William. Helensburgh & Neighbourhood. First published 1864. Grian Press edition 2007 105pp. 4.99 SKU: 978-1-906371-00-5 Available new here:

The Grian Press


Battrum, William. Battrum's Guide to Helensburgh & Neighbourhood. Online version available here:

Battrum's Guide to Helensburgh & Around


Bourock Parish Church, Barrhead. 150th Anniversary. 1840-1990 40pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 2.00

Broadway, Frank Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. London: Centre for Policy Studies. 1976 rep. 58pp., card covers, vg 2.00

Brotchie, T.C.F. The Borderlands of Glasgow. Online version available here:

The Borderlands of Glasgow


Calder, John. The Vanishing Willows: The Story of Erskine Hospital. Bishopton 1982 Plates, 82pp., card covers, ffep marked else good. 2.50

Canning, Rev. Bernard J. A Building from God: St. James's Renfrew 1877-1977 Plates, 192pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with usual stamps/marks, else good card covers. 2.50

Canning, Rev. Bernard J. A Building from God: St. James's Renfrew 1877-1977 Plates, 192pp., card covers, sl. marked, crease to sp. else good. 4.00

Ferguson, Margaret. Barrhead Heritage Trail. Barrhead Community Council. 9pp., card covers, good. 1.00

Ferguson, Margaret. How We Came By Barrhead. 1994 Illus., 35pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Fraser, Brian. Kirk and Community: A History of the Christian Church in Eaglesham. New Lanark 1990 Plates, biblio., 64pp., pictorial boards, good. 4.00

Gallacher, Tom. Hunting Shadows. Helensburgh 1981 42pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Groome, Francis. Renfrewshire from Groome's Gazetteer. Online version available here:

Renfrewshire from Groome's Gazetteer

Renfrewshire Map from Groome's Gazetteer available here:

Renfrewshire Map from Groome's Gazetteer


Harp of Renfrewshire: a collection of Songs and other Poetical Pieces with notes on the Poets of Renfrewshire. Paisley: Gardner. 2 vols. 1872, 1873; 454pp., 494pp., yellow cloth sl solied and marked, paper title labels; a good, sound set. 20.00

Helensburgh and the Three Lochs Helensburgh: MacNeur and Bryden nd c 1960 Plates, 84pp., some staining, lacks ffep., tipped in newspaper clipping, else good. 3.50

Inverclyde District Council. Inverclyde Official Guide. c. 1970 Plates, 88pp., large folding map, card covers, good. 2.50

Jones, Arthur et al. The Lennox Albums: Transport. Dumbarton Dis. Lib. 1982 Plates, oblong card covers, good. 2.50

Keatch, Derek R.A. (Ed.) Resources for Scottish Geography. The Vale of Leven and Firth of Clyde Areas. Heinemann Educ. 1975 25 plates, oblong card covers, good. 2.00

Leonard, Tom. (Ed.) Radical Renfrew: poetry from the French Revolution to the First World War. Edinburgh:Polygon 1990 Thick card covers,sl. creased else good & sound. 5.00

McBeath, H.D. Walks by Busby and Thorntonhall with Historical Notes on the Area. Cartvale Community Council. c. 1980 Illus., 122pp., card covers, good. 2.50

McGill, Jack. Crisis on the Clyde: The Story of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. Davis-Poynter 1973 Index, 143pp., card covers, good. 2.50

MacPhail, I.M.M. The Clydebank Blitz. Clydebank Dis. Lib. rep. Plates, appendices, 108pp., card covers, good. 6.00

MacPhail, I.M.M. Off the Main Road: A Guide to Walks in West Dumbartonshire. Dumbarton 1977 rep. Maps, illus., 48pp., oblong card covers, good. 2.50

MacPhail, I.M.M. A Short History of Dumbartonshire. Dumbarton: Bennett and Thomson 1962 Plates, biblio., index, 128pp., some ex-lib. stamps, boards, sp. creased else good. 5.00

Miller, Ronald; Tivy, Joy. The Glasgow Region. Glasgow 1958 Large 8vo. Maps, illus., 325pp., vg. 10.00

Mort, F. Renfrewshire. Cambridge UP. 1915 rep. Maps on ep's, illus., plates, good. 5.00

Neill, John. Records and Reminiscences of Bonhill Parish. Wentworth Book Co. 1979 rep. 500g. Plates, 279pp., good. 12.00

Neilston Kirk Session. The Answer of the Kirk Session of Neilston To the Heritors' Publications against them in which are given a short view of the Poor Laws with regard to Scotland. Paisley: Printed by J. Neilson 1820 Appendix, fold out table, 165pp., blue cloth, sl. dull, some foxing else good and sound. 28.00

Neville, Mark. Port Glasgow. Photographs. 2004 Hardback. Large sized.Condition: good in dustwrapper. 10.00

Orbell, John. From Cape To Cape:The History of Lyle Shipping. Edinburgh:Paul Harris. 1978 Large 8vo Plates,index,239pp.,vg. in d/w. 12.00

Ordnance Survey of Scotland. Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Kilbarchan. OS Survey 1859 Folio 50 one-sided pp. with handwritten entries. 1/2 roan, rubbed, ep's stained; front ep loose. Binding worn. Good copy of a scarce item. 75.00

Pearson, Joan. Loch Lomond: The Maid and The Loch. Gartocharn: Famedram nd. c. 1975 Illus., ads., small card covers, good. 2.00

Renfrew, Andrew. Reminiscences of Old Eaglesham. Pub. on behalf of The Women's Guild of Eaglesham. c. 1925 150g. 44pp., card covers, staples rusted making some of the centre pages loose, inscr./scribble on covers else good. 6.00

Rodgers, John. A Collection of Poems and Ballads from Kilbarchan. Privately printed. nd. c. 1970 57pp., card covers, sl. marked, else good. Signed by the author. 3.50

Rodgers, John. The Common Bond. Paisley: Wilfion Books 1980 107pp., card covers, vg. 4.00

Roe, David. The Side School: the story of a rural school in Renfrewshire, 1796-1951. [Kilmacolm] 1996 132pp. Paperback. Condition: good. 5.00

Ross, James. The Power I Pledge: Being a Centenary Study of the Life of William Quarrier. Quarrier's Homes 1971 400g. Plates, 118pp., good in d/w. 3.00

Scott, A. Boyd. Old Days and Ways in Newton Mearns. Illustrations by D.Y. Cameron. Pickering and Inglis 1939 3rd. imp. 400g. Plates, 126pp., good. 9.00

Scott, A. Boyd. Old Days and Ways in Newton Mearns. Illustrations by D.Y. Cameron. Pickering and Inglis 1939 3rd. imp. 400g. Plates, 126pp., a good copy in torn but good, clean d/w. (often missing). 12.00

Selected Records of the O.P.D. Ramblers 1870-1880. H. Richardson 1992 rep. 150g. Postcard illus., 76pp., card covers, good. 4.00

A Souvenir of Lodge "Prince of Wales" Renfrew No. 426. c. 1931 Plates, index, 55pp., good. Scarce. 6.00

St. Columba's (Kilmacolm) School Magazine:


Stevens, Alex W. The North Church Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay: One Hundred Years 1871-1971. 1972 250g. Printed by Thomas Rae of Greenock. Plates, 25pp., good. 4.00

Taylor, Michael. Dumbarton at Work and Play. Dumbarton Dis. Lib. 1981 Plates, 51pp., square card covers, good. 3.00

Thomson, Patricia M. Johnstone High Parish Church 1792-1992. Johnstone High Parish Church. 350g. Plates, index, 81pp., card covers, good. 3.50

Thomson, Robert. The History of Lodge Union and Crown 1824-1924(Barrhead) Paisley: Printed by Farr and Co. 1924 Plates, 66pp., covers grubby else good. 6.00

Thomson, Rev. T.B. Stewart. A Guide to Govan Old Parish Church. 1963 rep. Plates, 24pp., card covers, dusty else good. 2.00

Transactions of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland. Volume 12 Part, 4 Feb. 1949 Contains paper on "A History of the River Clyde and Development of the Port of Glasgow" by W.F. Robertson. Card covers, sl. tear to first page else good. 2.50

Wilson, Andrew. (Prepared by) Renfrewshire Heritage. Renfrew County Council c. 1970 280mm. by 210mm., 300g. Plates, 44pp., large card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.00