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Miscellaneous novelists of Scottish interest
Barclay, James.
Paras Over the Barras.
Lang Syne. 161pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Barke, James.
Land of the Leal.
Canongate Classics 6 1987 Intro. by John Burns.
614pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Beaton, M.C.
Hamish MacBeth: Death of a Hussy.
Bantam. 189pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Hamish MacBeth: Death of an Outsider.
Bantam. 218pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Benedictus, David.
Local Hero. Penguin 1983 Based on the screenplay by Bill Forsyth.
143pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Benzie, Alex.
The Year's Midnight. Penguin 571pp., card covers, good.
5.00
Bold, Alan.
East is West.
Keith Murray Pub. 209pp., card covers, corners sl. dog-eared else good. 4.50
Boyle, Jimmy.
Hero of the Underworld.
Serpents Tail. 216pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Burnside, John.
The Mercy Boys.
Cape. First edition. 264pp., card covers, sl. creased/bruised else good. 5.00
Cameron, David Kerr.
A Kist of Sorrows.
Flamingo 1989 220pp., front cover sl creased else good card covers. 2.50
Castle, Wilfrid T.F.
The Imitator.
New Horizon 1979 First edition. 400g. 178pp., vg. in sl. torn d/w. 5.00
Cathcart, Alex.
The Comeback. Polygon 1986 227pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Close, Ajay.
Official and Doubtful.
Minerva 373pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Cochran, Beverly.
The Housekeeper.
Headline. 376pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Connelly, Joe.
Bane. Barrie and Kenkins 1989 381pp., good in d/w.
5.00
Crampsey, Robert A.
The Manager. Hodder and Stoughton 1982 190pp.,
good in torn d/w. 5.00
Cronin, A.J.
The Green Years. Gollancz 1984 rep. 238pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00
The Green Years. Gollancz 1948 3rd. imp. 238pp., good. 4.00
Cunningham, John.
Leeds to Christmas.
Polygon 1990 First edition 198pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Dewar, Isla.
Giving Up On Ordinary.
Review. 312pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Keeping up with Magda. Headline 1996 217pp.,
card covers, good. 4.00
Duncan, W. Murdoch.
Murder of a Cop. John Long 1976 1st. ed. 186pp.,
good in good d/w. 5.00
Duthie, Niall.
Lobster Moth.
Fourth Estate. 306pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Edmonds, Gill.
The Silkie. Muller, Blond and White 1986 217pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00
Elphinstone, Margaret.
A Sparrow's Flight.
Polygon 1989 First edition. 257pp., card covers, inscr., else good. 5.00
Falla, Jonathan.
Blue Poppies.
Glasgow: 11/9 400g. 213pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Ferguson, Lorna.
The Chase.
Bloomsbury.
310pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
Fergusson, Adam.
Roman Go Home. Collins 1969 284pp., small mark/inscr.
to corner of ffep. else good in d/w. 5.00
Flett, Una.
Revisiting Empty Houses.
Canongate 1988 239pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Ford, James Allan.
The Brave White Flag.
Glasgow: Drew 1985 rep. 317pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Frame, Ronald.
Bluette. Sceptre 1991 531pp., card covers, good.
4.50
Bluette. Hodder and Stoughton 1990 First edition.
531pp., vg. in vg. d/w. 8.00
A Long Weekend with Marcel Proust.
Seven stories and a novel.
Sceptre 1988 197pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Underwood and After.
Sceptre. 328pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Friel, George.
The Bank of Time. New Authors Ltd 1959 First Edition 223pp.,
vg. in torn good d/w. 8.00
The Boy Who Wanted Peace.
Polygon 1985 231pp., card covers, vg. 5.00
Mr. Alfred. Canongate Classics 8 1987 Intro. by Douglas Gifford. 179pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Gaitens, Edward.
Dance of the Apprentices.
Intro. by James Campbell.
Canongate Classics. 258pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Dance of the Apprentices.
Glasgow: William Maclellan 1948 First edition. 300g. Frontis., 275pp., covers marked, pencilled notes, pp. grubby, working copy only. 2.50
Galbraith, Russell.
George Square 1919 Mainstream 1988 223pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Gallagher, Tom.
Survivor.
Sceptre 1988 221pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Gallagher, Trevor.
Twenty-Ten. Minerva P. 1996 251pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Galloway, Janice.
The Trick is to Keep Breathing. Polygon 1989 First Edition.
236pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Where you find it.
Jonathan Cape. First edition. 221pp., card covers, good. 7.00
Where you find it.
Vintage. 200g. 221pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Gerber, Pat.
Maiden Voyage. Kailyards P. 1992 160pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Gilchrist, Andrew.
The Russian Professor. Robert Hale 1984 173pp.,
good in sl. marked d/w. 5.00
Graham, Barry.
Of Darkness and Light.
Bloomsbury 1989 Illus. by Shirley Girdwood, 132pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Gray, Alasdair.
Lanark.
Picador rep. 500g. 560pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Poor Things.
Bloomsbury 1992 First edition.
317pp., vg. in vg. d/w. 12.00
Greig, Andrew.
That Summer.
Faber. First edition. 259pp., card covers, good. 5.00
When They Lay Bare.
Faber First edition 322pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Grimble, Ian.
A Start in Life.
The Book Guild Ltd. 183pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Hanley, Cliff.
Another Street, Another Dance.
Corgi 1983 rep. 351pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Prissy.
Collins 1978 First edition. 154pp., good. 5.00
Prissy. Fontana 1979 Paperback. 154pp., good. 3.50
The Taste of Too Much.
Mainstream 1989 rep. 197pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Hebden, Mark.
The Dark Side of the Island.
Michael Joseph 1973 First edition.
253pp., ffep. and fore-edge sl. marked else
good in marked d/w. 3.50
Henderson, Meg.
Chasing Angels.
HarperCollins. 140mm. by 225mm., 600g. 293pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Hendry, J.F.
Fernie Brae.
William Maclellan 1947 First impression. 300g. 206pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy in d/w. 3.50
Herdman, John.
Ghost Writing. Polygon 1996 154pp., card covers,
good. 5.00
Highlands, Alexander.
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Hind, Archie.
The Dear Green Place.
Corgi 1985 255pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Jamieson, Robert Alan
A Day at the Office. Polygon 1991 230pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Jenkins, Robin.
The Changeling.
Intro. by Alan Spence.
Canongate Classics 22 rep. 189pp., card covers, good. 3.50
The Cone-Gatherers.
Intro. by Iain Crichton Smith.
Penguin 1983 222pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Fergus Lamont. Canongate 1979 293pp., front cover and sp. creased else
good. 2.00
Poor Angus.
Canongate. 231pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 4.00
Kennaway, James
Household Ghosts.
Intro. by Magnus Magnusson.
Mainstream 1981 450g. 187pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy in d/w. 3.50
Tunes of Glory.
Intro. by Alan Massie.
Canongate Classics.
175pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Kennedy, A.L.
Now That You are Back.
Cape 1993 Uncorrected proof. 400g. 248pp., card covers in d/w., vg. 30.00
Original Bliss.
Jonathan Cape. 310pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy in lib. style binding. 2.00
So I am Glad. Vintage 1996 282pp., card covers, good.
5.00
Kesson, Jessie.
Glitter of Mica.
Intro. by William Donaldson.
Edinburgh: Paul Harris 1982 155pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Knight, Alanna.
The Coffin Lane Murders.
BW. 217pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Knox, Bill.
The Interface Man.
Mysterius Press Books. 229pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Kydd, Robbie.
Auld Zimmery. The Mariscat P. 1987 213pp., card covers, good.
5.00
Legge, Gordon
The Shoe.
Polygon 1989 181pp., card covers, inscr., sl. creased else good. 4.50
Lindsay, David
A Voyage to Arcturus.
Intro. by J.B. Pick.
Canongate Classics. 302pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Lindsay, Frederic
Brond. MacDonald 1983 167pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Brond.
Corgi 1984 222pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Kissing Judas.
Hodder and Stoughton. 309pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy in d/w. 3.50
Lingard, Joan
Dreams of Love and Modest Glory.
Sinclair-Stevenson. 455pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
McArthur, A; Kingsley-Long, H.
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McAllister, Angus
The Canongate Strangler.
Canongate 1990 204pp., card covers, good. 5.00
McCutcheon, Hugh.
The Black Attendant. John Long 1966 180pp., inscr. embossed on
front cover else good. 3.00
The Cargo of Death.
Hale 1980 205pp., good in d/w. Presentation copy from the author. 5.00
None Shall Sleep Tonight.
Rich and Cowan 1953 First ed. 192pp., good in stained, torn d/w.
5.00
Treasure of the Sun.
John Long 1965 rep. 183pp., good. 3.00
Treasure of the Sun.
John Long 1964 rep. 183pp., good in sl. torn d/w. Scarce. 8.00
MacDonald, Norman Malcolm.
Calum Tod. Canongate 1983 127pp., good in d/w. 5.00
McEwen, Helena.
The Big House.
QPD. 183pp., card covers, inscr., else good. 2.50
McEwen, Todd.
McX: A Romance of the Dour.
Minerva 1991 186pp., card covers, good. 3.00
MacGregor, Stuart.
The Myrtle and the Ivy. MacDonald 1967 241pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00
The Sinner.
Calder and Boyars 1973 256pp., good in sunned d/w. 6.00
McIlvanney, William.
The Big Man. Hodder and Stoughton 1985 First Edition 256pp., vg. in vg. d/w. 8.00
The Big Man. Sceptre 1990 rep. 271pp., card covers, sl. creased
else good. 2.50
Docherty. Sceptre 1989 rep. 324pp., card covers, good. 2.50
A Gift From Nessus.
Eyre and Spottiswoode 1968 First edition. 400g. 223pp., lacks ffep. else good in d/w. Scarce. 8.00
The Kiln.
Sceptre. 300g. 277pp., card covers, good. 3.50
The Papers of Tony Veitch. Hodder and Stoughton 1983 First Edition 253pp., vg. in vg. d/w. 8.00
Remedy is None.
Eyre and Spottiswoode 1966 First edition. 400g. 244pp., lacks ffep. else good in d/w. Scarce. William McIlvanney's first novel. 10.00
Remedy is None.
Chambers rep. 244pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Strange Loyalties.
Hodder and Stoughton 1991 First pub. 281pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Strange Loyalties.
Sceptre. 281pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Mackay, Colin.
The Sound of the Sea.
Canongate 1989 217pp., prelim sl. rubbed else good in d/w. 5.00
Mackay, Shena.
Dunedin. Penguin 1993 340pp., card covers, good. 3.00
MacLaverty, Bernard.
Grace Notes.
Vintage. 200g. 276pp., card covers, good. 2.50
MacLean, Charles.
The Silence.
Penguin. 308pp., card covers, sp. sl. worn else good.
Signed by the author. 2.00
The Watcher. Allen Lane 1983 343pp., good in d/w. 5.00
MacLeod, Alistair.
No Great Mischief.
Vintage 262pp., card covers, good. 3.50
MacLeod, Ken.
The Sky Road.
Orbit. 291pp., card covers, good. 3.50
McNab, Andy.
Remote Control.
Bantam P. 410pp., good in torn d/w. 5.00
McNab, Tom.
Rings of Sand. Hodder and Stoughton 1984 285pp., card covers,
good. 5.00
MacNicol, Eona.
A Carver of Coal.
Lacks title page, 163pp. 1.00
Macpherson, Ian.
Land of our Fathers. Cape 1933 First Edition. 384pp., covers rubbed else good . 5.00
Wild Harbour. Paul Harris 1981 Intro. by Donald Campbell. 252pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00
Wild Harbour. Canongate Classics 27 175pp., card covers, good. 2.50
MacSween, Eric.
Blood on the Moor. Glen Books 1996 223pp., card covers,
good. 5.00
MacVicar, Angus.
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Massie, Alan.
Augustus. The Bodley Head 1986 First Edition 339pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00
The Death of Men.
Robin Clark 1981 248pp., card covers, good. 5.00
These Enchanted Woods: A Comedy of Morals.
Hutchinson. 207pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00
The Hanging Tree. Mandarin 1992 345pp., card covers,
fep. marked else good. 3.00
King David.
Sceptre. 229pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 3.50
The Last Peacock.
Robin Clark 1982 184pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Milsted, David.
The Chronicles of Craigfieth.
Grafton 1989 357pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Morrison, N. Brysson.
Thea. Robert Hale 1963 First edition. 135mm. by 200m., 300g. 176pp., good. 5.00
Munro, Hugh
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Murray, W.H.
Maelstrom. Secker and Warburg 1962 First Edition 253pp., inscr., else good in torn d/w. 5.00
O'Hagan, Andrew.
Our Fathers.
Faber and Faber. 282pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Owens, Agnes.
Gentlemen of the West.
Polygon 1984 127pp., good in good d/w. by Alasdair Gray. 5.00
Paterson, Neil.
The China Run. Drew 1986 rep. 95pp., card covers, good. 2.50
The China Run.
Hodder and Stoughton 1948 First edition 95pp., sp. sl. worn else good. 6.00
Paul, William.
The Lion Rampant. MacDonald 1989 256pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Quigley, John.
The Golden Stream.
Collins 1970 First ed. 500g. 221pp., good in d/w. 5.00
King's Royal.
Pan 1982 rep. 415pp., card covers, vg. 3.50
Rand, James S.
The Stake.
William MacLellan 1959 400g. 167pp., good in torn d/w. 3.50
Rae, Hugh C.
A Few Small Bones.
Anthony Blond 1968 First edition.
235pp., some ex-lib stamps/marks to fep. else good. 5.00. Scarce.
Skinner. Penguin 1971 252pp., card covers,
good. 2.00
Skinner.
Anthony Blond 1965 First edition. 286pp., inscr., else vg. in d/w. 10.00
Rankin, Ian.
The Jack Harvey Novels.
Witch Hunt; Bleeding Hearts; Blood Hunt.
Orion rep. 787pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 4.50
Set in Darkness.
Orion. 415pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 4.00
Strip Jack.
Orion rep. 279pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Reid, John MacNair.
Homeward Journey.
Intro. by J.B. Pick.
Canongate 1988 179pp., card covers, good. 4.00
Renwick, Frank.
Noost. Scottish Acad P. 1977 225pp., boards, good. 5.00
Ross, Bess.
Those Other Times.
Balnain Books. 256pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Roy, Archie.
Devil in the Darkness. John Long 1978 184pp., vg. in vg. d/w. 6.00
Russell, James Anderson
The Scorner's Chair. Macdonald Pub. 1973 215pp.,
good in d/w. Signed by the author. 5.00
Sharp, Alan.
A Green Tree in Gedde. Michael Joseph 1967 3rd. imp. 379pp.,
good in d/w. 5.00
A Green Tree in Gedde.
Richard Drew 1985 rep. 379pp., inscr., else good in d/w. 4.00
Shepherd, Nan.
A Pass in the Grampians.
Constable 1933 First edition. 245pp.,
sp. sunned with some tape-marks else good. Scarce. 6.00
The Quarry Wood.
Intro. by Roderick Watson.
Canongate Classics 1987 Glossary, 213pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 2.50
Short, Agnes.
The First Fair Wind. Constable 1984 231pp., good in d/w.
5.00
Spence, Alan.
The Magic Flute. Black Swan Edition 1991 411pp.,
card covers, good. 4.00
Temperley, Alan.
Murdo's War. Canongate 1988 Map, 264pp., inscr.,
else good in d/w. 5.00
Torrington, Jeff.
The Devil's Carousel. Secker and Warburg 1996 First paperback ed. 226pp.,
good. 5.00
Swing Hammer Swing. Secker and Warburg 1992 rep. 406pp.,
card covers, sl. marked else good. 5.00
Urquhart, Fred.
Time Will Knit.
Glasgow: Drew 1988 342pp., card covers, ffep. sl. torn else good. 3.50
Walker, David.
Pirate Rock.
Collins 1971 rep. 190pp., good in d/w. 5.00
Walker, John A.
Music-Lovers.
Cosmos. 151pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Walsh, Maurice.
The Man in Brown.
Chambers 1954 rep. 319pp., good in d/w. 3.50
The Small Dark Man.
Penguin 1958 200g. 219pp., card covers, joint taped else good. 2.00
Warner, ALan.
These Dememted Lands.
Cape. 214pp., card covers, front and sp. sl. creased else good. 3.00
The Man Who Walks.
Jonathan Cape. First edition. 400g. 279pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 5.00
Morvern Callar.
Vintage 1996 rep. 229pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Welsh, Irving.
The Acid House.
Vintage 1995 289pp., card covers, sp. sl creased else good. 3.50
Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.
Jonathan Cape 1996 First paperback edition.
276pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Marabou Stork Nightmares.
Cape 1995 First edition. 264pp., card covers, sp. sl. creased else good. 5.00
Trainspotting.
Minerva rep. 343pp., card covers, good. 3.00
White, James Dillon.
The Maggie.
Heinemann 1954 First pub. 229pp., good in sl. torn/frayed d/w. 5.00
Whyte, Christopher.
The Warlock of Strathearn.
Gollancz. 300g. 256pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., covers marked else good reading copy. 2.00
Williams, Gordon.
The Duellists.
Fontana 1977 192pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Straw Dogs.
Mayflower 1977 rep. 158pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Walk Don't Walk. Glasgow 1988 284pp., paperback, good. 2.50
Walk Don't Walk. Allison and Busby 1980 264pp., paperback, good. 3.00
Williams, Mountford.
The Fishes Answered: An Unusual Story of Espionage in the Western Highlands.
Heinemann 1943 236pp., good. 3.00
Wynd, Oswald.
The Ginger Tree.
Eland 1989 rep. 294pp., card covers,
sl. creased else good. 5.00
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