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Adams, Ian H.
The Making of Urban Scotland.
Croom Helm 1978 800g. Maps, illus., index, 303pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good in d/w. 7.00
Anson, Peter F.
Scots Fisherfolk.
The Saltire Society for the Banffshire Journal 1950.
Frontis. and illus. by the author, appendices, index, 166pp., covers sl. stained else good in d/w. 10.00
Ashley, Brian. A Stone on the Mantelpiece: A Centenary History of the RSPCC. Scottish Acad P.
1985 Plates, 238pp., card covers. Corner of ffep. cut off else good.
5.00
Begg, Tom. 50 Special Years: A Study in Scottish Housing.
Henry Melland 1987 220mm. by 260mm., 1300g. Plates, appendices, index, 302pp., good in torn d/w. 12.50
Begg, Tom.
Housing Policy in Scotland.
John Donald. 190mm. by 250mm., 600g. Plates, index, 240pp., card covers, sl. creased else good. 8.00
Bellamy, Martin.
The Shipbuilders: An Anthology of Scottish Shipyard Life.
Birlinn. 219pp., card covers, corner sl. creased else good. 5.00
Brien, R.J. The Shaping of Scotland: 18th. Century Patterns of Land Use and Settlement.
Aberdeen UP. 1989 Plates, 138pp., card covers, vg. 5.00
Breitenbach, Esther; Gordon, Eleanor. (Ed.)
Women in Scottish Society 1800-1945.
Edinburgh UP. Index, 228pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland. Intro. by R. Jamieson.
Edinburgh 1886 Vol.1 only. Frontis., plates, 274pp., covers marked else good. 18.00
Butt, John; Ward, J.T. (Ed.) Scottish Themes: Essays in honour of
Prof. S.G.E. Lythe. Scottish Acad. P. 1976 Plates, index, 189pp.,
good in d/w. 5.00
Cairncross, A.K. (Ed.)
The Scottish Economy: A Statistical Account of Scottish Life.
Cambridge UP. 1954 Index, 319pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, covers marked else good in lib. style binding. 5.00
Campbell, R.H.
Scotland Since 1707: The Rise of an Industrial Society.
Basil Blackwell 1971 Biblio., index, map, 354pp., good in sl. marked d/w. 12.00
Carpenter, Kenneth E. (Ed.) Motherwell and Orbiston: The First Owenite
Attempts at Co-operative Communities. Three Pamphlets 1822-1825.
NY: Arno P. 1972 Good. 12.00
Cowan, Edward J. (Ed.).
The People's Past.
Polygon 1980 Essays on Scottish Folk and history. 210pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 5.00
Clyde, Robert.
From Rebel to Hero: The Image of the Highlander 1745-1830.
Tuckwell Press. 550g. Biblio., index, 201pp., ex-lib. copy with a few stamps else good in d/w. 5.00
Davidson, Andrew Rutherford. The History of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland 1856-1956 Edinburgh 1956 Frontis., plates, index, 291pp., vg. 8.00
Devine, T.M.
Clanship to Crofters' War: The social transformation of the Scottish Highlands.
Manchester U.P. 1994 258pp. Paperback. Condition: spine slightly creased, else good. 8.00
Dickson, Tony. Capital and Class in Scotland. John Donald 1982
Index, 286pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Dickson, Tony (Ed.).
Scottish Capitalism.
Lawrence and Wishart 1980 600g. Index, 335pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy. 5.00
Dow, Derek. (Ed.)
The Influence of Scottish Medicine.
Parthenon Pub. 1988 Plates, index, 209pp.,
ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w.
6.50
Dunlop, Jean. The British Fisheries Society 1786-1893
John Donald 1978 Index, 239pp., good in d/w. 9.00
Durie, Alastair J.
Scotland for the Holidays: Tourism in Scotland c. 1780-1939.
Tuckwell Press 2003 206pp. Paperback. Condition: very good. 7.00
Dwyer, John. Virtuous Discourse: Sensibility and Community in Late 18th Century Scotland. John Donald. 1987 Index, 204pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00
Essays on the Labour & Social History of Renfrewshire.
Papers to mark joint centenaries of the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Univ. of Paisley. 300g. Large sized. 58pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Fairweather, Barbara (Comp.)
The View of the Traveller.
The Glencoe and North Lorn Folk Museum c. 1980 36pp., card covers, good. 2.00
Fergusson, Sir James.
The Man Behind Macbeth and other studies.
Faber 1969 Frontis., plates, index, 187pp., inscr., else good in d/w. 8.00
Flanagan, James A.
Wholesale Co-operation in Scotland 1868-1916.
Glasgow: SCWS 1920 950g. Index, plates, 478pp., good. 15.00
Franklin, T. Bedford.
A History of Scottish Farming.
Nelson 1952 Frontis., plates, biblio., index, 194pp., covers sl. marked else vg. in sl. torn d/w. 9.00
Fraser, W. Hamish.
Conflict and Class: Scottish Workers 1700-1838.
John Donald 1988 Index, 202pp., corner of prelim rubbed else good in d/w. 8.00
Gardner, Ginny.
The Scottish Exile Community in The Netherlands 1660-1690.
Scottish Historical Review Mongraphs Series No. 13
Tuckwell Press 2004 258pp. Hardback. Condition: very good in dustwrapper. 12.00
Gordon, George; Dicks, Brian. Scottish Urban History.
Aberdeen UP. 1983 Maps, illus., index, 281pp., sp. a
bit loose; working copy only. 3.00
Gordon, Anne. To Move with the Times: The Story of Transport and Travel in
Scotland. Aberdeen UP. 1988 Plates, biblio., 248pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00
Grant, I.F.
Every-Day Life on an Old Highland Farm.
Shepheard-Walwyn 1981 2nd. ed. 700g. Plates, Index, 292pp., inscr. else good in d/w. 12.50
Grant of Laggan, Mrs. Memoir and Correspondence.
Ed. by her son J.P. Grant.
Longman 1844 3 vols. First edition. 312pp., 335pp., 325pp.
Original decorated brown cloth; front joints of vols 1 and 2
detached. Good working set which could be recased. 45.00
Gulvin, Clifford.
The Tweedmakers: A History of the Scottish Famcy Woollen Industry 1600-1914.
David and Charles Library of Textile History 1973
Plates, index, 240pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 8.00
Haldane, A.R.B. New Ways through the Glens. Nelson 1962
Plates, index, 247pp., map, vg. in d/w. 10.00
Haldane, A.R.B.
Three Centuries of Scottish Posts.
Edinburgh UP 1971 1000g. Plates, index, 336pp., plans in pocket, good in d/w. 12.00
Hamilton, David.
The Healers: A History of Medicine in Scotland.
Canongate 1981 Index, 318pp.,
ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, sl. stained,
sp. sl. weak else good in d/w. 5.00
Handley, James E. The Irish in Scotland.
CTS 1944 100g.18pp., wrappers, good. 1.00
Handley, James E. Scottish Farming in the 18th. Century. Faber 1953 Index, 314pp., inscr., else vg. in d/w. 16.00
Hendrie, William F.
The Dominie: A Profile of the Scottish Headmaster.
John Donald. 250g. 134pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good. 3.50
Hill, C.W. Edwardian Scotland.
Scottish Acad. P. 1976 Plates, index, 182pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 4.00
Hunter, James.
The Claim of Crofting: The Scottish Highlands and Islands, 1930-1990.
Mainstream 1991 160mm. by 240mm., 600g. Plates, index, 238pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good reading copy in d/w. 5.00
Hutchison, David. (Ed.) Headlines: The Media in Scotland.
Edinburgh 1978 112pp., good in d/w. 2.50
Johnston, Thomas.
The History of the Working Classes in Scotland.
Glasgow: Forward Publishing nd. c. 1920 First edition 700g. Index, 408pp., lacks ffep., joints cracked, some underlining to first page else good reading copy. 10.00
Johnston, Thomas.
The History of the Working Classes in Scotland.
Glasgow: Forward Publishing nd. c. 1920 First edition 700g. Index, 408pp., joints cracked, covers dull else good. 12.00
Kenefick, William.
'Rebellious and Contrary:' The Glasgow Dockers, 1833-1932.
Scottish Historical Review Monograph No. 10.
550g. Index, 284pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps else good card covers. 5.00
Leneman, Leah.
Into the Foreground: A Century of Scottish Women in Photographs.
Alan Sutton/National Museums of Scotland. Large oblong 8vo. Plates throughout, 129pp., inscr., sl. marked else good in d/w. 6.50
Lenman, Bruce.
An Economic History of Modern Scotland.
Batsford 1977 Index, 288pp., card covers, sp. creased with weak point; good working copy. 3.00
Lyall, Roderick J.(Ed.) William Lamb. Ane Resonyng of Ane Scottis and Inglis Merchand Betuix Rowand and Lionis. Aberdeen UP. 1985 Glossary, 196pp., vg. in d/w. 6.00
Lythe, S.G.E.; Butt, J. An Economic History of Scotland 1100-1939 Blackie 1975 Index, 293pp., vg. in d/w. 9.00
Lythe, S.G.E.
The Economy of Scotland 1550-1625 in its European Setting.
Oliver and Boyd 1960 600g. Biblio., index, 277pp., inscr. else good in d/w. 8.00
MacDougall, Ian. (Ed.)
Essays in Scottish Labour History: A Tribute to W.H. Marwick.
John Donald 1978 Index, 265pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps/marks else good in sunned d/w. 5.00
MacDougall, Ian. (Ed.)
Voices from the Hunger Marches Volume II.
Personal Recollections by Scottish Hunger Marchers of the 1920's and 1930's.
Polygon. 500g. Index, 443pp., card covers. edge marked else good. 4.50
Mackinnon, James. The Social and Industrial History of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Union. Blackie 1920 Index, 183pp., inscr., front board bashed else good 7.00
Mackinnon, James. The Social and Industrial History of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Union. Blackie 1921 550g. Index, 183pp., inscr., covers stained, working copy. 5.00
Maclean, Colin.
Going to Church. Scotland's Past in Action.
NMS. Plates, 84pp., card covers, good. 3.00
Mair, Douglas. (Ed.) The Scottish Contribution to Modern
Economic Thought. Aberdeen UP. 1990 292pp.,
good in d/w. 8.00
Marshall, Rosalind K. The Days of Duchess Anne: Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton 1656-1716.
Collins 1973 Frontis., plates, index, 256pp., good in torn d/w. 14.00
Marshall, Rosalind K.
Virgins and Viragos: A History of Women in Scotland from 1080-1980.
Collins 1983 700g. Plates, index, 365pp., good in d/w. 8.00
Marshall, Rosalind K. Women in Scotland 1660-1780.
Edinburgh: NGS 1979 Plates, illus., 72pp., large card covers, good. 2.50
Martin, Angus.
Herring Fisherman of Kintyre and Ayrshire.
House of Lochar 400g. Plates, index, 194pp., card covers, good. 7.00
Martin, Angus.
The North Herring Fishing: Ring-Net Fisherman in the Minches.
House of Lochar 400g. Plates, index, 190pp., card covers, good. 7.00
Marwick, W.H.
Economic Developments in Victorian Scotland.
Allen and Unwin 1936 Index, 295pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good in d/w. 8.00
Meiklejohn, Grace. Settlements and Roads of Scotland. Oliver and Boyd 1927 Maps, plates, index, 144pp., vg. 20.00
Michie, R.C. Money, Mania and Markets: Investment, Company Formation
and the Stock Exchange in 19th c. Scotland. John Donald 1981 Index, 287pp.,
good in d/w. 8.00
Miller, James.
Salt in the Blood: Scotland's Fishing Communities Past and Present.
Canongate. 850g. Large sized. Plates, index, 250pp., card covers, good. 8.00
Owen, Robert.
A Statement Regarding the New Lanark Establishment.
Intro. by John Butt.
Molendinar P. 1973 23pp., card covers, good. 2.50
Pollard, Sidney; Salt, John (Ed.).
Robert Owen, Prophet of the Porr: Essays in Honour of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of his Birth.
MacMillan 1971 Index, 318pp., college ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, some pencilled notes and underlining throughout, else good. 8.00
Prebble, John. The Darien Disaster. Secker and Warburg 1968
First edition Plates, index, 366pp., good in d/w. 12.00
ROSC - Review of Scottish Culture No. 2
John Donald 1986 400g. 129pp., card covers, good. 5.00
ROSC - Review of Scottish Culture No. 4
John Donald 1988 152pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. Appendix Volume VI.
Minutes of Evidence with Appendix.
[This Volume contains the Oral and Written Evidence of Witnesses from Scotland.]
Edinburgh: HMSO 1910 3000g. Folio sized. 1658pp. Calf-corners, rubbed, some ex-lib. stamps else good. Mrs Sidney [Beatrice] Webb's copy with her name embossed on front cover. Mrs. Webb was one of the those present who recorded the evidence given. 75.00
Sanderson, Margaret H.B.
Scottish Rural Society in the 16th Century.
John Donald 1982 700g. Index, 286pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps, sl. dampstained at corner else good in d/w. 7.00
Smith, John S; Stevenson, David.
Fermfolk & Fisherfolk: Rural Life in Northern Scotland in the Eighteeenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
Aberdeen UP. 1989 150G. Plates, 101pp., card covers, good. 3.50
Smith, Maurice. Paper Lions: The Scottish Press and National Identity.
Polygon 1994 Index, 255pp., card covers, good. 5.00
Smout, T.C.
A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950.
Fontana P. 1987 Plates, index, 318pp., card covers, inscr., else good. 5.00
Smout, T.C.
A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830.
Fontana 1987 rep. Plates, index, 540pp., card covers a bit creased else good. 4.00
