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FAIR ISLE AN ISLAND SAGA
Written by Valerie M. Thom.
Stock no. 1610376
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Viking times to the present day, drawing on contemporary accounts to illustrate the changing patters of life over the last 100 years, as the islanders have adapted from being dependent almost solely on fishing to a more diverse economy. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0859762505. Wrapper is lightly browned.

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THE COUNTRY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
Written by Charles S. Olcott.
Stock no. 1815690
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

The author and his wife explore 'Scott Country' from May 1911. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles and thistle vignette. B/w plates. xiv and 414 pages including index. Light mottling to cloth boards, rear board has a small white mark. Endpapers browned. All plates present.

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SCOTLAND ITS BEAUTY AND ROMANCE
Written by William Adamson; et al.
Stock no. 2123804
Published by The Travel Press & Publicity Co.. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. An Ideal Souvenir for Tourists and a Delightful Gift for Scots at Home and Abroad. B/w photos. Fading along cover edges. Some spotting. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; creased with foxing.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF ST KILDA
Written by John A. Love. Illustrated by John A. Love.
Stock no. 2123686
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Ink drawings by the author. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781841587974. Small inscription in ink to first page.

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BONNIE SCOTLAND
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by Sutton Palmer.
Stock no. 2123624
Published by A. & C. Black. 1912. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An outline of Scotland's salient features with a glimpse at its history, national character and customs. 75 colour plates. Blue decorated cloth; gilt title to spine; brown title to front cover. 254 pages and 8 page booklist to rear. 9 x 6". An A. & C. Black Colour Book in the 20 Shillings Series. Some wear to cover corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. A little foxing; some margin marks. A couple of tissue guards have become loose, but still inserted. Wrapper is very creased and damaged; has been repaired to verso with brown tape; still some pieces of loss.

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LOCH LOMONDSIDE (NN 88)
Written by John Mitchell.
Stock no. 2122324
Published by Harper Collins. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Naturalist No. 88. Colour and b/w photos. Card wraps. ISBN: 0002201461. Light creasing to front cover.

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IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
Written by Christopher A. Whatley.
Stock no. 1608908
Published by John Donald. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 9781910900086. SIGNED by author on title page (without dedication). This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GLASGOWTRAMMERUNG
Written by Cedric Greenwood.
Stock no. 1608722
Published by Heritage Press (scotland). 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large, oblong format. An aesthete's trambulation in the gloaming of the tramway age in dear auld Gleska toon. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. SIGNED (with lengthy dedication) by author on front endpaper.

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE EAST OF SCOTLAND UNION OF NATURALISTS' SOCIETIES 1891-95
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208506
Published by General Printing And Binding Works Perth. 1895. Very good condition.

Grey paperwraps. Articles on ring ouzels, mosses, antiquities of Falkland and more. 88 pages. Ex-lib. Library markings to front cover and label on verso. Front cover soiled with slight loss at edges. Pages dusty at edges. Many pages unopened so contents near fine.

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ROB LINDSAY AND HIS SCHOOL
Written by H.C. Preston MacGoun. Illustrated by Preston MacGoun.
Stock no. 1405214
Published by William J. Hay; Samuel Baxter's & Sons. 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Reminiscence of Seventy-Five Years Ago. Grey/buff pictorial boards, cream spine. Described as 'A simple chapter in the homelier life of Scotland'. 45 pages. 7 x 5.75". Lovely b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, browned and worn with 3"split to one side. Small part of backstrip is missing. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to page edges. Page edges uncut.

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RAILS TO KYLE OF LOCHALSH THE STORY OF THE DINGWALL AND SKYE RAILWAY
Written by David McConnell.
Stock no. 2118833
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 340 Pages. ISBN: 0853615136. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with ever such slight fading to spine.

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EDINBURGH
Written by George Scott-Moncrieff.
Stock no. 2117807
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light blue covers with dark blue lettering. Maps to endpapers. With 114 Illustrations from engravings, Paintings and Photographs. 112 pages. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned and foxed with creasing and a few tears and chips; a little loss.

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