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GLASGOW CENTRAL CENTRAL TO GLASGOW
Written by Dugald Cameron.
Stock no. 1828512
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

An affectionate tribute in the form of facts, recollections, images and miscellanea from some admirers of Glasgow Central, upon the 100th anniversary of the exansion of the station. Large format. Card wraps. Second enlarged edition. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781905276363. Light rubbing to corners. Light crease to top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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CLASSIC SCOTTISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1328143
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the high noon of the Scottish paddle steamer. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383353. Spine bumped, tiny dent to edge of front cover. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to edges and spine and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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SIR WILLIAM JARDINE: A LIFE IN NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Christine E. Jackson; Peter Davis.
Stock no. 1827836
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Biography. Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) of Jardine Hall near Lockerbie, was a Scottish baronet and landowner. He was also a magistrate, Convenor of the Church of Scotland, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1841, but, above all, he was an eminent naturalist in several fields, knowledgeable about birds, fishes, insects, plants and geology. Matt boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718501640. Boards just a little grubby. Light fading to front gutter edge and top of front board. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents clean.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 31 NORTH WEST SCOTLAND
Written by Keith Sanders; Douglas Hodgins.
Stock no. 1327546
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1858950902. Covers edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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RAIL CENTRES: EDINBURGH
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327442
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0711019835. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just slightly creased at top edges.

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STEAM ON THE WAVERLEY ROUTE
Written by R.H. Leslie.
Stock no. 1327413
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851533418. Spine very slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine.

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STEAM IN THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS
Written by Jack Kernahan.
Stock no. 1327412
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851533310. Corners bumped. Pale page browning, contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 9 SOUTH EAST SCOTLAND
Written by Keith Sanders; Douglas Hodgins.
Stock no. 1327072
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1858950139. Light crease to margins of first 35 pages.

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ECURIE ECOSSE: DAVID MURRAY AND THE LEGENDARY SCOTTISH MOTOR RACING TEAM
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1327039
Published by Pj Publishing Ltd. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ecurie Ecosse is recognised worldwide as one of the most successful private sports car racing teams ever. This book explores the reasons, both probable and possible, not only for the team's rise to prominence, but also its inexorable decline. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 9780955010223. Spine and corners bumped, slight dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with tears, large tear to rear panel repaired with tape on verso. Slight browning to wrapper.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOLITHIC HOUSE SOCIETIES IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Richards; Richard Jones.
Stock no. 1827534
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994-2014). Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos & b/w drawings. 572 pages including index. A hefty volume. ISBN: 9781909686892. A decent copy.

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THE HISTORY OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS
Written by George Barry.
Stock no. 1827527
Published by James Thin. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the first edition of 1805. This book falls naturally into three parts. The first is a vivid description of the Orkney islands as seen by the author in 1805. The second part is devoted to the history and archaeology; and the third part considers the economy of the islands, its natural history, botany, mineralogy, agriculture, fisheries and commerce. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. viii and 509 pages. Folding map of the Orkney Islands. Light vertical creasing to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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LOST LINES: SCOTLAND
Written by Nigel Welbourn.
Stock no. 1326948
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 2009. Fine condition.

A cross-section of closed lines of regional interest and wider historical and geographical associations. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780711022768. Old price label to rear cover else a fine copy.

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