SKARA BRAE: A PICTISH VILLAGE IN ORKNEY
Written by V. Gordon Childe.
Stock no. 1831590
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes. Childe, who would be the first to admit he was better at writing than digging, which he loathed, excavated carefully, acknowledging the work of every digger involved in the process of carefully examining and cataloguing the site. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. xiii and 208 pages plus plates to rear. Top edge brown. Spine lightly faded to top & tail, a few minor marks to boards. Text block slightly grubby. Foxing present, mainly to text block and prelims. A lovely copy overall.

SCOTLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Cosmo Innes.
Stock no. 1831563
Published by Edmonston And Douglas. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Sketches of early Scotch history and social progress. Originally read in the shape of Lectures to a University class. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. One colour map and two b/w maps. xliii and 368 pages including index. Spine sunned/faded and worn at top & tail. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks, foxspots to maps. Three maps present. A decent copy for a book of its age!

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SCOTTISH MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1100-1560
Written by Richard Fawcett.
Stock no. 1831498
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first in-depth survey of Scotland's medieval church architecture covers buildings constructed between the early 12th century and the Reformation in 1560. From majestic cathedrals and abbeys to modest parish churches and chapels, Richard Fawcett places the architecture in context by considering the varied sources of ideas that underlay church designs. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos. xiii and 456 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300170498. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards bumped giving rise to a light corner cease to contents (minor). Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

EARLY MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS
Written by Ian Fisher.
Stock no. 1831496
Published by The Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The results of two extensive surveys, covering over 150 sites from the southernmost islands of Argyll to the most northerly of the Hebrides. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. xiii and 178 pages including index. ISBN: 090390330X. Some light scuffing to boards. Else boards and contents lovely and clean.

THE TRAPRAIN LAW ENVIRONS PROJECT: FIELDWORK AND EXCAVATIONS 2000-2004
Written by Colin Haselgrove.
Stock no. 1831495
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of fieldwork on the East Lothian coastal plain in south-east Scotland investigating the nature later prehistoric settlement around the hillfort of Traprain Law. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations and photos. xxvii and 279 pages. ISBN: 9780903903486. A lovely, clean copy.

THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1986: XIV MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE DIOCESE OF ST ANDREWS
Written by John Higgitt.
Stock no. 1831471
Published by The British Archaeological Association. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Papers on the history of the medieval diocese, on the cult of St Andrew, on the eleventh to thirteenth century churches of St Andrews, Dunfermline and Arbroath as well as on facades and piers and distinctively Scottish architecture of the later Middle Ages. Edited by John Higgitt. Mustard yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 231 pages plus b/w plates to rear. ISBN: 0901286443. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A very nice copy.

EDINBURGH
Written by Rosaline Masson. Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Stock no. 1831470
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1912. Almost very good condition.

20 colour plates with captioned paper guards. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Reprint with slight alterations. Top edge gilt. A & C Black Colour Book from the 7/6 series. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Top & tail of spine lightly worn with a few small nicks. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Thick blue-tip pen gift inscription to free front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

SCOTTISH LIFE AND SOCIETY: A COMPENDIUM OF SCOTTISH ETHNOLOGY VOLUME 3: SCOTLAND'S BUILDINGS
Written by Geoffrey Stell; John Shaw; Susan Storrier.
Stock no. 1831468
Published by Tuckwell Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Architectural structures of Scotland and their historical context are discussed in this wide-ranging historical work. A variety of structures, from castles to community buildings, are considered in relation to their involvement and impact on the surrounding communities. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Edited by Geoffrey Stell et al. xxxii and 761 pages including index. ISBN: 186232123X. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily sunned/faded to front panel and spine, some fading to rear panel, light creasing. Book itself is clean.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCOTTISH FRONTIER 1513 - 1603
Written by Thomas I. Rae.
Stock no. 1831466
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dr Rae describes the administrative system created by the government between 1513 and 1603 to control, in times of peace, the frontier region adjacent to England. The author writes informmedly about the nature of the office of Warden of the Marches, the extent of the Wardens' duties, and their relationship with other local government officials. Brown cloth boards, black title on white title label to spine. vii and 294 pages including index. Top edge brown. Light shelf creasing to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly foxed and a little dusty. One or two fingermarks to contnets else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, browned to spine, a few grubby marks to front panel, light scuffing to rear panel.

LORD ABERDEEN - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Muriel E. Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1331307
Published by Longman Group Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. 583 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0582504627. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

THE STONE OF DESTINY: ARTEFACT AND ICON (MONOGRAPH SERIES No. 22)
Written by Richard Welander; David J. Breeze; Thomas Owen Clancy.
Stock no. 1831426
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland on St Andrew's Day 1996, after an absence of 700 years, was an event that rekindled interest in the origins and eventful life of this unparalleled piece of Scottish history. In response to that interest, a conference to look at all aspects of this 'sub-rectangular block of sandstone' was organised by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Historic Scotland. This book grew out of that gathering and its distinguished authors range far and wide in looking at the Stone as both object and symbol. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations and a few colour photos. xvii and 283 pages including index. ISBN: 0903903229. A very nice copy.

SIR WILLIAM JARDINE: A LIFE IN NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Christine E. Jackson; Peter Davis.
Stock no. 1831395
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. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0718501640. Edges of boards sunned/faded. Light bumping to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.