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BIRDS OF ARGYLL
Written by Tristan Ap Rheinallt; Clive Craik; Paul Daw; et al.
Stock no. 2140682
Published by Argyll Bird Club. 1ST 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780955777707. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, which is a dedication to previous owner from the Chairman of the Argyll Bird Club. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

TURNER AND GEORGE THE FOURTH IN EDINBURGH 1822
Written by Gerald Finley. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1823875
Published by Tate Gallery; Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Written to complement the exhibition 'Turner and George IV in Edinburgh 1822'. Examines JMW Turner's proposal for a grand series of paintings of the Royal visit to Scotland. Oblong format. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine on brown title block. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852244320. Text block has minor foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned across top front panel edge.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHETLAND (NN 64)
Written by R.J. Berry; J.L. Johnston.
Stock no. 2139669
Published by Collins. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Shetland's plants and animals. Colour and b/w photos. New Naturalist No. 64. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002190419. A few pale foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges; browned. Wrapper has light edge-creasing; rear flap is creased.

THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.

THE 2ND BATTALION ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS: 1914-1918
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137683
Published by Wm. May & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Paperwraps. 10 page small booklet. Staples have started to rust. Some creasing to covers and wear. A few foxspots and grubby marks internally. Some page creasing.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSES 1600-1914
Written by Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan.
Stock no. 1823405
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An insight into the Scottish country house in all its many guises, including much new research on significant but less familiar houses such as Kinneil, Relugas and Dunrobin. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0748610774. Spine is faded to the degree that the title cannot be read on spine. Contents fine.

SCOTTISH COLLIERIES
Written by Miles K. Oglethorpe.
Stock no. 2136628
Published by The Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Inventory of the Scottish Coal Industry in the Nationalised Era. Large format. Black boards, white titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781902419473. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper spine is faded; a few small nicks to edges.

THE HEBRIDES (NN 76)
Written by J. Morton Boyd; I.L. Boyd.
Stock no. 1823273
Published by Collins. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist no. 76. With 21 colour photos and over 150 photos in b/w. ISBN: 0002198843. A few very minor foxspots to endpapers and text block. Base of text block is slightly grubby. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS (NN 6)
Written by Frank Fraser Darling.
Stock no. 1823040
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series no. 6. 303 pages. Abundant in knowledge, lucidity and ease of style. 46 colour photos, 55 b/w photos, and 24 maps & diagrams. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Cloth boards mottled to lighter green. Text block & endpapers browned. One or two hinges pulled. Price-cut dustwrapper is foxed to verso, edge-worn and a 1" chip to top of spine, rear panel is foxed.

SCOTTISH STEAM IN THE 1920S
Written by R.D. Stephen.
Stock no. 1822837
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0851532454. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Rear hinge pulled. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, sunned, and has a 1" closed tear to lower front spine edge.

FOUR YEARS IN GREAT BRITAIN 1831-1835 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Calvin Colton.
Stock no. 2135878
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1835. Good condition.

Brown blind decorated cloth with gilt titles to spines. An American's impressions of Great Britain in Victorian times. Volume 1 is probably nearer very good - Bumping and a bit of chipping to corners, some browning and foxing; binding is nice and tight. Volume 2 - is chipped with splits to edges; tear in cloth on rear, but top cloth still present; damp stained; half of title page is MISSING - some heavy foxing and damp marking throughout. Please note, this appears to be a MIXED set with slightly different cloths - possibly bought at different times.

THE HERITAGE TREES OF SCOTLAND
Written by Donald Rodger; Jon Stokes.
Stock no. 2135406
Published by The Tree Council. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0904853039.