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A Braird o Thristles - Scots Poems

Price:  £10.00

Young, Douglas - illus George Bain
12th in the series Poetry Scotland. Covers sunned, name to ffep, pages a little yellowed, clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. p56
William MacLellan

A Day Estivall - in honour of Helena Mennie Shire

Price:  £8.00

Gardner-Medwin, Alisoun and Williams, Janet Hadley eds.
Essays on the Music, Poetry and History of Scotland and England and Poems previously unpublished VG p184
Aberdeen University Press

A Deadly Deception

Price:  £20.00

Davis, Margaret Thomson
VG in VG DJ. Signed by the author on the half title page. p225
B & W

A Drink for the Bridge

Price:  £25.00

Knight, Alanna
Signed by the author. VG in Good DJ (chipped, two closed tears on back) p186
Macmillan

A Future for Scottish Higher Education

Price:  £5.00

Crawford, Ronald ed.
The state of Scotland's distinctive further education system - essays to inform the Dearing Inquiry. With contributions by John Arbuthnott, Andrew Miller, Sir Graeme Davies, Sir Graham Hills, Alistair MacFarlane, John Laver, Sir Stewart Sutherland, Gordon Kirk, Sir John Daniel, Richard Shaw, and John Sizer. VG p224
COSHEP

A Guide to the Scottish Legal System

Price:  £6.00

anthology
Undated - 'a collection of essays for the ordinary man on the country's legal system' VG in chipped, worn and mended DJ p99
J C Cousland and Sons

A Lot of Hot Air - a new collection of prose and poems

Price:  £5.00

Lanark Writers
VG p116


A Merchant's Tale - the life of William Hay (1787 - 1858)

Price:  £10.00

Rose, Margaret
A novelisation of the life of a well-known son of Shetland VG p149
Shetland Times Ltd

A Scottish Feast - an anthology of food and eating

Price:  £10.00

Whyte, Hamish and Brown, Catherine eds.
The best writing by Scots on this subject - a delight. Published as a fund-raiser for Scottish PEN. VG in VG DJ p192
Argyll

A Storm from Paradise

Price:  £6.00

Hood, Stuart
VG, name on ffep, in very slightly scratched but genwerally VG DJ, not price-clipped p188
Carcanet

An Exile in Eden

Price:  £25.00

McConnell, Margaret S
Signed by the author. VG, pages somewhat yellowed, in VG but price-clipped DJ p188
Mills and Boon

And the Cock Crew

Price:  £7.30

Mac Colla, Fionn
Reprint. His novel of the Highland clearances. VG, no inscriptions, in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped p191
John S Burns

Anecdotes, Poems and Village Tales - volume V

Price:  £10.00

Dennison, John
Privately printed. Initialled by the author to the half title page. VG p63


August Morning on Tweed - selected poems

Price:  £5.00

Bolton, Deric
Ex-lib, missing ffep, good. p70
Galliard

Beyond the Borders

Price:  £35.00

Derwent, Lavinia
Signed by the author, with a dedication, on the half-title page VG in VG DJ p168
Hutchinson

Burns Chronicle 1965

Price:  £5.00

journal
Third series, volume XIV VG, name to front paste-down p191
The Burns Federation

Burns Chronicle 1981

Price:  £5.00

journal
Fourth series, volume VI VG - cover a little marked p227
The Burns Federation

Burns Chronicle 1982

Price:  £5.00

journal
Fourth series, volume VII Good - tear to front cover p237
The Burns Federation

Burns Chronicle 1982

Price:  £5.00

journal
Fourth series, volume VII VG p237
The Burns Federation

Burns Chronicle 1985

Price:  £5.00

journal
Fourth series, volume IX VG p256
The Burns Federation

But

Price:  £5.00

Donovan, Anne
Undated, but recent. A moving short story by the author of Hieroglyphs and Buddha Da, on disability and caring. Stapled booklet, cover a little worn and marked, internally VG p14
Artlink/Scottish Book Trust

Caledonians

Price:  £10.00

McBain, Hugh
Undated. A contemporay novel. VG p316
Jordanbooks

Chapman 106, 2005

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
Fearturing Alastair Reid, Magi Gibson, Gael Turnbull, Tom Leonard. Cover by Ian Hughes. VG p144
Chapman

Chapman 107

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Contributors include Edwin Morgan, Rody Gorman, Carl MacDougal. Eabhan Ni Shuilebhain, George Hardie, John Law, Rab Wilson, Dennis O'Donnell. The featured artist is Sheila Mullen. VG p144
Chapman

Chapman 108

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
The featured artist is Don McNeil, and the focus is on Scottish popular fiction, with an interview with Ian Rankin and a discussion of the work of Iain (M) Banks. Contributors include Neil MacNeil, Paula Jennings, Mark Gallagher, Morag McDowell, Clare Crossman, Edmund O'Connoor, Ian Rankin, Belinda Cooke, Alan McMunnigall, John Purser, Peter Snow, Ted Fink, Lynne Wycherley, George Pryde, Angela Howard, John Law, Peter Bromley, Don McNeil, Alice Walsh, Owen Gallagher, Andrew RC Hamilton, Jim C Wilson, Douglas Thompson , Robin Fulton. VG p144
Chapman

Chapman 109

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
In Praise of the Lyric Muse - Stewart Conn at 70. Also work by Meg Bateman, Tessa Ransford, Richard Price, Norman Kreitman among others. The featured artist is Anda Paterson. VG p144
Chapman

Chapman 20

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy, ed.
Contains work by J F Hendry, T S Law, Lenman, Calder, Montgomerie, Neill, MacCaig, Popa, Joy Hendry and Cook. Stapled booklet, good p52
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 33

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Work by Elliot, Thomson, Neill, Graham, Lamont, McLay, Little, MacKinnon, Caird, Tannahill, Withers, Vettese, Craig, Rae, Morelle Smith and McCulloch Stapled booklet, good p56
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 35/36

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Issue devoted to The State of Scotland, with work by Bold, Riach, Gray, Herdman, Neill, Cameron, Kerevan, Black, Ransford, Gunn, Crighton Smith, Marroni, Murray, MacNeacail, Perrie, Ross, McMillan, Noble, Law, Mackay, Fox, Ogilvie, McSeveney, Sutton, Bruford, McGavin, Whyte, Stephen, Fletcher, Byatt, Hastie and Calder Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p120
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 38

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Contains work by Whyte (on Derick Thomson), Wilson, Cogswell, Humes, Drosdek, MacFhionnlaigh, Caimbeul, Pow, Barclay, Silver, Chadwick, Purves, Milne, Scott-Moncrieff, Campbell, MacPherson, Calder, Mitchison, Riach, Waszek, Noble, Murphy, Hendry. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p60
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 40

Price:  £5.00

Hendy, Joy ed.
With works by Rankin (on George Campbel Hay), Vettese, Rae, Evans, Macdonald, Mulrine, Hubbard, MacCaig, Murphy, Brown, Urquhart, Neill, Kerr, Macbeath, Ashton, Brackenbury, Morris, Pitman. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p80
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 41

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing, again, on Scots. With work by McLure, Hershaw, Black, Mackie, Graham, Herbert, Heill, Rae, Clegg, Purves, Blackhall, Somerville, Gunn, Murray, MacNeacail, Colder, Morrice, Mitchison, Crawford, Grinde, Ransford Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p84
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 43/44

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on Scottish Theatre. Works by Wright, Brennan, Neilson, McLellan (a one-act play, The Smugglers), Campbell (on McLellan), Mackenney, Farrell, Purdie, Mulgrew, Ashton, McMillan, Lockerbie, Munro, Peoples, Gallagher, MacMillan, Clifford, Leonard, MacAuley, Gunn, Downie, Quinan, Loughlin, Lochhead, Calder, Oliver, Simpson, Macdonald, Caimbeul, Mowat, Bowman, Holton and McManus. Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p184
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 45

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
With a special feature on Norman MacCaig. Works by Crawford, McWilliam, Crichton Smith, Conn, Ross, Mitchison, Warner Flintoff, Hamilton, McLellan, Glenday, Croshaw, Elphinstone, Jamieson, Burns, MacFhionnlaigh. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p84
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 46

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
With a special feature on William Montgomerie. Works by Morgan, MacWilliam, Pow, O'Sullivan, Giesekam, Cameron, Gilchrist, Urquhart, Oliphant, Sangster, Hubbard, Thomson, McCabe, Gladstone, Hendry Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p84
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 49

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
With a special feature on Edwin Muir, and a piece on a national theatre for Scotland by Tom McGrath. Works by Muir, Urquhart, Calder, Young, Jamieson, Raine, Duffy, Wegmuller, Bateman, Blackhall, Morch, Calder Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p96
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 52

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Featuring J F Hendry, with works by Calder, Withers, MacNaughton, Galloway, Wegmuller, MacLean, Campbell, Thornton, Ransford, Robertson, Buchanan Smith. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p96
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 53

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Fucussing on William Soutar. Works by Soutar, Glen, MacGregor, Whyte, Aitken, Scott, Jackson, Webster, Wegmuller, MacLean, Mackenzie, Murray, Ross, Leckie. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p94
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 54

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Works by Crichton Smith, Dutton, Wilson, McDonald, Fyfe, MacKinnon, Simpson, Smith, Burns, Bryan, Stewart, Miller, Haynes, Bolton, MacLean, Sim, Silver, Davies, Mowat. Stapled booklet, good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p96
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 55/6

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on contemporary Soviet literature, and on the Scottish Claim of Right. Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p188
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 59

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on Kenneth White. Works by White, Martin, McManus, Footman, Macdonald, Pitman, Grieg, Wegmuller, Flett, MacThomais, de Paor, Ferguson, Purves, Buik, Blackhall, Pow. Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 61-2, Autumn 1990, International Festival of Writing

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Featuring international contributors to the festival of world writing, 'Writing Together', and work by Miroslav Holub, Eunice de Souza, Naomi Mitchison, Fleur Adcock, James Berry, Liz Lochhead, Kaiser Haq, Angus Calder, Ama Ata Aidoo, Rebecca Scott, James E McCormick, Mohamed Bashir, Martin Marroni, Mike Jenkins, Azouz Begag, Michael Henry, Raymond Tong, Gillean Somerville, Taban Lo Liyong, William Neill, William Hershaw, John Lyons, Saqi Farooqi, Shaheed Quaderi, Rafiq Azad, Dea Trier Morch, Marianne Larsen, Fletcher of Saltoun, John Robertson (on Fletcher), Jenny Robertson, Harry Smart, Marsha Prescod, Kole Omotoso, Jackie Kay, Lotte Kramer, Charles Stephens (on Robin Williamson), John Agard, aonghas macneacail, Hayden Murphy, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Colin Nicholson, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, John Greig, James Miller. VG p200
Chapman

Chapman 63

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Works by Gray, Vettese, Chadwick, Johnston, Hay, Land, O'Siadhail, McMillan, Porter, Whyte, Gilliland, Lingard, Hughes, Bendon, Caird, O'Rourke Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p96
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 64

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Celebrating Edwin Morgan. Works by Morgan, Watson, Crawford, Moffat, Calder, McHardy, McNeill, Gill, Morrice, McCabe, Steel, Neill, Herbert, Cockburn, Adamson, Macdonald, Garson. Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 65

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Scottish satire. Works by Macbeath, Fitt, Begg, Caird, Mackie, Annand, Fitzpatrick, Caimbeul, Crichton Smith, Martin, Crumley, Headdon, Wilson, Nairn, Calder, Murray, Warke, Friel, Purves. Good. Cover art by Dave Smith p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 66

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
In celebration of Sorley MacLean. Works by Welch, Bryan, Nic Gumaraid, Nicholson, Meade, Fortune, Ezekel, Crockatt, Rillie, MacCaig, Edward, Glen, Macbeath, Farquhar Linde, Neilson, Macnaughtan, Turnbull Good p
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 69/70

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
The MacDiarmid centenary issue Good p208
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 72

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Works by Hamilton, Sangster, Higgins, Hughes, Orr, McCarron, Watt, McVey, Martin, Innes, Gariok, Thomas, Lim, Tanikawa, macneacail, Manson, Robertson, Cambridge, Lindsay, Daiches, Neill, Winwood, Steven, Gunn Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 73

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on Iain Crichton Smith. Works by Johnston, Allan, McCann, Malan, Crichton Smith, Nocholson, Whyte, Holton, Jifu, Zhiyuan, Craigie, Blackhall, Harrison, Calder, Duncan, McNeill, McIlroy Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray p112
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 76

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
The Women's Forum - women in the Arts in Scotland. Works by Armstrong, Jones, Wilson, McKay, Cameron, NicGumaraid, Wellington, de Luca, Hills, Arnott, Thornton, Berman, Gillies, Humphries, Smith, Patching, ShoafEnge, Pearson, Robertson, Daiches Good. p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 77

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
The Arts under a Scottish Democracy/Women's Forum. Good p
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 80

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
Focussing on Jessie Kesson Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 81

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on Elspeth Davie Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 83

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Considering Trocchi and MacDiarmid Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 84

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed.
Appreciating George Mackay Brown Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 85

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
Considering the Stone of Scone Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 86

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
With works by Blackhall, Gunn, Meade and Flett, among others Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 87

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
On the state of British poetry. Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 88

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
Focussing on Catalunya Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 89-90

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
Meeting Ronald Stevenson Good p208
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 91

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
Continuing the debate on British Poetry. Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 92

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
The Irish issue Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 93

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy ed
Scotland and Europe Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 94

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
'Poetry at War' Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 95

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
'Scotland in to the World' Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Chapman 96

Price:  £5.00

Hendry, Joy
Focussing on George Bruce Good p104
Chapman Magazine

Clytach - poems

Price:  £9.00

Mackie, Alastair
Word leet loosely laid in. VG, stamped 'Scottish Book Trust' to the ffep, in DJ that is lightly sunned but generally VG. p40
Akros

Country Gold

Price:  £5.00

Paulin, Dorothy Margaret
A Galloway poet. Ex-lib, missing ffep, stamp to half title and blind stamp to title page, some pages unopened, generally VG in mended, good, DJ p64
The Moray Press

Damage Land - new Scottish Gothic fiction

Price:  £6.00

Bissett, Alan ed.
Signed by the editor to the title page. Short stories from Alison Armstrong, John Burnside, Sophie Cooke, Linda Cracknell, Toni Davidson, Chris Dolan, Michel Faber, Janice Galloway, Magi Gibson, Laura Hird, Jackie Kay, Helen Lamb, Brian McCabe, Maggie O'Farrell, James Robertson, Dilys Rose, Andrew Murray Scott, Ali Smith, Raymond Soltysek, and Christopher Whyte. Cover very slightly worn, generally VG. p216
Polygon

Deveron Days

Price:  £7.00

Symon, Mary
Poems, mostly in Scots Good - Paper covered boards, loose at spine; cover worn with small closed tears , inscription on fly leaf, text VG, spine starting. p73
D Wyllie & Son

Doom Castle A Romance

Price:  £8.00

Munro, Neil
Good - Gold lettering on spine and front cover; corners bumped, some wear at edges, age spotting internally, text clean and clear. p322
William Blackwood & Sons

Education in Scotland

Price:  £8.00

Findlay, Ian R.
In the 'World Education Series'. VG in VG DJ p143
David and Charles/Archon Books

Etudes Ecossaises numero 6

Price:  £10.00

Dixon, Keith and Morere, Pierre eds.
Winter 1999-2000. A cutural magazine, with text in English and French, focussing here on the visual arts and cinema in Scotland. Inscription to front cover verso, o/w VG. p225
Universite Stendhal

Frae the Lyne Valley - Poems and Sketches

Price:  £38.00

Sanderson, Robert
Grey cloth, gold lettering,some wear top and bottom of spine, corners slightly bumped, pages a little yellowed, VG p167
J and R Parlane

French Connections - Scotland and the arts of France

Price:  £8.00

HMSO
The cultural and artistic legacy of the relationship between Scotland and France, profusely illustrated. VG, some wear to lower spine p164
HMSO

From Galt to Douglas Brown - ninetheenth century fiction and Scots language

Price:  £10.00

Letley, Emma
VG in VG DJ p351
Scottish Academic Press

Gaelen's Story

Price:  £10.00

Sandiford, William K
A voyage of the mind back to Celtic South West Scotland in AD 400. Signed by the author, with a dedication. VG - the signed title page is slightly marked. p160
Ashridge Press

Galloway Landscape and other poems

Price:  £12.00

Neill, William
An anthology of poems, some in Scots. Stapled booklet, illustrative cover, some slight creases, generally VG. p52
Urr Publications

Glimpses of Gunn - an appreciation of the life and works of Neil M Gunn

Price:  £5.00

Yule, Ann and Haldane, Allan
Undated. Linked quotations from the writings are illustrated with sketches in colour and b/w. Stapled booklet, sticker ghost to front cover, o/w VG p64
Neil M Gunn Memeorial Trust

Gold Round the Edges

Price:  £15.00

James, Louise
Novel set against the Scottish fishing industry during the late nineteenth century. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by the author on FFEP "With thanks for your friendship and encouragement". p244
Century

Grieve on Geddes.

Price:  £10.00

Grieve, Robert
Undated but contemporary. Subtitled ' Professor Sir Robert Grieve's appreciation of the effect of Sir Patrick Geddes's thinking on his planning work in Scotland', this gives a brief overview of the work of the Scottish polymath, including his interpretation of the Place, Work, Folk triad of Le Play, which illuminated his work, particularly in Town Planning, VG p53
The Sir Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust

Gringo Bingo - a collection of EnvironMental Works

Price:  £5.00

Burke, Raymond
A splendid anthology of wit and wisdom - a topical Green poem for each day between New Year's Day and Burns Night. Stapled booklet, covers creased, good. p19
South Lanarkshire Green Party

Heatherstone's Question

Price:  £10.00

Dillon, Des
A lyrical short story, illustrated by Jacquie Swift's photographs, set in the Machars of Galloway. VG p38
an machair press

Hieroglyphics And Other Stories

Price:  £19.00

Anne Donovan
VG, paperback cover slightly marked, signed on FFEP by Author. p165
Canongate

Highland Scene

Price:  £8.00

Lochhead, Marion
Illustrated by Mildred R Lamb. Romantic tales of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. VG in edge-worn and chipped but generally sound DJ. p118
John Smith & Son

Honest Men And Bonnie Lasses

Price:  £5.00

Reid, Marion (compiled by)
An Ayr Writers' Club Anthology. Illustrations by Christy Danielles, with a forword by James Mackay. VG - some edgewear. p80
Ayr Writers' Club

How Scotland is Governed

Price:  £5.00

Murray, C. de B.
A review of all aspects of Scottish government in the 1930's and 40's Good in Worn DJ (chipped, tears etc); some pen uderlining on page 181, also some pencil annotation on other pages. p228
A&E Publishers

Hunt in the Highlands

Price:  £15.00

Wurr, H. J.
Starting in Glasgow and the High Court the reader is plunged into the middle of a chase. A prisoner escapes, murder is done at Dowanhill; the narrator of the story chases the murderer but is himself chased by the police. Good - text clear in tight binding. Text block yellowed, wear at top and bottom of spine, corners lightly bumped. Ex Libris sticker on front pastedown. p301
G. Bell & Sons Ltd

In the Middle in Atween

Price:  £7.00

Fortune, Pete
Short fiction in Scots. Ex-lib, decorated boards, in library binding, missing ffep, stamp to title page, o/w VG p28
Watergaw

Ingaitherins - selected poems

Price:  £7.00

Mackie, Alastair
Loosely laid in is a typewritten review by James Aitchison. VG. p116
Aberdeen University Press

Is Scotland Educated?

Price:  £50.00

Neill, A S
In the series The Voice of Scotland. The founder of Summerhill takes a look at the state of Scottish culture - intelligent, humane and, always, provocative. Ex-lib but minimal markings, boards a little worn and marked, library number to spine, decorative plate to front paste down, remains of label to ffep and back paste down, small stamp to title verso and final page, o/w VG in chipped, worn, discoloured, but good DJ p192
George Routledge and Sons

Island Nights' Entertainments

Price:  £45.00

Stevenson, Robert Louis
Gold embossed picture and lettering on covers. Contains The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices. Map. Illus. Has the price in the list of Stevensons works altered by hand, and has the adverts dated 7G-3 93 Good - Gold lettering on spine and cover, with gold girl-and-palm-leaf illus, one and a half cm tear at top right of spine, corners bumped, sunned, worn patches on the front cover at the bottom. Some age marking internally, spine starting but generally text block VG. p277
Cassell

Jargon Hall

Price:  £20.00

Deeley, Norman
Hilarious novelised critique of a West of Scotland teacher training college - now, where could he mean? Covers just a little sunned and scratched, generally VG, no inscriptions. p96
Merlin Books

Journal of Stevenson Studies 4

Price:  £7.00

Dryden, Linda and Watson, Roderick eds.
VG p280
Centre for Scottish Studies

Journeyman

Price:  £50.00

MacColl, Ewan
The autobiography, with an introduction by Peggy Seeger. Radical theatre, folk music and a life on the road - essential reading. Ex-lib, missing ffep, stamps to half title and title pages and very occasional small grubby marks to pages, o/w VG, tight and sound, in slightly edge-worn and creased but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped p400
Sidgwick & Jackson

Kiss Me No More

Price:  £30.00

Davis, Margaret Thomson
Some marks to edge of page-block, generally VG, signed by the author to the title page, in very slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ. p389
Century

Last Poetic Gems

Price:  £15.00

McGonagall, William
Previously unpublished works by the Dundee Poet and Tragedian, with an autobiographical account of the author's boyhood in Orkney and elsewhere VG, name stampt to ffep, in edge-worn and slighty marked but generally sound DJ p171
David Winter & Sons, Dundee and Gerald Duckworth & Co

Maiden Voyage

Price:  £10.00

Gerber, Pat
The first collection of short stories from the late Scottish writer. Cover just a little worn, generally VG. p160
Kailyards Press

Manual of Practice and Procedure in the United Free Church of Scotland

Price:  £8.00

anon.
'Revised by the Assembly Arrangements Committee by authority of the General Assembly' Blue cloth, gold lettering, a little worn with a mark on the back, VG but has a small church stamp on each of the first few pages up to the preface. p360
Offices of the United Free Church

Neill & Summerhill - a man and his work - a pictorial study

Price:  £5.00

Walmsley, John
Black and white photographs of the Scottish educationalist and of life at his alternative school. Unpaginated. Cover a little worn, name to half title, generally VG p
Penguin

New Writing Scotland 13 - Last Things First

Price:  £5.00

Kennedy, A L, McGonigal, James and Bateman, Meg
Works in English, Scots and Gaelic. VG p162
Association for Scottish Literary Studies

New Writing Scotland Five

Price:  £5.00

MacDougall, Carl and Morgan, Edwin eds.
Poetry and short stories from writers including Naomi Mitchison, Ian Crichton Smith, Norman MacCaig, and Aonghas Macneacail Good p226
Association for Scottish Literary Studies

O Rowan Tree - Sketches of Scottish Life

Price:  £5.00

Mackenna, Robert William
Reprint. Blind-stamped blue cover, rather worn and marked, spine faded, one page badly edge-worn, pages yellowing, good p319
John Murray

October 1998

Price:  £15.00

McGarry, James
Chilling first novel VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped, faint pencil marks to ffep p131
Pentland Press

Omens - nine poems

Price:  £15.00

Smith, Sydney Goodsir
No. 57 of 300 limited copies. Inscribed 'With compliments SGS' VG, cover very slightly sunned p17
M Macdonald

One City

Price:  £6.00

Smith, Alexander McCall; Rankin, Ian; Welsh, Irvine
Short stories by three of Edinburgh's best-known writers, with an introduction by J K Rowling. VG p109
Birlinn

Poor Angels and other stories

Price:  £10.00

Dolan, Chris
Signed by the author on the half title page. A little creased, o/w VG, author's signature to half title. p153
Polygon

Princess Charlie

Price:  £5.00

Laing, Jan
A romantic novel about the daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie Blue cloth, gold lettering, some age-mottling, missing ffep, generally VG in edge-worn and slightly chipped, price-clipped DJ p255
Werner Laurie

Procedures and Decisions of the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal

Price:  £20.00

Smith, Ian S and Barton, John M
Some marks to cover, slight edge-wear, small tippex marks to ffep, occasional underlining, generally VG p192
T&T Clark/Law Society of Scotland

Rag Woman, Rich Woman

Price:  £15.00

Davis, Margaret Thomson
A classic novel of Glasgow working class life in the '20s. Slight wear to spine, name to fep, generally VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. p361
Century Hutchinson

Reading by Lamplight, a Scottish bedside book

Price:  £8.00

Spence, Rhoda
Stories of Edinburgh, Orkney and places in between, by the editor, for twentythree years, of Scotland's Magazine, the daughter of Lewis Spence. Signed 'To dear Percy from Rhoda and Claire' (Claire being her younger sister, to whom the collection is dedicated). Corners very slightly bent, generally VG p145
The Orkney Press

Return to Scotland - an egoist's journey

Price:  £15.00

McLaren, Moray
A exploration both of Scotland and of his own mind. VG(spine slightly cocked) in poor DJ (chipped, worn, closed tears). p193
Duckworth & Co

Robert Burns Chronicle, 1967, third series, volume XVI

Price:  £5.00

Veitch, James, ed.
Good - wear to the cover, pages yellowing. p168
The Burns Federation

Rock is Water

Price:  £5.00

Donati, Colin
Poems. Stapled booklet, illustrative card covers, VG p32
Kettilonia

Scarista Style

Price:  £7.00

Johnson, Alison
Free-range and humane cooking and eating at Scarista House on Harris in the Outer Hebrides - recipes and narative. VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped. p167
Victor Gollancz

Scot-Free - New Scottish Plays

Price:  £20.00

Cameron, Alasdair selected by
Contains John Byrne, Writer's Cramp; John Clifford, Losing Venice; Ann Marie di Mambro, The Letter Box; Chris Hannan, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn; John McKay, Dead Dad Dog; Rona Munro, Saturday at the Commodore; and an introduction by Alasdair Cameron. Slight edge-wear, VG p275
Nick Hern Books

Scotland - the Vital Market

Price:  £20.00

Credland G D, B E Luby, George T Murray, Ian La Frenais
A picture of the Scottish economy in 1966, both industrial development and distribution and retail. Ex academic library but minimal markings, generally a good/fair copy in good dj p233
Scottish Television

Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World

Price:  £7.50

Maxwell, Stephen
The role of multinational companies in Scotland and the developing world. Produced in conjunction with SEAD, Scottish Education and Action for Development Ex academic library but minimal markings, generally a good clean copy in good dj p158
Mainstream

Scottish and English Schools

Price:  £6.00

Osborne, G. S.
'A comparative study of the past fifty years'. VG in good DJ (chipped and worn, with some small tears). p351
U of Pittsburg Press

Scottish Drink Book

Price:  £10.00

Chambers
Whisky, beer, wine and soft drinks VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ p128
W & R Chambers

Scottish International quarterly review No.2 April 1968

Price:  £7.50

Garioch Robert, Morgan, Edwin and Tait, Robert eds.
Contributors include Edwin Morgan, William Wolfe, Andrew Grommet, George Bruce, Cordelia Oliver, Tom Buchan, Stephen Bann (on Ian Hamilton Finlay), Elspeth Davie and Maurice Lindsay, among others. Stapled booklet, good - staples rusted, marking and much damage to lower right hand corner throughout, but not obscuring text. p63
Scottish International Review

Scottish Regional Recipes

Price:  £10.00

Brown, Catherine
Individual traditions of eating and drinking, from the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, the Central Lowlands, the North East, the Highlands, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. The origins of the distinctive dishes as well as the recipes. VG in slightly edge-worn DJ, not price-clipped, no inscriptions. p144
Molendinar

Screening Scotland

Price:  £10.00

Petrie, Duncan
The new Scottish cinema (Trainspotting to Ratcatcher) in an historical perspective. Ex-lib, in laminated illustrative library binding, missing ffep and with stamp to title pages, o/w VG, clean. Tight and sound. p250
British Film Institute

Scully's Lugs

Price:  £6.00

Hutchinson, Stewart
From Scotland to Hong Kong and the drama of a typhoon in the China Sea, - an exploration of the motives and jealousies of the creative spirit. VG. DJ VG, small mark top left on front cover, little worn at top and bottom, not clipped. p231
Chambers

Seeven Poems o Maister Francis Villon

Price:  £24.00

Scott, Tom
Signed 'Til Alex. Leish frae Tom Scott'. With a newspaper cutting of another poem by Tom Scott, Adam, tucked inside. Number 168 of 195 numbered copies. The wall-paper DJ is well tattered and separated at the spine, the eps are sunned, the pages yellowed, the printing errors on page nine corrected in ink (the same as the signature