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A Braird o Thristles - Scots Poems
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£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
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£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Essays on the Music, Poetry and History of Scotland and England and Poems previously unpublished VG p184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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£5.00
Lanark Writers
VG p116
A Merchant's Tale - the life of William Hay (1787 - 1858)
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£10.00
Dennison, John
Privately printed. Initialled by the author to the half title page. VG p63
August Morning on Tweed - selected poems
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£5.00
Bolton, Deric
Ex-lib, missing ffep, good. p70
Galliard
Beyond the Borders
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£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
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£5.00
journal
Third series, volume XIV VG, name to front paste-down p191
The Burns Federation
Burns Chronicle 1981
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£5.00
journal
Fourth series, volume VI VG - cover a little marked p227
The Burns Federation
Burns Chronicle 1982
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£5.00
journal
Fourth series, volume VII Good - tear to front cover p237
The Burns Federation
Burns Chronicle 1982
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£5.00
journal
Fourth series, volume VII VG p237
The Burns Federation
Burns Chronicle 1985
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£5.00
journal
Fourth series, volume IX VG p256
The Burns Federation
But
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£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
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£10.00
McBain, Hugh
Undated. A contemporay novel. VG p316
Jordanbooks
Chapman 106, 2005
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
Fearturing Alastair Reid, Magi Gibson, Gael Turnbull, Tom Leonard. Cover by Ian Hughes. VG p144
Chapman
Chapman 107
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed.
The MacDiarmid centenary issue Good p208
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 72
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed.
The Arts under a Scottish Democracy/Women's Forum. Good p
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 80
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
Focussing on Jessie Kesson Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 81
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed.
Focussing on Elspeth Davie Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 83
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed.
Considering Trocchi and MacDiarmid Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 84
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed.
Appreciating George Mackay Brown Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 85
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
Considering the Stone of Scone Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 86
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
With works by Blackhall, Gunn, Meade and Flett, among others Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 87
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
On the state of British poetry. Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 88
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
Focussing on Catalunya Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 89-90
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
Meeting Ronald Stevenson Good p208
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 91
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
Continuing the debate on British Poetry. Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 92
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
The Irish issue Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 93
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy ed
Scotland and Europe Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 94
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
'Poetry at War' Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 95
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
'Scotland in to the World' Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Chapman 96
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£5.00
Hendry, Joy
Focussing on George Bruce Good p104
Chapman Magazine
Clytach - poems
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£8.00
Findlay, Ian R.
In the 'World Education Series'. VG in VG DJ p143
David and Charles/Archon Books
Etudes Ecossaises numero 6
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£10.00
Letley, Emma
VG in VG DJ p351
Scottish Academic Press
Gaelen's Story
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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.
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£19.00
Anne Donovan
VG, paperback cover slightly marked, signed on FFEP by Author. p165
Canongate
Highland Scene
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£7.00
Mackie, Alastair
Loosely laid in is a typewritten review by James Aitchison. VG. p116
Aberdeen University Press
Is Scotland Educated?
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£7.00
Dryden, Linda and Watson, Roderick eds.
VG p280
Centre for Scottish Studies
Journeyman
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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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
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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
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£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
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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
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£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
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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
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£5.00
Veitch, James, ed.
Good - wear to the cover, pages yellowing. p168
The Burns Federation
Rock is Water
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£5.00
Donati, Colin
Poems. Stapled booklet, illustrative card covers, VG p32
Kettilonia
Scarista Style
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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