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"Are You Happy, Elizabeth?" Price: £9.00
Melross, Alec Gurney As new. p88 Cairnlea Publications

A Bibliography of works relating to Dunfermline and the West of Fife Price: £8.00
!!<<b>Beveridge, Erskine</b><br>Privately printed, an impression of 300, of which this is no.13, presented to Mrs Erskine Beveridge. Half bound, the leather spine a little worn, gold lettering, gold seal of Dunfermline embossed on the front, gilt on top,

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 Essays on the Music, Poetry and History of Scotland and England and Poems previously unpublished VG p184 Aberdeen University Press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 Drink for the Bridge Price: £2.50
Knight, Alanna Signed by the author. VG in Good DJ (chipped, two closed tears on back) p186 Macmillan

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 History of Scotland for Schools part 1 (-1542) Price: £5.00
Brown, P Hume no date but inscribed 1915-16 by previous owner. Illus. Boards faded and soiled, but internally VG p305 Oliver and Boyd

A Proper Schooling and other poems - Oideachadh Ceart agus dain eile Price: £1.00
MacNeacail, Aonghas His third collection of poetry, in Gaelic with his English translation facing. VG p101 Polygon

Allan Ramsay 1713 - 1784 Price: £8.00
!!<<b>Smart, Alastair</b><br>A generously illustrated and detailed account of the painter written to accompany an exhibition held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Laminated boards (library binding), a little worn and marked, missing ffep, librar

An Exile in Eden Price: £2.50
McConnell, Margaret S Signed by the author. VG, pages somewhat yellowed, in VG but price-clipped DJ p188 Mills and Boon

Annals of the Parish Price: £1.20
Galt, John VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ, slightly edge-worn. p242 Oxford University Press

Barbarian Stories Price: £1.50
Mitchison, Naomi In the uniform edition. Signed by the author. Red cloth, cream spine, cover grubby and slightly worn, previous owner's signature on fly, internally VG. p290 Jonathan Cape

Bryght Lanternis - essays on the Language and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland Price: £1.50
McClure, J Derrick and Spiller, Michael R G eds. VG p481 Aberdeen University Press

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

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 23/24 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>(reprint) Issue devoted to Scots language and literature. Works by Crawford, Bold, Burns, Kincaid, Goodsir Smith, Butlin, Tait, Bowman, Albert Mackie, McLellan, Borrowman, MacGillivray, Murison, Alastair Mackie, Campbell, McHa

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
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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, Ogi

Chapman 38 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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, No

Chapman 40 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendy, Joy ed.</b><br>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 A

Chapman 41 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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 Stapl

Chapman 43/44 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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, M

Chapman 45 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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 bookle

Chapman 46 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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

Chapman 49 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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,

Chapman 50 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>Celebrating the achievements of Naomi Mitchison - at 90 - and the work of Alasdair Gray. With works from Mitchison, Gray, Smith, Wegmuller, Dickson, Robb, Vettese, Osers, Elphinstone, Riach, Caird, Bowman, Caimbeul, o Duill, J

Chapman 52 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br><b>Chapman Maga

Chapman 53 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br><b>Chapman M

Chapman 54 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br>

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 58 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>Poems and tributes to Valda Grieve. Works by Stevenson, Grieve, Aitken, Elphinstone, Hamilton, Neill, Herdman, Kuppner, Gray, Cathcart, Elder, Gilcrist, Ardley, Kennedy, Martin, MacWilliam. Good. Cover art by Alasdair Gray. p9

Chapman 59 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br><b>Chapma

Chapman 60 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>Focussing on George Mackay Brown. Works by Garriock, Mackay Brown, Erland Brown, Welham, Liddell, Scott, Conn, Ratcliffe, , Meade, Stephen, Oliphant, Cernuda, Lennon, Rae, Murphy, McIntosh, Taylor. Good. Cover drawing by John

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
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br><b>Ch

Chapman 65 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br

Chapman 66 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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 p0<br><b>Chapman Maga

Chapman 69/70 Price: £5.00
Hendry, Joy ed. The MacDiarmid centenary issue Good p208 Chapman Magazine

Chapman 71 Price: £5.00
Hendry, Joy ed. Focussing on Willa Muir. Works by Mudge, Muir, Caird, Soukup, Carlin, Allen, Dodds, Dunnett, Rae, Imray, fulton, Stephen, Paterson, Smith, Stewart, NicGumaraid, Jenkins, Bowd, Dixon. Good p104 Chapman Magazine

Chapman 72 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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<br><b>C

Chapman 73 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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 Gra

Chapman 74-75 Price: £5.00
Hendry, Joy ed. The Women's Forum - Women in Scottish literature Good p208 Chapman Magazine

Chapman 76 Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Hendry, Joy ed.</b><br>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,

Chapman 77 Price: £5.00
Hendry, Joy ed. The Arts under a Scottish Democracy/Women's Forum. p0 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

Court, Kirk, And Community Scotland 1470-1625 Price: £5.00
Wormald, Jenny Its major focus is the events and consequences of the Reformation. Good - Ex lib, FFEP missing, creases on spine and cover, spine starting. p216 Edinburgh University Press

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Price: £1.50
Shiels, Robert and Bradley Iain Green's Annotated Acts Cover a little marked, some underlining, generally VG p315 W Green/Sweet and Maxwell

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

Edinburgh Review 105 - Theatre in Scotland Price: £6.00
!!<<b>journal</b><br>Contains a piece by John Clifford on children's theatre, with the text of Hansel and Gretel; the full text of The Reel of the Hanged Man by Jeanne-Mance Delisle, translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay; and other new writing for

Education in Scotland Price: £8.00
Findlay, Ian R. In the 'World Education Series'. VG in VG DJ p143 David and Charles/Archon Books

Elements of Gaelic Grammar Price: £3.00
Stewart, Alexander Scottish Gaelic. Black cloth, gold lettering, a little worn to spine top and tail, eps browned, age-mottling to page edges, VG p184 MacLachlan and Stewart

Four Gates of Lothian and other poems 1921-1978 Price: £6.00
Macgregor, Forbes A selection from a lifetime's writing Ex-Scottish Poetry Library, eps marked, generally VG in edge-worn and marked but generally VG DJ p95 Forbes Macgregor

Frae the Lyne Valley - Poems and Sketches Price: £3.80
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

Further Poems Scots and English Price: £8.00
Cocker, W.D. A lovely collection. VG - cover lightly worn and marked. p102 Brown Son & Ferguson, Ltd

Ghost Dog of the Solway Price: £5.00
Moffat, Mary S An historical children's adventure story, set in South West Scotland Laminated covers, good p184 Castle of Dreams

Gold Round the Edges Price: £1.50
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

Headlines - the Media in Scotland Price: £5.00
Hutchinson, David With contributions by Bill Campbell, David Donald, Jim Hickey, David Hutchison, John Kerr, Tom Kinnimont, Myra MacDonald, George Rosie and Bill Williams Ex-lib, usual markings, o/w VG in good DJ p112 EUSPB

Hieroglyphics And Other Stories Price: £1.90
Anne Donovan VG, paperback cover slightly marked, signed on FFEP by Author. p165 Canongate

Hopeless But Not Serious Price: £6.00
McLean, Jack VG in Good DJ (small closed tear, lightly chipped). p208 Mainstream

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: £1.50
!!<<b>Wurr, H. J.</b><br>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 - te

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

Incomers Price: £1.00
Burrowes, John A novel by the author of Benny and Jamesie's People, addressing racism in Glasgow. VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. p224 Mainstream

Island Nights' Entertainments Price: £4.50
!!<<b>Stevenson, Robert Louis</b><br>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

Langskaill Price: £8.50
Lamb, Gregor A novel set in Orkney in the 15 century VG p326 Byrgisey

Manual of Practice and Procedure in the United Free Church of Scotland Price: £8.00
!!<<b>anon.</b><br>'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. p

Memoirs of the Author's Life and Familiar Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott Price: £1.00
!!<<b>Hogg, James, Mack, Douglas S ed</b><br>A reliable text of Hogg's autobiography and his study of Scott, with full annotation and an introduction VG in slightly grubby and edge-worn DJ, a couple of small neatly mended tears, generally VG p145<br><b>Sc

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

October 1998 Price: £1.50
McGarry, James Chilling first novel VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped, faint pencil marks to ffep p131 Pentland Press

Omens - nine poems Price: £1.50
Smith, Sydney Goodsir No. 57 of 300 limited copies. Inscribed 'With compliments SGS' VG, cover very slightly sunned p17 M Macdonald

Poems and Songs in English and Scots Price: £7.00
Welsh, J M Knox Blue cloth a little worn and marked, internally VG p223 Alexander Gardner

Poetry Scotland number three Price: £7.00
Lindsay, Maurice ed. Introduction by Eric Linklater, contains work by Norman McCaig, Sidney Goodsir Smith, Hamish Henderson, Hugh Macdiarmid, among others. VG, name to ffep, in rather tattered and chipped DJ p65 Wiiiam MacLellan

Poverty Castle Price: £1.50
Jenkins, Robin VG, no inscriptions, tight and sound p334 Balnain

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: £2.00
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

Rab Ha' the Glasgow Glutton Price: £8.50
Whitaker, Dorothy and Hanley, Cliff VG p Glasgow District Libraries

Reading by Lamplight, a Scottish bedside book Price: £8.00
!!<<b>Spence, Rhoda</b><br>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 wh

Religion and Social Class - The Disruption Years in Aberdeen Price: £1.00
MacLaren, A Allan Shedding light on the emergence and development of the Free Church VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped p268 Routledge & Kegan Paul

Return to Scotland - an egoist's journey Price: £1.50
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 1959 Price: £5.00
journal Third series, volume VIII Good - spine a little torn p209 The Burns Federation

Roburt Burns Chronicle 1952 Price: £5.00
journal Third series, volume one. Good - cover worn, ex-lib p194 The Burns Federation

Sandy McCrae of Hirpleben and other sketches from a Scots village Price: £7.00
Rae, Gilbert Signed by the author Blue cloth, VG (slight wear top and bottom of spine, small mark on back). p148 Oliver and Boyd

Sangschaw Price: £6.50
M'Diarmid, Hugh The first published collection of the poetry of McDiarmid. VG - pages somewhat yellowed and endpapers sunned - in VG DJ; but the worm has nibbled its way through DJ and front hinge p58 William Blackwood & Sons

Scot-Free - New Scottish Plays Price: £2.00
!!<<b>Cameron, Alasdair selected by</b><br>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 a

Scotland - the Vital Market Price: £2.00
!!<<b>Credland G D, B E Luby, George T Murray, Ian La Frenais</b><br>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<b

Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World Price: £7.50
!!<<b>Maxwell, Stephen</b><br>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

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: £1.00
Chambers Whisky, beer, wine and soft drinks VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ p128 W & R Chambers

Scottish Poetry - Drummond of Hawthornden to Fergusson Price: £9.00
Douglas, Sir George Lectures delivered in the University of Glasgow Blue cloth, gold lettering, faded to the spine, VG, pages uncut, some age spotting. p192 James Maclehose and Sons

Scottish Theatre Since the Seventies Price: £1.50
!!<<b>Stevenson, Randall and Wallace, Gavin eds.</b><br>Directors, playwrights, theatre critics offer personal insights into the last 25 years of Scottish theatre. Library binding, laminated boards, missing ffep, o/w VG p240<br><b>Edinburgh University Pre

Scully's Lugs Price: £6.00
!!<<b>Hutchinson, Stewart</b><br>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, n

Seeven Poems o Maister Francis Villon Price: £2.40
!!<<b>Scott, Tom</b><br>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 sunn

Selected Poems Price: £1.50
Garioch, Robert The first sizeable collection of the work of this fine poet, with an introduction by Sydney Goodsir Smith VG in good DJ (chipped, small closed tears). p104 M Macdonald

Sir Walter's Dogs Price: £7.50
Cook, E Thornton Dogs, actual and literary, beloved by Sir Walter Scott Illustrated cover a little marked, generally VG p62 Grant & Murray

Strange Tales of the Highlands and Lowlands Price: £9.00
Melross, Alec Gurney Charming, evocative and restrained, this collection of stories is concerned with apparently supernatural occurrences across the Western Highlands and Lowlands. VG p219 Citron Press

Sunset on the Loch Price: £1.30
!!<<b>Bee Jay</b><br>Signed by the author, and with a handwritten letter from the author to Mrs. Duncan, whose signature is on the ffep. VG, rust mark from the paperclip that held the letter to the ffep, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ p298<br><b>Barker

Survival Without Error and other stories Price: £1.20
Smith, Iain Crichton Uncorrected proof copy, with DJ VG, DJ edge-worn and sunned, small closed tears at top of spine. p223 Victor Gollancz

Sword of State Price: £2.00
Tranter, Nigel The fascinating 13th century story of Patrick, Master of Dunbar, and his enduring friendship with Alexander II of Scotland. VG in VG DJ (slight edgewear). p394 Hodder & Stoughton

The Black Douglas Price: £2.70
Crockett, S R Fifth impression. A Galloway novel. Dark green cloth, gold lettering, very slightly worn to spine top and bottom, some age-motling, generally VG. Tight and sound p479 John Murray

The Black Duchess Price: £2.20
Knight, Alanna Signed by the author VG in good (chipped, small closed tears) DJ p272 Doubleday & Co

The Bruce Price: £9.00
!!<<b>Barbour, John</b><br>Selections for use in schools, edited by W M Mackenzie, with an introduction, a section on early Scots grammar, notes and a glossary. Contains books III, XI, XII and XIII of the twenty books into which this mediaeval Scots epic

The Canongate Strangler Price: £8.00
McAllister, Angus A psychological thriller with supernatural overtones set in Edinburgh. Good - cover chipped, small creases; reading crease on spine; page ends slightly yellowed. p204 Dog and Bone

The Church in late Victorian Scotland Price: £1.25
!!<<b>Drummond, Andrew L and Bulloch, James</b><br>The third of a planned four volume work. Following the three main Presbyterian Churches from the time of the Abolition of Patronage to the Union of 1900 VG in VG DJ, just a little edge-worn and slightly s

The Delicate Fire Price: £4.50
Mitchison, Naomi In the uniform edition. Signed by the author. VG (cover slightly worn, corners bumped) in poor DJ, previous owner's signature on fly, internally VG p360 Jonathan Cape

The Elder and his Wife and other Maxie Brae folk - a reminiscence of 75 years ago. Price: £1.20
!!<<b>the author of Rob Lindsay and his school</b><br>No publishing history. Tales of Maxie Brae. Tissue protected frontispiece. B&w. line drawn illustrations. 23 pages of advertisements. Very good with spine repair to head and tail. p65<br><b>T. N Fouli

The Empty World Price: £9.50
!!<<b>Stevenson, D E</b><br>'A Romance of the Future', set in 1973. First printing. Orange cover lightly sunned and marked, very slight wear to spine top and bottom, neat name to ffep, slight scratches to page edges, generally VG, tight and sound, no DJ p

The Four Poster Bed & Other Stories Price: £9.00
Melross, Alec Gurney The stories are intriguing, diverting - and always highly readable. As new. p99 Cairnlea Publications

The Gold Torque Price: £6.00
!!<<b>McCormick, Andrew</b><br>First published in 1951, this novella (by the author of The Tinkler Gypsies) gives much insight into the Gaelic, Pictish and Scotic origins of Galloway place names. Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. St

The Golden Bird - Two Orkney Stories Price: £2.50
Brown, George Mackay The Golden Bird and The Life and Death of John Voe VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped, some very slight scratch marks p226 John Murray

The History of Scottish Education Vols 1 and 2 Price: £3.00
Scotland, James 1970 and 1969 - vol 1 looks at education from the beginning to 1872, Vol 2 from 1872 to the present Both vols VG in DJs that are a little faded and edge-worn but generally VG p University of London Press

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott 1827 - 28 Price: £8.00
!!<<b>Scott, Walter; J G Tait ed.</b><br>The text revised from a photostat in the National Library of Scotland. Dark blue cloth, a little worn to spine top and bottom, pages yellowed, some age-mottling, name to ffep obscured by tippex, generally VG in DJ

The Malt File Price: £6.00
Lamond, John and Tucek, Robin Second edition. The Malt Whisky Association's guide to single malt whiskies and their distilleries VG p160 Edinburgh Publishing Company

The Masque of Edinburgh Price: £1.80
Garioch, Robert Hilarious romp through Scottish history, a play in fine Scots Pages a little yellowed, name to half title, generally VG p37 M Macdonald

The Master of Ballantrae - A Winter's Tale Price: £1.00
!!<<b>Stevenson, Robert Louis</b><br>With 12 illustrations in Colour by Wal Paget. With the Author's original preface. Good - Red cloth with gold embossed decoration on cover and spine.Image on cover and spine has RSL embossed in gold on green background.

The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden Price: £1.50
!!<<b>Turnbull, William B ed.</b><br> Half leather bound, gilt on top, deckle-edged, spine worn and badly chipped to top and bottom, browning to end-papers, stain to fore-edge of tissue protected frontis., internally VG, tight and sound p346<br><b>Reeves

The Rock Harvest Price: £2.00
Rae, Hugh Signed by the author. VG in VG DJ (small mark on back left corner, lightly chipped). p227 Constable

The Scottish Companion 1989-90 Price: £1.50
anon. An alphabetical listing of organisations active in Scotland VG in VG DJ p176 Carrick Publishing

The Scottish Educational System Price: £5.00
Hunter, S. Leslie History and current practice. Part of the Commonwealth and International Library of Science, Technology , Engineering and Liberal Studies. Good p269 Pergamon

The Scottish Golf Book Price: £1.00
Campbell, Malcolm 600 years of Golf. With photographs by Glyn Satterley. VG in VG but price-clipped DJ p224 Lomond Books

The Scottish Police - an outline of their powers and duties Price: £8.00
Mill, James Red cloth, a little sunned, some age-spotting to eps, generally VG p208 W Green & Son

The Scottish Stage Price: £5.00
!!<<b>Smith, Donald ed.</b><br>Essays calling for a National Theatre for Scotland, with contributions by Boswell, Byatt, Cameron, Campbell, Gray, Hendry, Linklater, McKail, Scott, Smith and Stevenson Stapled booklet, good p47<br><b>Candlemaker Press</b>>!

The Scottish Tradition in Printed books Price: £5.00
Beattie, William Part of the Scottish Tradition Series. 8 pages of text and 20 book illustrations. Binding staples are rusty,top staple has come away from the outer cover, and cover lightly marked, o/w VG p Saltire Society

The Spell & Other Stories Price: £5.00
Melross, Alec Gurney Contains: The Missing Boots, The Deadly Figure, and The Spell VG p82 Cairnlea Publications

The Swinging Sporran - a lightheatred guide to the basic steps of Scottish reels and country dances Price: £6.00
Campbell, Andrew and Martine, Roddy Accurated description of the steps of 12 dances, with helpful humorous cartoons. VG in VG DJ, no inscriptions p120 Wolfe

The Testament of Cresseid Price: £8.00
Henryson. Robert 'Edited anew by Bruce Dickins'. From the Charteris print of 1593, with glossary and textual and bibliographical notes. Brown cloth, gold lettering, name on ffep, pages somewhat yellowed, VG p46 Faber and Faber

The Unbowed Head - events at Summerhill Academy 1968 - 74 Price: £1.50
Mackenzie, R F n.d., approx 1977. The story of the education experiment at Summerhill, with pupil's councils etc., and a plea for reform in the education system. Fair+ - pages not yet loose, but coming close to it. p115 EUSPB

The Woman in the Mirror Price: £9.00
Melross, Alec Gurney VG p89 Cairnlea Publications

Thirteen Strange Tales Price: £5.00
Melross, Alec Gurney VG p96 Cairnlea Publications

Variations on a Time Theme Price: £1.00
Muir, Edwin Pages yellowed and endpapers mottled, half the backstrip is detached, but generally VG p31 J M Dent

Whistle-Binkie - a collection of songs for the social circle. 2 Vols. Price: £2.10
Carrick, J D ed Lyrics, mainly in Scots and often humorous Red cloth, gilt on top, a little faded to spine especially vol 1, slight age-mottling to page edges and prelims, generally VG both vols. p David Robertson

Words 5 Price: £5.00
MacDougall. Carl ed Undated. Literary magazine with short stories and poems, by George Mackay Brown and Iain Crichton Smith among others. Stapled booklet, cover a little worn, generally VG p60 Markinch

XXII Ballades in Blue China Price: £1.70
Lang, A Cover and edges a little grubby, generally VG p80 C Kegan Paul

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