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A 'chulaidh as fheàrr

Price:  £15.00

Iain Chaluim Ruaidh (John Smith)
No publish date stated. Collection of the Christian poetry in Scottish Gaelic of Iain Chaluim Ruaidh (1857-1924). VG. p137
Stornoway Religious Bookshop

A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in two parts.

Price:  £50.00

Macleod, Rev. Dr. Norman and Dewar, Rev. Dr. Daniel
Attractive Celtic revival bookplate in English on the front paste-down and in Gaelic on the ffep. Ex-academic-lib copy in green cloth library binding with minimal stamps, boards are marked and a little worn to corners and edges, internally clean, tight and sound, good. p1007
John Grant

Am Baile Beag Annasach

Price:  £8.00

NicGumaraid, Mairi
Planaid G. The unusual wee town. Stories, all connected with one town., For the older reader of Gaelic. Vg. Signs of pencil annotation to first few pages. Tight bright copy. p117
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An Guth Aoibhneach

Price:  £10.00

MacAonghais, Pol
Collection of 18 short stories. MacAonghais is a Uidheasteach. VG, clean tight copy. p131
the Saltire Society

An rathad Dhachaigh

Price:  £8.00

Moireach,Ian
Fiction for the older child in Gaelic. Concerns adventures in a drive through heavy snow. Very good, crease to front cover. p83
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An Rathad gu Somalia

Price:  £10.00

Mac a' Ghobhainn, Iain.
Older children's fiction in Gaelic from Iain Crichton Smith. Student decides to do something about poverty and suffering in Glasgow and Somalia. Very good, clean and tight copy. p77
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An Sgaile dhorcha

Price:  £10.00

Macleoid, Iain
Adventure story in Gaelic set in the Isle of Skye. From the author of Spuirean no h-Iolaire. Very good p86
Gairm

An t-Eilean Dorch

Price:  £5.00

Mhoireasdan, Beathag
Planaid G. Adventure story for children in Gaelic. Card covers. Very good, light creasing to covers only. p82
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Ann an dùthaich ùr

Price:  £15.00

Shaw, Jeffrey
Historical fiction but based on tales told to the author. Set in Canada, Light sunning to spine o/wise very good. Clean and tight copy p169
Clàr

Ann an Glac Ghilleasbaig

Price:  £8.00

MacLeòid, Coinneach, I
Planaid G. In a series. Children's fiction from Kenny Macleod. Very Good but a little creased to cover. p113
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Caisteal an reubadair

Price:  £8.00

Dòmhnallach Dòmhnall 's Macdhòmhnaill, Aonghas
The well-known Erisgeidh folk tale Caisteal an reubadair. An old man relates the true name of the tower and its legends to his grandson… Fiction for the older Gaelic reader or learner. Card covers, very good. p60
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Cat a' Mhinisteir. The Gaelic Minister's cat

Price:  £5.00

Whyte, Hamish and Bateman, Meg
No pagination 64pp approx. The Scottish Gaelic sequel to Whyte's first foray using Scots now describes, "cat a' mhinisteir." Light creasing to covers only, o/w VG. p
Mercat Press

Ceol nam Feis - a collection of songs and music from the Scottish Gaelic Tradition…

Price:  £25.00

Bryan, Valerie ed.
Ceòl nam Feis. Great collection. Musical notation. Pibroch , homeland songs, lullabies, love songs. Many others. Well-known tunes/songs for playing, learning with some more contemporary artistes/composers such as Runrig featured. Most pieces have a note stating which artistes have recorded these songs/tunes on what CD. etc. A collection aimed primarily towards teachers at fèisean but accessible to any one with an interest in the subject. Includes bibliography and list of useful addresses and recording companies. Spiral bound covers are rather worn, with small closed tear, on front o/wise good p103
Fèisean nan Gàidheal

Cha sgeul rùin e

Price:  £10.00

Dunn, Catriona (Deasaichte, Edits)
Anthology of stories, from noteable authors. Broadcast on Radio Nan Gael. Very good. Light creases to covers. p109
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Co ghoid am bogha-froise?

Price:  £5.00

MacFhionnlaigh, Fearghas
Who stole the rainbow? Good, some pencil annotation, covers a little worn. p83
Oilthigh Ghlaschu

Cùmhnantan

Price:  £10.00

MacGill-Eain, Tormod
The comparitively new world of Gaelic television is explored in this fast moving novel. Very good with only very minor creasing. Internally VG. p127
Cla (Clò Loch Abair).

Fon T-slige Under the Shell. Cruinneachadh de bhardachd le Anna Frater. Poems by Anna Frater

Price:  £16.00

Frater, Anna
Scarce collection. Poetry from Frater in Gaelic with English translations. Gairm Leabhar 115. Crease to front cover. Otherwise VG. p93
Gairm

Grian is uisge

Price:  £8.00

MacIomhair, Dòmhnall Iain
Gairm Leabhar 88. "Stories for young people." Good, some creasing to covers and pages. p66
Gairm

Is toigh leinn (We like)

Price:  £5.00

Murray, W
In the "Leabhraichean Ladybird,"series. This is key reading scheme 3a in Scottish Gaelic. Illustrated by John Berry, translated by BA Nicillinnein. First thus (Gaelic edition) 1970 from the English 1964 first edition. Covers shows light signs of wear, previous owner inscription and bookplate on ffep. O/w VG. p51
Wills & Hepburn

Mar sgeul a dh'innseas neach

Price:  £10.00

MacCoinnich, Cailein T.
Scarce collection of short stories. This is No 5. in Glasgow University Celtic Department's New Gaelic books series. Good with worn covers, sun fade and wear to spine. Age spotted page block, a few signs of annotation. Previous owner's name om fep. p100
Roinn nan canan Ceilteach Oilthigh Ghlaschu

Murchadh agus am bradan

Price:  £8.00

Caimbeul, Alasdair
Gaelic version of Kingsley's The Water Babies. Very good p92
Acair

Na fiobhaich

Price:  £6.00

Macmhaoilean, Calum
Card covers. 600 Fife adventurers were sent to Lewis by King James VI at the end of the 16th Century… Very good p65
Acair

Na Speuclairean dubha

Price:  £8.00

Mac a' Ghobhainn, Iain. Iain Crichton-Smith
Short novel of a mysterious man. In Gaelic from a great Scottish writer both in Gaelic and English. Leabhar 81 in Gairm series. Good, covers creased, signs of very minor annotation. Some soiling to fep. p59
Gairm

Nua a' bhardachd Gaidhlig

Price:  £15.00


The classic collection of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic poetry from Sorley Maclean, Iain Crichton Smith, Donald MacAulay, George Campbell Hay and Derek Thomson. Edited by MacAulay. Ann an da theangachadh. Ghaidhlig, agus a' Bheurla. (with English translations). This book was first published in conjunction with James Thin (Southside publishing) and Canongate. Vg. Green covers a little creased. Gift inscription on Fep. p220
Canongate Southside

Re na h-oidhche. The length of the night.

Price:  £9.00

Nicgumaraid, Catriona (Catriona Montgomery)
Card covers. Poetry collection. Bi lingual. Gaelic with English translation. Introduced by Sorley Maclean. Very Good, small pen mark over original sale price on rear cover. p
Canongate

Rosg nan Eilean

Price:  £8.00

Macasgaill, Alasdair A. deasaichte
Short stories with line drawn ills. A Gaelic reader- cum-miscellany. No 3 in the New Gaelic books series from Glasgow University. With questions and a faclair. Good a few very minor marks to boards. Internally very good p250
Oilthigh Ghlaschu

Sgeulachdan Dhòmhnaill Alasdair

Price:  £15.00

Macdonald, Donald Alasdair (Dòmhnall Alasdair)
Collection of thought provoking stories from Lewis poet, Dòmhnall Alasdair. VG. Slight crease to book. p126
Acair

Sgriobhaidhean Choinnich Mhicleoid. The Gaelic prose of Kenneth Macleod

Price:  £25.00

Murchison, T.M. (Ed)
Volume 16 in the SGT series. Very good collection of Gaelic prose on wide range of subjects. With introduction, note on Macleod's Gaelic and a glossary. 45pp introduction + 186pp. VG. p
Scottish Gaelic Texts Society

Siud an t-Eilean. There goes the Island

Price:  £8.00

Stephen Ian (Edits).
Poetry in Gaelic and English. All dealing with Lewis or Harris. A very nice collection of some established and some lesser known Gaelic poets. With biographical sketches and notes and some striking monochrome photography. Very Good p167
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Spuirean na h-Iolaire

Price:  £15.00

Macleoid, Iain
Has become a classic. Adventure story in Gaelic. Very good. Clean tight copy. A very minor crease to tail of spine p76
Gairm

Thall 's A-Bhos. Sgeulachdan air an toirt bho Bheurla gu Gaidhlig

Price:  £16.00

Greum, Calum and Mac Ill Iosa, Donnchadh
Collection of writing and short stories from various authors translated into Gaelic. Jorge Luis Borges, Grassic Gibbon, Bashevis Singer, James Joyce, Neil Munro and some others. With brief biographical sketches of the authors attached. Good, covers are somewhat worn with a little creasing, light sunning to spine. Internally, clean and bright p89
Gairm

Turas tro shaoghal falamh

Price:  £5.00

Mac A' Ghobhainn, Iain (Iain Crichton Smith)
Fiction for the older reader from Iain Crichton Smith. Very good, clean tight copy. p92
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