THEY WANTED ADVENTURE
Written by Kenneth Macfarlane. Illustrated by Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1328833
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two children set out for the usual orthodox Scottish holiday stumble upon deep matters... Cream cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. Second impression. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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KATE CRACKERNUTS
Written by K.M. Briggs.
Stock no. 1828989
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. The story of Kate 'Crackernuts' is moving and dramatic - steeped in the folklore and politics of 17th century Scotland, amid witch hunts and religious argument, inter-family disputes and the wars between Royalists and Parliamentarians. The story of the timeless struggle of personal convictions of truth against powerful forces of opposition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 223 pages. ISBN: 0722655576. Browning and foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly browned to spine. Musty odour present.

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THE FLORA OF ANGUS (FORFAR, V.C. 90)
Written by Ruth Ingram; Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1828953
Published by Dundee Museum & Art Gallery. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis. 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0900344458. Spine & top rear edge lightly browned, front cover has a few minor foxspots, spine is lightly creased from reading wear. Lower front corner bumped, giving rise to lightly creased lower corner of contents. Contents clean.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

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THE DRAGON OF OG
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1328619
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers with white dragon vignettes. Colour and b/w illustrations. A witty, exciting and poetic story based on an old legend of the Scottish Lowlands. ISBN: 0333317319. Minimal bumping to spine. Some foxing to top edge of textblock. Tiny crease to lower edge of front panel of wrapper.

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L.M.S.R. LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1828738
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition.

Yellow boards. Oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. 61 pages plus publisher's list to rear. ISBN: 085153399X. Boards dirty and stained. Top of spine bumped. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Top gutter edge of contents lightly creased due to bump to spine (affects margin only). A few grubby marks to contents.

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WINDSWEPT: LIFE, NATURE AND DEEP TIME IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Written by Annie Worsley.
Stock no. 1828616
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author trades a busy life in academia to take on a croft on the west coast of Scotland. Black cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour photos. 284 pages. ISBN: 9780008278373. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little worn with surface paper loss to lower front corner (very minor) and just lightly scuffed.

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ST KILDA AND OTHER HEBRIDEAN OUTLIERS
Written by Francis Thompson.
Stock no. 1328424
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and attractive study of a group of islands of exceptional scenic beauty. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Islands Series. ISBN: 071534885X. Spine and corners bumped, tiny split to base of spine. Light page edge browning. Small foxspot to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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GLASGOW CENTRAL CENTRAL TO GLASGOW
Written by Dugald Cameron.
Stock no. 1828512
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 2nd 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

An affectionate tribute in the form of facts, recollections, images and miscellanea from some admirers of Glasgow Central, upon the 100th anniversary of the exansion of the station. Large format. Card wraps. Second enlarged edition. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781905276363. Light rubbing to corners. Light crease to top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1328215
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small creases in cloth to edge of front cover and some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins, slight foxing to prelims. Very light patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown. A couple of pages have small margin tears at lower edge. White dustwrapper is nice and clean with some slight foxing.

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WILLIAM THE LION 1143-1214: KINGSHIP AND CULTURE
Written by D.D.R. Owen.
Stock no. 1828454
Published by Tuckwell Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A biography of independent Scotland's longest-reigning monarch, William the Lion. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862320055. A lovely copy.

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THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS (NN6)
Written by Frank Fraser Darling; J. Morton Boyd.
Stock no. 1328177
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalists series No. 6. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Originally published as 'Natural History In The Highlands And Islands' in 1947. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn/creased, lightly browned and has a grubby mark to rear panel.

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