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A MEMOIR OF THE 'FORTY-FIVE
Written by Chevalier De Johnstone; Brian Rawston.
Stock no. 1830780
Published by Folio Society. 2nd 1970. Very good condition.

Second Edition (revised). An account of the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Edited with an Introduction by Brian Rawson. Elaborately gilt decorated blue cloth. Maroon title label to spine with gilt title. 251 pages including index. Spine lightly faded. Gilt is bright to front board. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at ends and lightly faded with a couple of minor marks.

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RENAISSANCE DECORATIVE PAINTING IN SCOTLAND
Written by Michael Bath.
Stock no. 1830775
Published by National Museums Of Scotland Publishing Limited. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

An exploration of the rich inheritance of decorative painting found in Scottish buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries, of which more than 100 examples survive or are recorded. These painted walls and ceilings show striking images of religious, classical, emblematic or grotesque subjects that have never before been comprehensively documented or described. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. ix and 286 pages. ISBN: 1901663604. Spine faded. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Else a lovely copy.

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ABERDEEN: AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE CITY'S PAST (MONOGRAPH 19)
Written by Alison S. Cameron; Judith A. Stones. Illustrated by Jan Dunbar; Tracey Johnston; Ingrid Stephenson; Clare Yarrington.
Stock no. 1830771
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Excavations at seven major sites within the medieval burgh. Edited by Alison S Cameron & Judith A Stones. Large, oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. xvi and 336 pages including fold-out 3-dimensional map to rear. ISBN: 0903903199. Minor marks to text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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HIGHLAND HOLIDAY
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 1330549
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Caroline and Sara are having to make the most of Scotland for a wartime holiday. Cardwraps. 208 pages. Some b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847452580.

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THE ROYAL BURGH OF AYR
Written by Annie I. Dunlop.
Stock no. 1830727
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seven Hundred and Fifty Years of History of the oldest Royal Burgh in Scotland. Edited by Annie I. Dunlop. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations and plans. x and 342 pages including index. Some minor foxing present mainly to endpapers and top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned.

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THE CHANGING FLORA OF GLASGOW: URBAN AND RURAL PLANTS THROUGH THE CENTURIES
Written by J.H. Dickson; P. MacPherson; Keith Watson.
Stock no. 1830670
Published by Edinburgh University Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Data-gathering for this book started in 1984 and continued well into the late 1990s. A detailed listing of 1,500 species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps and illustrations, a few colour photos. xii and 402 pages. ISBN: 0748613978. Boards clean. Title page has been REMOVED. Top edge of text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Binding glue visible on joints. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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AFTER THE FORTY-FIVE: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Written by A.J. Youngson.
Stock no. 1830669
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This carefully documented study attempts to correct the popular historical fallacy that almost everything significant in Scottish history occurred before the end of 1746. Brown cloth boards, gilt title on grey to spine. B/w maps and illustrations. xi and 246 pages including index. ISBN: 0852242263. Boards clean. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed & worn at corners, lightly faded to spine.

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TOWNLIFE IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND
Written by Elizabeth Ewan.
Stock no. 1830663
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A complete picture of Scottish medieval townlife. In particular, the conditions of life, government, property-holding, trade and industry, the sense of community and the place of the burgh within the wider realm of scotland. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ix and 201 pages including index. ISBN: 0748601287. A few marks to boards. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND & THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
Written by Samuel Johnson; James Boswell; Peter Levi.
Stock no. 1830657
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Levi. Pictorial green cloth with leather title label to spine. Colour illustrations. xxxii and 412 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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DUNDONALD: A CONTRIBUTION TO PAROCHIAL HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James H. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1830301
Published by John Wylie & Co. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Map to front endpapers. Light rubbing to base of spines and corners. Foxing to text blocks. A few foxspots to contents. Green dustwrappers are browned to spines and edges.

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PRINCE CHARLIE'S COUNTRY AND ITS NEIGHBOURING CLAN LANDS
Written by Donald B. MacCulloch.
Stock no. 1830165
Published by The Moray Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One Hundred and One Photographs with Foreword and Descriptive Notes of Scotland. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine and sivler vignette to front board. Map to endpapers. B/w photos. Boards rubbed to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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WHITHER FROM AULIS: A CHILDHOOD AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Anke Weihs.
Stock no. 1830127
Published by Floris Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Anke Weihs was one of the founders of the Camphill Movement. Born in Australia, she spent her childhood in Japan, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and later in Europe. In this book she describes the tortuous path that eventually led her to Vienna where she met Dr Konig, who was in the centre of the group which later in Scotland founded Camphill. Cream cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 272 pages. ISBN: 0863150985. Boards slightly grubby along horizontal edges. Text block lightly browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and is scuffed.

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