HAND, HEART AND SOUL: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND
Written by Elizabeth Cumming.
Stock no. 1830861
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

A remarkable and often inspiring story of ideals, commitment and imagination. This book provides a national context for the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Robert Lorimer, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Phoebe Anna Traquair. A look at public art, craft education and concepts of tradition, the rise of independent professional women designers, domestic and church buildings, the role of craft within communities, and how Arts and Crafts was finally transformed in the age of Modernism. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xv and 240 pages. ISBN: 9781841586106. Spine slightly faded. Lowere edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

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HISTORY OF THE BURGH OF DUMFRIES
Written by William McDowall.
Stock no. 1830855
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the 1906 edition (originally published in 1867). This is the story of a large but beautiful town, with the advancement hand-in-hand of its civilization and material improvement, developing rapidly, in size, population and wealth, from a rude, insignificant, timber built village. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 878 pages includuing index. ISBN: 0854097716. Light shelf-rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly creased.

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GLENCOE & CULLODEN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by John Prebble. Illustrated by Harry Brockway.
Stock no. 1208986
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two volumes. Dramatic grey and black pictorial cloth. B/w engravings. Very slight browning to spines, Culloden volume has crinkling to the top of a few pages, else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing.

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RUN AWAY HOME
Written by Elinor Lyon. Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1330610
Published by Fidra Books. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published in 1953 by Hodder & Stoughton. Cream cardwraps. 199 pages. ISBN: 9781906123048. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Tiny indentation to lower edge of textblock. A few page corner tips lightly creased. A super copy.

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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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