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ARGYLL: AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS VOLUME 2: LORN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827523
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. This volume contains detailed accounts of all known ancient monuments and historical buildings in the district of Lorn from earliest times to 1707, and of selected examples of later buildings down to the middle of the 19th century. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings, plans and photos. Map showing the position of the principal Monuments in Lorn in end pocket. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0114911479. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Map in rear pocket is present. Contents are clean. Price-cut brown dustwrapper has small closed tear to top front corner (no loss), and is lightly rubbed to other corners.

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THE CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOTLAND VOLUME TWO
Written by Audrey Shore Henshall.
Stock no. 1827522
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This second volume completes the survey of Scottish prehistoric chambered tombs. This volumes deals with the central and southern half of Scotland, including the western isles. Green cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w/ sketches. ISBN: 0852241909. Text block lightly browned. Both maps that should be in pocket at rear are present. Contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a 2" closed tear (no loss) to top rear spine edge and crease in same area.

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THE NAVVY IN SCOTLAND
Written by James E. Handley.
Stock no. 1827486
Published by Cork University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of the work of the navvies in nineteenth century Scotland, covering such aspects as recruitment, the nature of the labour, the wages for the job, the conditions they had to endure, and so much more. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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TWILIGHT OF SCOTTISH STEAM
Written by David Hucknall.
Stock no. 1326960
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933911. Corners bumped. A few light foxspots else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little nicked at corners.

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SCOTTISH STEAM ALBUM
Written by Brian Morrison.
Stock no. 1326958
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At least one example of every type of steam locomotive to be seen only in Scotland during the decade of the 1950s. Large format. Pale blue boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930211. Pale browning to cover edges. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly edge creased with a small tear to the laminate at lower edge of front panel.

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LOST LINES: SCOTLAND
Written by Nigel Welbourn.
Stock no. 1326948
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 2009. Fine condition.

A cross-section of closed lines of regional interest and wider historical and geographical associations. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780711022768. Old price label to rear cover else a fine copy.

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SCOTTISH STEAM 1948-1966: THE RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANDREW GRANT FORSYTH
Written by Brian J. Dickson. Illustrated by Andrew Grant Forsyth.
Stock no. 1326943
Published by The History Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

The changing locomotive scene throughout Scotland after the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. Oblong format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 9780750996655. Minimal rubbing to cover edges else a fine copy.

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STEAM IN SCOTLAND: THE RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS OF R.J. (RON) BUCKLEY
Written by Brian J. Dickson. Illustrated by R.J. Buckley.
Stock no. 1326941
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Buckley's photographs illustrate the locomotive scene in Scotland, witnessed across his long career on the railways. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750960960. Slight rubbing to corners of covesr else a fine copy.

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SCOTTISH BRANCH LINES
Written by Christopher J. Gammell.
Stock no. 1827448
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book covers all the branch lines in Scotland. The origins and eventual fate of each line are described, with particular emphasis on what remains to be seen today. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 086093540X. Some pale foxing and damp mottling to endpapers else contents fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ALL STATIONS TO MALLAIG!
Written by John A. Mccgregor.
Stock no. 1827401
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

The West Highland line since Nationalisation. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851534260. Covers lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE STORY OF THE WEST HIGHLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827400
Published by Famedram. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

George Dow's 1940s LNER guide to the West Highland Railway reprinted. Originally published in 1944. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0905489691. A lovely copy.

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THE WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY
Written by John Thomas; Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1827388
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 3rd 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol 1. Third edition with new material by Alan J.S. Paterson. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0946537143. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustswrapper is very slightly faded to spine, small closed tear to base of spine (no loss).

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