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Trumpet on the Wing, by Wingy Manone & Paul Vandervoort II. Foreword by Bing Crosby. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick &a...

The Mountain is Young, by Han Suyin (韓素音). Han Suyin was the pen name of Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou (周光瑚), c. 1917-2012. She was a physician and ...

Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose; Troilus and Creseide and The Minor Poems, with Life of the Poet, by Sir Harris Nicolas. In three volumes, complete. ...

A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, with Historical Notes, and the Life of Dante. To Which is Added, A Specimen of a...

Miniature Painters British and Foreign, With Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated by Numerous Exam...

Les Martyrs, ou le Triomphe de la Religion Chrétienne, François René de Chateaubriand, 2 vol. set. Published by Le Normant, Imprimeur-Libraire, Par...

A Treatise on the Epidemic Puerperal Fever as it Prevailed in Edinburgh in 1821-22, To Which is Added an Appendix, containing the Essay of the Late...

"A personal record of the Orkney shore, including observations on its marine fauna and biographical notes on early Orkney naturalists. It also pres...

Published as a 'souvenir' to commemorate the National Celebration at Edinburgh of the Centenary of the Birth of Sir Walter Scott. Pictorial Illustr...

A biography of Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Princess Mary; Viscountess Lascelles; An Intimate and Autho...

Ian Hay was the pen name of John Hay Beith (1876-1922), British schoolmaster, soldier, novelist, playwright and historian. His humorous account of ...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was commissioned by Blackie and Sons to design the covers for two series of their books - The Rambler Travel Books and Ra...

A very scarce example of this charmingly illustrated Play with a cover design by Jessie Marion King (1875-1949). She was a Scottish illustrator and...

Famous Scottish Burghs; Their Romantic Story. By George Eyre-Todd, With an Introduction by Neil Munro. Published by Heath Cranton Limited, London, ...

A New History of Scotland: 2 Volume Set. Comprising; Scotland from the earliest times to 1603. By William Croft Dickinson. First edition, 2nd impre...

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland. By Ernest W. Marwick. Drawings by Gay John Galsworthy. Part of 'The Folklore of the British Isles' series, Gen...

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio), now first completely done into English. The Stories which it has hitherto been the custom to cen...

The Works of Robert Burns; with a Complete Life of the Poet, and An Essay on His Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Also Numerous Notes, An...

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, A New Edition by Mr. Yorick & Voyage Sentimental en France et en Italie, par M. Yorick. Written...

The Poets and Poetry of Scotland; From the Earliest to the Present Time. Comprising Characteristic Selectionds from the Works of the More noteworth...

Camden's Britannia 1695; A Facsimile of the 1695 Edition Published by Edmund Gibson. With an introduction by Professor Stuart Piggott, and a Biblio...

Scotch Whisky interest: Highland Park; Images of Orkney. Produced by Highland Park Whisky distillers as a promotional tool for their brand of malt ...

Fine Vintage Cambodian Silver Betel Box, Cat, 9.5cm long, 100g, exceptional detail. SOLD A beautiful Cambodian silver betel box in the form of a re...

First edition set of Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, by 2.5k: Born Free; A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's L...

Sue Townsend; First editions of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 & The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, 1982 & 1984. Both Illustrat...

"Troopin', Troopin', Troopin' to the Sea: "O.H.M.S." An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle", Conveying Twelve Hundred Soldie...

Complete Poems 1920-1976, Hugh MacDiarmid, 2 Volume set. SOLD Published by Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London. 1978 first edition. Printed in Scot...

Carmina Urbis et Ruris (Songs/Verse of the City and the Country), By John F. Fergus. A humorous poetry collection - many with a Medical theme as th...

In Praise of Tweed, by W.S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir. An anthology of poetic writings connected with the River Tweed, with biographical int...

Lochleven, and Other Poems (also known as 'Life and Poems' from the half title page), Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie. Poetry by the Scottish...

The Testament of Beauty; A Poem in Four Books, by Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate. The work that secured Bridges great popularity, only shortly befor...

History of the Hammermen of Glasgow; A Study typical of Scottish Craft Life and Organisation. By Harry Lumsden, LL.B., Clerk of the Trades House of...

Manners in Three Parts. Translated from the French:  SOLD Part I. Of Piety: including the love of God, and the Gratitude and Homage which we owe hi...

The Concurrence & Unanimity Of the People Called Quakers; In Owning and Asserting the principal Doctrines of the Christian Religion; Demonstrat...

The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert MacGregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy, Before The High Court of Judiciary, in the Years 1752, 175...

A Scent of Water, by Carl MacDougall. Illustrated by Alasdair Gray. SOLD A collection of 18 folk tales from both traditional and original sources, ...

Jungle John; A Book of the Big-Game Jungles, by John Budden. Illustrated by Major-General H.J.P. Browne. A vintage jungle adventure yarn featuring ...

The Deep, by Peter Benchley (his follow-up novel to Jaws). Published by Andre Deutsch, London. 1976 First edition, first impression. A near fine sp...

The Merry Muses of Caledonia, by Robert Burns. Edited by James Barke, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, with a Prefatory Note and some authentic Burns Text...

A History Maker, by Alasdair Gray. A wonderful work by Alasdair Gray, probably the most important contributor to Scottish art and literature in mod...

Poor Things; Episodes From the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer. By Alasdair Gray, although his own credit r...

Nanking Cargo Teabowl and Saucer with certification. SOLD In 1986 a large scale auction at Christies in Amsterdam sold Chinese porcelain from the s...

A set of 5 volumes (from 6) of Anthony Trollope's 'Palliser Novels'. Classic English literature of the 19th Century, originally published between 1...

Complete set of 6 volumes of Anthony Trollope's 'The Barsetshire Novels'. Classic English literature of the 19th Century, originally published betw...

The Works of Charles Dickens; Complete Edition in Twenty Volumes. With Illustrations by Cruickshank, 'Phiz,' &c. Chapman & Hall / Oxford Un...

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, The Waverley Edition, 26 Volumes, complete. Subscriber's edition. This Waverley edition is a scarce set. This ...

The Fireman, by Joe Hill.  Published by Gollancz, London, 2016. First edition. Signed by author. Fine condition black cloth hardback book, in near ...

The Justice of Kings, by Richard Swan. Published by Orbit in Association with Goldsboro Books, London. Signed and Numbered Limited edition of 2,000...