Scottish Interest Books

First published in 1958, South by Java Head is one of Alistair MacLean’s classic wartime thrillers, set in the aftermath of the fall of Singapore d...

Journals of the Western Isles: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Bo...

Winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is a richly imagined and deeply moving novel inspired by the life and loss...

The Forth Railway Bridge – completed in 1890 – is one of the greatest feats of late-Victorian engineering and remains a defining symbol of Scotland...

A scholarly early 18th century Latin edition of the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, the foundation of classical geometry. Edited and correcte...

The Ladies Calling. Edinburgh: James Glen, 1675. First Scottish Edition. The Ladies Calling (first published London, 1673 and attributed to Richard...

'Cynicus, the pen name of Martin Anderson, was a Scottish artist, political and satirical cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher. Born in 1...

A well-presented copy of Harry Graham’s engaging biographical study of remarkable Scottish women, spanning six centuries from Dervorguilla (1213–12...

The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks; Probably one of the most impactful and influential novels by a Scottish author in the 1980s. A work of dark brilli...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

A Collection of Jessie M. King Ephemera; Posters, leaflets, cuttings, articles, cards etc., 1980s-2000s. A substantial and varied collection of mod...

Tales from Inverbothrie, by Frances Ryhnd Brightman. Described as "Written as a historical novel, Tales from Inverbothrie charts the fortunes of a ...

First published in 1934, Reginald F. Johnston's Twilight in the Forbidden City is the classic insider’s account of life in the Chinese imperial cou...

The Merchistonian was the long-running magazine of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, published for the school community, alumni, and supporters....

The Merchistonian was the long-running magazine of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, published for the school community, alumni, and supporters....

This is a handsome set of four large-format 19th‑century bound volumes of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, originally launched in 1832 by the enterpri...

This is a handsome 19th‑century bound volume of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal – New Series, Volume II, comprising issues 27–52 from July to December...

This is a very unusual and rather charming volume - on the face of it it has the appearance of a typical Victorian binding - black leather spine an...

A smart 1829 volume of The Gem; A Literary Annual, edited by the poet and humorist Thomas Hood, featuring contributions from some of the era’s most...

A late‑18th‑century Edinburgh periodical, The Lounger (1785–1787) was a literary and moral weekly published by the authors of The Mirror, a promine...

This five‑volume set showcases the writings of Hugh Miller (1802–1856), the celebrated Scottish stonemason‑turned‑geologist, author, and lay theolo...

A smart copy of this detailed biography of Lord Macaulay — the eminent 19th-century historian, essayist, and politician best known for his History ...