Scottish Interest Books

A historic novel from English novelist Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) about Mary Queen of Scots. The 'Quair' in the title is a small book. The Queen's...

A nicely inscribed Rebus first edition by Ian Rankin, reading "To Hugh, The Old Devil is Back, Ian Rankin", and doodled with a Gallows illustration...

A first edition of one of Angus MacVicar's most acclaimed thrillers, with its original dustacket. Born in 1908, this respected Scottish author live...

A charming collection of children's stories, written by Mrs Lang, and edited by Andrew Lang, her husband, who died the year prior to publication. H...

A very smart copy of this excellent 'Culture' science fiction novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks. Published by Orbit, a Division of Little, Bro...

A leather bound photographic album from 1884 by 'Photographic Artist' J. Dryburgh, of St Andrews and Dalkeith, in Scotland. A truly remarkable albu...

This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...

21 classic children's rhymes and tales are retold by Joseph Cundall in this very scarce 1850 first edition, featuring more than 100 charming hand c...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A very good first edition copy in the Publisher's original cloth binding. Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, by William Robertson. Published...

A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

An attractively illustrated edition of this classic work. Tales from Chaucer; The Canterbury Tales. Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated...

Annie S. Swan is said to be one of the most commercially successful novelists of the late 19th and early 20th century. She was Scottish and lived f...

Annie S. Swan is said to be one of the most commercially successful novelists of the late 19th and early 20th century. She was Scottish and lived f...

A scarce 18th Century Scottish publication of Shakespeare's work. Despite being only one volume, it is now rather uncommon to come across any copie...

A volume of compiled issues of The English Illustrated Magazine which was published between 1883 and 1913. It carried a variety of features includi...

Founded in 1817, and initially called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was more successfully relaunched as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Also known...

The Penny Pictorial Magazine, 3 bound volumes of issues, 1899-1900. The Penny Pictorial Magazine was sold weekly and its one penny price tag was de...

The Bijou Shakespeare; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Illustrated. In Six Volumes. With Biographical Introduction and an Essay on Shake...

The Intimate Thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller. Edited by Augustus Muir. Introduction by James Horatio Cockburn. A scarce copy of Scottish writer...

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

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...

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

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

Cleaning Up, by Iain M. Banks, Signed Limited Novacon special edition – probably the rarest of Iain Banks published work. This was a special editio...

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

The Sunlight Pilgrims, by Jenni Fagan; Signed, Doodled and Dated by the author to the title page. Dated 19th August, 2016. Published by William Hei...

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...

Myths and Legends series: SOLD Classic Myth & Legend, by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome from famous Paintin...

Myths and Legends series: SOLD Celtic Myth & Legend; Poetry & Romance, by Charles Squire. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome aft...

Sir Toady Crusoe, by S.R. Crockett. illustrated by Gordon Browne. Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., London. 1905 first edition. A ...

The Merry Muse, by Eric Linklater. Published by Jonathan Cape, London. First edition, 1959. A very good hardback, with black paper over boards with...

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens from The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie. A New Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.  SOLD Published by Hodder ...

The Ebb-Tide; A Trio and Quartette, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Published by William Heinemann, London, 1894. First edition. A go...

The Ebb-Tide; A Trio and Quartette, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Published by William Heinemann, London, 1894. First edition. A go...

The Association for Scottish Literary Studies, General Editor – Douglas Mack: James Hogg; Selected Stories and Sketches. Edited by Douglas S. Mack....

To Celebrate Five Hundred Years of Scottish Printing 1507-1509.  Jointly Published by Incline Press, Oldham, England, and Running the Goat, St. Joh...

The Long Journey; Poems selected from A Child's Garden of Verses : Ballads : Underwoods : & Songs of Travel.  By Robert Louis Stevenson. With W...

A Lean Third, with an afterword by the author, by James Kelman.   Published by Tangerine Press, London, 2014. Private Press. A signed, limited, and...

Journey Through the Wilderness, by Moris Farhi. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academi...

Mary Shelley; Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot, Edited with an introduction by Claire Tomalin. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clai...

Publishing, Editing and Reception; Essays in Honor of Donald H. Reiman. Edited by  Michael Edson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...

The Last Man, by Mary Shelley. Edited with an Introduction by Hugh J Luke Jr. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 ...

Mary Wollstonecraft; Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of a Woman. Edited with an Introduction by Gary Kelly. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the...

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories, with Five Illustrations by William Blake. With an Introduction by E.V. Lucas. SOLD Provenance; from the lib...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (The 1818 Text) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Edited, with Variant Readings, An Introduction and Notes, by ...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary W. Shelley. Edited with an Introduction by M.K. Joseph.  Provenance; from the library of the late Wil...

First Folio; A Little Book of Folio Forewords. Introduced by Catherine Taylor. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2008. First edition thus.  B...