Scottish Interest Books

A very scarce, privately published novel, signed and inscribed by the author. We can trace only 8 copies in institutional holdings.  Captain Anstru...

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...

More West Highland Tales, Volume I; Transcribed and Translated from the Original Gaelic, by John G. Mckay. Edited by Professor W.J. Watson, The Rev...

Days with the Great Writers; A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Maurice Clare. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London. No stated edition, but...

Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels,; The Melrose edition. Consists of 25 novels plus 2 Volumes of The Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., by J.G. L...

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...

Round the Grange Farm; or, Good Old Times, by Jean L. Watson, author of "Bygone Days in our Village", etc; and joint author of the "Songstresses of...

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

Tales of a Grandfather (History of Scotland). By Sir Walter Scott. SOLD Originally intended as a series of tales on Scottish history for Scott's 6 ...

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...

Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels, Copyright Edition Entire. With all the Author's Introductions, Notes, and Corrections on the Text. 3 Volumes...

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...

Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels, 24 Volumes complete. SOLD Published by Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto and...

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 ...

Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels (25 volumes) Centenary Edition set. Complete. This is a truly exceptional set in a beautiful fine binding by ...

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...

A Collection of 4 Issues of Le Livre Moderne Illustre, from 1929-1931. Set comprises: No. 28: Le Bal du Compte d'Orgel, Roman, by Raymond Radiguet,...

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...

The Hills of Home by L. Maclean Watt with the Pentland Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson; An Old Scotch Gardener, The Manse: A Pastoral and the Pent...

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 ...