Search Results: Scottish

Gaelic 232 MacLellan, Angus, b. 1869. Furrow behind me. Told by Angus MacLellan; translated by John Lorne Campbell. Edinburgh, Scotland: Birlinn, 1997, xx, 202p, notes, photos, paperback. Pages have toned a bit and there is the usual wear associated with paperback books, good, clean, tight copy overall. A minor classic on the life of a crofter. Translated from the Scottish Gaelic by the great folklorist, John Lorne Campbell. $6.50

Gaelic 434 Orain a' Mhoid. Glasgow: Alexander MacLaren, 1925-40. 16p, paperback pamphlets. The numbers of these booklets, which were used as tests at the annual Mods, are given, as well as the year, when known. Good to very good condition. The pamphlets are stapled on the spine edges with some rusting. Any one, $6.50 each
Numbers: 2 (1925), III, IV,V,VI,VII, VIII, X, XI, XII (1935), XIII, XIV (1937), XV (1938), XVII.

Ireland 087 O'Sullivan, Maurice, 1904-1950. (O Suilleabhain, Muiris, 1904-1950). Twenty Years A-Growing. Rendered from the original Irish with a Preface by Moya Llewelyn Davies and George Thomson. With an Introductory Note by E.M. Forster. (Series: The World's Classics). London: Oxford University Press, 1976, xiv, 298 pages. Fine copy in dust jacket. Thus hand-sized edition is just the right size if one wishes to read it while travelling. It was originally published in 1933 and revised by the translator. A classic of life on the Great Blasket Island and Irish folklore. $7.50

Gaelic 260 McGonagle, Noel. Irish grammar: a basic handbook. Conamara: Clo Iar-Chonnachta, 1991, 100p, paperback. Good. $7.50

Scotland 007 Thompson, Francis. Crofting years. Barr, Ayrshire: Luath Press, 1984, 141p, illus, Paperback. Good, clean, tight copy. Fine condition. $7.50 Box 7000 Thompson is a Gaelic scholar with an in-depth knowledge of crofting and Scottish Gaelic ways.

Gaelic 222 Mac Giolla Chomhaill, Annrai and Micheal O Mairtin. Saol ar Linne. Dublin: Fallon 1977, 146p. Paperback. Dictionary English to Irish of commonly used words. $7.50

Gaelic 221 MacGiolla Choda, Muiris. Scéalaíocht 1: bunchéim. Cursa Nua-aimseartha Gaeilge. Scealta/filiocht/comhra/gramadach fheidhmiuil.
Baile Átha Cliath: Ó Fallúin, 1980, 88 pages, photos, crossword puzzles, short history sketches, children's audience. Paperback. Good copy. Uncommon as is often the fate of these types of books. $8.50

Gaelic464 Paterson, John M. "Gaelic Made Easy". A Guide to Gaelic for Beginners. Part 3. Glasgow: Gairm, 1991, 51, (vocabulary); paperbound. Scottish Gaelic. Very good clean, tight copy, no marks. $8.50

Gaelic540 Uibh Eachach, Vivian, illustrator. Aibítir na nAinmhithe. Conamara: Clo Iar-Chonnachte, 1990, 24p, paperback. Children's book $8.50

Gaelic463 Paterson, John M. "Gaelic Made Easy". A Guide to Gaelic for Beginners. Part 2. Glasgow: Gairm, 1990, 40, x (vocabulary); paperbound. Scottish Gaelic. Very good clean, tight copy, no marks. $8.50

Gaelic465 Paterson, John M. "Gaelic Made Easy". A Guide to Gaelic for Beginners. Part 4. Glasgow: Gairm, 1991, 69, ix(vocabulary)p; paperbound. Scottish Gaelic. Very good clean, tight copy, no marks.

Fair Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo First 1965 Hardcover Reprint Edition of the 1923 Edition, on the Celtic 18th century revival of Lewis Morris, Scottish ballads, many more. Front cover bad discoloration stain on bottom half of the front cover. Otherwise the spine and, back cover and rest of front cover excellent, clean. Internally unaffected. Inside Fine. The book internally is not in any way impacted by this. Cover looks mottled bad but no no smell. The Druidical bibliography is alone is worth the price of admission! As is.

Gaelic 369Ó Dubhghaill, Aodán. Anseo is Ansiud, 2, Nua-Chursa Gaeilge. Baile Atha Cliath: O'Falluin, Clobhuailte i Poblacht no h Eireann ag, Mount Salus Teo, 1981, 80p, illus. Paperback. Good to very good. Gaelic learning booklet. $9.50

Gaelic 229mcac McLean, Allan Campbell (Ailean Caimbeul Mac'Illeathain). Air a' chanal/Waterways. Stornoway, Isle of Lewis: Acair, 1980, 22 pages each, illus, paperbound. Two children's books, one in Scottish Gaelic, other in English translation. Very colorful. Fine condition. The two pamphlets: $9.50

Scotland: Scotland: Club Leabhar, 1972, 1972. Book. Very Good. Card Wrappers. 1st Scottish Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Card Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Scottish Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Antholgy of Scottish teenage poetry collected by the Scottish book club.Some great stuff here. B/w photos too. Printed and published in the highlands 96pp..

Scotland 104hh Henderson, Diana M. Highland Soldier: A Social Study of the Highland Regiments, 1820-1920. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1989, viii, 336 pages, illus, notes, index. This book had some water staining toward the back of the book. Has some edge rippling at paper edges of last 20 pages or so, last page has red offsetting to paper edge from the red endpaper. Would have been very good else but will only consider this as good in dust jacket. $10.00 Box A 104

Gaelic 169 Learner's English-Irish Dictionary. Compiled by An Seabhac. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1957, 121 pages $10.00

Gaelic 273 Mulholland, Gwen. The Struggle for a Language. Gaelic in Education. (NP): Author, 1984, 24p, paperback. Expanded from 1980 edition. $10.00

Gaelic gdmm Gillis, Daniel. Measure of a man. Philadelphia: Iona Foundation, 1982, 64p, photos, paperback. Very good. Biography of the author's father, Angus Dan Gillis, 1891-1964, a Scottish Gael from Nova Scotia. Prof. Gillis, chairman of the Classics Department at Haverford College, is of Scottish Gaelic descent. Once opened up his house in Canada for a Scottish Gaelic summer course. $10.00

Ireland 119 Sayers, Peig. The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket Island. Introduction by Eoin McKiernan.Translated into English from the Irish by Bryan MacMahon. Illustrations by Catriona O'Connor. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1974, 212 pages. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper, very good copy. Dust jacket is good, had a few small tears, repaired. $10.00