Scottish History & Literature from C L Hawley
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Hugh MacDiarmid: A Festschrift
by Duvall, K. D. and Sydney Goodsir Smith.
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- 1962
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Edinburgh: K D Duvall,. Hardback. 221pp. 16 essays including contributions by Norman MacCaig, David Daiches, Maurice Lindsay, etc. Subjects include Scots, Gaelic, Marxism, nationalism, the Scottish renaissance, etc. Black and white frontis and further plates with nearly 30 photographs. Presumed to be a proof copy as binding is thin card with no titles. Heavily sunned to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Twenty Scottish Tales and Legends
by Swinson, Cyril (editor) with illustrations by Allan Stewart
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- 1998
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New York: Hippocrene Books,. Hardback. 215pp. A new edition of a collection for children originally published in 1940. Suitable for children aged 9+. Includes: The Story of William Wallace, The Story of Macbeth, Thomas the Rhymer, Bruce and the Bloodhound, The Good Housewife and the Little People amongst others. Attractively bound with black spine and gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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In My End is My Beginning: A Life of Mary Queen of Scots
by Mackay, James
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- 1999
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- 9781840180589
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Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing,. Hardback. 320pp. Biography of Mary Queen of Scots from a Scottish perspective. Black boards are very clean and neat. Dust wrapper is creased to top of spine with hint of edge wear elsewhere. Near fine copy in very good dw . Hardcover. 1999. Item Price
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Electric Shepherd: A Likeness of James Hogg
by Miller, Karl
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- 2005
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- 9780571218172
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London: Faber and Faber,. Paperback. 405pp. Biography of Scottish writer James Hogg who was best know for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Hint of shelf wear. Near fine, bright copy. . Paperback. 2005. Item Price
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The Voice of the Bard: Living Poets and Ancient Tradition in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
by Neat, Timothy with John MacInnes
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- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9780862418427
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Edinburgh: Cannongate,. Paperback. 352pp. Illustrated with over 200 black and white photographs throughout. Literary biographies, with poetry, of 14 poets and singers working in the ancient bardic tradition. Also includes a chapter on bardic history. Large format. 10'' x 7.5''. Slight bend to one corner. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy. . Paperback.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Exploring New Roads: Essays on Neil Munro
by Renton, Ronald W. and Brian D. Osborne
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- 2003
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- 9781899863761
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Argyll: House of Lochar,. Paperback. 246pp. 13 essays of literary criticism plus biographical essay and bibliography. Slightly rubbed to lower edge of dust wrapper. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardcover. 2003. Item Price
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Four Gates of Lothian and Other Poems 1921-1978
by MacGregor, Forbes
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- First edition
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- 1979
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- 9780950634807
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Edinburgh: Published by the author,. Hardback. 95pp. Poetry in both standard English and Scots, selected and introduced by Alastair Mackie. 19 page glossary of Scots dialect words. Glossary of proper names. Notes on poems. Blue boards with gilt titles. Dw is slightly rolled to top edge. Near fine copy in very good dw. . Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Across the Water: Irishness in Modern Scottish Writing
by McGonigal, Jim, Donny O'Rourke and Hamish White (editors).
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- 2000
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Argyl: Argyll Publishing,. Paperback. 380pp. An anthology of writing from 45 poets, singers, storytellers and playwrights whose 'modern Scottish Writing' is informed by their Irish (many catholic, some Ulster Presbyterian) roots. Each selection is presented with biographical note on the author; some have a longer autobiographical note as well. Clean and neat. Very good copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Bibliography of the Works of Neil M. Gunn
by Stokoe, C. L.
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- 1987
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- 9780080350790
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Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press,. Paperback. 245pp. Thorough bibliography of the Scottish Writer. Covers published and unpublished written work and broadcast work. Split into sections: short stories and books; plays and dramatisations; verse; articles in periodicals and newspapers; broadcast material; miscellaneous. Brief chronology. Indexed. Light edge wear. Very good copy . Paperback. 1987. Item Price
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Scots Saws From the Folk-Wisdom of Scotland
by Murison, David
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- 1981
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- Hardback
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- 9780901824653
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Edinburgh: James Thin / The Mercat Press,. Hardback. 92pp. Delightful book of Scots' proverbs which contain all the wit, folk wisdom and inherent contradictions you would expect. A-Z compendium plus highly readable introduction, a note on informal expressions of greeting, and a short collection of English sayings with their equivalent in Scots. Dust wrapper is very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henryson
by Henryson, Robert selected by Hugh MacDiarmid
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- 1973
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Harmondsworth. Paperback. 89pp. Part of the Poet to Poet series. Selection of the fourteenth century Middle Scots poet made by MacDiarmid who writes in both Scots and English. Each poem has a glossary of the dialect words to the foot of the page. Some pen annotation to prelims and to margins of text. Lightly browned internally.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Twenty Scottish Tales and Legends
by Swinson, Cyril (editor) with illustrations by Allan Stewart
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- 1998
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- Hardback
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A$11.53
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New York: Hippocrene Books,. 215pp. A new edition of a collection for children originally published in 1940. Suitable for children aged 9+. Includes: The Story of William Wallace, The Story of Macbeth, Thomas the Rhymer, Bruce and the Bloodhound, The Good Housewife and the Little People amongst others. Attractively bound with black spine and gilt titles;… Read more about this item Item Price
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