Scottish Interest from Matilda Mary's Books

Sevenoaks, Kent.: J. Salmon Ltd., 1996 ,Favourite Recipes Series: 11 Separate Booklets.Favourite Home Baking Recipes:Favourite Christmas Recipes,Favourite Chicken Recipes,:West Country Fish Recipes-whitefish and shellfish Delicacies,Welsh Teatime Recipes-Traditional Welsh Cakes:Favourite Welsh Recipes-Traditional Welsh Fare:Scottish Meat Recipes -Beef, Lamb and Game Dishes:Scottish Country Recipes -Traditional Fare from Heath and Home:Favourite Country Preserves -Traditional Homemade Jam, Chutney and Pickle Recipes;and Easy to Make… Read more about this item

Ware, Herts.: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998 Pages very lightly toned/ Tiny rub markon front cover. No inscriptions, bright, tight and clean.200 pp including 4 pp at rear of text of all Wordsworth titles and publishing information. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Paperback.

London: William Collins, 1946 8 colour plates,21 illustrations in black/white.Some light wear to edges of dust wrapper and faintly so on boards, 3/5"/1.5cm missing on both at spine tail but still a really lovely clean, bright,tight copy. Jacket not priced, not clipped/mOwner name in pencil on front pastedown, very tiny vintage gold bookseller label at bottom ot this page, "Seeley's.… Read more about this item

London: Guild, 1999 531pp. Pages lightly toned.Dustjacket not priceclipped. decorative red/gold headband to spine head and tail backstrip.Bright, tight and clean copy of this wonderful story, set in Scotland. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Red Board, gilt Type. Very Good/Very Good. Hard Cover.

London: Gollancz, 1979 Beautiful yellow Gollancz dustjacket, merest edgewear and creasing, (see image of actual book), bright, tight and clean as was protected by a cover, now removed. Evidence of removed tape lines to pastedowns and to boards.Offset narrow vertical line on endpaper from tape, but faint and shorter similar line on first endpaper.Boards have lightly rubbed spine head and… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Chambers, 1851 Cloth sewn bindings. Quite fragile at joins in places now, but still tight, and appear unread.Some edgewear to front edges in places.Approx 16 pp each issue. Fascinating social history of the attitudes of the times. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Paper Covers. Good. Magazine.

London: AA Publishing, 1996 50 special sites, travel and tourist information, and suggested picnic menu with recipes for each site. Map.176pp.Boards have gilt titles, half bound with tartan cloth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First.. Black Board. Near Fine/No D/jacket. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated in Colour. Hard Cover.

Stirling Scotland: Stirling Tract Enterprise, 1949 Endpages age tanned. Foxing on edges.Some edgewear to boards, which are rubbed and bumped. Red cloth spine. "Stirling Castle" liner on front cover.First story "Field Marshal Smuts". Present small inscription on title page (first page) dated 1949.Puzzles not filled in apart from 2 letters on p. 97, and 1 tiny ink inscription answer on… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1849 Boards rubbed at edges, corners, spine extremities.282pp. Light foxing on last six pages.Two owner names in ink on ffep, which is creased, top one crossed through with line.tiny black mark on inside pastdown, transposed to ffep. Strong art paper. Webbing showing very slightly at hinges to 128-129.Thread sewn binding.Still a tight, clean… Read more about this item

Stirling Scotland: Stirling Tract Enterprise, 1950 Endpages age tanned. Light foxing on edges. light edgewear. Corners rubbed, bumped.Blue cloth spine. Stirling Pipe Band coming out of castle on front cover.First story "the Gateway to the North" by Kyles.Present small inscription on title page (first page) dated 1950.Puzzles not filled in. Loose leaf insert by publisher advertising previous annual (Liner on… Read more about this item

London: Pavilion, 2006 Line No. 4-10. Dustjacket not priceclipped. No inscriptions.30 new paintings, others recently discovered plus the best of previously published paintings.192pp including index. A beautiful copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Black Board. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated Colour Plates, Photographs. Hard Cover.

Glasgow: James Hedderwick and Sons, 1927 Delightful little book,95 pp including 3 Appendices :Books, Place Names,Pronunciation of Place Names. Boards quarter bound with green line, tipped in titles on spine (now faded) and front board. Spare spine label attached to rear endpaper.4 black and white plates, 3 line drawn maps in text plus l Fold out map of Isle of… Read more about this item

London: Reader's Digest, 1991 Beautiful copy. Decorative front board, with half bound leatherette spine. World's Best Reading Series.222pp. Blue endpapers.Colour plates.4 page Loose leaf insert of information of the series (World's Best Reading). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Brown Faux Leather.. As New/No D/jacket as Issued. Illus. by Frank Godwin. Hard Cover.

London: Penguin, 1975 336 pp, small rub mark on spine,some edgewear. Pages lightly age toned. Bright, tight and clean, no inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Maps, Black and White Photos, Colour Photo. Paperback.

London: Daily Express Fiction Library Pages very lightly toned.188 pp. Novel set in Scotland, published around 1930.Very nice copy, clean,bright and tight, no inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Dark Blue Leatherette. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Hard Cover.

London: Coronet Books; Hodder, 1976 Covers few creases, as has spine, few signs of use. Pages age toned .Owner tiny name on inside front cover. Still a clean, tight copy. 256 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seventh Impression. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Paperback.

London: James Nisbet. Lovely Art Deco decorative front board and spine. Boards sunned at top edges and edges adjoining sunned spine. Illustrated Prize plate on ffep, Exeter,dated 1916.Foxing at page edges to prelims and early pages of text. Also foxing/speckling offset on endpapers.472pp plus very interesting 32 page Publisher's catalogue at rear of text (Ballanyne, L M Meade, etc). Size:… Read more about this item

London: Pan, 1966 396 pp.Pages age tanned.Covers show signs of age,but all still tight.No inscriptions. Moving account of the battle of Caen, the centrepiece of the Normandy Campaign in June 1944. Personal accounts by British, Canadian and German soldiers and French civilians. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Bl/white Illustrations,… Read more about this item

Everyman's Library Children's Classics, 1994 Coloured plate on front board, plus gilt decorative design on front board. Decorative gilt/black spine. Some slight rubbing on spine decoration."belongs to" plate on front pastedown filled in. 12 colour plates by Hilder, and decorative bl/white diamond shape design endpapers with Shepard silhouette designs from "Dream Days". Inlaid blue silk bookmark strip. A lovely copy.… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1981 Few specks on top edge, otherwise abright, tight, clean copy. Featuring "Storm" the Shetland Collie then 3 years old. 301 pp including index. Blue endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First.. Green Boards Gilt Type. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated Black and White Photographs, Maps and Line Drawings.. Hard Cover.