Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859765334 ISBN 13: 9780859765336
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Deeside is intimately connected with the Royal family. This account of one of Scotland's most beautiful and evocative areas is the story of Royal Deeside and how it acquired its name. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859765504 ISBN 13: 9780859765503
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The railway era had yet to make its impact on the Clyde during the period 1864 to 1888: this was the age of the private steamer company. The 1860s and '70s were the heyday of the all the way steamboat service down the Clyde coast. It was not until the 1880s that the greater convenience of new rail and steamer routes and the increasing pollution of the river eroded a trade by which many steamboat proprietors have previously prospered. This book traces the development of Clyde steamers from the middle of the 1860s to the eve of the railway invasion. From the legendary Iona to the much-loved Lucy Ashton, each ship is described, together with the services they offered. These details are set aginst the social background of the period, the personalities, the engineering developments and the disasters that made this such a fascinating era. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859762637 ISBN 13: 9780859762632
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This text is not merely a step-by-step guide along walks or places of interest. It is rather a means of helping the reader towards an enjoyable personal discovery of a unique region of Scotland - a peninsula: not an island. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859761517 ISBN 13: 9780859761512
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2005
ISBN 10: 0859766306 ISBN 13: 9780859766302
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he became an advocate in 1800 and gained a reputation for persuasive handling of seemingly desperate cases, most famously that of Helen MacDougall, common law wife of the body-snatcher William Burke, in 1828. Like his compatriot and fellow judge Thomas Jeffrey, Cockburn was converted to Whig principles, contributing articles to Jeffrey's Edinburgh Review and writing his biography (Life of Lord Jeffrey, 1852). Although this was the only major work Cockburn published during his lifetime, his reputation as a man of letters rests principally on his journals, which were published posthumously as Memorials of His Time (1856), The Journal of Henry Cockburn (1874) and Circuit Journeys (1888). Together they present an enormously informative and valuable portrait of the period and many of its most significant personalities. Cockburn became Rector of Glasgow University in the early 1830s and a Lord of Session in 1834, and was actively involved in the conservation of Edinburgh's historic buildings. Cockburn's published works are complemented by his letters, largely unpublished but preserved by many of his correspondents and their families. This selection of 180 [new] letters provides much fresh information about his career as advocate, judge, Whig activist, genial family man and pioneer in building conservation. Together with the rest of his works, they confirm him as a key figure in that generation of thinkers and artists who followed on from those who made the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment such a rich moment in Europe's cultural history. It is destined to become another classic in the tradition of the Memorials. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1989
ISBN 10: 0859762505 ISBN 13: 9780859762502
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1989
ISBN 10: 0859762912 ISBN 13: 9780859762915
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2002
ISBN 10: 0859764583 ISBN 13: 9780859764582
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This sequel to Discovering the River Forth explores the estuary as far as Fife Ness on the north shore and St. Abb's Head on the south shore. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1988
ISBN 10: 0859762424 ISBN 13: 9780859762427
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859764184 ISBN 13: 9780859764186
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This is the definitive biography of one of Scotland's most versatile actors. Macrae made the transition from the theatre to the variety stage and this book covers his works, including "The Wee Cock Sparra", "Whisky Galore" and "Para Handy". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh, 1974
ISBN 10: 0859760030 ISBN 13: 9780859760034
Da: Merandja Books, Cornwall, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. A hardback book with both book and jacket in very good condition, dated 1974, First Edition.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1985
ISBN 10: 0859761312 ISBN 13: 9780859761314
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1999
ISBN 10: 0859762122 ISBN 13: 9780859762120
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Good. Throughout this volume emphasis is placed on the particular identity and distinctiveness of Scotland in terms both of its institutions and the social values of the Scottish people. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1999
ISBN 10: 0859765148 ISBN 13: 9780859765145
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This text describes two types of Aberdeen - a community crowded with buildings and ravaged by disease and poverty, compared with the new Aberdeen of today. This book also describes how the newspaper industry was established in Aberdeen, giving a glimpse of a newspaper at work. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1987
ISBN 10: 0859761894 ISBN 13: 9780859761895
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2021
ISBN 10: 1910900796 ISBN 13: 9781910900796
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In the summer of 1411, the ageing Donald of Isla, Lord of the Isles, invaded mainland Scotland with a huge, battle-hardened army, only to be fought to a bloody standstill on the plateau of Harlaw, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, a town he had threatened to sack. One of the greatest battles in Scottish history, described by hardened mediaeval chroniclers as 'atrocious', 'Reid Harlaw' left some 3,000 dead and wounded. Dismissed by Scott as a 'Celt v. Saxon' power struggle, it has faded from historical memory, other than in the north-east of Scotland. Written records in Latin, Scots, Gaelic and English are presented in their original form, and with transcriptions and translations. Two major ballads are analysed, one contemporary, and one fabricated over 350 years later - which is still sung. Lowland views dominate, because of the loss and destruction of Highland records, notably those of the Lords of the Isles themselves. The histories themselves fall into two groups - those written at or around the time, and those composed some 300 years later.These later accounts form the basis of most modern descriptions of the battle, but they tend to be romantic and highly imaginative, creating noble order where chaos once existed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh
ISBN 10: 0859762726 ISBN 13: 9780859762724
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1999
ISBN 10: 0859763226 ISBN 13: 9780859763226
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Ian Torrance, three times Scottish Press Photographer of the Year, presents a range of images of his native Edinburgh, her people, places, moments and moods. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2000
ISBN 10: 0859765385 ISBN 13: 9780859765381
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This collection of over 70 folk ballads and songs with music reveals the history of Dundee with songs of the men at sea, the clipper fleets and the men of the whaling ships, the jute mills and their work force, the depression of the 1930s and the slum clearance of the 1960s. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2005
ISBN 10: 0859766357 ISBN 13: 9780859766357
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Using original sources, some for the first time, we witness Hume's disappointment with the reception of his Treatise of Human Nature - 'it fell dead-born from the press' - although it is now seen as a pivotal work in European thinking, and follow his adventures during a farcical invasion of France. His Essays and History at last brought him the fame he had sought, but also caused the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland to attempt to excommunicate him. The accusation that Hume was an atheist is disproved while, more light-heartedly, his time as a diplomat shows him at the heart of the gossip of pre-Revolutionary Paris, where he was Le Bon David. Back in Edinburgh, James Boswell nicknamed him 'The Great Infidel' yet, like everyone else, sought invitations to Hume's well-stocked table and wine cellar. Hume never married, although he was always a favourite with the ladies for whist and conversation, and he was involved in a preposterous courtship in Turin. He also had a lengthy intellectual involvement with a married aristocrat who was already another man's mistress. The Great Infidel gives a rounded picture of the man, the century in which he lived, his thought, and, above all, his humanity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859763455 ISBN 13: 9780859763455
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In 1878 the Hierarchy was restored to the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. Dioceses were created and archbishops and bishops replaced the old vicars apostolic. This book provides a biographic dictionary of the secular priests who have served in these dioceses. It takes each diocese in turn and includes both priests ordained for that diocese after 1878 and those lent to it. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2004
ISBN 10: 0859765903 ISBN 13: 9780859765909
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This is the first time that Rob Roy's life has been written with a full range of sources. The picture that emerges is indeed striking, but not heroic. A man deeply wronged and oppressed, forced into outlawry, has to be modified by the clear evidence that he was only outlawed after undertaking a careful plan to swindle his creditors. The staunch Jacobite is revealed as a man who supplied intelligence to the government against them, the supposed warrior-leader never fought in a battle, and the reputed duellist instead was only known to have fought one duel,which he lost.Yet in some ways Roy remains an attractive figure. The fact that he survived, in spite of the odds against him, is a remarkable tribute to his tenacity of both body and spirit and to his charm that has persuaded most historians of his version of his life instead of that of his enemies.With this book Scotland may lose a hero of the old-fashioned and unreal sort, but it possesses a Rob Roy whose life-story emerges as one that was dramatic and certainly more human. This radical revision of popular views on Rob Roy is based on much recently discovered material and is the first new biography for thirty years. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2004
ISBN 10: 0859765938 ISBN 13: 9780859765930
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The answers are all in an expanded and revised edition of Edinburgh Curiosties. A Capital Cornucopia, and combines both volumes. Thomson and Coghill have trawled through the city's characters to bring together a collection of the men and women who scandalised and inspired the city over the years. But in addition to the notorious, like the Porteous Riot, Deacon William Brodie - the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde - or Madeleine Smith, they look at other lesser known, but nevertheless fascinating, people and events. Stories you've maybe heard something about but don't know the detail. They also float intriguing speculation like the possibility of members of Ned Kelly's gang carrying out armed robberies in Leith after the bushranger was hanged in Australia. The result is a fascinating dip into Edinburgh's rich and varied past, which will appeal to natives and visitors alike. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859761304 ISBN 13: 9780859761307
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This history of Newhaven covers over 450 years. The author's own connections with the port prompted him to investigate its history, and the result is a blend of historical facts and anecdotes which combine to create a portrait of Newhaven folk. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2015
ISBN 10: 1906566747 ISBN 13: 9781906566746
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Dr Lachlan Grant (1871-1945), general practitioner and campaigner, was an important figure in the public life of the Highlands, deeply involved in industrial disputes in the early twentieth century at the Ballachulish slate quarries, where he was employed as a doctor for the workers. He was also active politically, both in the Liberal Party and the early years of the Scottish National Party, and was a prolific journalist, writing on medical and wider political, social and economic issues in the Highlands, particularly mental health care in the region. An active campaigner in the promotion of economic and social development of the Highlands, he placed special emphasis on improved health administration in the region. He was a key contributor to the Dewar Report (1912), which led to the establishment of the Highlands and Islands Medical Board in 1913, considered by many to be a 'proto-National Health Service'. He was a star pupil of Edinburgh medical school, who went on to general practice in the Highlands and Islands, while continuing medical research in his own private laboratory to work on problems such as tuberculosis (which reached epidemic proportions in the interwar Highlands), anaemia and eye health. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2000
ISBN 10: 0859765318 ISBN 13: 9780859765312
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The brutal clearances which changed the face of much of rural Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are most often associated with the Highlands. However, one of the most dramatic conflicts between tenant and landowner took place on the small Orcadian island of Rousay. When members of the Royal Commission tasked with assessing the conditions of tenant crofters arrived there, the island's owner, General William Frederick Traill-Burroughs, threatened to evict any islander who gave evidence. As tension mounted, a gunboat arrived to keep the peace, and it was only the belated passing of the Crofters Act of 1886 and a special Act of Parliament directed specifically against the general that saved the islands. This is the dramatic story of these events. At the end of it, Burroughs, once lauded as a national hero who had seen military action in Crimea and India, emerges as a much more complex and human figure that history has previously painted him. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2002
ISBN 10: 0859765687 ISBN 13: 9780859765688
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This work covers the dozen or so villages on Glasgow's south side to present an up-to-date picture of life there through the years. New material has been introduced to most chapters, and a map of each village is included. This is the story of how old villages were expanded and new villages formed to house the workforces for particular industries; for example Govanhill, laid out by William Dixon for coal miners and skilled ironworkers brought from Shropshire. It is also a glimpse into the industries, events, and famous (and infamous) residents: the railway men at Corkerhill and Polmadie; the women munition workers at Cathcart and Cardonald; the 47 children in a two-roomed adventure school in Gorbals, some accommodated in the kitchen bed; and the moments of deep despair when a whole community was bereaved by a disaster in a pit or on the river. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1986
ISBN 10: 0859761800 ISBN 13: 9780859761802
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0859764737 ISBN 13: 9780859764735
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A wide-ranging review of the history, geography, landscape, flora and fauna of Perthshire and Kinross-shire comprising the old counties of Perth and Kinross. Contemporary issues, including the local economy, are also surveyed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: John Donald Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2018
ISBN 10: 1910900230 ISBN 13: 9781910900239
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The popular Arthurian legends, such as the grail quests of Perceval and Galahad, and the love of Lancelot for Queen Guenevere, have largely overshadowed Scotlands own Arthurian romance. The story of Fergus, one of King Arthurs knights, was known to only a few; it was written in Old French and this prevented its proper recognition as a part of Scottish literary heritage. In Fergus of Galloway, Guillaume le Clerc combines, in a unique Scottish setting, the classic themes and conventions of Arthurian romance many of which would be familiar to his audience through the work of Chretien de Troyes and his successors with a highly individual tone of parody and witty comment. Professor Owens eloquent and lively translation brings this exciting and much undervalued work to a wider audience. Professor Owens introduction outlines the literary techniques employed in Fergus of Galloway and discusses the significance of Guillaumes achievement in the context of other Arthurian romances. Detailed notes help the reader gain a closer understanding of the poets technique, and two appendices contain useful background information: a translation of the principal episodes in the Perceval Continuations used in Fergus of Galloway; and a new theory on the possible identity of Guillaume. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.