Search Results: Scottish History & Literature from C L Hawley

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 . Paperback. 2000.

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 Covers published and unpublished written work and broadcast work.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.

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.

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.

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. First edition. 1979.

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. Light edge wear. Very good copy. . Paperback. 1973.

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 spine. Internally clean and neat. Good, sound copy. . Hardcover. 1962.

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.

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 lightly sunned to edges and has a few finger marks to orange areas. Very slightly bumped to top of spine. Dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine copy in very good dust wrapper . Hardback. 1981.

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 titles; beige papers to boards. Colour illustrated dust wrapper. Black and white frontis and 7 further full page illustrations. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardback. 1998.

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; beige papers to boards. Colour illustrated dust wrapper. Black and white frontis and 7 further full page illustrations. Slight rubbing/rolling to top edge of dw. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardback. 1998.

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. 1999.