Search Results: Authors starting with J from Byre Books

Paisley: J and R Parlane, 1876 Original illustrative brown cloth a little worn, and rubbed to spine top and tail, brown eps, no inscriptions, tissue-guarded frontis, slight foxing to prelims, clean and sound, generally VG. A mounted photograph of James Clark, Provost of Paisley, is loosely laid in.

Leek: Moorlands Press, 1984 Fiction and poetry, including some of the heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa, in translation. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG.

Edinburgh: Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1871 Brown cloth with gold heraldic motif to the front board, a little worn and marked, black end-papers, pages yellowed and very slight foxing throughout, very occasional neat marginal annotation, clean and sound, generally VG.

Catrine: Stenlake, 2015 A biography of the founder of New Lanark and his association with Robert Owen. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. A heavy book.

Stirling Observer 1st 1906 hdbk Presentation copy signed by author "To Mr Les Begbie with compliments". Illustrated with 80 pen and ink drawings by the author, with an introductory chapter by John Honeyman, architect. Blind stamped red boards, with the 'Arms of the Regent 1572' on the front board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, gold lettering to spine. Corners of boards bumped and hinges weak, but generally in good sound condition. 160pp 0

John Donald, 1980 From Islay to Unst. VG, no inscriptions, in lightly worn DJ, generally VG.

Council for British Archaeology, 1975 C B A Research Report No. 11. Illustrative covers worn and creased, minor marginal pencil markings, foxing to a few pages, sound, good.

Society for Folk Life Studies, 1974 Focusing on food: fish, oats and sea bird fowling, as well as 'boon land tenure'. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.

London/New York: Routledge, 1996 VG, no inscriptions, in DJ that is lightly sunned, generally VG.

Shetland Times, 1993 Reprint. History, etymology, words lists, use in context: a working dictionary of the Shetland dialect. Edge of page block slightly marked, generally VG, no inscriptions.

Edinburgh: HMSO/Geological Survey Memoirs: Scotland, 1954 Tan cloth a little sunned, no inscriptions, two fold-out maps, three plates and numerous diagrams, bright, clean and sound, generally VG.

D S Brewer, 1975 In the Folklore Society's Mistletoe Series. Custom and belief. Signed by the editor to the ffep: 'Charles Wynne-Finch with best wishes John L Campbell I o Canna 1975. Otherwise VG in slightly edge-worn, price-clipped DJ, sunned to the spine, good.

Somerset Levels Project, 1985 Long stapled booklet, very light wear to covers, no inscriptions, VG.

Somerset Levels Project, 1981 Long stapled booklet, illustrative covers a little sunned to the spine, no inscriptions, VG, with microfiche in loosely laid in envelope.

Somerset Levels Project, 1989 Long stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.

Somerset Levels Project, 1984 Long stapled booklet, lightly sunned to the spine, no inscriptions, generally VG.

Somerset Levels Project, 1986 Long stapled booklet a little sunned to the spine, no inscriptions, VG

Somerset Levels Project, 1983 Long stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.

Somerset Levels Project, 1980 Long stapled booklet, light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.

Dumfries: J Maxwell & Son, 1905 Local lore from South West Scotland. A quarterly issue. Illustrative covers a little worn and marked, staples rusty, internally sound, good.