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Finn Barr of Gougane: Cork's Own Saint

C M O'Brien · 1983 · Byre Books

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Good Killarney Reprint, first published in 1902. The life of St. Finn Barr, founder and patron of the city and diocese of Cork. Stapled booklet, illustrative covers a little rubbed, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.

John Richardson, naturalist of the North

James McCarthy · 2012 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Very Good GC Books Wigtown From Dumfries to Arctic exploration with Franklin. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.

Cecil Rhodes

Andre Maurois, translated by Rohan Wadham · 1968 · Byre Books

£9.41 (€11.28 | $12.43 | ¥1,985)

Book Very Good Very Good Collins London In the series Makers of History. No inscriptions, VG in price-clipped, lightly sunned DJ, generally VG.

Recollections of a Happy Life

Lady Grisell Baillie · 1891 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Good R & R Clark Edinburgh Author was a Deaconess of the Church of Scotland, writing about her brother Major Robert Baillie. Blue cloth a little worn, with white marks to the back cover, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.

Keble College Occasional Papers No. XI : notes on the years 1906 - 1915

Keble College, Oxford · 1915 · Byre Books

£27.06 (€32.44 | $35.75 | ¥5,707)

Book Good privately printed Oxford Names and addresses of past and present members of the college, including the over 500 then serving in the War, with a brief account of events during those years. Half bound in cream vellum a little marked, dark blue boards, marbled end-paper...

The Story of Rabindranath Tagore: biography for students

Marjorie Sykes · 1976 · Byre Books

£55.30 (€66.29 | $73.06 | ¥11,663)

Book Good Orient Longman Madras New edition with an introduction and notes. Text clean and clear, worn cover, sunned on back. Stamped Manchester Education Committee on back cover and FFEP. Good.

Weir's World: an autobiography of sorts

Tom Weir · 1994 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Very Good Good Signed by Author(s) Canongate Signed by the author. A fascinating account of his life from Glasgow to his travels through some of the remotest parts of the globe. VG in Good price clipped DJ. Small pen initials on FFEP.

Touring Days: a theatrical journey

Gavin Doyle , foreword by Barry Took · 1989 · Byre Books

£9.41 (€11.28 | $12.43 | ¥1,985)

Book Good Very Good The Book Guild Ltd Lewes Ex-lib but minimal marking. Bright, clean and sound, good in lightly sunned DJ, generally VG.

Blunders and Blessings

C. V. A. MacEchern · 1965 · Byre Books

£10.59 (€12.69 | $13.99 | ¥2,233)

Book Good The Galloway Gazette Newton Stewart A book of reminiscences. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, Stapled text block with staples rusting, otherwise clean and sound, good.

The Magic of Memory

C. V. A. MacEchern · 1968 · Byre Books

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Good The Galloway Gazette Newton Stewart A book of reminiscences. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good.

Thomas Boston of Ettrick: his life and times

Thomson, Andrew · 1895 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Good T Nelson and /sons London A biography of the theologian and author of 'The Fourfold State'. Original cloth worn and marked, remains of award label to front paste-down, tissue-guarded portrait frontis, illustrations, clean and sound, good.

From Kashmir to Gallow: my childhood years

Law, Richard · 2003 · Byre Books

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Very Good G C Books Wigtown An autobiography. Light wear to illustrative covers, address label to title page, small mark to edge of page-block, otherwise VG.

The West of Scotland in History: being brief notes concerning events, family traditions, topography, and institutions

Irving, Joseph · 1885 · Byre Books

£62.36 (€74.75 | $82.39 | ¥13,152)

Book Good Robert Forrester Glasgow No. 29 of 100 copies. Red cloth much sunned and faded, leather title label to spine rather rubbed, wear to spine top and tail, with a small split, gilt on top, foxing to prelims, some pages unopened, internally bright and sound, good. A heavy...

Journey through Stageland: the Collins Family of Glasgow

Josette Collins Marchant · 0 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Very Good GC Books Wigtown Undated. The Collins family were impresarios, theatre owners and variety agents whose lives were interwoven with Music Hall life in the 1920s, 30s and 40s in Glasgow. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.

A Shetland Country Merchant: a biography of James Williamson of Mid Yell: 1800 - 1872

Johnson, Robert L · 1979 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Very Good Shetland Publishing An insight into the 'Truck System' of debt-bondage to landlords, through letters and contemporary accounts. Stapled booklet, a little sunned, no inscriptions, generally VG.

West Over the Waves: the final flight of Elsie Mackay

Baldwin, Jayne · 2010 · Byre Books

£17.65 (€21.16 | $23.32 | ¥3,722)

Book Very Good Signed by Author(s) GC Books Wigtown Reprint. An early aviator, lost in an attempt to fly the Atlantic. Signed by the author to the title page. Light wear to illustrative covers, no other inscriptions, generally VG.

Glimpses of the Land of Scott

Hannay, David, illustrated by J MacWhirter · 1888 · Byre Books

£51.77 (€62.05 | $68.40 | ¥10,918)

Book Good J S Virtue & Co London Ex-lib: heraldic City of Leeds Public Library label to front paste-down and small blind-stamped shield marginally throughout. Original gold decorated brown cloth much worn and marked, spine darkened rendering the titles almost illegible, splits...

All the Way to Yesterday

Baker, Mary · 2006 · Byre Books

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,482)

Book Very Good Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society Kirkconnel Memories of childhood in Galston, South Ayrshire, nursing in Glasgow and life in Orkney. Illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.

Genealogical Collections concerning the Scottish House of Edgar, with a memoir of James Edgar

A Committee of the Grampian Club · 1873 · Byre Books

£78.83 (€94.49 | $104.15 | ¥16,625)

Book Good The Grampian Club London Red cloth a little worn and marked, short split to the upper spine, foxing to prelims, pages yellowed, small Glasgow University Library stamp to frontis verso, otherwise good.

Holy Greed: the forming of a collection: Shambellie House Museum of Costume

Stewart, Charles W · 0 · Byre Books

£15.30 (€18.34 | $20.21 | ¥3,227)

Book Very Good The Royal Scottish Museum Dumfries Founding the Museum of Costume at Shambellie House. Stapled booklet, sticker ghost to front cover, otherwise VG.