Recent Arrivals from Blacket Books

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 280 pages. 12 pages of plates + large folding plate with folding key at rear. The history… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy in black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Would be fine but for small ownership inscription on front free end-paper. In a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xiv,396. 15 plates. 3 figures. 5 tables. "Situates Aristophanic comedy in the context of competitive reperformance culture in… Read more about this item

Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardback. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine (but leaving the lettering clear). Pp.xvi,400. 5 colour plates. Frontispiece and 33 illustrations. (In addition a previous owner has loosely inserted a sizeable photograph of the clan chief and… Read more about this item

London: B.T Batsford Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. Corner clipped from front end-paper. 190 pages. 10 colour plates. 133 black and white illustrations. This is the first book to explore "the history of Scottish embroidery and embroiderers, from the sixteenth century to the… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a good dustwrapper which is price-clipped but otherwise complete and untorn. The spine of the wrapper is faded to an even blue colour leaving the lettering clear. Some edge foxing but a… Read more about this item

Aberdeen University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Softback. A very good copy. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.[x],304. 25 illustrations. 2 tables. "This book illuminates an aspect of Scottish history which few even know about while at the same time looking at the women's suffrage movement in Britain as… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Except for some spotting/browning to end-papers a clean copy internally. No ownership inscription. Pp.xxi,422. Colour frontispiece. 20 plates. 23 illustrations in the text. Folding maps at rear. The title continues: "With Some Account of… Read more about this item

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy. In a near fine dustwrapper which has just a little fading to the green spine lettering. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal… Read more about this item

Alexander Heriot & Co Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 526 pages. Black and white frontispiece and 14 colour plates. Folding map. Deals largely with the author's time in Arabia. She… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 287 pages. Frontispiece and 22 illustrations. 3 diagrams. Mountain exploits in the 1950s and 60s in Scotland and abroad together with humorous verse.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in light brown boards (a little marked at the foot of the upper board). Black cloth spine with white title piece lettered in black. Label of the library of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh on front fixed end-paper but no other library markings.… Read more about this item

Darvel: Walker & Connell Ltd.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. Undated but perhaps later 1930s. A little wear to spine ends but at least a good plus copy. A clean copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 72 pages. Black and white illustrations. Chapters on "The Hand-Loom Weavers", "Old Marriage Customs" , "The First Freeman of Darvel" [Sir… Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A just about very good copy in a just about very good dustwrapper. The wrapper has minor edge wear/tear at the spine ends and board tips. is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. There is some ink writing towards the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Typed slip loosely inserted stating "With the Compliments of the Writer."Pp.xv,106. Folding map frontispiece. Index. A nice copy.

Manchester University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.ix,[iii],236. 9 photographic illustrations. 14 figures. 2 maps. This study of a Shetland island is described as "the longest sustained and most detailed anthropological study ever… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 224 pages. 56 illustrations. "--will surely be regarded as one of the most authoritative works ever to be published on the history of the island of Lewis. … Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Hardback. A good plus copy in the original yellow cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. The dustwrapper is quite spotted on the front and rear panels, with a few edge chips, faded on the spine and with a lengthy tear at the join of the spine and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in light brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a good dustwrapper which has a few smallish edge tears. The dustwrapper, which is not price-clipped, is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A little edge foxing but a clean copy… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1974. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. The wrapper has minor edge tears and is faded and a little marked on the spine. The wrapper, which is price-clipped, is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy internally with no ownership… Read more about this item

London: Walton and Maberly, 1859. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Yellow end-papers. Lightly pencilled ownership inscription otherwise a nice clean copy. Pp.viii,162 + 2pp list of works by this author and 8pp publisher's adverts. Numerous illustrations. This is the revised fourth edition.… Read more about this item