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The Deer & Deer Forests of Scotland.
Alexander Inkson McConnochie.
London 1923. Classic on red deer in Scotland, and detailed account on deer forests, covering a
timespan from the 11th - 17th centuries and later, a list of forests, accounts of stalking in Balmoral, the Trossachs, Inverlochy, Ardnamurchan and many other locations with descriptions of the deer.
b/w photographs. 336 pages. scarce. £ 80.00 |
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Sports and Pastimes in Scotland.
Historically Illustrated.
Robert Scott Fittis.
London. 1891. The sole object of this work is to set forth a sort of
history, somewhat after the model of Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: "only this and nothing more." b/w illustrations. 212 pages.
£ 35.00 |
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A Sportsman and Natuarlist's
Tour in Sutherlandshire.
Charles St. John.
Glasgow. 1891. The volume consists of extracts from a Journal, written during a wandering
excursion through Sutherlandshire, one of the most interesting counties in Scotland, and one of the least known, of a series of field-notes for each month in the year, written during the author's residence in the
pleasant land of Moray, and of a few miscellaneous chapters on matters of interest to the sportsman. 320 pages. £ 50.00 |
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Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
with an abstract of the proceedings at Board and General Meetings,
and the premium offered by the Society in 1919.
Fifth Series
Vol. XXXI.
London 1919 Chapters include the topics of Scottish agriculture during the war, the origin of the Ayrshire breed of cattle, milk records, the cereal and other crops of
Scotland for 1918, the weather in Scotland in 1918, and many more. b/w photographs. 387 pages and appendices. £ 50.00 |
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The Crofting Problem.
Adam Collier.
Cambridge University Press. 1953. Crofting is the traditional form of land-holding in the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland, where small strips of land are cultivated not as a sole means of subsistence, but in conjunction with other activities like fishing or weaving. b/w photographs. 190 pages. £ 10.00 |
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Sutherland Birds.
edited by S. Angus.
The Northern Times Ltd. 1983. A guide to the status and ecology of birds in Sutherland district.
b/w photographs. 95 pages. £ 5.00 |
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Oor Ain Folk
Rennie McOwan
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd. 1986 A record of Scotland's story from the earliest times to the present day. Everything you want to
know about surnames and tracing your Scottish roots. 72 pages. £ 3.00 |
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