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George Mackay Brown was born in Stromness, Orkney, on 17 October 1921. He died there in 1996. His many awards include a Society of Authors Travel Award, 1968; SAC Literature...

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The legendary poet of the Orkneys - who later became one of Scotland's most loved 20th century poets - George Mackay Brown: this is his first published book of poems,...

A saga of the Viking Ranald Sigmundson, his life on Orkney and his voyage to Vinland, the settlement in North America. He visits America as a young man with Leif...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A candid and compelling political memoir, In My Way presents the remarkable...

Author: George MackanessBinding: PaperbackPublished: REVIEW Publications, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light fading present with small areas of insect wear visible...

Author: Mary MoormanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis intimate biography, George Macaulay Trevelyan: A Memoir By His Daughter Mary Moorman, chronicles the life and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsFrom Colac To Cambridge: A 1938 Sea Journal chronicles a fascinating maritime journey undertaken in the pivotal year of 1938. This...

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The adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in a single volume and introduced by Michael D. Hurley Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the visionary mind of one of Victorian literature's most spiritually luminous figures comes A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary...

Author: George HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun fading to spine, foxing on page edges.This biographical work...

In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone - or something - is waiting... Gwen doesn't want to admit that everything feels wrong since her mum died....

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As a young reporter John MacKay took the first calls on the Lockerbie Bombing. As a news anchor he conducted the final TV interviews of the Yes and No campaigns...

Edition: fine-paper edition.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn boards with minor marks and flecks. Binding slightly shaky. Markings:...

The adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in a single volume and introduced by Michael D. Hurley Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown...

Author: Maurice BrownBinding: PaperbackPublisher: The Craftsmen Press Pty, Ltd., 1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Author signature title pageThe story of a caravan trip from...

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That...

Author: James MackayBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Ward Lock Limited, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRailway Antiques presents a comprehensive guide to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAgainst the dramatic backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, The Scottish Ospreys: From Extinction to Survival chronicles one of the most...

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A new selection of the much-loved Father Brown stories, now part of the Penguin English Library 'No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might...

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the gaslit streets of Edwardian England to the shadowy corridors of Continental Europe, The Father Brown Stories presents one of literature's most unlikely...

Author: Dorothy StroudBinding: HardbackPublished: Country Life Ltd, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis authoritative biography, Capability Brown, chronicles the life and monumental...

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Author: E. H. Sugden And F. W. EgglestonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1931Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis biographical account chronicles...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodShe smoked cigars, wore trousers, took lovers freely, and wrote over seventy novels — George Sand was the most scandalous and celebrated woman in nineteenth-century France,...

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