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Architecture
Art History
Ethnology and Folklore
General Histories
Prehistory and Archaeology
Early Medieval (before 1100)
Late Medieval (1100-1542)
Early Modern and Renaissance (1542-1707)
Modern (1707-Present) and politics
Literary and Cultural History
Natural History / Environmental History
Local History

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ARCHITECTURE

The Scottish Chteau: The Country House of Renaissance Scotland - Charles McKean (25)
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ART HISTORY

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ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE

Scottish Fairy Belief - Lizanne Henderson and Edward J Cowan. (14.99)
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GENERAL HISTORIES

Scotland A History, 8000 BC - AD 2000 - Fiona Watson. (9.99)
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The New Penguin History of Scotland - R.A. Houston and W.W. Knox (eds). (16.99)
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The Oxford Companion to Scottish History - ed. Michael Lynch .(30.00)
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The Scottish Empire - Michael Fry. (30)
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PREHISTORY & ARCHAEOL0GY

The Caves of Mid Argyll: an archaeology of human use - Christopher Tolan-Smith. (25)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (before 1100)

Early Medieval Sculpture in the West Highlands and Islands - Ian Fisher. 20.00
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LATE MEDIEVAL (1100-1542)

Medieval Scotland - A.D.M. Barrell. 37.50 Hardback
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Scotland and Europe: The Medieval Kingdom and its contacts with Christendom 1214-1560 - David Ditchburn. (16.99.)
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The Black Death and the history of plagues 1345-1730 - William Naphy and Andrew Spicer Hardback 25.00
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The Second Scottish Wars of Independence: 1332-1363 - Chris Brown (16.99) HS Review BUY

Robert the Bruces Irish Wars: the Invasions of Ireland, 1306-1329 - Sen Duffy ed. (16.99).
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Scotland and Europe. The Medieval Kingdom and its contacts with Christendom, 1214-1560 - David Ditchburn (Pb 16.99).
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Bloodfeud, The War Between the Stewarts and Gordons in the Age of Mary Queen of Scots - Harry Potter (Pb 17.99).
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An Antidote to the English: the Auld Alliance, 1295-1560 - Norman Macdougall (9.99)
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EARLY MODERN and RENAISSANCE (1542-1707)

Montrose: Cavalier in Mourning - re-print. Ronald Williams. (17.99) HS Review BUY

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MODERN (1707-Present) and POLITICS

The Jacobites and Russia, 1715-1750. Rebecca Wills (20).
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No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuarts Army, 1745-46 (Third Edition) - Edited by Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil, Christian W.H.Aikman and Betty Stuart Hart (15.00).
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Science and Medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment - edited by Charles W.J. Withers and Paul Wood (25).
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Frontiersmen and Settlers - WilliamC. Wonders (15.00).
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Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766: A Fatal Attachment - amonn Ciardha (37.50)
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LITERARY and CULTURAL HISTORY

Dreams of Elsewhere: Selected Travel Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson - Edited with an Introduction and Notes by June Skinner Sawyers (15).
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Tae the Lasses - Maureen Bell. (20.00)
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The Burns Calendar - Maureen Bell. (11.99)
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NATURAL HISTORY / ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Understanding the Historical Landscape in its Environmental Setting, edited by T.C.Smout (9.99).
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Landscapes and Lives: The Scottish Forest Through the Ages - John Fowler. (16.99)
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The Landscape of Scotland: A Hidden History - C. R. Wickham-Jones 16.99.
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LOCAL HISTORY

A More Enterprising Spirit: The Parish and People of Holm in 18th Century Orkney - Sheena Wenham.
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