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Books for Sale Books for sale All proceeds go to RSPB - suggested donation of £1-3 per book unless in poor condition Wildllife Books Notes: Year = this edition, not necessarily the year in which the book was written Prices are original cost of book Original Title Author Publisher Year Pages Cover price BIRDS North Atlantic Shorebirds Richard Chandler Facts on File 1989 206 Hard Lancashire Bird Report 2001-5 + 2012 Soft Kent Bird Report 1999=2011 Soft Birdwatching in Kent Don Taylor Meresborough 1985 151 Soft 4.50 Swallows and Martins A Turner and C Rose Houghton Mifflin 1989 258 Hard Rare Birds in Britain and Europe Dymond, Fraser & Gantlett Poyser 1989 363 Hard 19.00 Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe Lewington, Alstrom & Colston Harper Collins 1991 448 Hard 14.99 New World Warblers Curson, Qinn and Beadle Helm 1994 252 Hard 24.99 Birdwatching in Britain Nigel Redman & Simon Harrap Helm 1987 378 Hard 12.95 Seabirds of the World Peter Harrison Helm 1987 314 Soft 15.95 Fair Isle's "Garden Birds" John Holloway Shetland Times 1984 159 Hard 18.00 The Birds of Eigg John Chester 1999 52 Soft Sutherland Birds Stewart Angus Northern Times 1983 95 Hard 4.95 Popular Handbook of British Birds PAD Hollom Witherby 1964 508 Hard A Curlew in the Foreground Philip Coxon David & Charles 1988 227 Hard 12.95 Wildfowl of the World E Soothill & P Whitehe Peerage Books 1978 297 Hard 7.50 The Birds of Fair Isle JN Dymond 143 Soft Rare Birds of the World Guy Mountford Collins 1988 256 Hard 12.95 Birds in Scotland Valerie Thom Poyser 1986 370 Hard 24.00 The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1988-1991 Gibbons, Reid and Chapman Poyser 1993 519 Hard The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland Peter Lack Poyser 1986 446 Hard 19.00 BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS Butterflies and Moths of the United Kingdom Egmont Kirby Routledge 460 Hard Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland P Waring and M Townsend BWP 2003 431 Soft 23.95 Field Guide to Butterflies Moths of Britain and Europe Helgard Reichholf-Riehm Crowood 1991 286 Soft 9.99 The Butterflies of Kent Kent Field Club 1993 60 Soft Atropos nos. 1-36, 50-52 FLOWERS Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe Bob Gibbons & Paul Davies Crowood 1994 320 Soft Scottish Wild Flowers Michael Scott Collins 1995 255 Soft Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Briatin and Europe Bob Press New Holland 1993 336 Soft 9.99 MAMMALS Wild Animals of Britain and Europe Helga Hofmann Collins 1995 254 Soft Scottish Books Original Title Author Publisher Year Pages Cover price Arisaig and Morar - a history Denis Rixson Tuckwell 2002 170 Soft 9.99 The Field of Sighing - a Highland childhood Donald Cameron Birlinn 2003 201 Soft The Long Horizon Iain Thomson Birlinn 2008 307 Soft The Road to Mingulay - a view of the Western Isles Derek Cooper Warner 1992 226 Soft 6.99 The Scottish Tartans Johnston 120 Hard 7/6!! Clans & Tartans of Scotland Robert Bain Collins 1974 319 Hard North Uist in History and Legend Bill Lawson John Donald 2004 226 Soft 9.99 Pride of Perth Jack House Hutchinson Benham 1978 184 Soft None Dare Oppose - the laird, the beast, and the people of Lewis John Mcleod Birlinn 2012 294 Hard 16.99 The Hub of the Highlands - the book of Inverness and district Inverness Field Club Mercat 1990 406 Hard 12.99 Finlay MacQueen of St Kilda WR Mitchell House of Lochar 1992 96 Soft 6.99 Rewriting St Kilda - new views on old ideas Bob Chambers Islands Book 2011 235 Soft 9.99 St Kilda Diary - a record of the early reoccupation of St Kilda David Boddington Islands Book 2010 202 Soft 9.99 Islands of Scotland - a guide to 247 Scottish islands Donald McCormick Osprey 1974 256 Hard 2.95 Moidart - among the Clanranalds Charles MacDonald Birlinn 1997 254 Soft 9.99 Stories from South Uist Angus MacLellan Birlinn 2011 250 Soft 8.99 Islay, Jura and Colonsay - a historical guide David Caldwell Birlinn 2011 238 Soft 9.99 Calum's Road Roger Hutchinson Birlinn 2006 193 Hard 9.99 Arnisdale and Loch Hourn - clachans, people, memories, future Peter English Skye & Lochalsh 2000 484 Soft Lismore - the great garden Robert Hay Birlinn 2009 187 Hard 20.00 Children of the Black House Calum Ferguson Birlinn 2004 312 Soft 14.99 The Easdale Doctor - life and times of Patrick H Gillies Mary Withall Birlinn 2006 212 Soft 10.99 Island Years Island Farm Frank Fraser Darling Little Toller 2011 309 Soft 10.00 Night Falls on Ardnamurchan Alasdair Maclean Birlinn 2001 222 Soft 7.99 The Crofting Way Katherine Stewart Mercat 1999 201 Soft The Caledonian Canal AD Cameron Birlinn 2005 222 Soft 9.99 The House of Elrig Gavin Maxwell Birlinn 2003 205 Soft 7.99 In My Small Corner Margaret Aitken 2001 127 Soft 6.99 Beinn Eighe - The mountain above the wood Laughton Johnston & Dick Balharry Birlinn 2001 172 Soft 9.99 Jimmie MacGregor's Scotland Jimmie MacGregor BBC 1993 192 Hard 16.99 Crofts and Crofting Katherine Stewart Mercat 1980 64 Soft 4.99 The Highland Clearances John Prebble Secker & Warburg 1976 334 Hard 6.95 The Story of Loch Ness Katherine Stewart Luath 2005 167 Hard 16.99 Listen to the Trees Don MacCaskill Luath 1999 220 Soft 9.99 Orkney - the magnetic north J Gunn Nelson 1941 273 Hard Hebridean Island - memories of Scarp A Duncan Birlinn 2005 220 Soft 14.99 The Post in the Hills Katherine Stewart Mercat 1997 160 Soft 8.99 Highland Folk Ways IF Grant Routledge 1989 369 Soft 2.99 Harris in History and Legend Bill Lawson Birlinn 2006 207 Soft 9.99 Tales from Barra John MacPherson Birlinn 2004 157 Soft 6.99 Tales of the Morar Highlands Alasdair Roberts Birlinn 2006 170 Soft 9.99 The Isle of Foula Ian Stroughton Holbourn Birlinn 2001 278 Soft 12.99 Last of the Free James Hunter Mainstream 2000 385 Soft 9.99 Summer Tours in Scotland - by David MacBrayne's Royal Mail steamers 102 Soft The Vatersay Raiders Ben Buxton Birlinn 2008 217 Soft A Hundred Years in the Highlands Osgood Hanbury MacKenzie Birlinn 1995 221 Soft 7.99 Island Going Robert Atkinson Birlinn 1995 369 Soft The Soay of our Forefathers Laurance Reed Birlinn 2002 89 Soft 6.99 The Hydro Boys - pioneers of renewable energy Emma Wood Luath 2005 199 Soft 8.99 Argyll - the enduring heartland Marion Campbell Turnstone 1977 252 Hard 5.50 A short history of Bernderloch, Barcaldine, Bonawe, Ardchattan and Glen Etive 19 Soft 1.20 Glenshian and Inverailort Deer Forest - a short history Iain Thornber 50 Soft Return to Loch Fyne Eoin McArthur 86 Soft The Small Isles - Canna, Rum, Eigg and Muck Denis Rixson Birlinn 2001 208 Soft 7.99 Isle of Eigg - Walks, woodland and wildlife 20 Soft Eigg - the story of an island Camille Dressler Polygon 1999 193 Soft 12.99 Bare Feet and Tackety Boots - a boyhood on the island of Rum Archie Cameron Luath 2003 141 Soft 7.95 Rum: Nature's Island Magnus Magnusson Luath 1998 137 Soft 7.95 Destination Rum WR Mitchell Castleberg 2003 88 Soft 7.99 Red Sky at Night John Barrington Luath 2003 235 Soft 8.99 Between the Woods and the Sea Chris Bacon New Century 2010 175 Soft Border Guide - National Forest Park guide HMSO 1962 103 Soft 5/- !! Cattle on a Thousand Hills Katherine Stewart Luath 2011 115 Soft 7.99 The Scots magazine May 2013-April 2014 (12 issues) The Isle of Arran - Islands series Robert McLellan David & Charles 1976 249 Hard 4.95 The Uists and Barra - Islands series Francis Thompson David & Charles 1974 190 Hard 5.50 The Island of Bute - Islands series Ian S Munro David & Charles 1973 214 Hard Mull and Iona - Islands series PA Macnab David & Charles 1987 212 Hard 12.95 Shetland - Islands series James R Nicolson David & Charles 1979 236 Hard 5.95 Kintyre - Islands series Alasdair Carmichael David & Charles 1974 177 Hard 5.50 Skye - Islands series FC Sillar & Ruth Meyler David & Charles 1979 220 Soft 3.50 Harris and Lewis - Islands series Francis Thompson David & Charles 1987 200 Hard 12.95 Orkney - Islands series Patrick Bailey David & Charles 1974 230 Hard 5.50 Six Inner Hebrides - Islands series Noel Banks David & Charles 1977 188 Hard 5.50 The Shetland Bus David Howarth Shetland Times 1998 166 Soft 7.99 Villages of Southern Argyll Marian Pallister John Donald 2004 208 Soft 9.99 Wainwright in Scotland A Wainwright Michael Joseph 1988 220 Hard Villages of Northern Argyll Mary Withall John Donald 2004 211 Soft 9.99 Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles Walter Weyndling Birlinn 2003 146 Soft 9.99 West Coast Tales - Riveters, wrecks and ring-netters Walter Weyndling Birlinn 2005 160 Soft 9.99 A Mallaig Boyhood - Flashbacks no. 5 John Alexander MacKenzie Tuckwell 2002 166 Soft 8.99 Scotland's Roman Remains Lawrence Keppie John Donald 1998 173 Soft 9.95 Around the Peat Fire Calum Smith Birlinn 2004 167 Soft 7.99 Morvern - a Highland parish Norman MacLeod Birlinn 2002 258 Soft 9.99 Traditional Life in Shetland James Nicolson Robert Hale 1978 194 Hard 4.95 Beyond the Great Glen James Nicolson David & Charles 1975 220 Hard 5.50 Lochaber - a historical guide Paula Martin Birlinn 2005 205 Soft 9.99 Spade Among the Rushes Margaret Leigh Birlinn 2001 195 Soft 6.99 Moydart - a history Denis Rixson Birlinn 1999 187 Soft 7.99 As it Was - an Ulva boyhood Donald MacKenzie Birlinn 2000 170 Soft 6.99 Easdale, Belnahua, Luing & Seil - the islands that roofed the world Mary Withall Luath 2001 74 Soft 4.99 Discovering Inverness-shire Loraine MacLean John Donald 1988 239 Soft 7.50 In Search of Scotland HV Morton Methuen 1933 284 Hard Steam Railway Books Original Title Author Publisher Year Pages Cover price ENGLISH LINES The Framlilngham Branch Peter Paye Oakwood Press 2008 248 Soft 15.95 Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Derek Smith ?? 1993 64 Hard 8.99 The Lynton &
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