John Strawhorn (68 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Previous owner to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear and faded spine. Clipped.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This work records the way of life of the people in the middle of the twentieth century. It is the first volume of the Third Statistical Account of Scotland and for present and future generations it should afford the same wealth of interest that so many Scots find in the Statistical Accounts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book contains illustrations, figures, maps, tables, and a large fold-out map. The name of the former owner of the book is stamped on the inside front cover, inside the back cover, and the title page, and written on the half-title page; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid. Includes fold-out map of Ayr and surrounding area.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition. ExLibrary book - minimal stamps on flyleaf / title. Other pages complete and clean. Text clean and clear. Binding good. Plastic covered illustrated cover, small repair to base of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Green binding with gold lettering on spine and front cover. A few B/W photos scattered through the book. Signed by author at bottom of title page . Photos of book on request. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1975. Some maps and illustrations. Rubbed at spine otherwise in very good condition with no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and faded spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black binding with gold lettering on spine. Numerous B/W photos scattered through the book. Color section following page 136. Bookplate pastedown on ffep. Presented to Mayor ---- ------. on 25/12/94 by the Provost of Kyle and Carrick. signed by Gibson Macdonald. Laid in is letter addressed to Mayor of Vandalia, Ohio by Kyle and Carrick Distrct Council. Bottom edge of back cover bumped. Dust Jacket has minor wear to top of spine. Photos of book on request.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 111pp. (orange spine) 8vo. sized. 1983. First edition. A very good, clean, tight copy in like jacket. Original publisher's burgundy boards - gilt embossed to the spine. The head and tail of the spine bumped with light associated creasing to the overlying jacket. Very slight bumps to 3 board corners. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has a little shelf wear and some light uniform fading to the spine. A very good, clean, tight hardback copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 8vo. 243 pages. Pictorial laminated boards. Black and white maps and photographic plates. Boards slightly bowed; with light surface rubbing; price sticker on rear. Dedication, signed by several people, on front free endpaper; otherwise pages clean. Binding firm. …

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. John Donald, 1989 First edition hardback. Absolute minor shelf wear to jacket but this is a  Brand New Book. 24 hour despatch via Tracked. Full refund if not satisfied. A scan of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. There is a stain at the foot of the wrapper which is only visible internally. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.vi,[ii],302. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "This history is an authoritative yet fascinating account of eight centuries of the royal burgh and county town.".…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean black boards, with gilt titles to spine and an unclipped DW. A tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. Features superb photographs and illustrations throughout. 302pp. (22.5x28.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.

1st. Edn. Larger format paperback. (20cm. tall x 15cm.). pp. vii, 243. With black & white illustrations, maps and tables. A superbly written account of Ayrshire from Pre-history to date. A very good copy in the original pictorial card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good plus book in like unclipped jacket with mild edge wear. Book has slight dust marks to upper page edges. Tight binding.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1983. First edition. 111pp. and many black and white illustrations. Published to coincide with and commemorate the 750th anniversary of Scotland's oldest continuing school, this history of Ayr Academy recounts how the school was founded in the 13th century, survived through many difficult periods, and developed to become the educational establishemnt of great standing which it is today. The book is bound in the original maroon cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The book is in very good condition and the contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper is also very good with light shelf wear and slight fading to the spine. There is a little creasing on the bottom front edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Oxfam stickers on front endpaper and back corner of jacket. Otherwise a near-fine hardback copy. Large book, complete with dust-jacket.

1st. Edn. Paperback. 310pp. Papers include:- ' The Spittals of Ayrshire. The Hospitals of Celtic and Medieval Times. by William Dillon. 30pp; The Overseas Trade of Ayrshire 1600 - 1707. By T. C. Smout. 26pp; The Braw New Coat - The Building of Ayr New Brig. by A. L. Taylor. 18pp. 'The Kirksof Ballantrae. A Survey of the Buildings. by K.G. White. 30pp. 'Birds in Ayrshire 1949 - 1960.' by R. M. Ramage. 17pp. A near fine copy in the printed grey paperr covers.…

1st. Edn. Paperback. 176pp. Papers include:- 'Ayrshire's Population' by John Strawhorn. 35pp; 'Mills of the River Ayr.' by John Hume. 16pp. plus illustrtions; 'James Taylor & Steam Navigation.' by John Butt. 18pp; 'Ayrshire Landed Estates, 19th. Century.' by J. T. Ward. 17pp. A near fine copy in the original grey printed pape covers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.viii,278. Many illustrations including colour. A history of the oldest burgh in Ayrshire.

1st. Edn. pp. viii, 278. With over 100 illustrations in colour and monochrome. A fine hardback copy in a fine unclipped wrapper.

Maroon Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Z 885pp. 1951. 8vo. sized. First edition. A very good, clean tight copy of a popular title with an interesting provenance. No jacket. Original publisher's burgundy cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. Upper edge dyed brown as it should be. This copy has a neat ink stamp to the tail of the half-title page and title page stating 'education room Culzean castle' so it once had a very prestigious home! No other library (or other) markings. No inscriptions. The fold-out map at the rear present. Light rubbing to the lower board edge corners with some loss of outer cloth. A couple of leaf corners that remained uncut after the manufacturing process have been neatly turned and don't really show. A very good, clean, tight and essentially bright copy.…

1st. Edn. 4to. sized. (28cm. tall x 22cm.). pp. vii, 302. Superbly illustrated in colour and monochrome with topographical photographs and maps. A fine hardback copy in a near fine unclipped colour pictorial wrapper. A scholarly history from the earliest times to date.

First edition. 8vo. [xvii], 885 pp. Illustrations, map. Cloth in dustwrapper, very good. (41403).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 243pp. (red spine) 8vo. sized. 1975. First edition. A lovely, clean, tight and bright near fine copy in original publisher's laminated boards. No inscriptions. The text supported by a number of photographic reproductions. Light or slight fading to the spine and slight shelf wear. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight and bright copy.…

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon, printed eps, frontispiece, folding map to rear, xviii + 885pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals inc. folding map, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling).…