Kilbucho (16 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. No stated date but believed to be 1968 and presumed first edition. 62pp. and 1 black and white illustration. T.T. Kilbucho was a pen-name of Thomas Todd (born 1899). Born in the Peeblesshire valley of Kilbucho, he was a shepherd by trade and an acute observer of country life and language. He also poetry, mostly in his native Peebleshire speech. In this book, in prose and verse, he covers the continuation throughout several Peeblesshire parishes of a traditional pathway over which Burns, Hogg and other Scots have left their footprints. The book is bound in the original green boards with no titling on the spine or boards. The case of the book is in very good condition with bumping to the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with some foxing to the endpapers and a little faint foxing to the title-page and last page. There is an initial written on the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling and the spine ends are bumped and chipped. A small piece is missing from the top rear edge near the spine corner. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated. Poems in Scots and English. Boards much marked, internally clean and sound, good, in marked, sunned, slightly chipped, good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 2 small chips & closed tear to the dj.

Paperback Card covered booklet 16 pages Wt 0.1 Kg Very Good.

63[1] pp, portrait plate. Original printed limp card wraps, stapled. 18 cm x 14 cm. Wraps well soiled with random marks, minor wear to edges.

Condition: Very Good. 21 pages. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (NSA), published in 1845, served as a successor to the Old Statistical Account compiled by Sir John Sinclair in the late 18th century. Commissioned by the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy in Scotland, the NSA updated survey offered a more comprehensive analysis of Scotland's parishes. Covering geography, economy, agriculture, population trends, and social conditions, the NSA remains a significant historical resource for understanding Scotland in the early 19th century. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: Scottish Statistical; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 120 grams. Preface by Walter Elliot. Inscribed 1952 by a previous owner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback first impression. SIGNED and inscribed at title page. VG in jacket with some small losses. For interest - though without ownership markings, this book is from the estate of author Alasdair Gray. Signed by Author.

Soft Cover. Slightly rubbed card covers. Cover price 60p. 8" x 5". vi pp. + 42 pp. Illus: 8 B/W photos. Wt: 0.2 Kg. Good+.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Undated, no publishing details. Poems in Scots. Signed by the author. Illustrative covers a little worn and marked, clean, sound, good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp40 d/j.

First Edition. Poems in Scots by Peebleshire hill farmer. A shepherd by trade, and an acute observer of country life and language, recorded in prose and verse, mostly in his native Peebleshire speech. In the 1950s the BBC recorded him reading his poems and talking about country life with Jamieson Clark in the successful series, The Shepherd?s Year, a title Kilbucho went on to use as his own. Foreword by the BBC producer Archie P. Lee Softcovers. Price on cover penned out otherwise VG.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. A slim hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition. No dustjacket, believed as issued. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3 volumes featuring Scotland's foremost rural poet: My Rural Sojourn, The Best of Kilbucho & The Man I Know (signed). The 'Best of' cover is age mottled, otherwise all 3 are clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated. 32/55/76 pages.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. Book is not dated but Signed by the author on title page and dated December 1959. Gives details of when poems were broadcast at the bottom of the page. Dark blue cloth, gold lettering to front cover. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT end papers browned and covers a bit worn and bumped in places. Small dust mark to top text edge. Signed by Author.…

Card. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 63pp, portrait frontispiece. Author's account of a traditional pathway throug Peeblesshire parishesand followed by Burns and Hogg. White card covers, a little creased to front cover.