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THE BORDER REIVERS WEBSITE

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A list of surplus Border Books

All books are second hand and only one of each is available. They are sold on a first come first served basis. The list includes many out-of-print and rare books.

E-mail your selection to me at tharm@freenetname.co.uk and I will inform you which books are available. Multiple purchases will reduce the postal costs.
All p&p charges apply to the U.K. only. Overseas buyers please enquire.

Warfare and Fortifications in the Borders	John Dent & Rory McDonald	Scottish Borders Council
Development and use of weaponry and fortifications. Very detailed. Generously illustrated with b/w diagrams and photographs, 18 being in full colour. With a forward by George McDonald Fraser author of "The Steel Bonnets."
£4.95 Pp 95 Perfect binding. Soft covers. Very good condition. P&p 1.95p
To order quote: Warfare & Fortifications/003.

The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland	Sir Thomas Innes	Johnston Ltd 1950
Details of over 100 tartans and families each with full colour plates. A splendid reference book.
Price £4.50. Pp 300 Damage to spine. Wear to edges. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Tartan/005

Castles	Barbara Taylor	Hermes House 2000 1st edition
Lavish colour illustrations. Would be very suitable for a child 8-12 years.
£1.00. Pp 64. Big format. Soft covers. Very good condition. P&p. 95p
To order quote: Castles/007

British Battles	Ken and Denise Guest	An English Heritage Book Harper Collins 1996
Battles cover a wide sweep of history. Many colour photographs and illustrations. A beautiful book.
£19.50 Pp 202 Dust cover. Excellent condition. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Battles/008

Medieval Illustrations	Maggie Kate	Clip Art Series
Packed with 424 b/w illustrations. Ready to use. Printed on one side to provide a virtually inexhaustible supply medieval artwork.
£2.25. Large format. Soft back. Excellent condition. Difficult of obtain. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Medieval Illustrations/009

Medieval Life Illustrations	Carol Belanger Grafton	Dover Publications
Includes over 700 clear b/w illustrations of medieval life. Includes 8 plates in full colour.
£2.25 Large format. Soft covers. Excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Medieval Life/010
Both these books priced at £4.00 when sold together. P&p. £2.50 To qualify for free postage, this would be one item.

The Complete Guide to Battlefields of Britain	David Smurthwaite	Michael Joseph Ltd. 1989
Said to be the most comprehensive survey of British battlefields ever produced. Over 100 battles sites explained.
£4.50. Pp 234. Soft back, large format. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs, many in full colour. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Battles of Britain/014

The Secret of Flodden	W M Mackenzie	Grant and Murray 1931
A well researched account of the events leading up to the battle and of the battle itself. It revealed little known facts.
£3.50 Pp 126 The hard covers are faded and slightly scuffed but the overall condition is good for its age. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Flodden/016

The Lion in the North	John Prebble	Penguin 1973
One thousand years of Scottish history. Usual Prebble high standard. For all who enjoy a good story well told.
£2.50 Pp 325 Copiously illustrated with some full colour plates. Large format Soft cover. Creases and scratching to covers. Personal message written on inside front cover. A handsome book. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Prebble/024

By-Ways of History	James Colville	David Douglas. Edinburgh
Social life and rural economy of Scotland manly covering the 17^th century. Very readable and detailed. A rare book. A compilation. Originally appeared as articles in Blackwoods and various other magazines.
£18.00 Pp 325 A collector’s item. Untrimmed pages. Some staining but has survived the years very well. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Colville/027

Tell the Towers Thereof	Madge Elder	Robert Hale 1956
The ancient Border story told by the renowned author Madge Elder. A journey through history. Easy reading.
£6.50 Pp 275 With torn dust cover. Good condition.
To order quote: Elder/033 P&p. £2.50

Alienated Affections	Leah Leneman	Edinburgh University Press 1998
Scottish experience of divorce and separation 1684-1830. An unusual book.
£4.95 Pp 354 Soft back. Excellent condition. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: AA/034

Hadrian’s Wall	Stephen Johnson	English Heritage 1989
A most informative presentation with the usual high standard of E H publications.
£4.50 Pp 141 Soft back. Large format With 108 colour and b/w illustrations Good condition. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Wall/044

Cumbria to Northumberland	John Weaver	English Heritage
From the earliest times. Covers churches, fortifications, towns and villages, country houses, country life and much more. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, some in full colour, maps and sketches.
£7.95 Pp 132 Large format. Soft cover with full colour picture. A little creasing to the front cover. otherwise in excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Weaver/051

Folk Tales of the Borders	Winifred Petrie	Thomas Nelson 1950
A delightful collection of Border tales.
£5.00 Pp 207 Hard back. Pocket size format. With dust cover. Condition very good. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Petrie/054

Folk Tales of the North Country	F Grice	1947
Tales of Northumberland and Durham. Wonderful stories.
£4.50 Pp 150 Hard back, soiled. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Grice/055
When purchased with the previous book listed the cost for the two is £8.00.

Border Byways and Lothian Lore	T Ratcliffe Barnet	Robert Grant Edinburgh 1925
A journey through the Borders. Very interesting. Originally published as newspaper articles.
£2.50 Pp 208 Wear to spine and covers but condition otherwise good. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Lothian/057

North and South of Tweed	Jean Lang	Thomas Nelson. Undated edition.
From the writings of the Langs. Stories and legends of the Borders.
£5.50 Pp 360 Torn dust wrapper. Good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order quote: Lang/060

Border Highways	John James Mackay	1998
The Story of the roads and early transport in the Scottish Borders from Roman times. Items covered includes turnpikes, coaching inns, stage coach routes and much more. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs.
£5.95 Pp 200 Soft covers. Very good condition. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Mackay/065

Echoes from the Border Hills	Dr Dorothy Hyslop Booth	Pentland Press 1992
The reminiscences of the late John Hyslop, JP of Langholm. A fascination glimpse of life of life in Eskdale during the nineteenth century.
£5.00 Pp 172 Hard back with dust cover. Excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order quote: Booth/066

Northumberland Towns and Villages	Lydia Speakman	Sigma
In addition a brief but very useful description of many towns and village, the covers, bastles, battles, churches, hill forts, nature reserves, pele towers, standing stones, even lighthouses. With many photographs.
£4.50 Pp 110 Card cover in full colour Excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Speakman/067

A history of Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne	Leslie H Hepple	Philimore 1988
A well written, generously illustrated history for the non-specialist.
£5.00 Pp 144 Large format with full colour dust jacket. Excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Hepple/068

The Borders	Alistair Moffat	Deerpark Press 2002
A history of the Borders from the earliest times. A very readable detailed account containing a wealth of little known material. An outstanding work.
£15.00 Pp 450. Hard back with dust cover. As new. P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Moffat/069

Wilson's Tales of the Border		The Ettrick Press 1947
Rewritten in a very readable style. Many of the most popular of these well known stories.
£4.95 Pp 348 Rather worn with untidy inscriptions on the fly leaf and inside front cover but in otherwise good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: Wilson/071

Rails Across the Border	A J Mullay	1990
The story of the Border rail crossings, why, how and by whom they were built, the traffic they carried and the fate that has befallen all but two of them.
£7.00 Pp 158 Large format with dust cover. With many photographs and maps. Ex library book. Front fly leaf torn out. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: RLWYS/72

Northumberland The Buildings of England Series.	John Grundy, Grace McCombie, Peter Ryder, Humphrey Welsfare and Nikolaus Pevsner.
The ultimate guide to the buildings of Northumberland. Illustrated.
£9.00 Pp 704 Hard back with picture dust cover. A little creasing to the dust cover but otherwise in excellent condition. P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: NBuildings/073

British Battlefields 4. Scotland and the Border	Philip Warner	Osprey 1975
Covers the battles of Stirling Bridge, Falkirk, Bannockburn, Halidon Hill, Newville's Cross, Homildon Hill, Ancrum Moor, Pinkie, Newburn, Kilsyth, Philiphaugh, Dunbar, Killiecrankie, Glencoe, Prestonpans, and Cullodon. With detailed maps of the battle sites.
£7.95 Pp 160 Hard back with dust cover. Excellent condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: Warner/075

Walkers Traditions of Scotland	Gilbert Summers	Martin Books 1991
The author examines Scotland's distinctive culture through its turbulent history, its dramatis landscape, its literature and its folklore. Beautifully illustrated with many full colour plates. An outstanding book.
£12.00 Pp 160 Hard cover with full colour dust cover. Excellent condition.
To order please quote: Traditions/078 P&p. £2.50

Scottish Border Country	F R Banks	Batsford 1951 1st edition
Follow the author's Border walk with its history. Fascinating.
£4.50 Pp 150. Some scuffing and soiling of the cover but overall in good condition. Contains 83 illustrations. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Banks/082

Tom Scott. The Scottish Borders artist.		Hawick Archaeological Society 1006
A tribute to his life and works. With many of his beautiful pictures in b/w and colour.
£8.00 Pp 160 Soft cover in full colour. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Tom Scott/083

Scottish Battles	John Sadler	Canongate
Covers 16 battles from Stirling Bridge to Culloden. With battle plans and full background information. There are sections on the development of warfare - tactics, equipment and styles of fighting.
£2.50 Pp 256. Soft back in full colour. Very good conditions. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Sadler/84

No Road this Way After Dark	George Harkness.	Newcastleton 1989
The author's reminiscences of Liddesdale. Local social history at its very best.
£4.95 Pp 107 Soft covers. Very good condition. P&p. £1.20
To order please quote: Harkness/87

Confess and be Hanged	Sheila Livingstone	Berlinn 2000
Scottish crime and punishment through the ages.
£2.50 Pp 226. Soft back. Excellent condition. P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Confess/88

By Yarrow's Stream	Alex Cameron	Albyn Press Edinburgh
Walking in the historic Scottish Borderland. A very pleasant informative easy read. A lovely book.
£3.00 Pp 79 Hard covers with pictured dust cover. Very good condition. P&p. £1.20
To order please quote: Yarrow/096

The Scott Country	W S Crocket	Adam and Charles Black. London 1902
A great classic. Compelling reading.
£18.00 Pp 510 Uncut side and bottom pages in the old style. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Second edition. Complete with fold out map. Very good condition for its age. P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Scott/099

The Scott Country	Described by John Geddie and illustrated by E W Haslehurst, R B A.	Blackie and son.
Beautiful Scotland series. Illustrated with full colour plates.
£5.00 Pp 67 Hard back with full colour jacket. In very good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: Scott2/100

The Last Years of a Frontier	D L W Tough	Sandhill Press 1987
Reprint of a great classic first published 1928. A great work of reiving days and places 1558-1603. A classic. Fascinating.
£20.00 Pp 299 Hard covers with dust jacket. Very good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: Tough/108

The Scots Book	Compiled by Ronald MacDonald Douglas.	W & R Chambers. London & Edinburgh.
"This is not a book for the critical, nor is it a book for students and scholars\; it is a book for the general reader, for the ordinary man and woman and, in particular, for the ordinary Scot-if there is such a thing as an ordinary Scot. It is more thoroughly Scottish than it may appear to be on the surface; it is as Scottish as any book can be that is written, perforce in a language not Scottish." With folklore, rhymes and tales, clan facts and a great deal more. A much loved book.
£15.00 Pp 360 Hard backed. In very good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: Scotsbook/109

A Book of Scottish Verse	Selected by Maurice Lindsay and R L Mackie	Robert Hale London 1983
This well established anthology covering 600 years of Scottish verse.
£3.50 Pp 472 Hard back with dust cover. Very good condition. P&p. £2.50
To order please quote: verse/110

The Legendary Ballads of England and Scotland	Compiled and edited by John S Roberts	Frederick Warne & Co
A huge range with notes.
£6.50 Pp 626 Spine cover missing otherwise in good condition. P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Ballads2/115

The Border Line Solway Firth to the North Sea.	James Logan Mack	Oliver and Boyd 1928
A classic. Very rare. With splendid maps and photographs.
£38.00 Pp 322. Faded cover and scuffed, but in good condition for its age. P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Mack/122

Heritage Sites in the Borders	John Dent and Rory McDonald	Scottish Borders Council 2001
Provides a brief account of over 160 places in the Border counties. Very informative and attractively presented with many photographs.
£2.50 Pp 96. Large format. Coloured soft covers. Very good condition. P&p. 95p
To order please quote: Heritage/123

Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch	J. Rutherford Oliver	W & J Kennedy, Hawick. 1887
A detailed history featuring the Scott Clan, Hawick Kelso, Tweed and Teviot. A very readable book. With 45 line drawings and three maps. Illustrations by T.H. Laidlaw.The book is in very good. It is bound in dark green cloth with gilt title to the spine. Size: 8" by 9" high. 463 pages. A rare book.
£74.00 P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Buccleuch/124

Stories of the Border Marches	John and Jean Lang	T C & E C Jack Ltd Edinburgh.
Hard cover bound in dark blue cloth. Well scuffed with wear damage to spine. Faded cover. End page with owner's inscription. Pages uncut and all intact. It includes such stories as the kidnapping of Lord Durie and Kinmont Willie. By well known writers of Border history. 363 pages.
£15.00 P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Lang/125

A Land of Romance	Jean Lang	T C & E C Jack Edinburgh.
Hard green covers scuffed and faded. Gilt title to front cover and spine. With owners inscription dated 1910.Othewise in a good condition. Illustrated with Tom Scott's reproductions tissue protected. Pp 453. No other date and could be a first edition. Ranges from Roman times, through to Border feuds and battles and the covenanters and much else. Very easy reading by one of the Lang family.
£25.00 Pp P&p. £2.75
To order please quote: Romance/126

Border Ballads The Canterbury Poets	ed by William Sharp	Sir Walter Scott Publishing Company London and Edinburgh
Including the Battle of Otterbourne and Thomas the Rhymer. A useful Reference. Very good condition. Hard back with gold titles to front cover and spine. Small format.
£2.00 Pp 228 P&p. £1.75
To order please quote: Ballads/127

Stories of the Scottish Border	By Mr and Mrs William Platt	George G Harrap & Co. Ltd April 1929 3rd printing
Stirring stories of the Borders including the outlaw Murray, Johnnie Armstrong, the Raid of the Kers, Dick o' the Cow, Jock o' the Side and many more. Hard back with gilt embossed decorative titles to front cover and spine. A handsome book and in good condition. With owner's inscription dated 1929. Size 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" With 16 full page illustrations by M Meredith Williams.
£9.00 Pp 256.
To order please quote: Pratt/128

Highways and Byways of the Border Illustrated by Hugh Thompson	Andre and John Lang	Macmillan and co. Ltd. London First reprint 1914.
Hard dark blue back with gold titles on spine and front cover. Some scuffing but overall in good condition. Owner's inscription on front end paper. With many line drawings. A detailed and very readable book by two distinguished authors.
£10.00 Pp 439 P&p . £2.75
To order please quote: Land/129

In Search of the Border Reivers. The Hot Trod. A CD.

The Story Of Elsdon Soft back. 32 pages

Hermitage Castle The castle handbook. Historic Scotland. 24 pages

Hexhan and Corbridge. A short history and guide by Frank Graham. Paper back. 64 Pages

Tynemouth Priory and Castle. English Heritage publication. 40 Pages.

Northumbrian Castles by Frank Graham. A short history and guide. The Tweed and Aln. 48 Pp

Traquair The handbook of the castle. Richly illustrated in colour.

Birdwatching in Dumfries and Galloway. With colour pictures and maps.

Scottish Borders. A street map. 16 maps. As new.

Walks around Hawick. Covers in Colour. 12 walks.

Ordnance Survey map of Eskdalemuir 1:25 000 Second Series.