Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

"Dodd, William" [Samuel Johnson]The Convict's Address to his Unhappy Brethren... London: G. Kearsly, 1777. Second edition, 8vo, modern brown calf ...

Allen, John RomillyThe Early Christian Monuments of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Neill & Co. Limited...

Archaeology & AntiquitiesProceedings of the Orkney Antiquarian Society. Kirkwall: printed at the Orcadian Office, [1922-1939]. Volumes 1-15 bound ...

Balfour, David, ColonelAncient Orkney Melodies. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1885. 4to, original green cloth gilt ...[more]

Balfour, David, ColonelAncient Orkney Melodies. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1885. 4to, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket, J. Roberts...

Barry, GeorgeThe History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1805. First edition, 4to, frontispiece, folding map, 10 plates, ad...

Boswell, JamesThe Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin, 1785. First edition, second state, 8vo, modern spe...

[Brand, John, of Borrowstounness]A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-firth & Caithness... Edinburgh: printed by George Mosman, 1701....

Church in Orkney & ShetlandCraven, J.B. History of the Church in Orkney... Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1901. 4 volumes, 4to, original green clo...

Corbet, C., publisherA Voyage to Shetland, the Orkneys and the Western Isles of Scotland. London: C. Corbet, 1751. 8vo, modern calf gilt, J. Rober...

Cordiner, CharlesRemarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects of North Britain... London: Peter Mazell, 1788-1795. 2 volumes, 4to, frontispieces, 97 p...

Customs & ExciseInstructions for the Collectors and Other Officers Employ'd in Her Majesties Customs, &c. Edinburgh: printed by the Heirs and Succ...

Daniell, WilliamA Voyage Round the North and North-West Coast of Scotland... London: W. Lewis, [1818-1820]. Folio, 40 (of 42) hand-coloured plates...

[Dennis, John]An Essay on the Navy... London: John Nutt, 1702. Small 4to, folding table (laid-down and repaired with slight loss), modern leather,...

Dunn, RobertThe Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. London: printed by Richard Taylor...and published by the Author, 1837...

Edmondston, ArthurA View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1809. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece m...

Eunson, GeorgeThe Ancient and Present State of Orkney... Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed for the Author, 1788. 12mo, later half calf gilt, K. Roberts...

Farrer, James[Maes-Howe] Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered During Recent Excavations in the Orkneys. [Edinburgh: printed by R. & R. Clark fo...

Fea, JamesThe Present State of the Orkney Islands Considered. [Edinburgh]: Holyroodhouse, 1775. 8vo, modern quarter calf gilt, J. Robertson bookpl...

Fea, JamesConsiderations on the Fisheries in the Scotch Islands... London: printed for the Author, 1787. 8vo, folding map, modern calf, J. Roberts...

Fisheries[Campbell, John] An Exact and Authentic Account of the Greatest White-Herring-Fishery in Scotland... London: Joseph Davidson, 1750. 8vo, ...

Galloway, Alexander Stewart[Drop-head title] State of the Process, Alexander Earl of Galloway, James Fea of Clestren, James Traill younger of Hobi...

Grant, Francis J.The County Families of the Zetland Islands. Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893. Small 4to, original publisher's red quarter morocco, J...

[Haldane, James Alexander]Journal of a Tour through the Northern Counties of Scotland and the Orkney Isles. Edinburgh: J. Ogle, J. Guthrie, & G. P...

Hall, JamesTravels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: with a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. [London:] J. Johnson, 1807. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontisp...

Heddle, Matthew ForsterThe County Geognosy and Mineralogy of Scotland. Truro: Lake & Lake, printers, 1878-1880. 2 volumes, 8vo, both volumes inscr...

Hibbert, SamuelA Description of the Shetland Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822. 4to, frontispiece, plates, folding map, modern blue mo...

Hibbert, SamuelA Description of the Shetland Islands... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. 4to, frontispiece, folding map, 6 plates, an...

Highlands and Islands of ScotlandAn Account of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge from its commencement in 1709. In which...

History: Barry, George, and othersHistory of the Orkney Islands. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Second edition, 4to, folding map, 1...

History: Stewart, David, and othersSketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: Archibald Const...

Jonaeus, Jonas, editorOrkneyinga Saga sive Historia Orcadensium… Copenhagen: P. Frid. Suhm., 1780. First edition, 4to, plate, contemporary half ca...

Knox, JohnA Tour through the Highlands of Scotland and the Hebride Isles, in MDCCLXXXVI. London: J. Walter, 1787. 8vo, modern quarter calf gilt, o...

Laing, JohnAn Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen... London: J. Mawman (and David Brown, Edinburgh), 1815. 8vo, contemporary half calf rebacked wit...

Language & Literature, including Jakobsen, JakobAn Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland. London: David Nutt, 1928. 2 volumes, ...

Law & HistoryOppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland... Edinburgh: the Maitland Club, 1859. 4to, contemporary ha...

Law & History, 12 booksWitchcraft Trials for Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Superstition, in Orkney, from Miscellany of the Abbotsford Club, no.11, 1837...

Law & Property - Orkney & ShetlandCase, The Reverend Mr Thomas Lyell Minister of Lady parish in Sanday, defender, Against The Reverend Mr George T...

Low, GeorgeFauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Archibald ...

Low, GeorgeFauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Archibald ...

MacAulay, KennethThe History of St Kilda. London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1764. 8vo, folding map, half-title, without the final advert leaf, ...

MacCulloch, JohnThe Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland… London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. 4 volumes, 8vo, contempor...

Manuscript account of a voyage to Shetland, 1902Leith to Shetland, written and illustrated by Herbert J. Smith. 8vo, 25 leaves including photograp...

Manuscript and news clipping volumes"Caithness Notes & Queries", green morocco bound volume, 24 x 21 x 8cm, with over 300 pages of newspaper clipp...

Manuscript items, a collectionDiscreet of Declaration in Favours of the Inhabitants of Stromness, H.G.K., 1744, copy, 54 manuscript pp., 31.5 x 19...

Martin, MartinA Late Voyage to St. Kilda… London: D. Brown, 1698. First edition, 8vo, half-title, map, plate, later calf gilt with red morocco gil...

Martin, MartinA Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: Andrew Bell, 1703. 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary panelled ...

[McKenzie, Murdoch]Justification of Mr Murdoch McKenzie's Nautical Survey of the Orkney Islands and Hebrides... Edinburgh: William Creech, 1785. 8...

[Monteith, Robert, of Eglisha and Gairsa]The Description of the Isles of Orknay and Zetland. Edinburgh: published by S.R.S. [Sir Robert Sibbald], ...

Natural HistorySelous, Edmund The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands. London: J.M. Dent, 1905. 8vo, original cloth gilt, worn; two more copies, one in ...

Neill, Patrick, and othersA Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland... Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806. 8vo, half-title, contemporar...

Norse & Viking cultureLaing, Samuel - Rasmus B. Anderson, editor The Heimskringla, or the Sagas of the Norse Kings. London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. 4...

Orkney Library & Bibliography, including Craven, J.B.Descriptive Catalogue of the Bibliotheck of Kirkwall (1683). Kirkwall: Privately printed, 189...

Peterkin, AlexanderNotes on Orkney and Zetland... Edinburgh: Macredie, Skelly, and Company, 1822. 8vo, 2 plates, later half morocco gilt, bookplat...

Polar exploration, including Fisher, AlexanderA Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Br...

Press Ganging - Urquhart, ThomasLetters on the Evils of Impressment with the Outline of a Plan for Doing them Away... London: published for the be...

Reid, John T., and othersPictures from the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1881. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, bookplate; Shir...

Robertson, GeorgeA Concise View of the Scottish Islands of the Hebrides, Orkney, and Zetland, with observations on the means of their improvement;...

Russell, George W. - unpublished ornithological typescriptShetland Gulls, Terns and Skuas. A paper written for the Zetland Society of Science and ...

[Sands, James]A Letter Directed thus, for Mr. James Lyon in Kirkwall. [Edinburgh?], 1710. 8vo [ESTC N26432, listing 8 copies in libraries in the B...