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  • Cover scan of Wish You Were Still Here

    £14.44
    Wish You Were Still Here: The Scottish Seaside Holiday
    Eric Simpson - Paperback - Amberley
    As one of Scotland's key forms of leisure and mass entertainment, tourism was a major growth industry of the 19th century and this growth continued into the 20th century. Starting in the golden age of the Victorian and Edwardian resorts, the author explores the ways and means whereby the Scottish people were enabled to enjoy the benefits of seaside and other holidays.
  • Cover scan of The Little Book Of Edinburgh
    The Little Book Of Edinburgh
    Geoff Holder - Hardback - History
    'The Little Book of Edinburgh' is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and hundreds of wacky facts.
  • Cover scan of Edinburgh Celebrity City Guide

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    Edinburgh Celebrity City Guide
    Joanne Soroka - Paperback - Crowood
    'Edinburgh Celebrity City Guide' details the lives of 100 of the city's most famous people, along with illustrations and maps of where they lived, worked or dallied. From the discovery of a reliable anaesthetic to the birthplace of Sean Connery, this book reveals the city's darkest secrets and its most colourful characters.
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    White River: A Journey Up And Down The River Findhorn
    Jamie Whittle - Paperback - Sandstone
    In this book, Jamie Whittle returns to his origins by the River Findhorn in Highland Scotland to make the journey from its mouth to its source on foot, and to return again by canoe. It is familiar ground to Jamie, but made new after his many travels about the world.
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    Three Men On The Way Way: A Story Of Walking The West Highland Way
    Hamish M. Brown - Paperback - Whittles
    This is an entertaining narrative that encapsulates the complete experience of walking the West Highland Way.
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    Ayrshire
    John Foster - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Ayrshire by John Foster contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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    Dumfriesshire
    James King Hewison - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    This guide to Dumfriesshire by James King Hewison was first published in 1912 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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    Kincardineshire
    George H. Kinnear - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Kincardineshire by George H. Kinnear contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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    Lanarkshire
    Frederick Mort - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Lanarkshire by Frederick Mort was first published in 1910 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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    Orkney And Shetland
    J. G. F. Moodie Heddle - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Orkney and Shetland by J.G.F. Moodie Heddle and T. Mainland contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the islands.

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