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Books, Books And More Books.

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Books, books and more books.
from Nathaniel W: Alba Gu Brath! (nrwilkinson1746) on Mon 08/06/09 16:37

Can anyone refer me to a book store or organization where I can purchase books on Scottish poems and literture? There is so little here in the states(that I have found).

Nathaniel Wilkinson

Re: Books, books and more books.
from Graeme R (graemer) photos on Mon 08/06/09 19:45

I have always found this site a gem.

www.abebooks.com

G

Re: Books, books and more books.
from Elizabeth C: is enjoying history. www.lordselkirk.ca (canadian.book.lady) photos on Mon 08/06/09 21:16

http://scotpress.com/catalog/ They're in the US, and stock lots of out of print material in PDF format.

Re: Books, books and more books.
from Monica R (hedge_witch13) photos on Tue 09/06/09 14:12

You can try this site:

http://www.kessinger.net/

or

Google Books

Monica

PS. We have the same problem here in Canada.

Re: Books, books and more books.
from Elizabeth C: is enjoying history. www.lordselkirk.ca (canadian.book.lady) photos on Tue 09/06/09 14:22

What exactly are you looking for Monica? Book searches are what I do for a living, so perhaps I can help.

Also, I've had very little luck with Kessinger directly. Their phone is out of service. I did manage to get one of the titles I was searching for through Amazon, and found that the book was a 'print on demand' book with very poorly reproduced (if you could see them at all...) images. I think that's inexcusable in this day and age.

If you just want to read the book, Interlibrary Loan is also a great way to order books, often at no cost.

Elizabeth

Re: Books, books and more books.
from Monica R (hedge_witch13) photos on Wed 10/06/09 16:03

Hi Elizabeth,

I am looking for any/all books that were written in Scotland, during the 15th, 16th 17th and 18 centuries.

I am not even sure who the writers were - I just have a strong interest in Scottish history.

Does this make sense?

Thanks

Monica

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