It's Clarence's 100th birthday today and Edinburgh Books 20th birthday tomorrow so please pop in and say hello and have a cupcake – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Charity shop find of the day - "Wayfaring Strangers - the musical voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia"
With a Foreword by Dolly Parton.
£1 – at Balerno, Scotland
Not wanting to be controversial but what section should we put books on Greenland in? – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Stopped by the Harris Charity Shop in Tarbert and came away with a nice haul including some @IslandsBookTrst booklets and a 1973 copy of Mog in Gaelic – at Stornoway, Scotland
Grave hunting and book hunting come together in the space of 24 hours as we visited the grave of Iain Ghobha/John Morison, the blacksmith bard, at Rodel Church, South Harris yesterday and today I found an extremely scarce copy of his poems in a charity shop in Stornoway – at Stornoway, Scotland
Found in a book #721
In a book from a Doctor's collection.
What is the use of agarol Syrup?
Agarol is an effective, gentle, pleasant vanilla flavoured laxative for the whole family. It provides relief of constipation and promotes regularity – at Craigiehall, Scotland
FoundInABook#692 postcard from c. 1970s in a copy of Macbeth.
Quote on the back in Spanish, German & French says " The well-being of the world's rich is based upon this situation. These children will know how to change it." – at Craigiehall, Scotland
We bought this book on Wednesday afternoon and half an hour later the author, Christopher Rush, walked in and was able to sign it - 32 years after the illustrator Mairi Hedderwick – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Just sold a nice copy of 'Cricket' by W.G. Grace to an American gentleman. Perhaps it was @UScricketguy ? – at Edinburgh, Scotland
American lady - "who's that sining? It sounds like Paul Simon."
@tonersongs #RoadtoFivemiletown
Bookplate of novelist and criminologist F. [Fryniwyd] Tennyson Jesse 1888-1958 in a 1911 copy of 'Science and the Criminal' by C.A. Mitchell – at Craigiehall, Scotland
Striking cover illustration by British graphic designer John Gorham (1937-2001) on this 1965 edition of Helen Waddell's 'The Desert Fathers'.
Gorham created book covers for publishers, stamps for the Royal Mail did the graphics for films including Local Hero and Chariots of Fire – at Craigiehall, Scotland
































