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Highland Folk Ways
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Our Price: AU$39.95
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Originally produced in 1961 and reprinted numerous times, this is the classic book on the ancient customs, crafts and techniques of the Scottish Highlands. The past is evoked with a ...
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Old Irish and Highland Dress
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Our Price: AU$29.50
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This classic and elusive work provides a detailed study of the "dress" of the Highlanders and the Irish in ancient times, with illustrations drawn from archival sources. It provides a wealth of information on the dress of these two closely related Celtic lands. Many of the illustrations are unique and are invaluable ...
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Scottish Country Recipes: Traditional Fare from Hearth and Home
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Our Price: AU$5.00
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Scottish country cooking has traditionally used the abundance of fresh local produce to create simple yet hearty fare. This book contains a varied collection of warming soups, broths, stews and ...
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Scottish Pottery
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Our Price: AU$10.95
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Seawolves: Pirates and the Scots
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Our Price: AU$48.95
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The 'Seawolves' is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains.P It concentrates mainly on the legendary golden age of pirates between 1690 ...
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Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland
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Our Price: AU$29.50
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This is an exhaustive history of the Highlands of Scotland and of the customs which characterized them as late as the early 19th century. Included are chapters on clanship, arms, garb, music, and other definitive customs, particularly down to the period 1745-46 and the battle of Culloden. This is followed by ...
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So You're Going to Wear the Kilt!: All You Want to Know About Tartan Dress
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Our Price: AU$23.00
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This readable and handy booklet of Scottish attire provides a compact guide not only for those starting to wear Scottish dress, but also for those who may have ...
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The Book of The Bagpipe
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Our Price: AU$27.00
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Tough stongly identified with the Celtic lands, the bagpipes are played in many countries and are very much part of the world music scene. Here a leading expert tells the ...
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The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950
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Our Price: AU$114.00
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What happened to the Highland bagpipe in the two centuries following Culloden? How was its music transmitted and received? This study presents much new contemporary evidence and uses a range ...
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The Scots: A Genetic Journey
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Our Price: AU$39.95
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History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century. An almost limitless archive of history lies hidden inside our bodies and those with Scottish roots carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us ...
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The Scottish Clans and their Tartans
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Our Price: AU$27.50
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This wonderful little book is full of information about the Clans and their tartans. But it goes further than this with short explanations about Gael language, Highland dress and how ...
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The Scottish Gael or, Celtic Manners as Preserved Among the Highlanders
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Our Price: AU$44.50
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This 2 volume classic work surveys the entirety of Highland culture, including chapters on war and military tactics; dress, costume, arms, and military accoutrements; food; poetry and music; religion; and much else relating to the Celtic world ...
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The Setts of the Scottish Tartans
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Our Price: AU$29.50
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Two books on the one CD, 'The Setts of the Scottish Tartans, with Descriptive and Historical Notes', as well as 'The Setts of the Scottish Tartans: A Commentary on the Second Edition't. Together, these books present a scholarly and reliable reference work for the identification of the traditional tartans, as well as establish ...
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The Well of the Heads: And Other Tales of the Scottish Clans
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Our Price: AU$26.95
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In the Highlands of Scotland till modern times lived a warrior-society that was in many ways like those that flourished in the Iron Age over two thousand years ago. Focused ...
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Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping From 1745 to 1945
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Our Price: AU$89.00
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Tracing the story of 18th century pipers and their changing social conditions, the author follows the Scottish emigrants to the New World. He uncovers examples of late 18th century traditional ...
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