Some Scottish Books

General history

• The Edinburgh History of Scotland, 4 vols (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)

  • Vol. 1 - A.A.M. Duncan - Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom (1975: ISBN 0-05-002037-4)
  • Vol. 2 - Ranald Nicholson - Scotland: The Later Middle Ages (1974: ISBN 0-05-002038-2)
  • Vol. 3 - Gordon Donaldson - Scotland: James V to James VII (1965: ISBN 0-05-000835-8)
  • Vol. 4 - William Ferguson - Scotland: 1689 to the Present (1968)

• The New History of Scotland, 8 vols (originally London: Edward Arnold; now Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press)

  • Vol. 1 - Alfred P. Smyth - Warlords and Holy Men - Scotland 80-1000 (1984)
  • Vol. 2 - G.W.S. Barrow - Kingship and Unity: Scotland 1000-1306 (1981: ISBN 0-7131-6306-2, 0-7131-6307-0 Pbk)
  • Vol. 3 - Alexander Grant - Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306-1469 (1984: ISBN 0-7131-6309-7 Pbk)
  • Vol. 4 - Jenny Wormald - Court, Kirk and Community: Scotland 1470-1625 (1981)
  • Vol. 5 - Rosalind Mitchison - Lordship to Patronage: Scotland 1603-1745 (1983)
  • Vol. 6 - Bruce Lenman - Integration, Enlightenment and Industrialization: Scotland 1746-1832 (1981)
  • Vol. 7 - Sydney & Olive Checkland - Industry and Ethos: Scotland 1832-1914 (2nd ed. 1990)
  • Vol. 8 - Christopher Harvie - No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland 1914-1980 (1981)

• The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland

  • Stephen Boardman - The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III (1371-1406) (East Linton, Tuckwell Press, 1996: ISBN 1-898410-43-7 paperback)
  • Michael Brown - James I (1406-37) (Edinburgh: Canongate Press, 1994: ISBN 1-898410-16-X; ISBN 1-898410-40-2 paperback)
  • Norman Macdougall - James III (revised edn., Edinburgh: John Donald, 2009: ISBN 978-1-904607-87-8 paperback)
  • Norman Macdougall - James IV (East Linton, Tuckwell Press, 1997: ISBN 1-86232-006-3 hardback)
  • Jamie Cameron - James V: The Personal Rule, 1528-1542 (East Linton, Tuckwell Press, 1998: ISBN 1-86232-015-2 hardback, 1-86232-004-7 paperback)

• The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, 10 vols (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press)

  • Vol. 1 - James E. Fraser - From Caledonia to Pictland to 795 (2009)
  • Vol. 2 - Alex Woolf - From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070 (2007)
  • Vol. 3 - Richard Oram - Domination and Lordship: Scotland 1070-1230 (2011)
  • Vol. 4 - Michael Brown - The Wars of Scotland: 1214-1371 (2004)
  • Vol. 5 - Steve Boardman - The First Stewart Dynasty: 1371-1488 (2006)
  • Vol. 6 - Jane E. A. Dawson - Scotland Re-formed: 1488-1587 (2007)
  • Vol. 7 - Roger Mason - Empire, Union and Reform: 1587-1690
  • Vol. 8 - Ned Landsman - Nation, State, Province, Empire: 1690-1790
  • Vol. 9 - Iain Hutchison - Industry, Empire and Unrest: 1790-1880 (due 2015)
  • Vol. 10 - Ewen A. Cameron - Impaled upon a Thistle: Scotland since 1880 (2010)

• Geoffrey W.S. Barrow - Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (1965; 2nd edn. Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1976: ISBN 0-85224-307-3)

• Michael Brown - The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland 1300-1455 (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 1998: ISBN 1-86232-036-5 hardback)

• Tom M. Devine - The Scottish Nation 1700-2000 (London: Allen Lane [Penguin], 1999: ISBN 0-713-99351-0) [Shame that nobody proof-read the maps!]

• R.A. Houston & W.W. Knox (eds) - The New Penguin History of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (London: Penguin, 2001)

• Michael Lynch - Scotland: A New History (London: Century, 1991; London: Pimlico, 1992: ISBN 0-7126-9893-0 Pbk)

• J.D. Mackie - A History of Scotland (Harmondsworth: Penguin [Pelican Original], 1964)

Social history

• T.C. Smout - A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830 (London: Collins, 1969)

• T.C. Smout - A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950 (London: Collins, 1986; London: Fontana, 1987: ISBN 0-00-686141-5 pbk)

• T.M. Devine & Rosalind Mitchison (eds) - People and Society in Scotland, Vol. I, 1760-1830 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990: ISBN 0-85976-210-6)

• W. Hamish Fraser & R.J. Morris (eds) - People and Society in Scotland, Vol. II, 1830-1914 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990: ISBN 0-85976-211-4)

• Tony Dickson & J.H. Treble (eds) - People and Society in Scotland, Vol. III, 1914 to the present (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990: ISBN 0-85976-212-2)

• Rosalind Mitchison - The Old Poor Law in Scotland (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000)

Family history - methods & sources

• Rosemary Bigwood - Tracing Scottish Ancestors (Glasgow: Harper Collins: ISBN 0-00-472328-7)

• Tristram Clarke (ed.) - Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the National Records of Scotland and ScotlandsPeople (6th edn, Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2011: ISBN 978-1-78027-022-7) - available for purchase here.

• Kathleen B. Cory - Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1990: ISBN 0-7486-6054-2 Pbk)

• Graham S. Holton & Jack Winch - My Ain Folk: an Easy Guide to Scottish Family History (---: Tuckwell, 1997: ISBN 1-86232-024-1)

• Alwyn James - Scottish Roots (Edinburgh: Saltire Society, 1995: ISBN 0-85411-066-6)

• David Moody - Scottish Family History (London: Batsford, 1988: ISBN 0-7134-5724-4, 0-7134-5725-2 Pbk)

• Andrew Ramsay Nicoll (ed.) - Scottish Catholic Family History (Edinburgh: Aquhorties Press, 2011: ISBN 978-0-9557591-7-8)

Local history - methods & sources

• David Moody - Scottish Local History: An Introductory Guide (London: Batsford, 1986: ISBN 0-7134-5220-X, 0-7134-5221-8 Pbk)

• Cecil J. Sinclair - Tracing Scottish Local History (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1994: ISBN 0-11-495231-0 Pbk) - available for purchase here.

Atlases

• H.N. Barrott - An Atlas of Old Edinburgh (Edinburgh: West Port Books, 2000)

• Peter G.B. McNeill & Hector L. MacQueen (eds) - Atlas of Scottish History to 1707 (Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists & Dept. of Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1996)

• Peter McNeill & Ranald Nicholson (eds) - An Historical Atlas of Scotland c.400-c.1600 (Conference of Scottish Medievalists, 1975)

Place-names

The following are authoritative works:

• W.M. Alexander - Place Names of Aberdeenshire (1952)

• J. Jakobsen - The Place Names of Shetland (1936)

• A. Macdonald - Place Names of West Lothian (1941)

• H. Marwick - Orkney Farm-names (1952)

• W.F.H. Nicolaisen - Scottish Place-names: their Study and Significance (London: Batsford, 1976: ISBN 0-7134-3253-5)

• William J. Watson - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1926; repr. Birlinn, 1993: ISBN 1-874744-06-8)

Surnames

• George F. Black - Surnames of Scotland (New York: New York Public Library, 1946)

Handwriting

• Grant G. Simpson - Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650 (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1977)

Heraldry

• Donald Roger Barnes - Armorial Bearings of the Surnames of Scotland, vol. 1 (Auckland: Panther Incensed, 2004) [only 51 surnames]

• Colin Campbell (ed.) - The Scots Roll ([Edinburgh], Heraldry Society of Scotland, 1995) [A5 booklet; full colour illustrations of all the pages of the roll, so the individual shields are small; blazons; and identification of the owners - some strange mis-identifications, e.g. "Logan of Lochshinnoch" for Logan of Restalrig]

• James Fairbairn - Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain and Ireland and their Kindred in Other Lands (2 vols in one; New York: Heraldic Publ. Co., 1911) - CRESTS, not shields

• Leslie Hodgson (ed.) - The Dublin Armorial of Scottish Nobility: GO. Ms.36: Scottish Nobility E ([Edinburgh], Heraldry Society of Scotland, 2006) [A4 hardback, beautifully illustrated, printed & bound; shame about all the typos]

• Thomas Innes of Learney - Scots Heraldry (2nd edn; Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1956) [Stuffy, pompous, antediluvian, and probably seemed so when first published in 1934; but a widely & cheaply available introduction]

• George Harvey Johnston - Scottish Heraldry Made Easy (2nd edn, Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1912)

• Bruce A. McAndrew - Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2006: ISBN 1-84383-261-5) [Magnificent]

• William Rae Macdonald - Scottish Armorial Seals (Edinburgh: Wm Green, 1904)

• Alexander Nisbet - A system of heraldry, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Wm Blackwood, 1816)

• Alexander Nisbet (et al.) - A system of heraldry, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: Wm Blackwood, 1816) - vol. 2 is not reliable

• James Balfour Paul - An Ordinary of Arms contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm Green, 1893) - [Arms recorded since 1672; arms are blazoned (described), not emblazoned (illustrated)]

• Office of the Lord Lyon - An Ordinary of Arms, vol. 2, 1902-1973 (Edinburgh: 1977: ISBN 0-9505299-0-7)

• Alexander Porteous - The Town Council Seals of Scotland (Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906)

• Robert Riddle Stodart - Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, ..., vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Wm Paterson, 1881)

• Robert Riddle Stodart - Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, ..., vol. 2 (Edinburgh: Wm Paterson, 1881)

• John Horne Stevenson - Heraldry in Scotland : including a Recension of 'The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland' by the late George Seton, vol. 1 (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1914)

• John Horne Stevenson - Heraldry in Scotland : including a Recension of 'The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland' by the late George Seton, vol. 2 (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1914)

• R. M. Urquhart - Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry (--: Heraldry Today, 1973)

• R. M. Urquhart - Scottish Civic Heraldry (--: Heraldry Today, 1979)

See also this Annotated Bibliography of Scottish Heraldic Materials of 2004.

Landscape

• R.N. Millman - The Making of the Scottish Landscape (London: Batsford, 1975: ISBN 0-7134-2838-4)

• J.B. Whittow - Geology and Scenery in Scotland (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977)

Architecture

• Elizabeth Beaton - Caithness: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Rutland, 1996: ISBN 1-873190-27-1)

• R.G. Cant & I.G. Lindsay - Old Glasgow: a Description of Old Buildings, Illustrated with Photographs, Plans & a Map (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1947)

• John G. Dunbar - The Architecture of Scotland (London: Batsford, 2nd ed. 1978)

• John Gifford - The Buildings of Scotland: Fife (London: Penguin, 1988: ISBN 0-14-0710-77-9)

• J. Gifford, C. McWilliam, D. Walker & C. Wilson - The Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984: ISBN 0-14-0710-68-X)

• Miles Glendinning et al. - A History of Scottish Architecture (Edinburgh University Press, 1996)

• Alan Hamilton - Essential Edinburgh (London: André Deutsch, 1978: ISBN 0-233-96984-5)

• Richard Jaques & Charles McKean - West Lothian: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Rutland, 1994: ISBN 1-873190-25-5)

• David MacGibbon & Thomas Ross - The Castellated & Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the 12th to the 18th Century (5 vols; repr. Edinburgh: James Thin, 1971)

• Charles McKean - Banff & Buchan: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1990: ISBN 1-85158-231-2)

• Charles McKean - The District of Moray: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987: ISBN 0-7073-0528-4)

• Charles McKean - Stirling & the Trossachs (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1985: ISBN 0-7073-0462-8)

• Charles McKean & David Walker - Dundee: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Rutland, 1984; repr. 1993: ISBN 1-873190-09-3)

• Colin McWilliam - The Buildings of Scotland: Lothian except Edinburgh (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978: ISBN 0-14-0710-66-3)

• Colin McWilliam - Scottish Townscape (London: Collins, 1975: ISBN 0-00-216743-3)

• Ian Shepherd - Gordon: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Rutland, 1994: ISBN 1-873190-11-5)

• Charles Alex. Strang - Borders & Berwick: an Illustrated Architectural Guide to the Scottish Borders & Tweed Valley (Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 1994: ISBN 1-873190-10-7)

• Adam Swan - Clackmannan & the Ochils: an Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987: ISBN 0-7073-0513-6)

• Nigel Tranter - The Fortified House in Scotland, 5 vols (1962; repr. Edinburgh: James Thin / Mercat Press, 1986)

  • Vol. 1, S.E. Scotland, ISBN 0-901824-42-9
  • Vol. 2, Central Scotland, -43-7
  • Vol. 3, S.W. Scotland, -44-5
  • Vol. 4, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Kincardineshire, -45-3
  • Vol. 5, N. & W. Scotland, -46-1

• Joyce M. Wallace - Historic Houses of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1987)

• E. Williamson, A. Riches & M. Higgs - The Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow (London: Penguin, 1990: ISBN 0-14-0710-69-8)

• A.J. Youngson - The Making of Classical Edinburgh: 1750-1840 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1966; reprinted 1988 in Pbk, ISBN 0-85224-576-9)

• --- - Old Moray: a Description of Old Buildings Illustrated with Photographs, Two Plans & a Map (Elgin: Elgin Soc., 1948)

Archaeology

• Richard Feachem - Guide to Prehistoric Scotland (London: Batsford, 1963; 2nd ed. 1977, ISBN 0-7705-1475-8)

• Euan W. MacKie - Scotland: An Archaeological Guide (London: Faber, 1975: ISBN 0-571-09871-1, 0-571-10735-4 Pbk)

• Richard Oram - Moray & Badenoch: a Historical Guide (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1996: ISBN 1-874744-46-7)

• Graham & Anna Ritchie - Scotland: Archaeology and Early History (London: Thames & Hudson, 1981)

Regional guides & local histories

See also books on over 140 individual parishes here

• Hugo Arnot - The History of Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Wm Creech, 1779; repr. Edinburgh: West Port Books, 1998)

• G.A.C. Binnie - The Churches & Graveyards of Berwickshire (Berwick-upon-Tweed: G.A.C. Binnie, 1995: ISBN 0-9526805-0-5)

• Andrew Boyle - Pictorial History of Arran (Darvel: Alloway Publishing, 1994: ISBN 0-907526-57-8)

• J. Walter Buchan (ed.) - A History of Peeblesshire (3 vols, Glasgow: Jackson Wylie, 1925-7)

• Malcolm Cant - Villages of Edinburgh, Vol. 1 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1986: ISBN 0-85976-147-9, 0-85976-131-2 pbk) [includes parishes of Corstorphine, Cramond, Duddingston]

• Malcolm Cant - Villages of Edinburgh, Vol. 2 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1987: ISBN 0-85976-187-8, 0-85976-186-X pbk) [includes parishes of Colinton, Liberton]

• Malcolm Cant - Villages of Edinburgh: an Illustrated Guide, Vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Malcolm Cant, 1997) [revision of 1986 book: includes Corstophine, Cramond, Davidson's Mains, Dean, Duddingston, Newhaven, Restalrig, Stockbridge]

• Malcolm Cant - Villages of Edinburgh: an Illustrated Guide, Vol. 2 (Edinburgh: Malcolm Cant, 1999: ISBN 0-9526099-3-2) [revision of 1987 book: includes Colinton, Gilmerton, Juniper Green, Liberton, Longstone, Slateford, Morningside, Swanston]

• Ronald Gordon Cant - The East Neuk of Fife: an Illustrated Survey of its Burghs & Countryside (East Neuk of Fife Preservation Soc., 1968)

• R.G. Cant & I.G. Lindsay - Old Moray: a Description of Old Buildings, Illustrated with Photographs, Two Plans & a Map (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1948)

• David Daiches - Edinburgh (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978; St Albans & London: Granada, 1980: ISBN 0-586-05237-2 pbk)

• David Daiches - Glasgow (London: André Deutsch, 1977: ISBN 0-233-96913-6)

• Patricia Dennison et al. (eds) - Aberdeen before 1800: A New History (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2003?: ISBN 1-86232-119-1 hardback, 1-86232-114-0 paperback)

• T.M. Devine & Gordon Jackson (eds) - Glasgow: Vol. I, Beginnings to 1830 (Manchester: University Press, 1996?: ISBN 0-7190-3691-7)

• Joe Fisher - The Glasgow Encyclopaedia (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1994: ISBN 1-85158-212-6)

• W. Hamish Fraser & Irene Maver (eds) - Glasgow: Vol. II (Manchester: University Press, 1996: ISBN 0-7190-3692-5)

• I.A.N. Henderson - Discovering Angus & the Mearns (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990: ISBN 0-85976-302-1)

• Wm. F. Hendrie - Discovering West Lothian (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1986: ISBN 0-85976-162-2)

• James King Hewison - The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time: with Illustrations, Maps, and Plans (2 vols, Edinburgh: Wm Blackwood, 1893, 1895)

• George Vere Irving & Alexander Murray - The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, 2 vols (Glasgow: Thos. Murray, 1864)

  • Vol. 1: parishes of Biggar, Coulter, Covington, Crawford, Crawfordjohn, Dolphinton, Dunsyre, Lamington, Libberton, Pettinain, Symington, Walston, Wiston & Roberton
  • Vol. 2: parishes of Carmichael, Douglas, Lesmahagow, Lanark, Carluke, Carstairs, Carnwath

• Joseph Irving - The Book of Dunbartonshire (3 vols, Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1879)

• Alexander Jeffrey - The History & Antiquities of Roxburghshire & Adjacent Districts (4 vols, Edinburgh: Seton & Mackenzie, 1855-64)

• Andrew Jervise - Memorials of Angus & Mearns: an Account Historical, Antiquarian & Traditionary (2 vols, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885)

• Donald Macdonald - Lewis: a History of the Island (Edinburgh: Gordon Wright, 1978: SBN 903065-23-1)

• Charles McKean - Edinburgh: Portrait of a City (London: Century, 1991: ISBN 0-7126-3867-9 Hbk; 0-7126-4958-1 Pbk)

• P.H. Mackerlie - A History of the Lands & their Owners in Galloway (2 vols, Edinburgh: 1870-8)

• Loraine MacLean of Dochgarroch - Discovering Inverness-shire (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1988: ISBN 0-85976-228-9)

• Innes MacLeod - Discovering Galloway (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1986: ISBN 0-85976-114-2)

• Innes MacLeod & Margaret Gilroy - Discovering the River Clyde (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1991: ISBN 0-85976-333-1)

• Sandy Mullay - The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996: ISBN 1-85158-762-4)

• Donald Omand (ed.) - The Moray Book (Edinburgh: Paul Harris, 1976: ISBN 0-904505-05-7)

• Donald Omand (ed.) - The New Caithness Book (Wick: North of Scotland Newspapers, 1989: ISBN 1-871704-00-6)

• Richard Oram - Moray & Badenoch: a Historical Guide (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1996: ISBN 1-874744-46-7)

• Eric Simpson - Discovering Banff, Moray & Nairn (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1992: ISBN 0-85976-329-3)

• Aileen Smart - The Villages of Glasgow, Vol. 1 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1988: ISBN 0-85976-232-7) [covers Anderston, Bridgeton, Calton, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick, Springburn, Shettleston, Tollcross]

• Aileen Smart - The Villages of Glasgow, Vol. 2 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1996: ISBN 0-85976-391-9) [covers Cardonald, Cathcart, Crossmyloof, Gorbals, Govan, Hurlett, Langside, Nitshill, Pollokshaws, Polmadie, Strathbungo]

• Charles J. Smith - Historic South Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Chas. Skilton) 4 vols

  • Vol.1 (1978)
  • Vol.2 (1979)
  • Vol.3 People (1986: SBN 0284-98739-5)
  • Vol.4 More People (1988: SBN 0284-98757-3)

• Charles J. Smith - Historic South Edinburgh (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2000: ISBN 0-85976-540-7) [Revised and somewhat condensed edition, in one vol.]

• Robert Smith - Discovering Aberdeenshire (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1988: ISBN 0-85976-229-7)

• Alan Spence - Discovering the Borders 1 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1992: ISBN 0-85976-360-9)

• Alan Spence - Discovering the Borders 2 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1994: ISBN 0-85976-377-3)

• John Strawhorn - Ayrshire, the Story of a County (Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Soc., 1975)

• John Strawhorn & Ken Andrew - Discovering Ayrshire (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1988: ISBN 0-85976-199-1)

• Francis Thompson - Discovering Speyside (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990: ISBN 0-85976-230-0)

• Ian & Kathleen Whyte - Discovering East Lothian (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1988: ISBN 0-85976-222-X)

• Douglas Willis - Discovering the Black Isle (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1989 [repr. 1997]: ISBN 0-85976-263-7)

The Picts

These books are very rare or unobtainable

• J. Romilly Allen & J. Anderson - The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland (Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1903)

• Isabel Henderson - The Picts (London: Thames and Hudson, 1967)

• Frederick T. Wainwright (ed.) - The Problem of the Picts (Edinburgh: 1955)

Scots literature

• R.J.S. Jack & P.A.T. Rozendaal - The Mercat Anthology of Early Scottish Literature 1375-1707 (Edinburgh: Mercat, 1997)

• W.M. Mackenzie (ed.) - John Barbour - The Bruce (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1909)

• W.M. Mackenzie (ed.) - The Poems of William Dunbar (London: Faber & Faber, 1932 & repr.)

Scots language

• Charles Jones (ed.) - The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language (Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1997)

• Iseabail Macleod (ed.) - The Scots Thesaurus (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univ. Press, 1990: ISBN 0-08-036582-5)

• David Purves - A Scots Grammar (Edinburgh: Saltire Society)

• Mairi Robinson et al. (eds) - The Concise Scots Dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univ. Press, 1985, 1991: ISBN 0-08-028491-4)

General books on emigration

• David Dobson - Ships from Scotland to America 1628-1828 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1998: ISBN 0-8063-0851-6) [Ships, not passenger lists]

• Marjory Harper - Emigration from North-East Scotland, vol. 1: Willing Exiles (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univ. Press, 1988: ISBN 0-08-036415-2)

• Marjory Harper - Emigration from North-East Scotland, vol. 2: Beyond the Broad Atlantic (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univ. Press, 1988: ISBN 0-08-036393-8)

• Marjory Harper - Emigration from Scotland between the Wars; Opportunity or Exile? (Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press, 1998: ISBN 0-7190-4927-X) [i.e. 1918-1939]

• Robert MacDougall - The Emigrant's Guide to North America (1841 in Gaelic; transl. & ed. by Eliz. Thompson, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 1998: ISBN 1-896219-43-8) [a guide for prospective emigrants from Scotland]

• Marianne McLean - The People of Glengarry: Highlanders in Transition 1745-1820 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 1991: ISBN 0-7735-0814-7)

Scottish emigrants to North America (Lists)

• Viola Root Cameron - Emigrants from Scotland to America 1774-1775 (repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976: ISBN 0-8063-0066-3)

• David Dobson - Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1984: ISBN 0-8063-1035-9)

• David Dobson - Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 1625-1825 (7 vols, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1984-1993)

• David Dobson - The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1989: ISBN 0-8063-1239-4)

• David Dobson - Scots on the Chesapeake 1607-1830 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992: ISBN 0-8063-1328-5)

• David Dobson - Scottish-American Court Records 1733-1783 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1991)

• Michael Tepper (ed.) - New World Immigrants: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists & Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1979) [not just Scots]

• Michael Tepper (ed.) - Passengers to America: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the New England Historical & Genealogical Register (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1980: ISBN 0-8063-0767-6) [not just Scots]

• Donald Whyte - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation (Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Soc., 1986: ISBN 0-920036-09-0)

• Donald Whyte - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation, vol. 2 (Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Soc., 1995: ISBN 0-7779-0919-9)

• Donald Whyte - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA, vol. 1 (Baltimore: Magna Carta, 1972: ISBN 0-910946-16-7)

• Donald Whyte - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA, vol. 2 (Baltimore: Magna Carta, 1986: ISBN 0-910946-28-0)

Armourers

• Chas E. Whitelaw - Scottish Arms Makers (London: Arms & Armour Press, n.d.)

Clock and watchmakers

• Felix Hudson - Scottish Clockmakers: a Brief History - up to 1900 (Dunfermline: Felix Hudson, 1984: ISBN 0-9507890-1-1)

• Martin Norgate & Felix Hudson - Dunfermline Clockmakers (Dunfermline: Felix Hudson, 1982: ISBN 0-9507890-0-3)

• John Smith - Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850 (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1921)

Reference books

• Gordon Donaldson & Robert S. Morpeth - A Dictionary of Scottish History (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1977)

• Gordon Donaldson & Robert S. Morpeth - Who's Who in Scottish History (--: Welsh Academic Press, 1996)

• John & Julia Keay (eds) - Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland (Harper Collins, 1994: ISBN 0-00-255082-2)

• George Way & Romilly Squire - Collins Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia (Harper Collins: ISBN 0-00-470547-5)

Books on over 150 individual parishes here