Roderick J Lyall (9 results)

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxxviii, 196 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: Bibliography: pages xxxv-xxxviii. Subjects: Scots language Texts; Scotland Politics and government 16th century; Scotland Foreign relations England; Early works to 1800; Scotland Politics and government 1542-1603; Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 Sources; Scotland Political events 1500-1549. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxxviii, 196 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: Bibliography: pages xxxv-xxxviii. Subjects: Scots language Texts; Scotland Politics and government 16th century; Scotland Foreign relations England; Early works to 1800; Scotland Politics and government 1542-1603; Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 Sources; Scotland Political events 1500-1549. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback: Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Pages Bright, Clean And Unmarked. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Cover, Light Aging And Minimally Creased Spine. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2001. x, 544pp. Slight crack to the spine. Sunning to the spine. The book is otherwise in very good condition with no inscriptions. "If George Bruce's fine poem describes St Andrews rather than Glasgow, and if the latter is no longer a 'small town', the image which provides the title for this volume nevertheless captures very well the spirit which infused the 1993 International Conference on Scottish Language and Literature (Medieval and Renaissance), the seventh of its kind, the proceedings of which are published here. Jointly organised by the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, the conference had as its central focus the cultural relations between Scotland and its European neighbours, a fitting theme in a city which had recently been honoured with the title 'European City of Culture'. If the sun did not always shine in a literal sense, an awareness of the close historical links between Scotland and the rest of Europe, including England, remained at the centre of the participants' concerns, and the high quality of many of the papers will be apparent to the reader of this volume.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 8vo, pp,xxxviii,196, gilt titled green cloth, unclipped dust-jacket.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xxxviii + 196pp., notes, glossary, 'This is a previously unnoticed mid-sixteenth century Scots prose text by William Lamb, parson of Conveth and a Senator of the College of Justice. A reply to the English propaganda campaign in support of their war with Scotland (1542 - 9) and an interesting companion piece to the well known Complaynt of Scotland, the manuscript contains a detailed discussion of the English claim to superiority and of a number of more specific grievances. It is of considerable linguistic significance, especially as the only known manuscript is apparently nearly contemporary with the composition of the work'.…

Glasgow 1981, 456 pp. c103.