Hardback book `Tales of Whisky and Smuggling` by Stuart McHardy.
The story of the war between a hostile London government and large numbers of cottage whisky-makers, mostly in the Highlands.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
1998.320.25
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2001.87.7
Paperback book `Bardachd Dhomhnaill Alasdair`.
The poetry of Donald MacDonald from Garrabost, Lewis.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1998.320.33
Paperback book `Far Off In Sunlit Places` by Jim Hewitson.
Stories of the Scots in Australia and New Zealand.
2001.87.9
Paperback book `The Highland Clearances` by Eric Richards.
An account of the origins of the Clearances in the 18th century, the crofting legislation of the 1880s and how the the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation.
1999.300.1
Paperback book `The Hebrides – A Natural Tapestry` by J. M. Boyd and I.L. Boyd.
The second volume of a trilogy spanning the complete natural history of the Hebrides.
2000.50.9
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.
2000.97.4
Paperback book `Eriskay Where I was Born` by Angus Edward MacInnes.
An autobigraphical account of a childhood on Eriskay.
1999.299.12
Hardback book `The Ancient Celts` by Barry Cunliffe.
Illustrated analysis of the archaeology of the Celtic Iron Age.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
1999.297.2
Comb-bound book `Place-names of Northeast Angus` by C. P. Will.
Derivations of the place-names in the north-east of Angus.
2000.97.6
Hardback book `To Western Scottish Waters` by Robert N. Forsythe.
Illustrated survey on how people and goods have travelled to the isles over the years.