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Art Rambles in Shetland — Reid, John T.
Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland — Alfred W. Johnston and Amy Johnston
Description of a New Improved Chart of the Islands of Shetland to which are Annexed Three Copper Plates with the Appearances of the Land and a Special Chart of ValeySound, ... Published from the Royal Danish Marine Archives for Draughts and Charts by P. de Löwenörn, ... 1787. .. — Poul : de Löwenörn
Orkney Natural History Society
Beschreibung seiner Reise nach der Nordsee, die er in den Jahren 1767 und 1768 an die Küsten von Island, Grönland, Färöer, Shetland der Orkneys und Norwegen gethan. Leipzig, Crusius 1772 — Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec
Book of Bruce; ancestors and descendants of King Robert of Scotland. Being an historical and genealogical survey of the kingly and noble Scottish house of Bruce and a full account of its principal collateral families. With special reference to the Bruces of Clackmannan, Cultmalindie, Caithness, and the Shetland Islands, and their American descendants — Weeks, Lyman Horace
Orkney Springs, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Memoir of the North & South Atlantic Ocean : containing sailing directions for navigating the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the west coast of Africa, the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verds, and all known islands, rocks, shoals, and dangers, in this navigation : together with the east coasts of North and South America, the strait of Magalhaen, the Falkland & Shetland islands, Tierra del Fuego, &c., &c — James Imray and Son

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Books in this Collection (100 titles)

Art Rambles in Shetland — Reid, John T.
Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland — Alfred W. Johnston and Amy Johnston
Description of a New Improved Chart of the Islands of Shetland to which are Annexed Three Copper Plates with the Appearances of the Land and a Special Chart of ValeySound, ... Published from the Royal Danish Marine Archives for Draughts and Charts by P. de Löwenörn, ... 1787. .. — Poul : de Löwenörn
Orkney Natural History Society
Beschreibung seiner Reise nach der Nordsee, die er in den Jahren 1767 und 1768 an die Küsten von Island, Grönland, Färöer, Shetland der Orkneys und Norwegen gethan. Leipzig, Crusius 1772 — Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec
Book of Bruce; ancestors and descendants of King Robert of Scotland. Being an historical and genealogical survey of the kingly and noble Scottish house of Bruce and a full account of its principal collateral families. With special reference to the Bruces of Clackmannan, Cultmalindie, Caithness, and the Shetland Islands, and their American descendants — Weeks, Lyman Horace
Orkney Springs, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Memoir of the North & South Atlantic Ocean : containing sailing directions for navigating the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the west coast of Africa, the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verds, and all known islands, rocks, shoals, and dangers, in this navigation : together with the east coasts of North and South America, the strait of Magalhaen, the Falkland & Shetland islands, Tierra del Fuego, &c., &c — James Imray and Son
The east coast of South America, from Orinoco river to Cape Virgins, including Falkland, South Georgia, Sandwich and South Shetland Islands — United States. Hydrographic Office
Notes on Orkney and Zetland: Illustrative of the History, Antiquities ... — Alexander Peterkin
Meteorological Observations made by Mr. Thompson at the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, near London; by Mr. Veall, at Boston; by the Rev. W. Dunbar, at Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire; and by the Rev. C. Clouston, at Sandwick Manse, Orkney
Fauna Orcadensis; or, The natural history of the quadrupeds, birds, reptiles and fishes of Orkney and Shetland — Low, George, 1747-1795
An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands, and of the Island of ... — Robert Jameson
The South America pilot. Part I. East coast of South America : from Cape St. Roque to Cape Virgins, including Falkland, South Georgia, Sandwich, and South Shetland Islands : also the north coast from St. Roque to Cape North — Great Britain. Hydrographic Office
Bark "Shetland" v. F. Johnson — United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
An Abstract of a Book, viz. An Account of the Islands of Orkney. By James Wallace, M. D. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To Which is Added, an Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients., 80. London — J. Wallace
The Holms of Woodwick : a legend of Shetland — Allan, A. D. H. (Alexander Dean Hugh)
The State of the Tides in Orkney; By Mr. Murdoch Mackenzie — Mackenzie, Murdoch
An American in Iceland. An account of its scenery, people and history. With a description of its millennial celebration in August, 1874; with notes on the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe islands, and the great eruption of 1875 — Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888
The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair — Saint-Clair, Roland William, 1862-
Shetland and the Shetlanders; or, The northern circuit — Sinclair, Catherine, 1800-1864
A Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney, with a Pedigree Table ... — William Traill
The County Families Of The Shetland Islands — Frances J. Grant
The history of the Orkney islands ...: Illustr. with a ... map of the whole islands and with pl. ... — Barry, George
The Frotoft branch of the Orkney Traills : their relations and connections ; with copious notes, genealogical and otehrwise — Traill, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1829-1910
(1) The Shetland Pony (2) Pheasants and Covert Shooting (3) Our Domestic Birds Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
The present state of the Orkney Islands considered, and An account of the new method of fishing on the coasts of Shetland — Fea, James
An Account of the Earthquake Felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton; Also of a Shower of Dust Falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland; in a Letter from Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, to John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. — Whytt, R.
Shetland Pony Stud-book — Shetland Pony Stud -book Society
Des Herrn de Kerguelen-Tremarec, Königlichen Schiffs-Lieutenants, Mitgliedes der königlichen Seeakademie ... Beschreibung seiner Reise nach der Nordsee, die er in den Jahren 1767 und 1768 an die Küsten von Island, Grönland, Färoer, Shetland, der Orkneys und Norwegen gethan: Aus dem Französischen übersetzt ; Mit Kupfern — Kerguelen-Trémarec, Yves-Joseph
(1) Banff and District (2) Orkney and Shetland (3) Caithness and Sutherland (4) Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire (5) Dumbartonshire — J. W. GREGORY
Photographic View Album of Orkney
The State of the Tides in Orkney; By Mr. Murdoch Mackenzie — Mackenzie, M.
Account of the Island of Deception, One of the New Shetland Isles — Kendal, Lieutenant
The English dialect grammar : comprising the dialects of England, of the Shetland and Orkney islands, and of those parts of Scotland, Ireland & Wales where English is habitually spoken — Wright, Joseph, 1855-1930
The ancient local government of the Shetland Islands — Goudie, Gilbert
A description of the Shetland Islands; comprising an account of their scenery, antiquities and superstitions. Edinburgh, A. Constable and co. [etc., etc.] 1822 — Hibbert, Samuel, 1782-1848
A description of the Isles of Orkney — ['Wallace, James, d. 1688', 'Small, John, 1828-1886, editor']
An account of the islands of Orkney — Wallace, James, -1688
The Folk-Lore Society for collecting and printing Relics of Popular Antiquities, andc. established in the Year MDCCCLXXVIII; County Folk-lore, Vol. III, printed extracts No. 5; examples of Printed Folk-lore concerning the Orkney and Shetland Islands — ['Black, G. F.', 'Thomas, Naorthcote W. (Ed.)']
The Orkney Islands ; The Shetland Islands — Weller, Edward, d. 1884
Discovery of ancient relics in Orkney
Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland — S. LAING
The Birds of Shetland, with Observations on their Habits, Migration and Occasional Appearance
An account of the Islands of Orkney. 1700 — Wallace, James
VIII.—Observations on Mr. Carter's paper "On two new sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new species of Tethya from Shetland; together with observations on the reproduction of sponges commencing from Zygosis of the Sponge-animal — J S Bowerbank
XX.—A List of Testaceous Mollusca collected in the Shetland Isles during a few days' residence there in the autumn of this year, and not noticed by Dr. Fleming in his ‘History of British Animals’ as indigenous to that country
History of the Orkney Islands. Including a view of the manners and customs of their ancient and modern inhabitants; their monuments of antiquity; their natural history, or mineral, botanical, and animal productions; the present state of their agriculture; manufactures; fisheries; and commerce; and the means of their improvement; with a map of the islands, and views of remarkable scenery ... The second edition, with corrections and additions by the Rev. James Headrick — Barry, George, 1748-1805
A description of the isles of Orkney. [Followed by] An essay concerning the ... — James Wallace, Robert Sibbald (sir.)
A collection of armorials of the County of Orkney : being drawings of armorial bearings from tombstones, wood carvings, seals &c., with extracts from the Lyon Registers, and genealogical notes compiled from public records and other sources — ['Smith, Henry L. Norton', 'Traill, A. M']
Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles .. — ['Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885', 'Norman, Alfred Merle, 1831-', 'McIntosh, William Carmichael, 1838-1931', 'Waller, Edward']
The Orkneys and Shetland
Notes on Orkney and Zetland: illustrative of the History, Antiquities, Scenery and Customs of those Islands. 1 — Peterkin, Alexander
The Orkney book : readings for young Orcadians — Gunn, John
An Orkney Maid — Amelia Edith (Huddleston) Barr
Peace's Orkney almanac and county directory — Peace, William
Meteorological observations made at the Apartments of the Royal Society, London, by the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Roberton; by Mr. Thompson at the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, near London; by Mr. Veall at Boston; by the Rev. W. Dunbar at Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire; and by the Rev. C. Clouston at Sandwick Manse, Orkney
Meteorological observations made by Mr. Thompson at the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, near London; by Mr. Veall, at Boston; and by the Rev. C. Clouston, at Sandwick Manse, Orkney
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony — Laura Lee Hope
Meteorological observations made at the Apartments of the Royal Society, London, by the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Roberton; by Mr. Thompson at the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, near London; by Mr. Veall, at Boston; by Mr. Dunbar, at Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire, and at Sandwick Manse, Orkney
The diary of the Reverend John Mill, minister of the parishes of Dunrossness, Sandwick and Cunningsburgh in Shetland, 1740-1803 — ['Mill, John, 1712-1805', 'Goudie, Gilbert, ed']
A description of the Shetland Islands : comprising an account of their scenery, antiquities and superstitions — Hibbert-Ware, Samuel, 1782-1848
Poetical descriptions of Orkney. M.DC.LII — ['Emerson, J.]', 'Maidment, James, 1795?-1879']
Album 1.7B. Miscellaneous Breeds: Leicester to Shetland — United States. Agricultural Research Service
Description of the Shetland Islands, Comprising an Account of their Geology, Scenery, Antiquities and Superstitions. — Hibbert, Samuel
Shetland: Descriptive and Historical; and Topographical Description of that ... — Robert Cowie
A shetland minister of the eighteenth century, being passages in the life of the Reverend John Mill — Willcock, John, 1853-1931
three years in shetland — Rev. John Russell
Map of Shetland to accompany Report on Shetland under the Truck Commission Act 1870 [showing the chief shops].
The Orkney Islands / The Shetland Islands, by Edward Weller.
The life of Mr. James Sharp, from his birth to his instalment, in the archbishoprick of St. Andrews. Written in the time of his life. With a short digression, touching the rise and progress of Mr. Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney. With an appendix, containing an account of some of Mr. Sharp's actions, ... and the manner and circumstances of his death, by one of the persons concern'd in it. 1719
Bird-Life at the South Orkney Islands — WM. EAGLE CLARKE
Around the Orkney Peat-Fires: Being Sketches of Notable Orcadians Smuggling Anecdotes Stories of the Press-Gang and Witch and Other Stories — W. R. Mackintosh
Case of James Earl of Morton, defender, against Alexander Earl of Galloway, and others, proprietors of lands in the islands of Orkney, pursuers. 1759 — Douglas, James, Earl of Morton (14th).
Account of the Discovery of New South Shetland — Miers, J. (John) 1789-1879
A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands — R. L.
The ornithologist's guide to the islands of Orkney and Shetland — ['Dunn, Robert', 'Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850', 'Lothian, John', 'Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932 DSI']
The general grievances and oppression of the isles of Orkney and Shetland — ['Mackenzie, James, fl. 1750', 'Groat, A. C., editor', 'Cheyne, Henry, editor']
Nachtrag zu den Lepidopteren von den Shetland-Inseln etc — August Hoffmann
Description of a new improved chart of the Islands of Shetland to which are annexed three copper plates ... and a special chart of Valey-Sound, ... published from the Royal Danish marine archives for draughts and charts by P. de Löwenörn, ... 1787. ... 1787 — Lovenorn, Poul.
A brief description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth & Caithness, ... 1701 — Brand, John
A new description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth and Caithness, ... By John Brand. 1703 — Brand, John
Fourth report on dredging among the Shetland Islands — J G Jeffreys
On the formation of cylindrical masses of snow in Orkney — Charles Clouston
The Orkney book: Readings for young Orcadians — John Gunn
Manson's Shetland almanac and directory for 1892[-1954.] — Ephemerides
The Orkneys and Shetland; their past and present state — Tudor, John R
List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Orkney and Shetland, with Notes of ... — James Walls Cursiter
A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. : Containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring places, and fisheries. The ancient and modern government, religion and customs of the inhabitants, particularly of their druids, heathen temples, monasteries, churches, chappels, antiquities, monuments, forts, caves, and other curiosities of art and nature. Of their admirable and expeditious way of curing most diseases by simples of their own product. A particular account of the second sight, or faculty of forseeing things to come, by way of vision, so common among them. A brief hint of methods to improve trade in that country, both by sea and land. With a new map of the whole, describing the harbours, anchoring places, and dangerous rocks, for the benefit of sailers. To which is added a brief description of the Isles of Orkney, and Schetland. — ['Martin, Martin, d. 1719', 'Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, associated name. StEdNL: H.32.a.31', 'Boswell, James, 1740-1795, associated name. StEdNL: H.32.a.31']
The Florence Stories: Excursion to the Orkney Islands — Jacob Abbott
[Comments on]: Notice of the Brochs and the So-Called Picts' Houses of Orkney — Petrie, George
Orkney and Shetland Old Lore
The Orkneys and Shetland, their Past and Present State; with Chapters on Geology by Benjamin N. Peach and John Horne and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys by William Irvine Fortescue and Notes on the Flora of Shetland by Peter White — Tudor, John R.
Daala-mist; or, Stories of Shetland — Jessie Margaret (Edmondston) Saxby
A Shetland minister of the eighteenth century, being passages in the life of the Reverend John Mill. 1712-1805 — Willcock, John, Rev
Shetland Pony Stud-book — Shetland Pony Stud -book Society, Shetland Pony Stud-book Society
A flora of Shetland : comprehending a list of the flowering and cryptogamic plants of the Shetland Islands, with remarks on their topography, geology, and climate, &c. &c. — Edmondston, Thomas, 1825-1846
Ornithological Results of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.—II. On the Birds of the South Orkney Islands — Wm Eagle Clarke
Shower of dust at Orkney — C Clouston
XXXI.—Notes on the Nesting of some Shetland Birds — Ernest W H Blagg

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