Our Publications

John R Hume is Scotland’s foremost expert on industrial heritage. John’s greatest passion was – and is – industry. Over the course of the 1960s, 70...

Historic Environment Scotland Publication ‘There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relation...

Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and ...

This comprehensive guide to the Small Isles – illustrated with a wealth of photographs, maps and drawings – takes readers on a tour of both place a...

The Victorians were the harbingers of the modern age, their society driven by curiosity, a zeal for invention, and an enormous appetite for economi...

Scotland’s vibrant and bloody past captures the imagination, but there is far more to Scotland's History than murder and mayhem, tragedy and betray...

Winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger Award. In Bloody Scotland, twelve of Scotland's best crime writers use the sinister side of the country's buil...

The Honours of Scotland tells the turbulent story of the Honours – Scotland’s crown jewels – and the equally dramatic tale of the Stone of Destiny....

Archaeology and Research at Edinburgh Castle. Fortress of the Kingdom is the detailed history of this great castle – a reflection of its colourful ...

Survey and Excavation of Coastal Archaeology in Shetland 1995-2008 Ebbing Shores brings together the findings of an extensive programme of coastal ...

Athletics, bowling, cricket, curling, football, golf, Highland games, horse-racing, swimming and tennis are just some of the sports that saw a huge...

Over the past 10,000 years, every inch of Scotland has been shaped, changed and moulded by it's people. Scotland’s Landscapes tells the enduring st...

This compelling book tells the story of the First World War through Scotland's people and places. It explores the buildings where, one hundred year...

As seen on TV! Prepare yourself for a journey into the skies above Scotland. In this book, you will travel in both space and time, starting in the ...

During restoration of St Vigeans Church in the 1870s, a collection of Pictish sculpture emerged, reused as building material. This collection, incl...

For for the first time, the story of the University and its buildings can be told through a wealth of never-before-published archive material, rang...

Available together to purchase together for the first time, this bundle of our own bestselling publications is great for any avid book collector or...

Edinburgh is a city of stories – a place that has witnessed everything from great historical upheavals to the individual lives of a remarkable cast...

A History of Scotland’s Landscapes explores the many ways that we have used, adapted and altered our environment over thousands of years. Full of m...

For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time ...

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland was established in 1908 and worked for over a century collecting, recordin...

This publication explains the chronological history of the design of shops in Scotland, gives a technical background to the elements and materials ...