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Browse our Historic Environment Scotland varied book publications, ranging from visitor guides and beautiful coffee table books to conservation guidance.

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    mousa to mackintosh the scottishness of scottish architecture book cover
    mousa to mackintosh book cover shown at an angle hardback book

    Mousa to Mackintosh - The Scottishness of Scottish Architecture

    £30.00

    Order our new Historic Environment Scotland illustrated hardback publication of Mousa to Mackintosh online & also get a FREE copy of 'Art Of th...

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    £30.00
  • Inside page spread entitled "In Motion" of A Life Of Industry: The photography of John R Hume
    A Life of Industry: The Photography of John R Hume. Hardback

    A Life of Industry: The Photography of John R Hume

    £20.00

    A Life of Industry: The Photography of John R Hume covers Scotland’s foremost expert on industrial heritage. John’s greatest passion was – and is –...

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  • For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland’s Lighthouses Hardback cover

    For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland’s Lighthouses

    from £14.99

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

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  • Scotland from the Sky Hardback
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    Scotland from the Sky

    £16.99

    As seen on TV, prepare yourself for a journey through the clouds with Scotland from the Sky. In this book, you will travel in both space and time, ...

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  • Where are the Women? paperback

    Where are the Women?

    £9.99

    The book Where are the Women? shows that for most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built envir...

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    £9.99
  • An Inventory for the Nation

    An Inventory for the Nation

    £14.99

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

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    £14.99
  • Who Built Scotland Paperback
    Who Built Scotland Hardback

    Who Built Scotland

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    In Who Built Scotland, experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffa...

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  • The Small Isles - Hardback

    The Small Isles - Hardback

    £25.00

    The Small Isles is a comprehensive guide illustrated with a wealth of photographs, maps and drawings. It takes readers on a tour of both place and ...

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    £25.00
  • Victorian Scotland  - Hardback

    Victorian Scotland - Hardback

    £30.00

    In Victorian Scotland learn that Victorians were the harbingers of the modern age. Their society was driven by curiosity, a zeal for invention, and...

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    £30.00
  • Scotland's History

    Scotland's History

    £9.99

    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...

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    £9.99
  • Bloody Scotland Paperback
    Bloody Scotland Hardback

    Bloody Scotland

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    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...

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  • the honours of scotland hardback book sitting on wall with other books
    The Honours of Scotland book cover hardback

    The Honours of Scotland

    £9.99

    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....

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    £9.99
  • fortress of the kingdom book shown sitting on another book to show the depth of the book
    fortress of the kingdom book cover with illustration of edinburgh castle and title archaeology and research at Edinburgh Castle

    Fortress of the Kingdom

    £14.99

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

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  • Ebbing Shores book cover with title and survey and excavation of coastal archaeology in shetland 1995-2008

    Ebbing Shores

    £25.00

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

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    £25.00
  • Scotland's Sporting Buildings Book cover showing old pavilion photograph and blue sky

    Scotland's Sporting Buildings

    £11.99

    Using stunning photography Scotland's Sporting Buildings brings the special interest of these sites and structures to life for the first time in a ...

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    £11.99
  • Scotland's Landscapes

    Scotland's Landscapes

    £14.99

    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...

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    £14.99
  • Scotland's First World War book showing memorial statue in front of a peaceful Scottish loch in sunshine

    Scotland's First World War

    £11.99

    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...

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    £11.99
  • Hunting Picts: Medieval sculptures at St Vigeans, Angus. Volumes 1 & 2

    Hunting Picts: Medieval sculptures at St Vigeans, Angus. Volumes 1 & 2

    £25.00

    In Hunting Picts: Medieval sculptures at St Vigeans, Angus Volumes 1 and 2, learn that during restoration of St Vigeans Church in the 1870s, a coll...

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    £25.00
  • Building Knowledge - An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow

    Building Knowledge - An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow

    £22.50

    In Building Knowledge - An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow, learn the story of the University and its buildings told through a w...

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    £22.50
  • A Work of Beauty  - Paperback

    A Work of Beauty - Paperback

    £14.99

    A Work of Beauty showcases Edinburgh as a city of stories – a place that has witnessed everything from great historical upheavals to the individual...

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    £14.99
  • A History of Scotland's Landscapes

    A History of Scotland's Landscapes

    £30.00

    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...

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    £30.00
  • Scotland's Shops book cover with illustration of street looking on a hill and historic scotland logo

    Scotland's Shops

    £15.00

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

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    £15.00
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    example inner page of Holyrood Park guidebook with pages open showing The Queen's Park chapter
    official holyrood park guidebook front cover showing arthurs seat and city in the background

    Holyrood Park Guidebook

    £6.00

    New for 2023! The official souvenir Holyrood Park Guidebook including Arthur's Seat will help you explore the Park, identify its remarkable feature...

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    £6.00
  • mary was here book where mary queen of scots went and what she did inner cover
    Mary Was Here

    Mary Was Here

    £15.00

    Mary Was Here exclusive Historic Scotland publication with foreward by Liz Lochhead. Mary Queen of Scots is one of Scotland’s most famous figures. ...

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    £15.00