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Robert Bain’s The Clans and Tartans of Scotland, fully revised hardcover edition.
Enlarged and re-edited by Margaret O. MacDougall, with heraldic guidance by P.E. Stewart-Blacker and a foreword by the Countess of Erroll.
Published by Collins, London and Glasgow. This is the 1974 printing of the revised fourth edition. Printed in Great Britain. Approximately 320 pages.
Features include:
• Histories of Scottish clans and families
• More than 100 tartans illustrated in color
• Clan crests, badges and mottoes
• Clan and family names with corresponding tartans
• Glossaries of Gaelic personal and place names
• Information about Highland dress
• Regimental tartans
• Chronology of Scottish history
• Illustrated map of Scottish clan territories
CONDITION:
Preowned vintage condition. The original tartan-patterned dust jacket is present but has substantial wear, including tears, chips, creasing, rubbing and losses along the edges, corners and spine ends. The blue cloth hardcover beneath shows general shelf wear.
A previous owner wrote “Fairburn, P.D.” on the illustrated front endpaper map. Pages show light age-related toning but remain readable, and the color tartan plates display well. Binding remains intact. Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition.
A useful reference for Scottish history, genealogy, clan heritage, heraldry and tartan identification.
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