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A B Fleming & Co. A B Fleming & Co, printing ink manufacturers, Leith and Granton, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh: Banks & Co, [1873?]
Abbott, Donald M, ‘Edinburgh University and its printers’ University of Edinburgh journal, vol XLIV/1 (June 2009)
Abbott, Donald M ‘Series of the generations: genealogy and printing’ Scottish genealogist, vol LVI/2 (June 2009)
‘Aberdeen printing presses on’ Leopard 1976
Aberdeen University Press. Announcement of the amalgamation of the Rosemount Press, Ltd., and the Aberdeen University Press, Ltd. [No place: no publisher,] 1932?
Aberdeen University Press. BPPC-AUP: typesetters, printers, binders [Promotional brochure.] Aberdeen: BPCC-AUP Aberdeen Ltd, 1990?
Aberdeen University Press. The complete works … from design to delivery. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1973
Aberdeen University Press. Memorandum and articles of association. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1900
Aberdeen University Press. Prospectus of the Aberdeen University Press, Limited. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1900?
Adam & Charles Black. [Printer’s register of clichés]. [Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855?-1898]
Agreements between the Society of Master Printers of Scotland and the Scottish District Council of the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers. Edinburgh: Society of Master Printers of Scotland, [various dates]
Aird, Andrew. Letterpress printing in Glasgow in the last fifty years. Glasgow: Aird & Coghill, 1882
Aird, Andrew. Reminiscences of editors, reporters, and printers, during the last sixty years. Appendix: Newspapers … printed and published in Glasgow from 1830 till 1890. Glasgow: Aird & Coghill, 1890? [Cover title: Printers and Printing in Glasgow 1830–1890]
Aird & Coghill Ltd. Specimens of music engraving and printing [with facsimiles]. Glasgow: [no publisher; 1932]
Aldis, Harry Gidney, Robert Bowes ]and others], eds. A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland and of foreign printers of English books: 1557–1640. London: Bibliographical Society, 1910
Aldis, Harry Gidney. A list of books printed in Scotland before 1700: including those printed furth of the realm for Scottish booksellers: with brief notes on the printers and stationers. [Edinburgh]: Printed for the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1904 [A ‘preliminary hand-list’. Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society; 7]
Alexander Maclehose & Co. A list of books transferred from Alexander Maclehose to Adam & Charles Black, June 1938. London: [Alexander Maclehose & Co], 1938
Alexander Ritchie. [Guard book with all jobbing printing and stationery manufactured by Alexander Ritchie, printers, Edinburgh from August 1938 to August 1939]. Edinburgh: The Firm, [1990]
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Catalogue of books, in sheets, and bound, the remaining stock of Alexander Wilson, to be exposed to sale in the Tontine Inn, on Tuesday the 30th of December, 1817. Glasgow: Printed by W. Lang, 1817
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Newspaper founts. [No place: no publisher,] 1822
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Selection from the specimen book of Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow, letter foundry. London: Alex. Wilson & Sons, 1834
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Specimen of modern printing types cast at the letter foundry of Alex. Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. [Glasgow: no publisher, 1789]
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Specimen of modern printing types, cast at the letter foundry of Alex.Wilson and Sons, Glasgow. Glasgow: [no publisher], 1833
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. A specimen of modern cut printing types. Glasgow: [no publisher], 1815
Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasgow. Supplement to the specimen book of Alex. Wilson & Sons, Glasgow Letter Foundry, Great New-Street, Gough Square, London. London: [no publisher], [1834]
Alexander Wilson & Sons, St. Andrews. A specimen of printing types. Glasgow: [no publisher], 1783
Alexander Wilson & Sons, St. Andrews. A specimen of some of the printing types cast in the foundery of Doctor A. Wilson and Sons. Glasgow: College of Glasgow, 1772
Allen, J Harry. Allen the lithographers. Kirkcaldy: Inglis Allen Ltd.
Allen Lithographic Co Ltd. 50 years of service: a short history of the company and review of the organisation. Kirkcaldy: The Allen Lithographic Company Limited, 1950
Allen Lithographic Co Ltd. Our Progress in Print — Allen Lithographic Company. Kirkcaldy: The Allen Lithographic Company Limited, 1959
Ames, Joseph. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ; considerably augmented by William Herbert ; and now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings comprehending the history of English literature and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. London : William Miller, 1810-
Axton, Marie ‘Ane satyre of the thrie estaitis’: the first edition and its reception.’ in A day estivall, ed Alisoun Gardner-Medwin and Janet Hadley Williams. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1990
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Baillie, Shauna. Locational adjustments in the Edinburgh printing industry. [University of Edinburgh], Thesis MA Geography, September 1982
Ballantyne, James. Retrospect of the public events of the year, 1813. Written for the Kelso Mail and published in that paper on 6th January, 1814. Edinburgh: [no publisher, 1814]
Ballantyne & Co. The history of the Ballantyne Press and its connection with Sir Walter Scott, bart. Edinburgh: [Printed at the Ballantyne Press], 1871
Ballantyne & Co. Reply to Mr Lockhart’s pamphlet, entitled ‘The Ballantyne-humbug handled’. London: Longman, Orme Brown, Green & Longmans; Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1839
Ballantyne Press. The Ballantyne Press and its founders. Edinburgh: Ballantyne Hanson & Co, 1909
Ballantyne Press. The style of the House for the guidance of compositors and readers. Edinburgh: Ballantyne Press, 1897
Bartlett, J N. Davidson’s of Mugiemoss: a history of C. Davidson and Sons, makers of wrapping papers, paper bags and boards. London: Athlone Press, 1996
Baxter, James H. ‘Books published abroad by Scotsmen before 1700.’ Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society, vol 11, 1933
Beattie, William. The Chepman and Myllar prints: nine tracts from the first Scottish press, Edinburgh 1508, followed by the other two tracts in the same volume in the National Library of Scotland. [Facsimile with a bibliographical note.] [Edinburgh]: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1950
Beattie, William. A hand-list of works from the press of John Wreittoun at Edinburgh, 1624‑c.1639. Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark Ltd., 1942. ‘Reprinted from the Transactions of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, vol 2, pt 2, 1941’
Beattie, William. ‘An outline of Scottish printing’ Proceedings, papers and summaries of discussions at the Edinburgh conference […]. London: Library Association, 1951
Beattie, William. The Scottish tradition in printed books. Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons Ltd for the Saltire Society, 1949
Beattie, William. Tradition and innovation in Scottish book-production. Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt College, [1945] [Reprinted from The Scotsman of 5th, November, 1945]
Beavan, Iain ‘Aberdeen University Press and the Scottish Typographical Association: an uneasy early relationship’ in Images & texts: their production and distribution in the 18th and 19th centuries ed Peter Isaac and Barry McKay. Winchester: St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1997
Beavan, Iain. ‘Book trade in Aberdeen and area 1700–1830’ Studies in the provincial book trade of England, Scotland and Wales before 1900: papers presented to the British Book Trade Index, seventh annual seminar, Aberystwyth, 1989, edited by David A. Stoker. Aberystwyth: Department of Library and Information Studies, University College of Wales, 1990
Beavan, Iain. ‘Forever provincial? : a north British lament’ in Periodicals and publishers: the newsaper and journal trade, 1750–1914, ed John Hinks, Catherine Armstrong and Matthew Day. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2009
Beavan, Iain ’ John Murray, Richard Griffin and Oliver & Boyd: some supplementary observations’ in Printing places: locations of book production & distribution since 1500, ed John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong. Newcastle, DE; London: Oak Knoll press; British Library, 2005
Beavan, Iain. ‘Printing for the British publishing industry: the rise and fall of Aberdeen University press’. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1, 2006
Beavan, Iain ‘Reports and surveys of archives in northern Scotland. Raban and his successors: local printing (1622–1800) held in Aberdeen University Library.’ Northern Scotland, v.18, 1998
Bell & Bain. A collection of typefaces and selected specimen pages. Glasgow: Bell & Bain, 1965
Bell, Bill. ‘Pioneers of literature: commercial travellers in the early 19th century’ in The reach of print ed Peter C.G. Isaac and Barry McKay. Winchester: St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1998
Berry, W Turner and A F Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types by English and Scottish printers and founders 1665–1830. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935 / New York; London: Garland, 1983. (Facs of 1935 ed. introduction by James Mosley)
Bertram, James Glass. Some memories of books, authors & events. Westminster: A Constable & Co, 1893
Bibliotheck: a journal of bibliographical notes and queries mainly of Scottish interest. 1956-
Black, Fiona. ‘Book distribution to the Scottish & Canadian provinces’ in The reach of print ed Peter C.G. Isaac and Barry McKay. Winchester: St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1998
Blackie & Son. Messrs Blackie & Son have pleasure in announcing that they have been awarded at the Paris Exhibition of 1878 two medals for excellence in bookbinding and printing. [Single sheet]. Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1878
Blackie & Son. New and splendid works published by Blackie & Son, Queen Street Glasgow, South College Street, Edinburgh, and Warwick Square, London. Glasgow: W G Blackie, 1839
Blackie, Agnes. A C Blackie & Son 1809–1959: a short history of the firm. London; Glasgow: Blackie & Son Ltd, [?1959]
Blackie, John. A memorial of the dinner to John Blackie, Senior, Esq, given in the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Tuesday, 29th Sept, 1840, on occasion of his being presented with his engraved portrait, by the agents, clerks, and others, in the employment of Messrs Blackie & Son. Glasgow: [no publisher], 1840?
Blackie Group. [Miscellaneous university & college book catalogues]. Glasgow: The Group, 1978
Blackwood, I C. The early house of Blackwood. Edinburgh, 1900
Blair, Kirstie. The poets of the ‘People’s Journal’: newspaper poetry in Victorian Scotland. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2016.
Book history. 1998-
The bookbinder’s complete instructor in all the branches of binding … by a practical bookbinder. [Dedication signed G. Martin.]. Peterhead: [no publisher], 1823
Boyter, Ian. Robert Smail’s printing works. Edinburgh: National Trust for Scotland, 1990; revised ed 2016
Bridges, Jeff. Letterpress printing in Perth: a lecture. Perth, 189[?]
The British and colonial printer and stationer. London: W J Stonhill, 1878–1953
British bookmaker. 1890–1894
British Federation of Master Printers. Thirty-eighth annual congress [of] the British Federation of Master Printers, Aberdeen, 1938: programme and handbook. Aberdeen: British Federation of Master Printers, 1938
British lithographer. 1891–1895
British printer. London, 1888-
British Typographia, Edinburgh Branch. Syllabus, Session 1891–1892. Edinburgh: British Typographia, [1891]
British Typographia, Glasgow Branch. The present and future triumphs of the press: a lecture delivered by Andrew Aird at the request of the Glasgow Branch of the British Typographia on Thursday, October 20, 1892. [Glasgow: British Typographia, 1892]
Bromage, Sarah, Alistair McCleery and David Finkelstein. ‘The Wayzgoose: printers’ outings in Scotland. “It really was a red letter day” ’ History Scotland, 8/4 July/August 2008
Bromage, Sarah and Josephine Anthony. ‘Glasgow Printing Trades Amateur Rowing Club’ Review of Scottish Culture, v22, 2010
Brown, Stephen W. ‘James Tytler’s misadventures in the late eighteenth-century Edinburgh book trade.’ in Printing places: locations of book production and distribution since 1500, ed John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2005
Brown, Stephen W. ‘The market for murder and Edinburgh’s eighteenth-century book trade’ in Periodicals and publishers: the newsaper and journal trade, 1750–1914, ed John Hinks, Catherine Armstrong and Matthew Day. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2009
Brown, Stephen W ‘Pirates, editors, and readers : how distribution rewrote William Smellie’s Philosophy of natural history’; and ‘Singing by the book : eighteenth-century Scottish songbooks, freemasonry, and Burns’ in From compositors to collecots: essays on book-trade history, ed John Hinks and Matthew Day. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: The British Library, 2012
Brown, Stephen W. ‘Printing for the people: two great Enlightenment printers.’ Folio, no.6 (Spring 2003) [William Smellie, 1740–1795; James Tytler, 1745–1805]
Brown, Stephen W. William Smellie. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 1998
Brown, Stephen W. ‘William Smellie and the culture of the Edinburgh book trade, 1752–1795.’ in The culture of the book in the Scottish Enlightenment: an exhibition with essays by Roger Emerson … [et al]. Toronto, c2000
Bryden, D. J. ’ ”Mr Clerk the graver”: a biographical study in the cultural infrastructure of early modern Scotland’ Review of Scottish Culture, v.11 (1998–1999)
Bryson, Robert and James Bryson. Information anent His Majesty’s printers in Scotland. [A petition for the office of King’s printers in place of Robert Young.] Edinburgh: [?], 1844
Bulletin of the Printing Historical Society. 1980–1999
Bundock, Clement J. The story of the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers. Oxford,: Oxford University Press, 1959
Bushnell, George Herbert. Catalogue of the productions of the early presses at St Andrews. St Andrews: W C Henderson & Son, University Press, 1926
Bushnell, George Herbert. The life and work of Edward Raban: St Andrew’s most famous printer. St Andrews, J & G Innes, 1928
Bushnell, George Herbert. ‘Scottish bookbinding and bookbinders, 1450–1800’ The Bookman’s Journals incorporating The Print Collector (3rd series) 15/2 (1927)
Bushnell, George Herbert, (compiler). Scottish engravers: a biographical dictionary of Scottish engravers and of engravers who worked in Scotland to the beginning of the nineteenth century. London: Oxford University Press, 1949
Bushnell, George Herbert. Scottish printers, booksellers and booksbinders 1726-1775. No place: Bibliographical Society, 1932
Byrne, Stephen. The Gleniffer Press: a bibliography. Sorbie: Stephen Byrne at the Final Score Miniature Books and Music, 2009
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Cairns, John W. ‘Three unnoticed Scottish editions of Pieter Burman’s Antiquitatum Romanarum brevis descriptio’. Bibliotheck, v.22 (1997)
Cameron, Ewan A. ‘Journalism in the late Victorian Scottish Highlands: John Murdoch, Duncan Campbell, and the “Northern Chronicle” ’ Victorian Periodicals Review 40/4 Winter (2007)
Cameron, Kenneth J. ‘Finance, politics and editorial independence in the early Victorian provincial press: the case of the Glasgow Argus 1833–1847’. Publishing History 5 (1979)
Campbell, A J. Cupar, the years of controversy : its newspaper press, 1822–1872. [Fife] : Fife Family History Society, 2009
Campbell, A J. The Cupar presses of: Whitehead & Burns, John Cunningham Orr, William Ritchie, W. Bayne, John Arnot. Buckhaven: A J Campbell, c1992
Campbell, A J. Early Kirkcaldy presses — Crerar, Birrell, Crawford. Buckhaven: A J Campbell, c1992
Campbell, A J. The Fifeshire Journal Press. Fife bibliography : the presses of Fife; no. 3. [Buckhaven : A J Campbell], c1992
Campbell, A J. History of Fifeshire Advertiser. Fife bibliography: the presses of Fife; no. 7. [Buckhaven : The Author], c1992
Campbell, A J. The press of Alexander Westwood & Son, Cupar. Buckhaven: A J Campbell, c1992
Campbell, A J. The press of J & G Innes, Cupar. Buckhaven: A J Campbell, c1992
Campbell, A J. The presses of Leven & the East of Fife: Robert Reid, Leven; Thomas Porter, Leven; The Leven Advertiser Press; The Russell Press of Anstruther; James Scott, Pittenweem; Joseph Cook & Son, St Andrews; John Patrick, Leven & Kirkcaldy. [Buckhaven: The Author], c1992
Campbell, A. J. The Tullis Press : the presses of Fife ; no. 1. [Buckhaven : The Author], c1992
Campbell, Alexander. Trial and self-defence of Alexander Campbell … before the Exchequer Court, Edinburgh, for printing and publishing “The Tradesman”, contrary to the infamous gagging act. Glasgow: W W Miller, 1835
Carnegie, Andrew. William Chambers; an address delivered at the celebration of the jubilee of the Chambers Institution, Peebles, October 19th, 1909. [Peebles?: no publisher, 1909]
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Perth booksellers and bookbinders in the records of the Wright calling : 1538–1864’ Bibliotheck 1/4 (1958)
Carnie, Robert H. Publishing in Perth before 1807. [A list of stationers, booksellers, bookbinders and printers 1591–1807]. Dundee: Abertay Society Publications no 6, 1960
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Scholar-printers of the Scottish Enlightenment: 1740–1800’ in Aberdeen and the Enlightenment: proceedings of a conference held at the University of Aberdeen, ed Jennifer J Carter and Joan H Pittock. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1987
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Scottish printers and booksellers 1668–1775: a second supplement (I)’ Studies in bibliography (14) 1961
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Scottish printers and booksellers 1668–1775’: a second supplement (II)’ Studies in bibliography (15) 1962
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Scottish printers and booksellers 1668–1775: a study of source material’ Bibliotheck
Carnie, Robert H. ‘Stationers and bookbinders in the records of the hammermen of St. Andrews: 1538–1864’ Bibliotheck 3/2 (1960)
Carnie, Robert H. ‘The Rae Press: two unrecorded productionsi Bibliotheck 4/5 (1965)
Carnie, Robert H & H P Doig. ‘Scottish printers and booksellers 1668–1775: a supplement’ Studies in bibliography 12 (1959)
Carter, John. William Ged and the invention of stereotype. ‘Reprinted … from the transactions of the Bibliographical Society, The Library (September 1960)
Carter, John. William Ged and the invention of stereotype: a postscript. Reprinted from ‘Bibliographical notes’ 1960
Castrillo, Maria. ‘In union is strength’: trade union records of the printing and bookbinding industries in the National Library of Scotland’ Scottish archives, 15 (2009)
Chambers, David. Pitsligo Press, George Hay Forbes. [S.l. : s.n., 198-?]
Chambers, Robert. Man of letters: the early life and love letters of Robert Chambers. Ed C.H. Layman. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990
Chambers, William. Memoir of Robert Chambers: with autobiographic reminiscences of William Chambers. London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1872 [and other editions]
Chambers, William. Memoir of William and Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1883 [and other editions]
Chambers, William. Story of a long and busy life. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1882
Civic Press Limited. The printing house the trade unions built. [A brochure.] Glasgow: The Civic Press, 1958
Clark Constable, printers since 1760. [Edinburgh: Clark Constable, 198-]
Coghill, David C. ‘Old Glasgow printers and printing’ Transactions of the Old Glasgow Club, Volume I. Glasgow 1900–1908
Conference on Printing Production Worker Education: Facilities in Scotland for the 1980s (1979: Edinburgh, Scotland). [London]: Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board, 1979
Coupar, William J. Andrew Symson : preacher, printer and poet. Glasgow J. MacLehose & Sons, [1915
Coupar, William J. ‘Copyright in Scotland before 1709.’ Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society, vol 9, 1931
Coupar, William J. The date of the Drumfries Mercury. Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society, session 1914–1915. Glasgow, 1918
Coupar, William J. Descriptive account of the Foulis Exhibition held in the University of Glasgow, April 1913. London: A. Moring, 1913
Coupar, William J. The Edinburgh periodical press: being a bibliographical account of the newspapers, journals and magazines issued in Edinburgh from the earliest times to 1800. Stirling: Eneas MacKay, 1908
Coupar, William J. The Glasgow periodical press in the eighteenth century. Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society, vol.8. Glasgow, 1930
Coupar, William J. ‘James Watson, King’s printer.’ Scottish historical review, April, 1910. Glasgow: Privately printed, 1910
Coupar, William J. The “King’s press” at Perth, 1715–6. Perth: privately printed, 1919
Coupar, William J. The Millers of Haddington, Dunbar and Dunfermline [i.e. George and James Miller of Haddington and Dunbar, and John and John Laing Miller of Dunfermline]: a record of Scottish bookselling. London, [no publisher], 1914
Couper, William J. Mrs. Anderson and the royal prerogative in printing. (From the proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.) Glasgow, 1918
Couper, William J. The origins of Glasgow printing. Edinburgh: [Privately printed], 1911
Couper, William J. The pretender’s printer: Robert Freebairn. Signed W.J. Couper. From the Scottish historical review, January 1918.] Glasgow: [no publisher], 1918
Couper, William J. The rebel press at Perth in 1715. [No place: no publisher,] 1928
Couper, William J. Robert Sanders the elder : printer in Glasgow, 1661–1694. Glasgow: printed for the Glasgow Bibliographical Society by J. MacLehose and Sons, 1914
Couper, William J. Robert Waldegrave, King’s Printer for Scotland. Glasgow, 1916
Couper, William J. Scottish rebel printers. Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1912
Couper, William J. (ed) ‘Watson’s Preface to the History of Printing 1713’. Edinburgh: Darien Press, 1913. (repr from the Scottish Typographical Journal)
Cover story: a new look at bookbinding. Exhibition of works by designer bookbinders, the Crawford Arts Centre, 25 March — 24 April 1994. St Andrews: Crawford Arts Centre, 1994
Cowan, R M W. The newspaper in Scotland: a study of its first expansion. Glasgow: George Outram, 1946
Craig, M E. The Scottish periodical press 1750–1789. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1931
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