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genealogy 134
Geology 48
Tales 20
Bible 14
Celts 14
Clans 9
Operas 8
Ossian 6
Music 5
Art 4
Faith 4
Heaven 4
Aryans 3
Lakes 3
Rocks 3
Scots 3
Armor 2
Arts 2
Clergy 2
Coal 2
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Gaelic Books
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2,153
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1.7M
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Books in Gaelic and relating to Gaelic topics contributed by the National Library of Scotland.
Scottish Directories
collection
1,042
ITEMS
1.4M
VIEWS
collection
eye 1.4M
National Library of Scotland, Scottish Directories
Topic: Scottish Directories
British Navy Lists
collection
122
ITEMS
400,795
VIEWS
collection
eye 400,795
National Library of Scotland, British Navy Lists
Topic: Navy, Scotland
British Army List
collection
220
ITEMS
386,652
VIEWS
collection
eye 386,652
National Library of Scotland, British Army lists
Topics: NLS, National Library of Scotland, Harts Army List
Scottish Family History
collection
430
ITEMS
363,504
VIEWS
collection
eye 363,504
Books contributed by National Library of Scotland
British Air Force Lists
collection
68
ITEMS
217,117
VIEWS
collection
eye 217,117
National Library of Scotland, British Air Force Lists
Music at the NLS
collection
324
ITEMS
153,836
VIEWS
collection
eye 153,836
Books from the Music collection at the National Library of Scotland
Topic: keyword
Rolls of Honour
collection
58
ITEMS
90,732
VIEWS
collection
eye 90,732
Lists of Scottish soldiers and regiments serving in World War I.
Robert Louis Stevenson
collection
13
ITEMS
33,781
VIEWS
collection
eye 33,781
Robert Louis Stevenson books from the National Library of Scotland
Topic: keyword
Architecture
collection
1
ITEMS
28,608
VIEWS
collection
eye 28,608
Books on Architecture in Scotland
Topic: keyword
Gaelic Books
Vol 2: A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language : with a preliminary dissertation
by Crawfurd, John, 1783-1868
texts
eye 23,927
favorite 3
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CAM
Topics: Malay language, Malay language, English language
Scottish Gazetteers
collection
21
ITEMS
21,899
VIEWS
collection
eye 21,899
Gazetteers of parishes, towns and places in Scotland
Ordnance Survey books of reference
collection
22
ITEMS
18,572
VIEWS
collection
eye 18,572
Books of reference for Scottish Ordnance Survey maps
British Navy Lists
Vol Jun 1944: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 17,799
favorite 2
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Navy Lists
Vol Oct 1944: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Navy Lists
Vol Apr 1945: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 16,259
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Navy Lists
Vol Aug 1943: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland.
by Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709. cn
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Title vignette
Topics: Breton language, Cornish language, Scottish Gaelic language, Irish language, Welsh language
British Army List
Vol April-July 1946: Army list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 14,129
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
British Navy Lists
Vol Feb 1939: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Navy Lists
Vol Jul 1945: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 13,505
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Army List
Vol January-March 1941: Army list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 13,174
favorite 1
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
British Air Force Lists
Vol Sep 1943: Air Force list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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"By authority."
Gaelic Books
Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesneg : Spurrell's Welsh-English dictionary
by Spurrell, William, 1813-1889; Anwyl, J. Bodvan (John Bodvan), b. 1875
texts
eye 12,440
favorite 1
comment 0
MT
Topic: Welsh language
British Air Force Lists
Vol May 1944: Air Force list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 11,938
favorite 1
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"By authority."
Gaelic Books
A new pocket dictionary of the Italian and English languages : in two parts : I. Italian and English. - . II English and Italian
by Graglia, Giuspanio
texts
eye 11,924
favorite 1
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CAM
Topics: English language, Italian language
British Navy Lists
Vol Jan 1945: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 11,604
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
New Spanish and English dictionary : in two parts : I. Spanish and English - II. English and Spanish ...
by Meadows, F. C
texts
eye 11,486
favorite 1
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BL
Topics: English language, Spanish language
Gaelic Books
A pronouncing Gaelic dictionary : to which is prefixed a concise but most comprehensive Gaelic grammar
by MacAlpine, Neil; MacKenzie, John, 1806-1848
texts
eye 10,987
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BC
Topics: Scottish Gaelic language -- Dictionaries English, Scottish Gaelic language -- Grammar, English...
British Navy Lists
Vol Apr 1943: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary, with preliminary observations on the elementary sounds of the English language, a copious vocabulary of the roots of English words, and a list of scripture proper names = Geiriadur cynaniaethol Seisoneg a Chymraeg, yng nghyd a sylwadau rhagarweiniol ar seiniau egwyddorol yr iaith Seisoneg, llechres o'i gwreiddeiriau, a geirfa o enwau priodol ysgrythyrol
by Spurrell, William, 1813-1889
texts
eye 10,739
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Welsh-English section has own t.p., entitled: Geiriadur Cymraeg a Seisoneg
Topics: English language, Welsh language
British Navy Lists
Vol Feb 1944: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 10,709
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
British Army List
Vol January-March 1944: Army list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 10,623
favorite 1
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
British Navy Lists
Vol Apr 1916: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 10,578
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
Nouveau dictionnaire de poche, frans-espagnol et espagnol-frans : contenant tous les mots des deux langues, dont l'usage est autoris...
by Hamonie, G., b. 1789
texts
eye 10,485
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Two pts. in one. Second pt. has own t.p. in Spanish, entitled: Nuevo diccionario de faltriquera, frances-espal y espal-frances
Topics: French language, Spanish language
British Navy Lists
Vol Feb 1944: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection
by Macintosh, Donald, 1743-1808; Catholic Church. Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Scotland), former owner. NLS: Oban.81; Nicolson, Alexander, 1827-1893
texts
eye 9,447
favorite 1
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Provenance: Inscription on title page: Ex libris Dioecesis Ergadiensis et Insularum
Topic: Proverbs, Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Directories
Vol 1851-52: The Ayrshire directory
by Directories. - Ayr, County of
texts
eye 9,370
favorite 2
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
British Army List
Vol July-September 1940: Army list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 9,236
favorite 0
comment 0
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Scottish Directories
Vol 1903: Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland ... (Royal National Directory of Scotland.) With ... map, etc
by Directories. - Scotland
texts
eye 9,203
favorite 1
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Continued by: Kelly's - Slater's - Royal National Directory of Scotland
British Air Force Lists
Vol Jul 1938: Air Force list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 9,145
favorite 0
comment 0
"By authority."
Gaelic Books
Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary
by Hepburn, J. C. (James Curtis), 1815-1911
texts
eye 9,141
favorite 1
comment 0
The Japanese printed in Roman characters
Topics: Japanese language, English language
British Air Force Lists
Vol Dec 1939: Air Force list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 9,134
favorite 0
comment 0
"By authority."
British Navy Lists
Vol Mar 1939: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 9,038
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Scottish Directories
Vol 1903: Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland ... (Royal National Directory of Scotland.) With ... map, etc
by Directories. - Scotland
texts
eye 8,913
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Continued by: Kelly's - Slater's - Royal National Directory of Scotland
British Navy Lists
Vol Dec 1943: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 8,904
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Scottish Directories
Vol 1898: Banffshire year book and county directory for ...
by Banffshire (Scotland)
texts
eye 8,864
favorite 1
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Description based on : 1898
Gaelic Books
Nouveau dictionnaire pratique frans & breton du dialecte de Ln : avec les acceptions dans les dialectes de Vannes, de Truier et de la Cornouaille bretonne, et la pronunciation des mots quand elle peut parare douteuse
by Troude, A. (Amable)
texts
eye 8,853
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BC
Topics: French language, Breton language
Scottish Directories
Vol 1936-37: The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory
texts
eye 8,837
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comment 0
Imprint and title vary slightly
Scottish Directories
Vol 1909-1910: Post Office Edinburgh and Leith directory
by Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory Limited
texts
eye 8,680
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Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
Scottish Directories
Vol 1902-1903: The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory
texts
eye 8,638
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Imprint and title vary slightly
Gaelic Books
Vol 2: The origin and history of Irish names of places
by Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston), 1827-1914
texts
eye 8,568
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Topic: Names, Geographical
Scottish Directories
Vol 1852: Directory to noblemen and gentlemen's seats, villages etc. in Scotland: giving the counties in which they are situated, the post-towns to which each is attached, and the name of the resident, etc. [With a map.]
by Directories. - Scotland
texts
eye 8,514
favorite 0
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Gaelic Books
Mathur: a district memoir
by Growse, Frederic Salmon, 1836-1893
texts
eye 8,444
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comment 0
Includes index
Gaelic Books
A miscellany of Irish proverbs
by O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis
texts
eye 8,133
favorite 3
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Irish proverbs and English translations, English preliminaries and notes
Topic: Proverbs, Irish
Gaelic Books
A Gaelic grammar, containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place names
by Calder, George, b. 1859
texts
eye 8,103
favorite 2
comment 0
Includes index
Topic: Scottish Gaelic language
Gaelic Books
A new pocket dictionary of the English and Swedish languages
texts
eye 7,938
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Added t.p. in Swedish: Nytt engelskt och svenskt handlexikon
Topics: English language, Swedish language
British Navy Lists
Vol Jul 1945: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 7,908
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Gaelic Books
Vol 3: Histoire et glossaire du normand de l'anglais et de la langue francaise d'apr la mhode historique, naturelle et ymologique
by Le Hicher, Edouard, 1812-1890
texts
eye 7,830
favorite 1
comment 0
CAM
Topics: French language, French language
British Army List
Vol January-March 1944: Army list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 7,814
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
Gaelic Books
Gaelic proverbs and proverbial sayings, with English translations
by MacDonald, Thomas Donald, 1864-1937
texts
eye 7,779
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Gaelic proverbs and English translations, English preliminaries and notes
Topic: Proverbs, Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic Books
A dictionary of the Manks language, with the corresponding words or explanations in English : interspersed with many Gaelic proverbs, the parts of speech, the genders, and the accents of the Manks words are carefully marked : with some etymological observations, never before published
by Cregeen, Archibald
texts
eye 7,708
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BC
Topic: Manx language
Gaelic Books
The Argyleshire pronouncing Gaelic dictionary : to which is prefixed a concise but most comprehensive Gaelic grammar
by MacAlpine, Neil
texts
eye 7,661
favorite 0
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BC
Topics: Scottish Gaelic language -- Dictionaries English, Scottish Gaelic language -- Grammar
Gaelic Books
An Irish-English dictionary : with copious quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers, to elucidate the meaning of obscure words, and numerous comparisons of Irish words with those of similar orthography, sense, or sound in the Welsh and Hebrew languages
by O'Reilly, Edward; O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861
texts
eye 7,623
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BC
Topic: Irish language -- Dictionaries English
Scottish Directories
Vol 1882-83: Watson's directory for Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Elderslie, Linwood, Quarrelton, Thornhill, Balaclava, and Inkerman
texts
eye 7,622
favorite 0
comment 0
Description based on: 1882/83
Scottish Directories
Vol 1879-1880: The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory
texts
eye 7,301
favorite 0
comment 0
Imprint and title vary slightly
British Navy Lists
Vol Jan 1915: The navy list
by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
texts
eye 7,300
favorite 0
comment 0
Rights: National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland.
Scottish Directories
Vol 1930: The Greenock and district directory, including Port Glasgow and Gourock
texts
eye 7,298
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comment 0
Library lacks: 1931-32-1937-38
Scottish Family History
The book of Mackay
by Mackay, Angus, 1860-1911
texts
eye 7,128
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Includes index
Topic: McKay family
Gaelic Books
The affinity between the Hebrew language and the Celtic : being a comparison between Hebrew and the Gaelic language, or the Celtic of Scotland
by Stratton, Thomas
texts
eye 7,008
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In wrappers, upper wrapper printed
Topics: Hebrew language, Scottish Gaelic language
Gaelic Books
The ancient language and the dialect of Cornwall : with an enlarged glossary of Cornish provincial words : also an appendix, containing a list of writers on Cornish dialect, and additional information about Dolly Pentreath, the last known person who spoke the ancient Cornish as her mother tongue
by Jago, Fred. W. P. (Frederick William Pearce), b. 1817
texts
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Half title: Glossary of the Cornish dialect, &c
Topics: Pentreath, Dolly, English language, Cornish language
Gaelic Books
A pocket dictionary, Welsh-English = Geiriadur llogell, cymraeg a saesoneg
by Richards, William, 1749-1818
texts
eye 6,965
favorite 2
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Vol. 2 has title: Geiriadur, saesoneg a chymraeg = An English and Welsh dictionary
Topics: Welsh language, English language
Gaelic Books
Easy Latin stories for beginners : with vocabulary and notes
by Bennett, George Lovett, 1846-1916
texts
eye 6,958
favorite 3
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In Latin and English
Topic: Latin language
Rolls of Honour
Vol 1921: The Morayshire roll of honour. A biographical record of the men and women connected with the county who took part in the Great War, 1914-1918
by Moray (Scotland); McKenzie, William J
texts
eye 6,938
favorite 2
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SCO
Gaelic Books
Swahili tales : as told by natives of Zanzibar
by Steere, Edward, 1828-1882
texts
eye 6,896
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Swahili and English on opposite pages
Topics: Tales, Swahili, Swahili language

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