A Source Book of Scottish history (1952 2nd edn 1958) (co-editor with G.John Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland (1949).The Court Book of the Barony of Carnwath, 1523-1542 (1937).Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 (1961 2nd edn 1965 3rd edn 1977).The Scottish Reformation and Its Influence upon Scottish Life and Character (1960) (short paper).John Galt, 'The Provost' and the Burgh (1954) (short paper).The Study of Scottish History (1945) (short paper).Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.In addition to his personal scholarship, he worked to build up and raise the profile of The Scottish Historical Review, widely regarded today as the world's leading periodical for current research on Scottish history, efforts which his successor Gordon Donaldson considered to have been Dickinson's most important contribution to Scottish history.Īlongside his academic writings, Dickinson was an accomplished author of children's fantasy stories as well as traditional ghost stories for readers of all ages, publishing a number of books during his time in the Fraser Chair.ĭickinson was made a CBE in the 1963 New Year honours list, just months before his sudden death. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Dickinson wrote three novels for children: Borrobil (1944), The Eildon Tree (1947) and The Flag. This tale of hobgoblins and dragons is his first work of fiction. A Collection of Ghost Stories William Croft Dickinson. William Croft Dickinson was a leading scholar of Scottish history who also wrote children's fantasy novels and ghost stories.

Complete with the good only original illustrated dustwrapper which has loss to the spine tips, tears and chips with associated creasing to the edges, the front flap presumable has been repaired with multiple pieces of tape at the fold. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale (Puffin Books. The contents, with a contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, are otherwise clean and bright throughout.

A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities of the cloth a touch rubbed, the top corners with very minor bumping. BORROBIL (PUFFIN STORY BOOKS) By William Croft Dickinson Excellent Condition 9780140302110 eBay William Croft Dickinson A PUFFIN BOOK BORROBIL 1973 70s Vtg Fantasy Dragon Sponsored 26.74 29.71 + 8.02 shipping Dark Encounters: A Collection of Ghost Stories by William Croft Dickinson Book 14. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and black and white in-text drawings throughout by John Morton-Sale. Original blue cloth with titles in black to the spine and a motif in black to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Borrobil (William Croft Dickinson) 156 Brat Farrar (Josephine Tey) 157 Brenda of Beech House (Dorothea Moore) 158 Bride Leads the Chalet School (Elinor M.

Borrobil by William Croft Dickinson