The following list of texts is provisional, and more will be added. For those unfortunates who don't live near James Thins in Edinburgh, check out amazon.co.uk. Not all texts listed are entirely specific to Lothian itself, but generally have some direct bearing on its history or cultures.
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J. Romilly Allen & Joseph Allen, The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland (Balgavie: Pinkfoot Press, 1993)
eds. Bettine Arnold & D. Blair Gibson, Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State (Cambridge, CUP, 1996)
Mark Collard, Lothian: A Historical Guide (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1998)
Alexander Curle, The Treasure of Traprain: A Scottish Hoard of Roman Silver Plate (Glasgow: 1923)
Historic Scotland, Cairnpapple Hill (Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, 1998)
Robert Munro, Prehistoric Scotland and its in European Civilisation (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1899)
Stuart Piggot, Cairnpapple (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1989)
J. S. Rideout, et al, Hillforts of Southern Scotland (Leith: AOC, 1992)
Anne Ross, Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition (London: Sphere, 1974)
W. Douglas Simpson, The Ancient Stones of Scotland (London: Robert Hale, 1965)
Thomas MacGibbon and David Ross, The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland (Edinburgh: 1887-1892)
Richard Jaques & Charles McKean, West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 1994)
J. Romilly Allen, Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times (London: Methuen, 1904)
Miranda Green, Celtic Art: Reading the Messages (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996)
ed. Wendy Kaplan, Scotland Creates: 5000 Years of Art and Design (Glasgow: Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries, 1990)
Helen Smailes & Duncan Thomson, The Queen's Image: A Celebration of Mary, Queen of Scots (Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1987)
ed. P. Hume Brown, Scotland Before 1700 From Contemporary Documents (Edinburgh: Douglas, 1893)
Nora Chadwick, The Celts (London: Penguin, 1991)
eds. E.J. Cown & R. Andrew McDonald, Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era (East Linton: Tuckwell, 2000)
A.A.M. Duncan, Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom (Edinburgh: Mercat, 1989)
John T. Koch & John Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe & Early Ireland & Wales (Oakville: Celtic Studies Publications, 2001)
Henri Hubert, The History of The Celtic People (London: Bracken, 1992)
Simon James, The Atlantic Celts: Ancient People or Modern Invention? (London: British Museum Press, 1999)
Chris Lowe, Angels, Fools and Tyrants: Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Southern Scotland (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1999)
ed. Agnes Muir MacKenzie, Scottish Pageant 55 B.C. - A.D. 1513 (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1946)
trans. H. Mattingley, Tacitus on Britain and Germany (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960)
John Rhys, Celtic Britain (London: SPCK, 1904)
Alfred P. Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000 (Edinburgh: EUP, 1989)
F.M. Stebton, Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford: Clarendon, 1967)
trans. Joseph Stevenson, A Medieval Chronicle of Scotland: The Chronicle of Melrose (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1991)
Mary Beith, Healing Threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1998)
Tess Darwin, The Scots Herbal: The Plant Lore of Scotland (Edinburgh: Mercat, 1996)
Theodora FitzGibbon, A Taste of Scotland (London: Pan, 1970)
Alexander Edward Holden, Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1952)
Annette Hope, A Caledonian Feast (London: Grafton, 1989)
F. Marian McNeill, The Scots Kitchen: Its Lore & Recipes (Frogmore: Mayflower, 1976)
John Reid, The Scots Gard'ner: Published for the Climate of Scotland (Edinburgh: David Lindsay, 1683)
Collins Pocket Scots Dictionary: The Essential Guide to Modern Scots (Edinburgh: Harpers Collins, 1999)
Edward Dwelly, The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Glasgow: Gairm, 1988)
John Johnstone, Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1877)
Billy Kay, Scots: The Mither Tongue (Darvel: Alloway, 1993)
Angus Macdonald, The Place Names Of West Lothian (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1941)
Kenneth MacKinnon, Gaelic: A Past and Future Prospect (Edinburgh: Saltire, 1991)
Malcolm MacLennan, A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1925)
eds. Iseabail Macleod, et al, The Scots Thesaurus (Aberdeen: AUP, 1990)
Iseabail Macleod & Pauline Cairns, Scots School Dictionary: Scots-English English-Scots (Edinburgh: Polygon: 1996)
David Milne, Gaelic Place Names of Lothians (London & Edinburgh: McDougall, 1912)
David Murison, The Guid Scots Tongue (Edinburgh: Mercat, 1984)
ed. Huw Pryce, Literacy in Medieval Celtic Societies (Cambridge: CUP, 1998)
ed. Mairi Robinson, The Concise Scots Dictionary: The Scots Language in One Volume from the First Records to the Present Day (Aberdeen: Aberdeeen University Press, 1991)
eds. David Ross & Gavin D. Smith, Scots-English English-Scots Dictionary (New Lanark: Geddes & Grossart, 1999)
West Lothian Broadly Scots Society, Scots Words and Their Meanings Used In West Lothian (West Lothian: West Lothian Broadly Scots Society, 2001)
W.J. Watson, The History of the Celtic Placenames of Scotland (Edinburgh: 1926)
John Garth Wilkinson, West Lothian Placenames (Harburn: Torphin House, 1992)
Aneirin, trans. Desmond O'Grady, The Gododdin (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1977)
Aneirin, ed. Kenneth Jackson, The Gododdin: The Oldest Scottish Poem (Edinburgh: EUP, 1969)
Aneirin, ed. & trans. A.O.H. Jarman, Y Gododdin (Llandysul: Gomer, 1990)
Aneirin, ed. John T. Koch, The Gododdin of Aneirin (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1997)
Aneirin, trans. Steve Short, The Gododdin of Aneirin (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1995)
Aneirin, trans. W.F. Skene, ed. Steve Sweeney-Turner, Gododdin: An Ancient British Celtic Poem - Complete Edition of the Book of Aneirin (Strathbrock: CyberScotia Books, 2005)
Aneirin, ed. & trans. Ifor Williams, Canu Aneirin (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1997)
ed./trans. G. Ross Arthur, Three Arthurian Romances: Poems from Medieval France - Caradoc; The Knight with the Sword; The Perilous Graveyard (London: Dent, 1996)
eds. Priscilla Bawcutt & Felicity Riddy, Longer Scottish Poems, 1375-1650 (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987)
ed. Thomas Owen Clancy, The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry AD 550-1350 (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1998)
Guillaume le Clerc, trans. D.D.R. Owen, Fergus of Galloway: Knight of King Arthur (London: Dent, 1991)
William Drummond, ed. L.E. Kastner, The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden, With "A Cypresse Grove" (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1913), 2. Vols.
William Dunbar, ed. W. Mackay Mackenzie, The Poems of William Dunbar (Edinburgh: Mercat, 1990)
Thomas of Erceldoune, ed. James Murray, The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1991)
trans. Richard Hamer, A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse (London: Faber, 1970)
T.F. Henderson, Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History (Edinburgh: Grant, 1910)
Robert Henryson, ed. H. Harvey Wood, Poems and Fables of Robert Henryson (Edinburgh, Mercat, 1978)
A.O.H. Jarman & Gwilym Rees Hughes, A Guide to Welsh Literature, Vol.1 (Cardiff: UWP, 1992)
David Lindsay, Ane Satyre of the The Thrie Estatis (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1989)
ed. Maldwyn Mills, Ywain and Gawain; Sir Percyvell of Gales; The Anturs of Arther (London: Dent, 1992)
Alexabder Montgomerie, The Cherrie and the Slae (London: Faber, 1957)
trans. Meirion Pennar, The Black Book of Carmarthen (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1989)
Allan Ramsay, The Ever Green, Being a Collection of Scots Poems Written by the Ingenious Before 1600 (Edinburgh: Ruddiman, 1724), 2 Vols.
James Stewart, ed. Matthew Mc Diarmid, The Kingis Quair of James Stewart (London: Heinemann, 1973)
Mary Stuart, trans./ed. Robin Bell, Bittersweet Within My Heart: The Collected Poems of Mary, Queen of Scots (London: Pavilion, 1992)
Graham R. Thomson, Border Ballads (London: Walter Scott, 1888)
T. Ratcliffe Barnett, Border By-Ways and Lothian Lore (Edinburgh: Moray, 1937)
H.H. Cadell, The Story of the Forth (Glasgow: Maclehose, 1913)
Peter Caldwell, Strathbrock Castle and the History of Uphall (West Lothian District Libraries, 1997)
Gordon Barclay & Doreen Grove, Cairnpapple Hill (Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, 1998)
Ian Finlay, The Lowlands (London: Batsford, 1967)
ed. J.B. Gracie & James Maidment, Abstract of the Charters and Other Papers Recorded in the Chartulary of Torphichen from 1581 to 1596 (Edinburgh: 1830)
ed. Drew King, West Lothian: A Guide to the District (Bathgate: West Lothian District Council, nd.)
Ian Lindsay, St. Nicholas' Kirk Strathbrock, North Church, Uphall (Edinburgh: 1948)
Hardy Bertram McCall, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder: With Some Account of the Religious House of Torphichen (Edinburgh: Cameron, 1894)
Margaret Oliphant, Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets (London: Macmillan, 1890)
James Primrose, Strathbrock or The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Uphall (Edinburgh: 1898)
Denys Pringle, Craigmillar Castle (Historic Scotland, 1996)
Jaquie Queally, The Lothians Unveiled (Edinburgh: Celtic Trails Scotland, 2000)
Scottish Ecclesiological Society, Third Excursion: Torphichen (Aberdeen: Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1907-1908)
Anne Thomson, Ratho Parish Church: A Short History of the Church and Parish (1998)
John Tweedie & Cyril Jones, Our District: The Historical Background of Currie and Ratho Parishes (Currie: Currie District Council, 1975)
George Waldie, A History of the Town and Palace of Linlithgow (Linlithgow: G. Waldie, 1858)
Donald White, Kirkliston: A Short Parish History (Kirkliston: Kirkliston Prish Church, 1975)
Gordon Wright, et al, A Guide to Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat (Edinburgh: Gordon Wright, 1987)
ed. Jeffrey Stone, Illustrated Maps of Scotland From Blaeu's Atlas Novus of the 17th Century (London: Studio Editions, 1991)
The Baltimore Consort, On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland (Dorian: DOR-90139, 1990)
Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener, Scottish Renaissance Polyphony: Robert Carver 10-Part Mass "Dum Sacrum Mysterium"; 2 Motets (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 124, 1991)
__________, Scottish Renaissance Polyphony: Robert Carver 6-Part Mass; 4-Part Mass "L'Homme Arme" (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 126, 1991)
__________, Scottish Renaissance Polyphony: Robert Carver 5-Part Mass "Fera Pessima"; 4-Part Mass "Pater Creator Omnium" (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 127, 1991)
__________, Scottish Renaissance Polyphony: Sacred Music for Mary Queen of Scots (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 136, 1993)
__________, Scottish Medieval Plainchant: Columba, Most Holy of Saints (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 129, 1992)
__________, Scottish Medieval Plainchant: The Miracles of St. Kentigern (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 169, 1997)
Coronach, Remember me, my Deir: Courtly Music for Voices and Instruments from the Time of Mary, Queen of Scots (CMF: CD CMF 008, 1997)
John Kenny, The Voice of the Carnyx (British Music Label: BML016, 1996)
Alison Kinnaird, The Lothian Collection: 25 Tunes from the Great Houses of the Lothians (Kinmor Music, 1998)
John Kitchen, Kinloche His Fantassie: Scottish Keyboard Music by William Kinloch (Gaudeamus: CD GAU 134, 1993)
Jakob Lindberg, Lute Music from Scotland and France (Gramofon AB BIS: BIS-CD-201, 1987)
Rob MacKillop, Flowers of the Forest: Scottish Traditional Music for Lute, Mandour, Cittern and Guitar (Greentrax: CDTRAX 155, 1998)
__________, et al, Graysteil: Music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Scotland (Dorian: DIS-80141, 1997)
ed. John Purser, Scotland's Music: Selected Works from the History of Scotland's Music (Linn: LINN CKD 008, 1992)
Scottish Early Music Consort, Mary's Music: Songs and Dances from the Time of Mary Queen of Scots (Chandos: CHAN 8332, 1984)
Peter Crossley-Holland, 'Telyn Teirtu': Myth and Magic in Medieval Wales (Bangor: Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies, 1997)
Cedric Thorpe Davie, Scotland's Music (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1980)
eds. Alisoun Garder-Medwin & Janet Hadley Williams, A Day Festivall: Essays on the Music, Poetry and History of Scotland and England and Poems Previously Unpubished in Honour of Henelena Menie Shire (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1990)
Millar Patrick, Four Centuries of Scottish Psalmody (London: OUP, 1949)
John Purser, Scotland's Music: A History of the Traditional and Classical Music of Scotland from Early Times to the Present Day (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1992)
Karen Ralls-MacLeod, Music and the Celtic Otherworld: From Ireland to Iona (Edinburgh: Polygon, 2000)
D. James Ross, Musick Fyne: Robert Carver and the Art of Music in Sixteenth Century Scotland (Edinburgh: Mercat PressPress, 1993)
Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings: Crann nan Teud - a History of the Harp in Scotland (Temple: Kinmore Music, 1992)
Margaret Bennett, Scottish Customs From the Cradle to the Grave (Edinburgh: Polygon, 2000)
Philip Coppens, Land of the Gods: How a Scottish Landscape was Sanctified to Become Arthurs Camelot (Amsterdam: Frontier Publishing & Adventures Unlimited Press, 2007).
trans. Gwyn Jones & Thomas Jones, The Mabinogion (London: Dent, 1993)
Proinsias Mac Cana, The Mabinogi (Cardiff: UWP, 1992)
Joyce Miller, Myth and Magic: Scotland's Ancient Beliefs and Sacred Practices (Musselburgh: Goblinshead, 2000)
trans. D.D.R. Owen, Chrétien de Troyes, Arthurian Romances (London: Dent, 1997)
T.W. Rolleston, Myths & Legends of The Celtic Race (London: Harrap, 1911)
William F. Skene, ed. Derek Bryce, Arthur and the Britons in Wales and Scotland (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1988)
Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Celtic Britain (Bristol: Parragon, 1998)
Charles Squire, Celtic Myth & Legend: Poetry and Romance (London: Gresham, nd.)
Adamnan, trans. William Reeves, Life of Saint Columba, Founder of Hy (Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1974)
Ailred & Joceline (collection), Two Celtic Saints: The Lives of Ninian and Kentigern (Llanerch: Llanerch, 1989)
George Thomas Beatson, The Knights Hospitallers in Scotland and Their Priory at Torphichen (Glasgow: Hedderwick & Sons, 1903)
P. Macgregor Chalmers, The Shrines of S. Margaret and S. Kentigern (Glasgow: 1903)
ed. I.B. Cowan, Blast and Counterblast: Contemporary Writings on the Scottish Reformation (Edinburgh: Saltire Society, 1960)
Gordon Donaldson, The Faith of the Scots (London: Batsford, 2000)
Dom Columba Edmonds, The Early Scottish Church: Its Doctrine and Discipline (Edinburgh: Sands, 1906)
John Edwards, Torphichen and the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in Scotland (1897)
Miranda Green, Celtic Godesses: Warriors, Virgins & Mothers (London: British Museum Press, 1997)
__________, The Gods of the Celts (Stroud: Sutton, 1997)
T.D. Kendrick, The Druids (London: Methuen, 1927)
J. K. Lamont, St. Kentigern: The Story of the Bird and the Tree, the Bell, the Fish and the Ring (Glasgow: 1894)
ed. John MacQueen & trans. Winifred MacQueen, St. Nynia: With a Translation of "The Miracles of Bishop Nynia" (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1992)
ed. John Matthews, The Druid Sourcebook: From Earliest Times to the Present Day (London: Cassell, 1997)
ed. W.M Metcalfe, Legends of the Saints in the Scottish Dialect of the Fourteenth Century (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1887-1892), 4 Vols.
__________, ed./trans., Lives of the Scottish Saints: The Lives of Saints Columba, Servanus, Margaret, and Magnus (Paisley: Gardner, 1895)
Stuart Piggott, The Druids (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974)
William Reeves, The Culdees of the British Islands as they Appear in History (Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1864)
Edwin Sprott Towill, The Saints of Scotland (Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press, 1983)
trans. Hugh Williams, Two Lives of Gildas by a Monk of Rhys and Carador of Llancarfan (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1990)
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