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The Forth Bridge
A Picture History (Paperback)
by Sheila Mackay, H.G. Weaver
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2021 by Birlinn
ISBN-13: 978-1-78027-696-0, ISBN: 1-78027-696-6

"The works were commenced in April 1883, and its highly to the credit of everyone engaged in the operation that a structure so stupendous and so exceptional in its character should have been completed within seven years' - HRH The Prince of ..."






The Forth Bridge(Updated)
A Picture History
by Sheila Mackay, H.G. Weaver
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2011 by Birlinn Ltd
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-1-84158-935-0, ISBN: 1-84158-935-7

"'It may perhaps interest you if I mention a few figures in connexion with the construction of the bridge. Its extreme length, including the approach viaduct, is 2,765 yards, one and one-fifth of a mile, and the actual length of the cantilever portion of the bridge is one mile and 20 yards - about eight millions of rivets have been used in the bridge and 42 miles of bent plates used in the tubes, about the distance between Edinburgh and ..."






Mountain Music
Mallorca
by Sheila Mackay, Geoff Macewan
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1997 by Sancho P
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-9528837-0-8, ISBN: 0-9528837-0-8






Forth Road Bridge(Updated)
by Sheila Mackay
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mercat Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84183-019-3, ISBN: 1-84183-019-4

"The story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian age: the construction of the largest bridge in the world."






Dreams Of Dead Women's Handbags(Reprint)
Collected Stories
by Shena Mackay, Sheila. Mackay
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1997 by Mariner Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600533-3, ISBN: 0-15-600533-6

"In stories as intriguing as their title-"Pink Cigarettes," "Electric Blue Damsels,""Other People's Bathrobes"-Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humor and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay's darkly comic vision, an astonshing originality, and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide "novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages" (The New York Times Book Review). "American readers n ..."






Behind the Facade
Four Centuries of Scottish Interiors
by Sheila Mackay
Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 1996 by The Stationery Office/Tso
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-11-495239-6, ISBN: 0-11-495239-6

"The evocative illustrations included in the book come mostly from the National Monuments Record of Scotland and, married to Sheila Mackay's vivid text, guide readers behind the facades of private houses, from towerhouses to tenements, as well as houses which are open to the public. Brochs, baronial towerhouses, vivid painted ceilings, Renaissance carved furniture, corbels and crowsteps, Mary Queen of Scot's embroidery, glorious plasterw ..."






The Forth Bridge - A Picture History(Updated)
by Sheila Mackay
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1993 by Hmso Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-11-495183-2, ISBN: 0-11-495183-7

"This is a pictorial story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian Age - the construction of the Forth Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. This collection of photographs, taken over the seven years in which construction of the bridge was completed, bear witness to the dramatic scale of the project. The supporting captions provide details of the timescale, characters, achievements and tragedies involved in what the H ..."






THE LAUGHING ACADEMY. Signed by Author(1st Edition)
by Shena Mackay, Sheila Mackay
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1993 by William Heinemann Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-434-44047-4, ISBN: 0-434-44047-7






Forth Bridge(Updated)
A Picture History
by Sheila Mackay
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1990 by Moubray House Publishing Ltd
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-13-5, ISBN: 0-948473-13-4

"This is a pictorial story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian Age - the construction of the Forth Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. This collection of photographs, taken over the seven years in which construction of the bridge was completed, bear witness to the dramatic scale of the project. The supporting captions provide details of the timescale, characters, achievements and tragedies involved in what the H ..."






Faces of Leith(1st Edition)
by Sheila Mackay, Richard Wilson
Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 1989 by Hyperion Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-01-2, ISBN: 0-948473-01-0

"Scotland"






Bridge Across the Century(1st Edition)
Story of the Forth Bridge
by Sheila Mackay
Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 1985 by Hyperion Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-00-5, ISBN: 0-948473-00-2

"Bridge Across the Century: Story of the Forth Bridge"






Braw Brew
Stories in Scots for Young Folk
by Pete Fortune, Liz Fortune Niven, Liz Niven, Sheila Mackay, Liz Niven A.
Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 1997 by Watergaw
ISBN-13: 978-0-9529978-0-1, ISBN: 0-9529978-0-0






Scottish Victorian Interiors(1st Edition)
by Sheila Mackay
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1986 by Hyperion Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-04-3, ISBN: 0-948473-04-5






The Scottish interior(1st Edition)
Georgian and Victorian decor : a visual anthology of the domestic room in Scotland culled principally from the collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland
by Ian Gow, Sheila Mackay
Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 1992 by Edinburgh University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-0220-9, ISBN: 0-7486-0220-8






Silver Highway - The Story of The Forth Road Bridge
by Sheila Mackay, Fay. Young
Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 1988 by Moubray Ho. P
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-09-8, ISBN: 0-948473-09-6






Scottish Interiors Series(1st Edition)
by Sheila Mackay, Ed. Shaila Mackay
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1987 by Moubray House Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-06-7, ISBN: 0-948473-06-1

"Scottish Renaissance Interiors is one of four volumes covering four centuries of Scottish interior style. The bonus of the publications are that they feature the interior of houses which have never been seen by the general public as well as National Trust for Scotland properties."






Dunedin(Unabridged)
by Shena Mackay, Nicolette Mckenzie, Sheila Mackay
Audio, Published 2000 by Isis Audio Books
Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-0-7531-0816-1, ISBN: 0-7531-0816-X

"Shena Mackay's perceptive black comedy takes us between New Zealand in 1909 where Jack McKenzie arrives from Glasgow to become a pastor in the New World, and present-day London where his descendants are leading very different existences. Past and present merge in Mackay's most poignant novel."

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