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![A and J Main and Co Ltd publication cover](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/fa063aac-dc97-4d42-b0de-a5ad00b75671/AJ%20Main.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A & J Main and Co. Ltd. Catalogue No. 197
Trade Catalogue of A and J Main and Co. Ltd, Clydesdale Ironworks, circa 1890.
![A Grammar of Colouring](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/28709fac-bc22-432c-9b18-a5ad00c33aad/A%20Grammar%20of%20Colouring.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Grammar of Colouring
A compilation of the 1800s chemist, George Field, intended to give decorative artists information on the origin, composition and properties of various pigments, dyes and paints.
![Front cover of A History of Scotland's Landscapes (paperback)](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/54e91209-07e9-4fba-8943-b14800da763a/history-scotland-landscapes-paperback.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A History of Scotland's Landscapes
These evocative spaces provide unique evidence for the way this land and its wealth of resources has been lived in, worked on, ruined, abandoned, restored and celebrated.
![A person standing on a slipway watching a boat as it sails down the river](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/a592871b-ac92-4556-8047-af3f0104b5f2/a-life-of-industry.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Life of Industry
The Photography of John R Hume
John R Hume is Scotland's foremost expert on industrial heritage. In A Life of Industry, author Daniel Gray tells John's story, and the story of what has been lost – and preserved.
![A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/b04eda87-da85-41d4-b849-a7c200bdafd3/Thatched%20Buildings.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland
This publication is a photographic survey of thatched buildings in Scotland, surveyed between May 2014 and August 2015 by Zoe Herbert, on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
![A Work of Beauty](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/9eb752fd-f763-4ff4-b423-a58600bfbed3/A%20Work%20of%20Beauty.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Work of Beauty
Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
Alexander McCall Smith curates his own story of Edinburgh, combining his incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland’s national collection of architecture and archaeology.
![Stornoway Ironwork](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/21bb6a67-4f62-4adc-9cf7-a59300ce1ad9/Architectural%20Ironwork%20in%20Stornoway.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Architectural Ironwork in Stornoway
A publication telling the story of the stunning Victorian and Edwardian ironwork of Stornoway.
![Builders Vade Mecum](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/7277bed3-58f8-461a-864d-a5c300f55946/Builders%20Vade%20Mecum.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Builders Vade Mecum
A snapshot of the architectural and construction industry in the mid-1700s. The Builder's Vade Mecum is a snapshot of the architectural and construction industry during the mid 18th century.
![Building Knowledge: An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/480975be-ae89-447c-923c-a5bb00f87aa5/Building%20Knowledge.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Building Knowledge
An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow
Appealing to a wide audience this is a prestigious publication which celebrates some of Glasgow's most recognisable buildings.