Bookshop
The society runs a bookshop which stocks a large selection of geology books and which is open after the society’s indoor meetings to allow members to browse and make purchases. The following are some of the most popular titles in the bookshop's stock.
Most of the books listed below can be purchased from Amazon.co.uk through our customised Amazon bookshop. If you are interested in a book that is not in our list, you can search for it on the Amazon home page. The Geological Society of Glasgow is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. Each purchase that takes place through either of these links generates a commission of approximately 5% of the sale price (excluding VAT) for the society.
The Madeira and Fife and Angus field guides are not stocked by Amazon. However, they can be purchased directly from the society; instructions for doing this are given after the details of the guides.
If you have any enquiries about the bookshop, please email the society at: books@gsocg.org.
Recent Additions
The Lie of the Land: An Under-the-Field Guide to the British Isles
Ian Vince
Pan
ISBN 978-0-330-53539-7 Paperback Published 2011
Retail Price £8.99 Members' Price £8.25
D. B. McIntyre, A. McKirdy
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-905267-73-6 Paperback Published 2012 (2nd edition)
Retail Price £9.99 Members' Price £7.50
How to Read the Landscape
R. Yarham
A & C Black
ISBN 978-1-408123-62-1 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £9.99 Members' Price £8.25
Scotland's Beginnings: Scotland Through Time
M.A. Taylor, A.C. Kitchener
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-901663-26-6 Paperback Published 2002
Retail Price £8.99 Members' Price £7.42
Field Guides
A Field Guide to the Geology of Madeira
C.J. Burton, J.G. MacDonald
Geological Society of Glasgow
ISBN 978-0-902892-11-8 Paperback Published 2008
Retail Price £10.00 Members' Price £8.00
You can find out more about this book here. If you would like to purchase it, please email the society at: books@gsocg.org.
A Geological Excursion Guide to Rum: the Paleocene Igneous Rocks of the Isle of Rum,
Inner Hebrides
C.H. Emeleus, V.R. Troll
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-905267-22-4 Paperback Published 2009
Retail Price £12.99 Members' Price £10.40
Kathryn M. Goodenough, Maarten Krabbendam (eds.)
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-905267-53-3 Paperback Published 2011
Retail Price £15.99 Members' Price £13.00
An Excursion Guide to the Moine: Geology of the Northern Highlands of Scotland
Rob Strachan, Ian Alsop, Clark Friend, Suzanne Miller
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-905267-33-0 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £17.99 Members' Price £14.40
Fife and Angus Geology
A.R. MacGregor
Pentland Press
ISBN 978-1-85821-353-8 Paperback Published 1996 (3rd edition)
Retail Price £12.50 Members' Price £9.50
This book is now out of print, but the bookshop still has some copies in stock. If you would like to purchase it, please email the society at: books@gsocg.org.
The Dalradian of Scotland
Jack Treagus
Geologists' Association
ISBN 978-0-900717-85-7 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £19.00 Members' Price £16.00
Argyll and the Islands
David Stephenson, Jon Merritt
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-608-7 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £7.95 Members' Price £6.55
David Stephenson, Kathryn Goodenough
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-506-6 Paperback Published 2007
Retail Price £4.95 Members' Price £4.95
Douglas Peacock, John Gordon, Frank May
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-360-4 Paperback Published 2004
Retail Price £4.95 Members' Price £4.95
Moray and Caithness
Clive Auton, Jon Merritt, Kathryn Goodenough
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-609-4 Paperback Published 2011
Retail Price £7.95 Members' Price £6.55
David Stephenson
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-423-6 Paperback Published 2005
Retail Price £4.95 Members' Price £4.95
Northeast Scotland
Jon Merritt, Graham Leslie
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-521-9 Paperback Published 2011
Retail Price £7.95 Members' Price £6.55
Northwest Highlands
John Mendum, John Merritt, Alan McKirdy
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-139-6 Paperback Published 2001
Retail Price £6.95 Members' Price £6.00
Andrew McMillan, Phil Stone
Scottish Natural Heritage
ISBN 978-1-85397-520-2 Paperback Published 2008
Retail Price £4.95 Members' Price £4.95
'British Regional Geology Series' (BGS)
The Midland Valley of Scotland
I.B. Cameron, D. Stephenson
British Geological Survey
ISBN 978-0-11-884365-2 Paperback Published 1985 (3rd edition)
Retail Price £9.00 Members' Price £7.50
The Palaeogene Volcanic Districts of Scotland
C.H. Emeleus, B.R. Bell
British Geological Survey
ISBN 978-0-852725-19-1 Paperback Published 2005 (4th edition)
Retail Price £18.00 Members' Price £15.00
Other Titles
Amber: Tears of the Gods
Neil Clark
Dunedin Academic Press
ISBN 978-1-906716-17-2 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £12.00 Members' Price £10.00
Death of an Ocean: a Geological Borders Ballad
Euan Clarkson, Brian Upton
Dunedin Academic Press
ISBN 978-1-906716-02-8 Hardback Published 2009
Retail Price £25.00 Members' Price £21.25
Alec Livingstone
National Museums Scotland
ISBN 978-1-901663-46-4 Paperback Published 2003
Retail Price £35.00 Members' Price £25.00
The Birth of Ben Nevis
Noel Williams (ed.)
Lochaber Geopark
ISBN 978-0-9565369-0-7 Paperback Published 2010
Retail Price £4.95 Members' Price £4.95
Out-of-print Titles
The following two books, which were published by the society, are now out of print and no longer available from the society. However, you may be able to find used copies for sale on the internet, for example on the Amazon website.
An Excursion Guide to the Geology of the Isle of Skye
B.R. Bell, J.W. Harris
Geological Society of Glasgow
ISBN 0-902892-08-8 Paperback Published 1986
Macgregor's Excursion Guide to the Geology of Arran
M. Macgregor, J.G. MacDonald, A. Herriot
Geological Society of Glasgow
ISBN 0-902892-07-X Paperback Published 1983 (3rd edition)
Purchase of Books
With the exception of the out-of-print Skye and Arran excursion guides, the above books can be purchased at the society's indoor meetings. If you cannot manage to a meeting, or would like to make a purchase before the next meeting, most of the books can be purchased online from our customised Amazon bookshop. If you are interested in a book that is not in our list, you can search for it on the Amazon home page. The Madeira and Fife and Angus field guides are not stocked by Amazon, but they can be purchased directly from the society; instructions for doing this are given after the details of the guides.