Originally Posted by
Troglodyte
There are three editions...
The first is titled 'Our Scottish District Checks' by E. S. Harrison, a former chairman of Johnstons of Elgin, I believe, and was published in 1968.
The Second edition, not a reprint of the first, but a complete re-working and including the same photos of the actual tweeds, was published by Johnstons in 1995, and the third edition (again a re-working so as to be a totally different book) came out in 2018.
The first edition also has samples of the regimental tweeds - the sort of thing a Scots Guards officer might have his shooting suit made up in.
The second edition seems to command astonishingly high prices on the second hand market, but the third edition is readily available, and well worth having.
Ah right, thank you. I have the 1995 edition and will no doubt bump into the latest edition somewhere in due course. I might also bump into the early 1968 version too. There used to be a useful second hand bookshop in Fort William with leanings towards country pursuits, but sadly its gone now. But one never knows the minute when I might drop on one, now that I know what I am looking for.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 31st July 21 at 10:04 AM.
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