Creaking Shelves Books

The Clan Ranald of Garmoran - a History of the Macdonalds of Clanranald

MacDonald, Norman H. · 2008

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

Pubd. By Author, 2008. Hardcover. The result of 20 years research by the late Norman H. MacDonald, historian of Clan Donald. Privately published by the author in 2008, it is his legacy to Clan Donald and the definitive modern history. A substantial book which will attract extr...

Ygorra 1978 - (Glasgow University Students Rag Week Magazine)

1978

£18.00 (€21.56 | $24.21 | ¥3,825)

Glasgow Students Charities Appeal, 1978. Soft Cover. 56p illustrated. My mate Sandy decided to spend his life procrastinating but never quite got around to it. Did you hear about the transvestite who liked to eat, drink and be Mary. The Bearsden mother entered the dimly lit r...

Scottish Printed Books 1508 - 2008 (Non-Fiction)

Kamm, Antony · 2008

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)

Sandstone Press Ltd, 2008. Soft Cover. 51 pages: illustrations (some colour), portraits.A Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Includes bibliographical references and index.14 chapters discussing printed matter and methods through the centuries. Clean, tight and in f...

Scottish Offpiste Skiing & Snowboarding: Nevis Range and Ben Nevis

Biggin, Kenny · 2013

£10.00 (€11.98 | $13.45 | ¥2,125)

SkiMountain, 2013. Soft Cover. 196p profusely illustrated with photos and maps. signed by the author on title page. Near fine apart from a stain along the bottom 1cm of the title page. See scans. (ISBN: 9780992606503).. Very Good

The Isle of Arran - Official Guide

1975

£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)

Isle of Arran Tourist Organisation, 0. Soft Cover. 40p colourful; tourist guide to the Island,. Undated; c.1975? See scans. . Very Good

The Practical Guide to Marbling Paper

Chambers, Anne · 1986

£10.00 (€11.98 | $13.45 | ¥2,125)

Thames & Hudson, 1986. Soft Cover. 88p; stunning colour reproductions of different styles of Marbled papers. Clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0500274215).. Near Fine

Benguela Railway - Companhia Do Caminho de Ferro de Benguela. (Publicity Brochure for the Railway from Libito in Angola to Central and Southern Africa 1960

1960

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

Companhia do Caminho de Ferro de Benguela, 1960. Soft Cover. 34 illustrated coloured publicity brochure for this important railway with plans, a map and photos of a locomotive workshop, steam engines, including a Beyer- Garratt locomotive, platforms etc. In near fine unmarked ...

West Highland Notes & Queries - Series 2 No. 10

Nicholas MacLean-Bristol · 1992

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.38 | ¥850)

The Society of West Highland and Island Historical Research Ltd, 1992. Soft Cover. 28p stapled leaflet includes articles on Reformation in Maclean's Country 1540-1580, Some Notes on the Kennedies of Leanachan, A MacLean Raid and some queries and replies including The Problem o...

Gaelic without Groans

MacKechnie, John · 1941

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)

Eneas MacKay, 0. Soft Cover. A series of twenty-nine lessons with illustrations. Undated but an owners neat name on fep dated July 1941; simple bookplate on prelims. the book is clean, tight and otherwise unmarked but the card covers are toned. See scans. . Very Good

Berkshire: Historical, Biographical and Pictorial

Grant, John (editor) · 0

£155.00 (€185.65 | $208.48 | ¥32,940)

The London & Provincial Publishing Co., Ltd, 0. Hardcover. Numerous Illustrations. Published only for the Subscribers of which there are 65 named and listed. Each name has 1-3 pages of biographical text with many portraits and photos of residences. and portraits. The residence...

Race Against Time: History of the Cave Rescue Organization

Eyre, Jim; Frankland, John · 1988

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

Lyon Books, 1988. Soft Cover. 208p well illustrated. Some chilling photographs, maps, cartoons. Clean with a gift inscription ans with signature apparently from the publisher and unmarked without ownership evidence but some reading wear. See scans. (ISBN: 0950687448).. Very Good

Dipterist's Digest - No. 14 - a Special Collection of Papers on the Outer Hebrides and Rum

Whiteley, Derek (Edt) · 1994

£14.00 (€16.77 | $18.83 | ¥2,975)

Pubd. By Author?, 1994. Soft Cover. 52p maps. Clean tight and unmarked. See scans. . Near Fine

Hill-Walking in Arran: Routes Up the Main Hills and Ridges in the North of the Isle of Arran

Meek, Ronald L. · 1978

£24.00 (€28.75 | $32.28 | ¥5,100)

Torridon Publishing, 1978. Soft Cover. 63p with illustrations and map. Clean and unmarked. |See scans . Very Good

Royal Chef: Recollections of Life in Royal Households from Queen Victoria to Queen Mary

Tschumi, Gabriel · 1954

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

William Kimber, 1954. Hardcover. In 1898, as a Swiss youth who spoke no English, the author started his apprenticeship in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, Windsor and Balmoral. He re­calls the elaborate meals of that era-the 12 or 13 course dinners for which sometimes the so...

Inhabitants of the Inner Isles Morvern and Ardnamurchan 1716

MacLean-Bristol (Editor) · 1998

£24.00 (€28.75 | $32.28 | ¥5,100)

The Scottish Record Society, 1998. Hardcover. 173p; illustrated. With the addendum slip. Frontispiece map and additional maps on endpapers record each township's loyalties in 1716. Townships listed in text with the men from them and the arms they owned - gun, sword, pistol, ta...

Back to Lochaber - a Search for Historic Events, Travels, Tales and Customs

MacDonald, Stuart · 1994

£16.00 (€19.16 | $21.52 | ¥3,400)

Pentland Press, 1994. Hardcover. 299p illustrated. Maps. Wide ranging narrative history of Brae Lochaber through Culloden with the Keppoch Murders, Iain Lom, Culloden, Clearances and a study of Cille Choirill, the fine churchyard of Brae Roy. Much on the MacDonnels of Keppoch....

Old Torridon: Notes on the History of Torridon

MacDonald, Murdoch · 2016

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Torridon Publishing, 2016. Soft Cover. 159p illustrated. The identical reprint of 2016 with illustrations. The book is in fine apparently unused condition without marks or signatures. A perfect presentable or collectable copy. See scans. (ISBN: 0953097803).. Fine

Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow

MacDonald, Mary · 1994

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

The Pentland Press, 1994. Soft Cover. 112p ill. Biography of Mary MacDonald who was brought up in a croft in Wester Ross and lived at Kinloch-Rannoch. Perthshire. In near fine condition, as new in very presentable or collectable condition. See scans. (ISBN: 1858211948).. Near ...

Skipness: Memories of a Highland Estate

Graham, Angus · 2005

£10.00 (€11.98 | $13.45 | ¥2,125)

Birlinn Ltd, 2005. Soft Cover. 142p maps illustrations. Detailed history of this Argyll Estate betweenTarbery and Carradale at the top of the Mull of Kintyre. Clean and unmarked in as new unread condition. Perfect collectable or presentable copy.See scans (ISBN: 1841584207).. ...

The Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools

Pegler, David · 1982

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Torridon Publishing, 1982. Hardcover. 168p pocet guide with several hundred species illustrated in colour and described. With a glossary and key. Clean, r[=tight and unmarked in unpriceclipped d/w. See scans (ISBN: 0855333472).. Near Fine