Creaking Shelves Books

Rickmandsworth - the Southgate Estate - Sale by Auction Prospectus 1934.

1934

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Auctioneers:Stanley, Parkers & Brown, 1934. Soft Cover. Attractive Auction Prospectus for The Southgate Estate (Incorporating Everleigh and Ferney House Estates) for sale by Auction on Wednesday 7th February 1934. Brown card covers with large coloured folding map (17 or 34cms ...

Inverness Gathering . At the Northern Meeting Park Saturday 25th July 1953

1953

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Carter & Pratt, 0. Soft Cover. Program for the Inverness Gathering (Highland Games) of 1953.16p leaflet with list of events and participants named and a few local adverts. Stapled, light toning but otherwise clean and unmarked. See scans Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall . Very Good

The Craftsman Woodturner

Child, Peter · 1973

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

G.Bell & Sons Ltd., 1973. Hardcover. 238p 125 photos. First Edition Reprint. Book and d/w in very good condition. The book consists of two parts. The first, 'Principles of Turning', explains the various basic techniques by means of working photographs. Each technique is used t...

The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (Volume XXX, Number 2, April 1982)

1982

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 1982. Soft Cover. p.95-248. Incldes The Unconscious and Hypnosis Leon Certok (Review of Soviet approaches to the unconscious and hypnosis).Hypnotic age regression to the neonatal period - comparisons with role playing;Amnesia...

Hall of the Gods

Appleby, Nigel · 1998

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

William Heineman Ltd, 1998. Hardcover. 420p, illustrated. First edition. FIRST PRINTING of the book printers sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 - 50,000 copies were pulped by Random House amid accusations of plagiarism. Apparently very scarce. Withdrawn from circulation. In fine un...

Hebridean Sharker

Geddes, Tex · 1960

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Herbert Jenkins, 1960. Hardcover. p.183. 13 illustrations on 12 plates. Original dark grey-green cloth, gilt titling on sine. Book is clean and tight without marks or signatures - fine but for linear toning of the inner fep as usual. The striking d/w is unpriceclipped and is V...

Caves and Cave Life

Chapman, Philip · 1993

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Collins New Naturalist Series, 1993. Soft Cover. 224p. Illustrated. Book tight and clean without marks or signatures. Minor reading wear to corners and faint crease on spine. Is this rarer than the hardback edition? (ISBN: 0002199084).. Very Good

Successful Cold-Casting and Mould Making

Spenik, Robert · 1976

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Publd. By Author, 1976. Soft Cover. 54p illustrated. In plain white card covers. No marks, blemishes or signatures but a little shelf and reading wear. . Near Very Good

Manual of Orchids

Stewart, Joyce (consultant editor) ; Griffiths, Mark (series editor) · 1995

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

MacMillan Press, 1995. Hardcover. lii, 388 pp.; illustrated superbly with botanical drawings; with a glossary and an extensive bibliography. A fine copy with similar unclipped d/w. No marks, signatures, fading or blemishes. Very collectable. (ISBN: 0333628292).. Fine

The Wit of Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar (selected and introduced by Merlin Holland) · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. 239p Fine book in original olive green slipcase with b/w illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. Original pictorial binding , fine with no wear. Slipcase unmarked and no wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy as new. . Fine

British and Irish Salmonidae (Association Copy)

Day, Francis · 1887

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Williams and Norgate, 1887. Hardcover. viii,298,[2]p., with 12 lithographed plates (including 9 colour chromolithographs), text illustrations, in the original blue green cloth. The fine plates are by Miss F. Woolward, made after drawings by the author. The fish were coloured f...

Victorian Pen and Ink Drawing with Wash Colour - My Mind's Made Up!

1850

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

, . . A characterful coloured wash drawing on pen and ink of a determined character! Size 30x23cms (approx 12 x 8). White card toned - very framable. Not dated c.1850? Unsigned. . Very Good

A Melon & the Rats - a Fine Japanese Woodblock Print with a Captioned Tissue Guard

1940

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

, 1940. . An amusing work by the Chinese artist T'sien Shun-chu. The original work was painted in the Sung Dynasty and this woodblock print was produced in Japan in about 1940. The original work is kept in a temple in Kyoto.37.5cm by 27.5cm. This is an example of an reprint se...

The Cambridge Coach - After T. Holme - a Finely Hand Coloured Engraving

0

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

T, Holme, . . An original hand coloured print of the Cambridge Coach in full flight. Size 31x22.5cms; print size 16.5x12cms. On embossed card - wide margins . Clean and very collectible/mountable. See scans. . Near Fine

The Fairy Horn ( Pre-1900 Children's Book )

Smith, S.Theyre · 1886

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Thos. De La Rue & Co., 1886. Soft Cover. Early children's book - undated but c.1886. Listed in the Opie collection and illustrated on the University of Florida Baldwin collection website. 24p. Publisher's cream coloured pictorial wrappers with advertisements on rear and inside...

Leeds Ephemera - Letter to Mr. Alderman Shaw on Professor Hofmann's Chemical Examination of the Waters of Rivers Wharfe, Washbourne & Skirfare

Leather, John W. · 1854

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

John Cross, 1854. Disbound from a larger Book. 24 page disbound pamphlet in response to Professor A.W.Hopmann's paper on the three Leeds Rivers. Disbound from a book - sewn binding missing - gatherings loosening; front cover a bit dusty and discoloured at edges - signed by Aut...

Ashburnham, Bexhill - a Small Watercolour C. 1920

0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

, . . Small watercoulur of a Georgian house - sign post penclled in Ashburnham Huse, Bexhill ( East Sussex) Size 175 x 245mm. VG but for some rubbing at lower right - not detracting. Unsigned. . Very Good

The Diamond Bracelet of St. Petersburgh

1830

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

J.Groom, Bazaar, . Soft Cover. Published by J. Groom, Bazaar, Soho Square London and 185 Broad Street Birmingham. 16p. Religious tract - concerning a widow's son who goes to sea and betters himself by his moral stand. No date or author c.1830? However some sources quote Edward...

Paper Bag (!) with Illustration of the Saddle Inn Marton Blackpool ( W. Leigh )

0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

, 0. . Unusual unused paper bag with engraving of W.Leigh - Saddle Inn, Marton, Blackpool - Wines, Spirits, Cigars etc. Measures 10 x 4 1/2 (26x12cm). Clean but small mark at bottom edge. - see scans. Unusual ephemera. . Very Good

Observations on the Present State of the Police of the Metropolis

Mainwaring, George B. · 1822

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Printed Exclusively for the Pamphleteer, 1822. Disbound from a larger Book. Double paginated - 30p and p.532-560 from a larger book; disbound from a book of pamphlets. Tight and clean as such without marks or signatures but top edge rear leaves slightly stained rear leaf losse...