Creaking Shelves Books

Trade Card - Roche's Royal Hotel, Glengarriff Cork

1890

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

, 0. . Now the Glengarriff Eccles Hotel. This smal (4 1/2 x 3) trade card shows a carriages arriving at the hotel entrance and there is a brief description on the reverse side. Not dated - ?? c.1890 . Fine

Wykehamical Scores from the Year 1825.

1825

£194.00 (€232.54 | $256.30 | ¥40,928)

Robbins and Wheeler, Printers, . Hardcover. Very good copy of this rare cricketing work, recording the cricket scores against Eton, Harrow, and many College v. Commoners matches from 1825 to 1844. There were various editions of this book published between 1838 and 1851 with up...

Leeds Ephemera - Third Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for Promoting Public Improvements in the Borough of Leeds

1854

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

C.Remplay (Printer), 1854. Sewn Pamphlet. Sewn12p pamphlet of this organisation founded in 1851.3 pages of report, a balance sheet and objects and rules of the Society. Old vertical and horizonrtal folds, front cover grubby with some foxing top right corner. Rare. . Good

The Silo and Silage

Cook, A.J. · 1889

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Darius D. Thorp, Printer and Binder, 1889. Soft Cover. 52pp. Illustrated with drawings. The original blue printed wrappers with a stapled binding protected in brown card cover not recently . My silo has been a surpising success, and in this little brochure I shall tell in a pl...

Spain - a Pageant

Riggs, Arthur Stanley · 1927

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Geoffrey Bles, 1927. Disbound Text Block. (12p)m+416p; many fine ilustrations. Pages mostly uncut. No boards to this book - text block only but tight and clean internally. Really sold as a reading copy or a selection of plates . Poor

Salmon's Fancy Post Cards - 36 Sample Cards Mounted in Catalogue C. 1955

1950

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

J. Salmon Ltd.,, . Soft Cover. A cord bound album of 16 pages of cards with 3 postcards mounted on each page - in groups - a tradesman's catalogue of flower arrangements,dogs and cats, liners, trains,domestic animals,dogs and horses. Undated but looks 1950's . Complete - minim...

The Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Glasgow. 3rd Edition

1919

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Published by the Incorporation, 1919. Hardcover. xi+ 116p. A reprint of the3rd edition of 1905 - with a few alterations bringing the information with reference to the Incorporation down to date in the books now issued Printed by John Horn, Glasgow. In green gilt decorated clot...

The Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Glasgow. 3rd Edition

1905

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Published by the Incorporation, 1905. Hardcover. xi+ 168p. Printed by John Tomlinson Partick, Glasgow. In brown gilt decorated cloth. Tight and clean without marks or signatures. Has an extensive list of members. . Near Fine

History of the Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Glasgow 1597-1930.

1930

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Published by the Incorporation, 1930. Hardcover. xi+ 168p. Printed by John Horn Ltd, Glasgow. In bright blue, gilt decorated cloth. Tight, clean, but has extensive annotation and correction of the List of Members. Additional pages have been tipped in for this purpose . Clearly...

The Weavers' Craft: Being the History of the Weavers' Incorporation of Dunfermline, with Word Pictures of the Passing Times

Thomson, Daniel · 1903

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Alexander Gardner (ORIGINAL EDITION), 1903. Hardcover. 380p and illustrations by William Thomson. A detailed social history of the textile industry in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. About 40 sketches of old buildings etc in Dunfermline. Olive green boards with the coat of arms o...

Windmill Theatre Piccadily Circus - Revudeville a Company 214th Edition 1948

Vivian Van Damm (Manager) · 1948

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Windmill Theatre, 1948. Soft Cover. Post war small 6d Revudeville program - 214th edition; 8 pages of program with a few adverts - lists of the girls etc 6 photos of the girls. Staples rusted. Some wear and an old transverse fold but very collectable. No other marks or signatu...

Descriptions of East Yorkshire : Leland to Defoe

Woodward, Donald (Editor) · 1985

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

East Yorkshire Local History Society, 1985. Soft Cover. 62p map; extracts from early publications about East Yorkshire from the work of famous authors including John Leland, William Camden, John Evelyn, Richard Blome, John Ogily, Thomas Baskerville, Edmund Gibson, Ceila Fienne...

History of the Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Glasgow 1597-1984.

1986

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Published by the Incorporation, 1986. Hardcover. 109p; illustrated, colour plates. Near mint hardback copy in similar protected d/w.Tight, clean, no marks or signatures. . Fine

Dalry Reminiscenses

McAdam, Hilda (Editor) · 2000

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

? Pubd. Author, 2000. Soft Cover. 126p illustrated personal history of the town of Dalry in Galloway. Undated c.1985?.Many contributors with much family history. Fine condition and unmarked - though light rusting of staples. . Near Fine

An Illustrated Guide to Glasgow, 1837

Lindsay, Maurice · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Robert Hale, 1989. Hardcover. 238p well ilustrated. Fine tight clean copy without marks or signatures in similar protected d/w. (ISBN: 0709037627).. Fine

Royal Military College (an Early Lithograph of Sandhurst) - Near Bagshot with the Arrival of Their Majesties 14th September 1835

William DelaMotte · 1835

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

, 0. . A Large Lithograph - Drawn on Zinc by Wm. William Dela Motte R.M.C. Original early lithograpgh dated 1835 of the RMA Sandhurst. The college in the back ground with the lake in the foreground. Size 12 1/2 x 16 1/4 (32x41cms) Lightly foxed and a bit dusty but could clea...

It - International Times Issue No. 68.

1969

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Three Counties Press, 1969. . Headlines London Bobby turns into a girl says the News of the World. Contents: it No 68 Nov21 - Dec 4 1969: I nterview with activist DC of The Black Panther Party; Marquis de Sade; Biafra -A Blueprint by Emeka Ojukwu, General of the People's Part...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland - Explanation of Sheet 87. North East Aberdeenshire , and Detached Portions of Banffshire

1886

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

HMSO and Sold By W & A.K. Johnstone, 1886. Soft Cover. An early Geological Memoir; 32p in original wrappers with a coloured map of Scotland indicating which areas have been surveyed and published. Boards slightly browned and old water stain at left edge. Front cover tens-ding ...

The Rescue of Living History - Report on the Needs of the National Film Archive by a Committee of the Governors of the British Film Institute

1969

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

The National Film Archive, 1969. Soft Cover. 12p booklet in bright pink card covers outlining the needs of the archive as the Archive is failing to achieve its objects in so many areas of its work. Now resolved or at least resolving? Introduction by Ernest Lindgren Curator. Cl...

Operation Deepfreeze 1954 - 1970 - Extract from the German Catalogue Die Stempel Der Polargebeite (Postmarks of the Polar Regions)

Trogel, Gerhard · 1909

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Barbara Shultes, 1909. Hardcover. Rare 50 page illustrated catalogue of the postmarks used in Antarctica 1954-1970. Translated from the original German work. Clean but covers sumnned and a little damage to the base of the spine. Still very collectable. No other marks or signat...