Creaking Shelves Books

Air Ambulance - Six Decades of the Scottish Air Ambulance Service

Hutchison, Iain · 1996

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Kea Publishing, 1996. Soft Cover. 191 pages indexed well illustrated with many monochrome and colour photos. Signed by author on title page - no other marks or signatures. Appears unread. (ISBN: 0951895818).. Fine

Revised Map of the City of Lincoln with Bracebridge Boultham Canwick and St Giles on the Scale of 10 in. To a Mile

1890

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

J.W.Ruddock & Sons, 1890. Folding Map in Covers. Dated January 1936; large scale (10 to the mile) folding map in card covers. Map measures 37 x 25 (62cms x 92cms). With street index. Covers a little soiled and some streets on the map have been coloured in crudely with blue pen...

Travels in the Western Hebrides from 1782 to 1790

Buchanan, Rev. John Lane · 1997

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

MacLean Press, 1997. Soft Cover. First reprint edition after 200+ years of Buchanans' Travels in the Western Hebrides. He was a misionary minister in Harris from 1782 to 1790 and left this valuable record. Reprint has new text face and a few minor illustrations. Paperback in f...

Game Fishing in Mainland Ross & Cromarty

Brown, Bill · 1969

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

HIDB, . Soft Cover. nd. c.1969. 64p. A detailed guide to the game angling possibilities in the county of Ross & Cromarty in the Scottish Northern Highlands. Chapters on the River Conon, River Blackwater, Ullapool & Loch Broom, Gairloch Area and South West Ross. Illustrated wit...

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Vol XX Nos 2 1910

Millard, W.S., Spence,R.a. & Kinnear, N.B. (Editors) · 1910

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Times Press, 1910. Soft Cover. As originally issued in wrappers. Part 2 only of the total of 5 parts of Vol.20.p. 259-435. Includes 3 original coloured engraved and lithographed plates of Indian Birds (The Woodcock, Eastern Solitary Snipe,& Wood Snipe) - with plate guards stil...

When the Vilest Are Exalted; a Tale of Scotland's Fight for Freedom

Grey, Cyril · 1930

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Alex Gardener, 0. Hardcover. Not dated - but prize label dated 1930.318p narrative of the Covenanting times. Book clean and tight - appears unread - prize label on fep from the Band of Hope. Boards clean with bright gilt titling and a tiny bit of foxing on endpapers; d/w equal...

Souvenir Album of Loch Lomond, 24 Views

1920

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

C.R.Gilchrist & Sons, . Soft Cover. 24 postcard sized sepia prints of the Loch mounted in green card album of Steamers, piers etc. Not dated c.1920? Internally fresh but card covers chipped at egges String binding.( . Good

Sir Walter Scott Monument Edinburgh - Large Sepia Photo

1890

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Poultins Series, 0. . Original Sepia print of the Scott Monument (portrait) with carriages on Princess Street. Area of thinning visible from front.7 x 10 (18 x 28.5 cms). c.1890 . Very Good

Forth Bridge from E. Original Sepia Photo

1895

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

John Valentine, 0. . Original Sepia print of Forth Railway Bridge 8 x 5 (20 x 13 cms). c.1895 . Very Good

Ben Lomond & Loch Lomond from Inchtavannach - Original Sepia Photo

Wilson, George Washington · 1895

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

George Washington Wilson, 0. . Sepia print of Loch Lomond looking down over Islands. 8 x 5 (20 x 13 cms). c.1895 . Very Good

Trummelbach - Oberer Fall - Large Original Sepia Photo.

0

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Schroeder & Co Zurich, 0. . Large (8 x 10 1/2) - 31 x 27 cms - sepia photograph of a Swiss waterfall. VG - sl.wrinkled and patch of thinning at rear - not visible. . Very Good

The Treatment of Venereal Disease and Scabies in the Army - Advisory Board for Army Medical Services - First, Second, Third and Final Report Bound Together.

1904

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Eyre & Spottiswoode for HMSO, 1904. Hardcover. 4 Reports bound together: First Report (94p + 7 charts) gives considerable insight into the high incidence of Venereal Disease in the Army, with detailed comparitive figures from different stations around the world and comparative...

The Magic Hour

Giacon, John · 2004

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Ngaio Press, 2004. Soft Cover. A Lifetime's Worth of Tales and Advice From a Master Flyfisherman.240 illustarated including colour. Something of a minor anglingf classic. No marks or signatures - at least fine. (ISBN: 0958224366).. Fine

Original Watercolour - Loch Leven Argyllshire

0

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

, 0. . Original Victorian watercolour of Loch Leven Argyllshire looking east into Glencoe with Aonach Eagach on the left and Bidean on the right side, a sailing boat in the foreground. Painting mounted on toned card which has some foxing and should be replaced. Titled Loch Lev...

Original Manuscript Poem Address to the Highlands with Attractive Illustration of Highland Sword Dance.

Watson, J. N. P. · 1864

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

, 1864. . Single folio sheet with Manuscript Poem entitled Address to the Highlands lamenting the demise of Gaeldom--.Instead, there's the Lowlander, wealthy and tame, And now is the Land only High;and by Name!. Fine Copperpalte with coloured engarving of a Highlander doing a ...

An Act (of Parliament) for Giving the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London the Same Powers As the Commisioners of Sewers for Counties Have; and to Oblige Collectors for the Sewers to Account.

1709

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Charles Bill Printers to the Queen, 1709. . 6p original 1709. p.211-213. No covers. Slight toning but otherwise VG and unmarked . Very Good

An Avalanche - Original Coloured Aquatint 1832

1832

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Thos. McLean, 1832. . Original coloured aquatint dated 1832 by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket, London. Engraved by R.G. Reeve and painted by H.L. Titled An Avalanche. Text recounts an Inhabitant of Savoy crossing St. Bernards pass and being caught in an avalanche. Very attractive, ...

Antarctic Reflections - an Anthology of Articles Written Originally for the Christchurch Press

Norris, Baden · 1993

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New Zealand Antarctic Society - The Caxton Press, 1993. Hardcover. 64p illustrated collection of historical articles originally written by Baden Norris, Antarctic Curator at Canterbury Museum. As new in original glossy illustrated card cover. Signed by author on title page. (I...

New Zealand Topo50 Map 1: 50,000 Cc12 Bannockburn - South Island-East of Queenstown

2009

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New Zealand Government, 2009. Folded. Current large Scale 1:50,000 official coloured map of NZ South Island - area is east of Queenstown, Cromwell, Nevis Valley. VG condition. . Very Good

New Zealand Topo50 Map 1: 50,000 Cd11 Kingston - South Island-South of Queenstown

2009

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New Zealand Government, 2009. Folded. Current large Scale 1:50,000 official coloured map of NZ South Island - area includes south end of Lake Wakatipu (south of Queenstown); Kingston, Garston, Athol, Nokomai, Matura River. VG condition. . Very Good