Creaking Shelves Books

Aluminiumville: Government, Global Business and the Scottish Highlands

Perchard, Andrew · 2012

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Carnegie Publishing, 2012. Soft Cover. 1st Edition; illustrated card covers. Andrew Perchard's long awaited publication on the history of the Aluminium industry largely in Scotland particularly the Scottish Highlands - Foyers, Kinlochleven and Fort William. Detailed, illustrat...

Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art & Industry Glasgow 1911 Palace of History Catalogue of Exhibits 2 Volumes Complete

1911

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Dalcross Ltd., 1911. Hardcover. xvi+546p &547-1162p. The 2 volume complete set of the 1911 Glasgow Exhibition catalogue. Titled on spine Palace pf History Scottish Exhibition Catalogue with numerous illustrations, photographs of exhibits, the exhibition, antiques, guns, dirks,...

The Moon: A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features

Elger, T Gwyn. · 1895

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

George Philip & Son Ltd, 1895. Hardcover. vi+173p 2p cat. A VG copy of this classic which internally is tight, clean and unmarked and near fine. The text is slightly toned but appears little used and the original brown endpapers are perfect. The boards are clean with the silve...

Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness Vol. XXII 1897-98

1900

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Gaelic Soc. of Inverness, 1900. Hardcover. xiii+(3) 348p. in original green cloth. Collection of articles and lectures given before the Society. Includes The Highland Folklore of Luck, Bighouse Papers, Poems from the MacLagan Manuscripts, Topography and Traditions of Eigg, Oss...

A Stalking Tragedy. The Death of Walter, Earl of Dalkeith on Gulvain, Achnacarry, September 1886

Thornber, Iain · 2009

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Privately Printed, 2009. Soft Cover. A ring bound privately produced 27p + 17p of plates production being an investigation into the accidental death during stalking of the Earl of Dalkeith in 1886. Rare - a very limited production. See scans. . Fine

Goethe S Faust Herausgegeben Von Moritz Ehrlich. Mit Holzschnitten Nach Zeichnungen Von Alexander Zick

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang: · 1906

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

G.Grote`sche Verlagsbuchhandlung , 1906. Hardcover. 499p portrait frontis; text in German, powerful engravings in text. The book is tight and largely clean though with an owners name on the fep and a few ? handwritten words under the frontis. Some toning. The richly decorated ...

Mountain Outlaw (the Story of Ewan Macphee of Quoich Island) - Signed by Author

Mitchell, Ian R. · 2003

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Luath Press Ltd., 2003. Soft Cover. 120+(2). the First Edition in paperback as issued telling the story by persons with a first hand knowledge of the bandit's misdeeds, including well attested counts of desertion, murder and ravishment, and with intelligence of MacPhee's ultim...

The Leper's Bell: The Autobiography of a Changeling

Norman Maclean · 2009

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Birlinn Ltd, 2009. Hardcover. 327p Endpapers illustrated. The first Reprint in the same year as the first edition of the Gaelic Comedian, Norman MacLean, lamented by many. In clean fine unmarked condition as is the unpriceclipped d/w. See scans (ISBN: 9781841588278).. Fine

Leningrad - a Portfolio of 28 Large Numbered Coloured Cards

0

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Uncertian - in Russian., 0. . A Portfolio pf 28 numbered photographic cards in an illustrated card folder.Cards are approximately 9-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches All text on surrounding portfolio is in Russian, but brief text on reverse of each card is in Russian, English and French. In ...

Metamorphic Processes: Reactions and Microstructure Development

Vernon, R. H. · 1976

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Allen & Unwin, 1976. Hardcover. 247p illustrations. Index. The first edition in hardback - tight and clean but with a neat owners name on the title page. However fep sl wrinkled and small stain opposite half title. See scans. (ISBN: 0045520100).. Very Good

The Jacobite Legacy - a Catalogue of the Memorablia of the Jacobite Period

Kelvin, Dr.Martin · 2003

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

GC Books, 2003. Hardcover. 174p illustrated. Alphabetical listings of hundreds of Jacobite Artifacts - Touch Pieces, paintings, snuff horns, rings, miniatures, medals, Jacobite Glass, seals and engravings of Jacobite Artifacts with 33 coloured illustrations of such. Fine copy ...

Fernande Pièce En Quatre Acte En Prose - First Edition in Fine Mudie Binding Inscribed by the Author

Sardou, Victorien · 1870

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

Michel Lévy Frère, 1870. Hardcover. 210p text in French. The book is in near fine condition, tight and clean in a Fine Signed Mudie binding in full marbled red calf all edges bright gilt with gilt strips to pastedowns.Titling on front board and spine with raised bands. Endpape...

Among the Rocks Around Glasgow: A Series of Excursion-Sketches and Other Papers

Bell, Dugald · 1881

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

James Maclehose, 1881. Hardcover. 223p double page coloured map. A near fie almost fine copy of the little book. Green golt boards bright and unmarked. See scans. . Near Fine

The Love, Courtship & Marriage Dream-Book, and Fortune-Teller

0

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Published for the Bookseller, 0. Hardcover. 94p+94p - The Fortune Teller is separately paginated; the section on Dream Interpretation - for example: Dreaming of mince pies denotes that you will shortly be married to a person on good, though not affluent circumstances, who will...

The Chronicles of the Stickleback Club, Annals of the Countryside Round Paisley

Stewart, Alexander M. · 1930

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

G.Fowler, 1930. Hardcover. 328p; A delightful book of its time with sections on many aspects of Natural History in pond, ditch, in the Air and on the Ground. Sections on individual fish (The Eel, the Stickleback, the Pike, the Trout etc; Birds, Wayside Weeds , Natives of the s...

Tea with Chrissie - the Story of Burg and Ardmeanach on the Isle of Mull

Rosalind Jones · 2000

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Craig Moore Publications, 2000. Soft Cover. Substantial book of 300 pages well illustrated. The story of Chrissie MacGillivray the matriarch of Burg Cottage - the gateway to the Ardmeanach Peninsula on Mull. The book is clean, appears unread and unmarked. See scans (ISBN: 0953...

Moidart or Among the Clanranalds - Limited Edition Reprint.

MacDonald, Rev.Charles · 1989

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

James Thin - The Mercat Press, 1989. Hardcover. xx+269p .This the first limited edition reprint of the rare 1st edition of 1889 and in hardback. Contains new plates and a 4p biography of Charles MacDonald by Iain Thornber No. 158 of an edition of 600. A classic book of West Hi...

Plaish Hall Estate Church Stretton Shropshire - Original Illustrated Auction Catalogiue 1934 with Large Coloured Map. Sy6 7hx

1934

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Hall, Wateridge & Owen, Ltd, 1934. Soft Cover. Original 24 page catalogue for the Auction of Plaish Hall Estate. Full title: Shropshire. About 16 miles from Shrewsbury and Ludlow, 2 from village of Cardington and Longville Station, and 6 from Church Stretton, with first class...

Emigrants de Luxe

Dekobra, Maurice · 1943

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. First reprint in hardback, three moths after first published..Novel set in a concentration camp in France in 1940. Clean and unmarked in original black boards with green titling. see scans. . Very Good

The Assynt Clearances

Bangor-Jones, Malcolm · 2001

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

The Assynt Press, 2001. Soft Cover. 58p stapled booklet with a list of cleared townships 1812-1821. Duke of Sutherland's statue at Golspie on front cover. Clean and unmarked but spine sunned and a little edge wear. Internally unmarked and fine. See scans (ISBN: 0953285537).. V...