Creaking Shelves Books

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - Xva Se & XV Ne Ardnamurchan Parish - Hacarsaid - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows north east end of the coastline of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula with footpath to Hacarsaid Mor & Beag. Very good. Printed 1897 though dated 1900 at top. Large flat rolled in tube. . Very Good

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - XIX Se Ardgour Parish - Hills Above Ardgour - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows the hill ground above the village of Ardgour and Beinn na Cille. Few minor closed edge tears and pencil marks about Ardgour Village but still near very good. Printed 1897 though dated 1900 at top. La...

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - XLIV Se Lismore & Appin Parish - River Creran Coiire Chaorlain & Salachail - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows head of upper River Creran, SDalachail, Meall Lighiche and Coire Chaorlon. Dated 1900 but printed 1897. Large flat rolled in tube. Clean & near fine. . Near Fine

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - XLV Sw Lismore & Appin Parish - River Creran - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows head of River Creran, Creag Bhan and Coire Cearcaill heading down to Glen Etive dated 1900 but printed 1941. Large flat rolled in tube. Clean & near fine. . Near Fine

Loch Duich Ross-Shire - Original Daniell Print

Daniell, William · 1818

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Longmans & Co, 1818. . Original hand coloured aquatint ffrom Daniell's Voyage Around Great Britain of Herring Boats in Loch Duich Ross-shire. Atttactively framed in fairly modern frame; few flecks of foxing but still good. Further scans available on request. Clearly original. ...

The Triumvirade; or, Broad Bottomry; a Panegyri-Satiri-Comi-Dramatical Poem

1745

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Printed for M. Cooper, . Hardcover. Undated (c.1745). Title page (early ms note re the publisher) & 30-pages (complete); tied with cord; slight soiling & marks to the outer pages, fragment to lower corner of title page missing & two edge tears to the final page. Light toning, ...

Very Large Original Hand Coloured Photograph of Lac de Brienz, Oberland Bernuis C. 1890

0

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

, 0. . A very large framed hand coloured photograph of Lac de Brienz. The original plate measures 41.2 cms x 54.1cms (16 1/2 x 21 3/8) and is mounted on dark grey card which is gilt titled Lac de Brienz , Oberland Bernuis. The Scene depicts a foreground in front of the lake wi...

The West Highlander No. 2 Rail Tour (Presented by the North-West Branch of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain).

1974

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The Locomotive Club of Great Britain, 1974. Soft Cover. 18p with photopgraphic illustrations and line map. Describes the Itinerary of a Rail Tour for enthusiasts in 1974 on The West Highland Line from Glasgow through to Mallaig via Fort William (and then Oban), from London and...

Madelaine's Rescue

Bemelmans, Ludwig · 1954

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Derek Verschoyle, . Hardcover. Not dated c.1954.56p illustrated. First English edition. Book fine, clean and unmarked, tight and without signatures. D/w is unpricclipped and clean but has a little marginal wear and creasing with one chip only leaving a deficiency of 0.5 x 0.5 ...

Tell Them Again Tales

Baker, Margaret · 1942

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

University of London Press, 1942. Hardcover. 144 pages including black & white illustrations.Book clean and VG with neat owners name on fep and some neat pencil notes(removeable) on foretitle. D/W bit grubby but attractive and intact though some wear at top and bottom of spine...

Le Rouge Et le Noir - Chronique Du Xixe Siècle

Stendhal · 1950

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Aux quais de Paris, . Soft Cover. This copy apparently bought in Paris in the 1950's - and has never been opened - has it's sellophane wrapper still intact - on which has been written in ink 260f Neuf; price on spine 390f. Thus near mint! . Near Mint

An Anthology of English Verse - for Use in Schools and Colleges

Wyatt, A J & Goggin, S E · 1914

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

University Tutorial Press, 1914. Hardcover. 361p tight and internally clean. Original red cloth boards have a few marks and the spine is faded. College Library (Burlington House Cambridge) plate on front pastedown but no other library evidence. . Good

Mrs Tim - Leaves from the Diary of an Officer's Wife

Stevenson, D.E. · 1951

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. 320p; Book clean and tight with name on fep. Light fading on spine where d/w deficient. D/w price cliped, torn with loss about spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ tall . Good +

Obscure Military Strategy Print Concerning Defence of a Town by Locomotive Batteries Drawn by Boydell's Endless Railway

1860

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Day & Son, 0. . c.1860 ? Oblong folio (10 x 12 1/2 - 26 x 32 cms) folded single sheet ? handbill with sketch of a town with inward roads blocked with defensive batteries. Boats offshore. Site of batteries hand coloured in red. Caption beneath reads: Supposed position of Locomo...

Full Set of Six Maps of England and Wales 1852 - by Charles Knight

1852

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Superintendant for the Society Diffusion of Local Knowledge (SDUK), 1852. . A full set of six maps of England and Wales - hand colured in outline - main roads, railways, county boundaries, coastline etc. By Charles Knight, Londom dated Jan 1st 1852. Each map measures 14 x 17 (...

Original Map of Lundy Isle, Camelford, Hartland and Launceston Area by J. Cary 1794

1794

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

J. Cary, 1794. . Single sheet measiuring 11 x 8 1/2 (28 x 22 cms) of a map of England. Original dated 1794 with outline, connurbations and main roads hand coloured. Attractive with Lundy Isle offshore. Clean and uncreased . Very Good

The Creeds of India: An Historical Sketch.

Colebrooke, Sir Edward · 1880

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

W.G.Blackie & Co., 1880. Soft Cover. 114p pamphlet Printed for Private Circulation. Would be fine but a mark along top of front board and a chip of 1cm x 2cm missing front board at top near spine. Rare. . Near Very Good

Model Lesson for Newmann's Kindergarten Tree of Number. To Aid the Teaching of Number to Little Ones for the Home and the School

Jones, Emily Wynne · 1936

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Newmann & Co., . Soft Cover. Rare 12p (+2p adverts) book of explanation for the Tree of Number to teach numeracy. Contains detailed description of how to use a number of special wires (which were to be purchased from Newmann & Co.) to aid the Teaching of Number to Young Ones ...

New Zealand - Francis Edwards Book Catalogue 518 (1929)

Francis Edwards Ltd. · 1929

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Francis Edwards Ltd., 1929. Soft Cover. 34p listing 277 books and maps on or about New Zealand. Bit browned and worn with a few ink annotations. Held by cord and tight as such. . Very Good

Rock Climbing in the British Isles 1894-1970 - a Bibliography of Guidebooks

Bridge, George · 1971

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

West Col Productions, 1971. Soft Cover. The first (and still) useful bibliography of Rock Climbing Guides in the British Isles. Covers a bit dusty and some seepage from booksellers label (Roger Turner Nottingham) onto front cover. Still near VG without other marks, signatures ...