Creaking Shelves Books

Five Centuries of Childhood 1497 - 1987

Schiller, Justin · 2002

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Schiller, Justin Ltd, 2002. Soft Cover. A Selection of Two Hundred Important Collectible Children's Books, Manuscripts and Related Drawings, References and Juvenilia Not paginated but c. 200 tight clean pages in very fine condition. No marks, signatures or blemishes. . Fine

Essays on Hypochondriasis and Other Nervous Afflictions

Reid, John M.D. · 1823

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Hardcover. 440p in original well worn and scruffy boards. Pale green backstrip has torn label Dr.Reid on Nervous Afflictions. Booksellers label on front pastedown (Bradley Batsford Medical and Miscellaneous Bookseller 52 High Holbur...

General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. With Observations on the Means for Its Improvement. Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

Naismith, John · 1806

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. One of the rarer second and enlarged County Agricultural Reports of Scotland. 252p with folding map of the county in very good condition. Covers Rutherglen, Lanark, Crawford, Kilbride and Carnwath. Would be fine in 1/2 leather with marbled bo...

A Standard Catalogue of English Names of Our Wild Flowers : To Which Are Added the Ferns and Their Allies

Rayner J F · 1927

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

H.M.Gilbert & Son, 1927. Soft Cover. Something of a small classic. Undated but 1927. iv, 51, (5) pages.Fine and unmarked but for uneven fading of original green paper cover and a very few relevant annotations. See scans. . Near Very Good

The Great North of Scotland Railway

1989

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

David & Charles, 1989. Hardcover. 218p ill. Revised and enlarged edition. Fine in fine unpriceclipped d/w. No marks or signatures. . Near Fine

The Domiciliary Care of the Aged

Laidlaw, Stuart I.A. · 1951

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Glasgow Health and Wefare Department, 1951. Soft Cover. 27p. Report of a Paper read at the 76th Meeting of the Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland, Aberdeen, October 1951. Laidlaw was the Medical Officer of Health for Glasgow. Clean, tight and unmarked. . Very Good

Sociological Aspects of Sanitation

Russell, James Burn (the Late) · 1933

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland, 1933. Soft Cover. 154p . Russell was the Medical Officer of Health for Glasgow from 1872 to 1898. Clean, tight and unmarked. . Very Good

Scheme for Maternity and Child Welfare - Corporation of Glasgow Public Health Department

1926

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Committee on Health, Glasgow, 1926. Soft Cover. 58p . Prepared by Instruction of the Committee on Health Department, Corporation of Glasgow. Some plates of health clinics - West Govan Child Health Centre, Maryhill, Springburn, Bridgeton, Cowcaddens; groups of children; some ta...

Causation and Sources of Puerperal Fever

Smith, J. · 1931

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, 1931. Soft Cover. 54p Case reports, tables. A Report of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Medical Administration and Investigation. Good but stamp of Glasgow Corporation Library and library remnants. See scans. . Good/Very Good

The Expectation of Life in the City of Glasgow

Jones, William · 1925

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Committee on Health, Glasgow, 1925. Soft Cover. 46p . William Jones was the Secretary of the Public Health Department, Corporation of Glasgow, A Preface by the Medical Officer of Health (A,.K.Chalmers) and a folding coloured table of life expectancy in 1871 and 1921. Approxima...

Acute Polio-Encephalitis and Anterior Poliomyelitis

Weir, Dr.Ian B.L. · 1947

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corporation of Glasgow, 1947. Soft Cover. 15p . (Extract from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. 1947. Very good but stamp of Glasgow Corporation Library on front wrapper. . Very Good

Medical Botany, a Course of Lectures Delivered at Sussex Hall During 1850

Coffin, A.I. · 1850

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

W.B. Ford, . Hardcover. nd but 1850. pp. xi, (iii), 223, (i). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Author, wood-cuts in text. Original embossed cloth, slightly marked. Gilt titling on spine, original clean yellow endpapers. Fever, indigestion, botanic cures, folly of tight lacing...

Facts for Farmers: Fertilizers, Season of 1890

1890

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

H.J.Baker & Co., 1890. Soft Cover. The wrappers are stiff textured boards and illustrated with a view of the factory in Wraps. Softcover Pamphlet folds over in tri-folds. Slightly worn, but overall in very good condition.The company's offices were on Pearl St. in New York. The...

Advice to the Expectant Mother on the Care of Her Health

Browne, F.J. · 1938

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

E. & S. Livingstone, 1938. Soft Cover. 48p stapled booklet Staples rusting. Dated advice! . Very Good -

Long Term Neurological Consequences of Deep Diving - a Workshop Organised by: The European Undersea Biomedical Society and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (Stavanger, Norway November 1983

1983

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

Privately Published?, 1983. Hardcover. 190p detailed report of this conference chaired by Prof. I.R.McCallum and edited by him, Dr.Tom Shields, Dr.B.Minsaas & Prof.D.H.Elliot. Uncommon. Clean and tight but slight marks to boards and evidence of a bookplate removal on pastedown...

Maclean Chieftanship Case Decision - Newspaper Cutting 1938

1938

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Glasgow Herald, 1938. Newspaper Clipping. 3 column original article from the Glasgow Herald December 1938 concerning rival claims over the lands of Ardgour. Pasted on card - other articles on rear. . Very Good

Pages from My Album - Inverlochy & the Northern Isles

Marrus, David · 2005

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

Pubd. By Author, 2005. Soft Cover. The Author American photographer David Marrus took a trip to Scotland in 2004, when these monochrome pictures were taken. Pictures of Inverness-shire - Glen Nevis, Inverlochy & Orkney - Sanday Fair Isle Shetland Stronsay Yell Lerwick Invergor...

Speyside Project - Final Report July 1975

1975

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Country Side Commissiom for Scotland, 1975. Soft Cover. 38p (+6p appendices). Maps. Illustrated early report on part of what has now become the Cairngorms National Park. Covers a little used. . Near Very Good

Trout Fishing in New Zealand

Forrester, Rex · 1987

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Whitcoulls Publishers, 1987. Soft Cover. 207p map well illustrated (big fish!) with cold plates of flies . A book on all aspects of trout and salmon fishing in New Zealand - where to go, at what times of the year, and how to choose your spot. Tackle and lures are covered and t...

The Pocket Guide to Trout & Salmon Flies

Buckland, John · 1999

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Mitchell Beazley, 1999. Hardcover. 192p Hundreds of flies illustrated for Salmon, Trout, Grayling, Steelhead etc. Fine and unmarked . Fine