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The Geology of Central and Western Fife and Kkinross: Being a Description of Sheet 40 and Parts of Sheet 32 and 48 of the Geological Map. With a Appendix of Fossils by B.N. Peach

Geikie, Sir Archibald. · 1900

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

HMSO, 1900. Hardcover. x 284pp. 30 b/w figures. The present volume describes the geology of that part of Fife and Kinross which lies to the west of a line drawn from the Tay Bridge on the Firth of Tay to Scoonie Links on the Firth of Forth.... The Palaeontological details in ...

Crofting Agriculture - Its Practice in the West Highlands and Islands

Fraser Darling · 1945

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1945. Hardcover. 163p; Plate of the Skye Cuillin as frontispiece with Highland Cattle; other plates of Lazy beds in Uist, The Machair, Hay making, Ardtoe Crofts, fetching peats etc. Chapters on control of weeds, potatoes, the Crofter's cow and sheep etc. I...

A Treatise on Ghosts: Being the Psichologie, or Treatise Upon Apparitions and Spirits, of Disembodied Souls, Phantom Figures, Strange Prodigies, and of Other Miracles and Marvels, Which Often Presage the Death of Some Great Person, or Signify Some Swift Change in Public Affairs Written in French by the Learned Father Noel Taillepied, of the Order of Capuchins, and Now First Translated Into English, with an Introduction and Commentary by Montague Summers

Father Noel Taillepied & Montague Summers (translator) · 1933

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

The Fortune Press, 1933. Hardcover. xviii, 263 pp. The Argument: There are verily and indeed Spirits and Phantoms which sometimes appear to men, and not unseldom we are confronted with marvellous and most unexpected super natural occurrences. The Spirits who appear are either...

Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman. With Twenty-Eight Illustrations and Two Articles (One Unpublished Ms. )

Sieceking, I Giberne · 1910

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd., 1910. Hardcover. Francis William Newman (27 June 1805 - 4 October 1897) was an English classical scholar and moral philosopher, prolific miscellaneous writer and activist for vegetarianism and other causes. He was the younger brother of J...

The Antiquity of Man

Keith, Arthur · 1916

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Williams & Norgate, 1916. Hardcover. xx + 519p illustrated. Offers evidence of previous humans, focusing particularly on anatomy, going back to the earliest evidence known at that time. The author was closely involved in evaluating the Piltdown Man remains (in gilt on the fron...

Conversations with the Earth

Cloos, Hans · 1954

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1954. Hardcover. 427p illustrated. Translated from the German by E.B.Garside, where first published in 1947.The book is clean, tight and unmarked in original plum cloth boards. See scans. . Very Good +

Vokes, My Story

Major General Chris Vokes John P MacLean · 1985

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Gallery Books, 1985. Soft Cover. 233p illustrated. Major General Christopher Vokes CB, CBE, DSO, CD (13 April 1904 - 27 March 1985) was a senior Canadian Army officer who fought in World War II. He commanded the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Allied invasion of Sicil...

Back to Lochaber - a Search for Historic Events, Travels, Tales and Customs

MacDonald, Stuart · 1994

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Pentland Press, 1994. Hardcover. 299p illustrated. Wide ranging narrative history of Brae Lochaber through Culloden with the Keppoch Murders, Iain Lom, Culloden, Clearances and a study of Cille Choirill, the fine churchyard of Brae Roy. Much on the MacDonnels of Keppoch. Clean...

The Geology of Western Shetland (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain)

Geological Sciences Inst. · 1976

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

British Geological Survey, 1976. Hardcover. 1st Edition of this Geological Memoir 304p illustrated with photographs and numerous coloured folding maps. Fine in fine d/w without marks or signatures in a like unpriceclipped and protected d/w. Perfect collectable or presentable c...

A New Theory of Mountain Uplift Based on Lunar Gravitation and Oceanic Pressure (or the British Association for the Supression of Science)

Trechmann, C T · 1955

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Pubd. Author (ORIGINAL EDITION), 1955. Soft Cover. 64p. plate and folding maps. Described as The forbidden theory of mountain uplift' of Charles Taylor Trechmann (1884-1964): a tectonic theory of the 1950s. Trechmann's theory suggested that uplift of mountains was the product...

Mountain Rescue & Cave Rescue

1967

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

The Mountain Rescue Committee 1967, 0. Soft Cover. 64p with lists of official rescue teams and posts, regional maps of lake district, North Wales, Glencoe and Ben Nevis, dealing with an accident etc. In VG condition, unmarked and with lists of official rescue teams and posts. ...

The State of the Lunatic Poor in Ireland,Report from the Select Committee. With the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.

1843

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

House of Commons, 1843. Hardcover. Folio175 pp including 32 plates/drawings including some folding and some uncoloured of workhouses around Ireland .Limerick Cork Enniskillen Inishowen. Very good copy disbound. This report is included in a large volume which also contains refe...

Hetland Estate Dumfriesshire Catalogue of Particulars - for Sale by Private Treatt C. 1932 with Photos - Cathutherstown, Dumfries, Dg1 4jx

0

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, 0. Soft Cover. Card covered string bound prospectus 12p with much detail of the house and 2 photos. Full tile: By direction of J.I.McConnell Esq - Particulars of the Estate of Hetland extending to an area of about 780 acres and including one pf ...

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Earth Sciences - Vol 74 Pt 3

0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

, 0. Soft Cover. p.119-182. With B.J.Bluck Role of the Midland Valley of Scotland in the Caledonian orogeny; C.J.Talbot Microdiorite sheet intrusions as incompetent time- and strain-markers in the Moine assemblage NW of the Great Glen fault, Scotland; N. Güzel, M. J. Wilson ...

Smatterings a Brief Outline of the Early Struggles of the Glasgow Geologists to Establish Themselves Within the City, Their Meeting Places and Notes Thereon

Rennie, Willimam · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Printed for Private Distribution, 1946. Soft Cover. 22p pamphlet in original brow card covers; errata slip opposite title page.p1 Clean and unmarked apart from some brown marks on p.6/7 as seen and card covers slightly dusty. See scans. . Very Good

Geology of the Perth and Dundee District (Geological Memoirs & Sheet Explanations

Armstrong, M.; British Geological Survey · 1985

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

British Geological Survey, 1985. Soft Cover. 108p well illustrated with maps & photos. Clean and unmarked but one corner turned. See scans. (ISBN: 0118843680).. Very Good

The Geology of the Malin-Hebrides Sea Area: No. 4 (Offshore Regional Geology Guides)

Fyfe, J.A.; British Geological Survey · 1994

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Stationery Office Books, 1994. Soft Cover. 91p many coloured maps. In near fine unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 0118844946).. Near Fine

Johnston's Clan Map of the Scottish Highlands. Showing Also Clan Tartans, Chiefs' Arms and Illustrations of Highland Dress, Ancient and Modern

0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

W & A K Johnstone, 0. . Large folding linen backed map of the Clans of Scotland. 38 x 28 folding to 8vo. With tartans of many clans alongside the colurful map. Some marginal loss where the map has previously been displayed and some minor superficial marks but stil near VG Unda...

Stornoway Historical Society Exhibition 2002 - People and Places

2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Stornoway Historical Society, 2002. Soft Cover. Brochure for the 2002 Exhibition . The exhibition and brochure were designed by Blind Stag.28p many adverts but sections onHarris Tweed, Stornoway and the Fishing, Public Services, Stornoway at War, Health Care, Town Council,Town...

Hams Estate, Warwickshire (in Parishes of Lea Marston, Curdworth, Nether Whiteacre and Kinsbury. - Auction Sale Particulars - July 1911 with Multiple Maps and Plans B76 0df B76 9jd B46 2et B76 0ba

1911

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Edwards, Son & Bigwood, 1911. Hardcover. Auction prospectus - full title: By Direction of the Right Hon. Lord Norton. Warwick shire.Plans, Particulars and Photographs of the Hams Estate in the Parishes of Lea Marston, Curdworth, Nether Whitacre and Kingsbury extending to about...