Creaking Shelves Books

Between and Beyond the Walls: Essays on the Prehistory and History of North Britain in Honour of George Jobey

Miket, Roger; Burgess, C. · 1983

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. xii_424p illustrated. Essays on the Prehistory and History of North Britain in Honour of George Jobey. A festschrift for George Jobey, British archaeologist. A collection of 22 papers by specialists on archaeological topics relating...

Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland

Gilbert, John M. · 1979

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

John Donald Publishers Ltd., 1979. Hardcover. xi+447p. Plates. A substantial book in near fine, clean and unmarked condition as is the protected unclipped d/w. A perfect collectable or presentable copy. See scans (ISBN: 9780859760300).. Near Fine

Tycho Brahe, a Picture of Scientific Life and Work in the Sixteenth Century

Dreyer, J.L.E. · 1890

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Adam & Charles Black, 1890. Hardcover. The best single treatment of Tycho's life and work. xvi, 405, [2] pp. Frontispiece, 4 plates, index, [ads]. Original dark green gilt-stamped cloth with a gilt impression of telescope on spine (rubbed). Boards clean but some rubbing of edg...

The Grammar of Science

Pearson, Karl · 1892

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Walter Scott, 1892. Hardcover. Karl Pearson FRS FRSE; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 27 April 1936 was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics.[3][4] He founded the world's first universit...

Alone to Everest

Denman, Earl · 1954

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Collins, 1954. Hardcover. 255p. Illustrated. The story of some of Earl Denman's mountaineering exploits on Africa, culminating in his forbidden journey in 1947 through Everest with Tenzing is here told for the first time. Virunga Mountains in the Belgian Congo, Darjeeling Rong...

The Rain Islands

Wood, James · 1957

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gerald Duckworth, 1957. Hardcover. 199p; map of the Faeroes. Wood was from Elgin and he wrote about ships and the sea. This novel is probably based on his wartime familiarity with the Faeroes. The book has been well read with an owners name and some small spots on the fep. The...

Charcot of the Antarctic

Oulie, Marthe · 1938

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

John Murray, 1938. Hardcover. 35 pages +4p adverts. B/w photograph plates + 3 maps. Index. The n=book is in good condition, tight and clean but with a gift inscription on the fep and some fairly minor Biro scribbles on the boards as sen in scans. Excellent reading copy. See Sc...

In All Respects Ready: The Merchant Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1945

Frederick B. Watt · 1985

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Prentice Hall of Canada Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. 221p illustrated. In near fine unmarked condition as is the unpriceclipped d/w. See scans (ISBN: 0134536304).. Near Fine

Denmark: Hitler's Model Protectorate.

Gudme, StenVictor · 1942

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1942. Hardcover. Translated from the Danish by Jan Noble. 165p. Pages toned and owners name dated 1942 on front pastedown. Hatchards booksellers label. Few tiny marks on boards. See scans. . Near Very Good

Soldier Songs

MacGill, Patrick · 1917

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Herbert Jenkins, 1917. Hardcover. Patrick MacGill was an Irish Navvy working in Scotland later wrote Children of the Dead End, based about Kinlochleven and many more including Moleskin Joe and books about WWI. This later book records his war experiences in verse. Mentions Give...

Scottish Winter Climbs

MacInnes, Hamish · 1982

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Constable, 1982. Hardcover. An unmarked first edition in hardback of MacInnes's Winter Climbs. 480p well illustrated with very many photos of routes and pitches. Clean and unmarked in like unclipped d/w. See scans (ISBN: 0094636206).. Very Good

The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

Newcomb, Simon · 1903

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Harper and Brothers, 1903. Hardcover. x 424p. Portrait frontis. TEG. Endpapers toned but no ownership detail. Hinges cracked and boards have wear of corners and spine. See scans . Good

Christianity and Slavery. With a Chapter on Christianity and the Labour Movement. London, 1920

Cohen, Chapman · 1920

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

The Pioneer Press, 1920. Soft Cover. Chapman Cohen (1 September 1868 4 February 1954) was an English freethinker, atheist, and secularist writer and lecturer.95p With last page of pamphlet adverts fir the Pioneer Press. Oval portrait frontis of the author on front cover. Chapt...

The Bull and the Barriers: The Wrecks of Scapa Flow

Wood, Lawson · 2009

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The History Press, 2009. Soft Cover. 127p very well illustrated. Clean and unmarked - near fine condition. See scans . Near Fine

Creag Meagaidh

1990

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Nature Conservancy Council, 1990. Soft Cover. 18p illustrated well got up booklet about this national nature reserve and winter climbing cliff. In fine unmarked condition. See scans (ISBN: 0861396235).. Near Fine

A Compleat System of Fencing: Or, the Art of Defence, in the Use of the Small-Sword [Electronic Resource] : Wherein the Most Necessary Parts Thereof Are Plainly Laid Down; Chiefly for Gentlemen, Promoters and Lovers of That Science in North America. : Shewing Also, How Necessary It Is for All Gentlemen to Learn It. In a Dialogue between Master and Scholar - 1976 Limited Edition Reprint.

Blackwell, Edward · 1975

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Printing and Post Office, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1975. Soft Cover. x, [2], 91, [1] p. This Limited Facsimile Edition has been hand set from Caflon type, printed and bound in the prevailing styles of the 18th century at the Printing and Post Office, Williamsburg, Virginia, 197...

No Stone Unturned: A History of Farming, Landscape and Environment in the Scottish Highlands and Islands

Dodgshon, Robert A · 2015

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh University Press, 2015. Hardcover. 299p illustrated.In as new unmarked condition - the hardback first edition in laminated boards as seen in scans. (ISBN: 9781474400749).. As New

Historical and Genealogical Account of the Principal Families of the Name of Kennedy

Pitcairn, Robert · 1830

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Willia Tait; John Stevenson, 1830. Hardcover. xii+217p. Folding Pedigrees. The book is clean and the paper crisp but the original paper covered boards are just held by the cords ad much of the spine is superficially split and the bottom third is wanting. Bookplate on fep of Jo...

Fifty Years of Fire Fighting in London

While, Jack. · 1911

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Hutchinson & Co, 1911. Hardcover. The first edition in hardback of this classic work on London fires. The book is tight and largely clean but with toning and light foxing of the prelims. 285p all plates present and very good. The boards however are dull with a darkened spine w...

Reminiscences and Reflections of an Old West Country Clergyman - First Privately Printed Edition

Thornton, W.H. · 1899

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Andrew Iredale, 1899. Hardcover. 318p. This is the Second Series of the book - the first was published a few months ago. Bishop Phillpotts had said to me, with the satire natural to him upon his lips :- Young man, I suppose you will be wanting to preach. I wish for one year I...