Creaking Shelves Books

The Long Day 1883-1983

Jameson, Margaret Bland · 1983

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Privately Printed edition of 200, 1983. Hardcover. One of 200 unnumbered copies printed for the Governing body of Charterhouse School and other subscribers. Frontispiece portrait and an other text illustration. The author was an accomplished skater and travelled widely. In nea...

The Greatest Wealth

Bradley, John A. · 2011

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Soft Cover. Privately published autobiography:Bradley looks back on a life well lived and researches the validity of a guiding principle that dates all the way back to Buddha and Boethius. He offers his own opinion on the rape...

Photographic Album of Castle Douglas

2008

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Birlinn, 2008. Hardcover. Poulton's Collotype album of Views of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire. Undated but c.1900. 16 Views of the Town, the street Carlingwalk loch, Threave Castle; the Lovers Walk, Bridge of Dee Auchencairn street view etc. In poor condition. Boards bent...

Oatmeal and the Catechism: Scottish Gaelic Settlers in Quebec (Mcgill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History)

Bennett, Margaret · 1998

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

McGill-Queen's University Press/ John Donald, 1998. Hardcover. This work records the oral history, folklore and folk-life of emigrants from the Outer Hebrides to Quebec in the 19th century. It opens with the historical background before telling oral history as remembered and e...

Captain Jones's Irish Sea Cruize

Bradbury, David · 2005

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

PastPresented, 2005. Soft Cover. 64p illustrated. An account of John Paul Jones's raid on Whitehaven and Kirkcudbright, taken from contemporary records. Clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 1904367224).. Very Good

The Traveller's Eye: Life in Gatehouse-of-Fleet 200 Years Ago - an Eye-Witness Account

Heron, Robert Gavin Mann (Editor) · 1991

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Beechwood Publishing, 1991. Soft Cover. 32p illustrated. Clean and unmarked apart from a neat owners signature on the title page. See scans (ISBN: 0951047728).. Very Good +

The Churches of Rerrick. (Auchencairn History Society Monograph Number Four)

Gellatly, Morton · 2003

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Auchencairn History Society, 2003. Soft Cover. 60p illustrated. In clean unmarked condition. See scans. . Near Fine

The Loss of the Princess Victoria

Hunter, Jack · 2005

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Stranraer and District Local History Trust, 2005. Soft Cover. 20p.The story of the worst ferry disaster in Britich coastal waters when the Stranraer- Larne ferry sank in a severe storm with the loss of 133 lives in January 1953. Clean, unmarked and near fine condition. See sca...

Kirkcudbright Sailing Club - a History of the Early Years 1956-1974

Colin, David R. · 2007

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Kirkcudbright Sailing Club, 2007. Soft Cover. 48p well illustrated. In clean unmarked condition.See scans . Very Good +

We Will Remember Them - Kirkcudbright's Sons 1939-1945

Devlin, Ian · 2006

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Kirkcudbright History Society and The Stewartry Museum, 2006. Soft Cover. Substantail book offering biographies of some 28 Kirkcudbright men who fell in WWII; most with portraits. Clean, tigiht and unmarked apart froom signed giftinscription by the author on the title page. Se...

Nether Lochaber - the Story of a West Highland Community on the Road to the Isles

2000

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

The Millenium Committee of Nether Lochaber Parish Church, 2000. Soft Cover. 29 p illustrated. Detailled local history well illustrated. Covers early times, work and industry, churches and ministers, Rev.Alexander Stewart (Nether Lochaber), leisure and recreation,schools and ed...

The Hebrides

Boyd, Kenneth M. · 1990

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Collins New Naturalist Series, 1990. Hardcover. The paperback copy of one of rarer New Naturalists. Colour and b/w photos, plates & diagrams. 416p. this copy has been read with a littoe creasing of the spine and a aturned corner. No significant marks or signatures. Excellent r...

From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides: An Autobiography

Shaw, Margaret Fay. · 1993

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Canongate Books Ltd, 1993. Hardcover. 150p illustrated. Hardback edition. The autobiography of Margaret Fay Shaw who came from America collecting Hebridean songs, met amd married John Lorne Campbell; he bought the Island of Canna where they amassed a major library of Gaelic Bo...

The Scottish Tourist; Being a Guide to the Picturesque Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland

Rhind, William (Editor) · 1845

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

W.H.Lizars, 1845. Hardcover. xiii+414p inc.index. Blind embossed gilt red boards Complete with Walter Scott facsimile, 8 of 9 maps - 2 large and folding including an attractive coloured geological map of Scotland) with numerous plates. A comprehensive Victorian Guide to Scotla...

Ventriloquism Made Easy - the History, Theory, and Practice of the Art, Illustrated and Exhibited. Miniature - Bijou Books

Hardy, F. · 0

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Frederick Warne and Co., . Hardcover. 94p 2p reviews.2p coloured plates. Miniature book all edges gilt in clean unmarked condition;The sewn binding has been streched however with spine visible between pages p.16/17 and p.80/82. Still at least VG. See scans. . Very Good

Windsor Old and New

Harwood, T Eustace · 1929

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Printed for the Author, 1929. Hardcover. Rare privately printed Windsor History.412p index many plates (all present) 400 copies printed but this copy is unnumbered. In original plain brown cloth binding with simpe title label on the spine. Some light shelf wear,toning of endpa...

Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society Vol XIV

1876

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Charles Whittingham for the Society, 1876. Hardcover. This Volume 14 1872-76. contains:1. Notice of Lord Zouche (24p); 2. Original documents relating to Venetian painters and their pictures in the 16th century. Communicated by Edward Cheney -- (112p); 3. Letters of the Bonapar...

In the Long Run As Told by J.H. Peters and His Coach `Johnny` Johnston

Edmundson, Joseph · 1955

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Cassel & Co, 1955. Hardcover. Classic book on post war Marathon Running by Peters who broke the world record four times and was the first to set a time under 2 hours and 20 minutes for the distance. 216p illustrated.The book is clean and unmarked without signatures or annotati...

Patterson's History of Victoria County

Paterson, G.G. Edited By W.James MacDonald · 1978

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

College of Cape Breton Press, 1978. Hardcover. 223p maps good index. . The book is clean, tight and unmarked and appears little used. The unpriceclipped d/w has a little shelfwear but still at least VG. See scans (ISBN: 0920336027).. Very Good +

The Heights, Witley Surrey - Illustrated Auction Sale Catalogue for the House 1933 Gu8 4sw

1933

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

H B Baverstock & Son, 1933. Soft Cover. The Heights is situauted close to Witley Station and 4 miles from Godalming, 5 miles from Haslemere. It was designed for Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), who played a prominent role in organising the Great Exhibition. The house was completed ...