Creaking Shelves Books

Reminiscences of My Life in the Highlands Vols. 1 & 2 Complete

Mitchell, John · 1971

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

David & Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Mitchell was an engineer working on Highland Roads and the Caledonian Canal. This book in two volumes was first published in 1874 but is almost unobtainable in first edition - virtually all the copies were destroyed at the time of the author's...

Lending a Hand: Or, Help for the Working Classes. Chapters on Some Vexed Questions of the Day,

(Ward, Charlotte) · 1866

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1866. Hardcover. 372p 2p cat. The book is clean and tight with bright blue boards and gilt titling. Half title then the contents pages precceed the title page. VG+ copy apart from a missing fep. See scans . Near Very Good

Some Priests of Moidart

Ireland, Father Jerome (Edited By John Dye) · 2000

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Blackfriars Publications, 2000. Soft Cover. 43p. Taken from the Research of the Late Father Jerome Ireland. Clean and little used though some minor marks on the card covers. See scans. . Very Good

Dalwhinnie a Hamlet on the Great North Road

2008

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Dalwhinnie Past & Present, 2008. Hardcover. 199p comprising about 185 small photographs with limited text - some in colour, some sepia some black & white of the life past and present of this village on the Great North Road (the A9) with sections on the People, the Buidings, Ge...

An Island and Its People: Eigg a Photographic Record

2005

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

The Isle of Eigg Historical Society, 2005. Soft Cover. 50p photographic story. In near fine unmarked and probably unread condition. See scans. (ISBN: 0955165008).. Near Fine

Arisaig and Morar: A History

Rixson, Denis · 2002

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Tuckwell Press Ltd, 2002. Soft Cover. First and only edition.170p illustrated. The book is clean, tight and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 1862321248).. Very Good

Kingairloch Church & School - a Short History

Cameron, Anne E. · 1999

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Yeoman (Morvern ) Ltd., 1999. Soft Cover. 81p illustreated record of this lost school and its local church - on a beautiful coastal part of the Morvern peninsula, Lochaber, West Highlands Scotland. Colour illustrations. Clean, unmarked and appears unread. See scans. (ISBN: 094...

Birds of Lochaber

Sargent, Dominic · 1997

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pubd. By Author, 1997. Soft Cover. The only book specifically on the Birds of Lochaber in the West Highlands of Scotland. 37p map line drawings. Clean and unmarked but a rear corner has been folded. See scans. (ISBN: 0953034607).. Very Good +

A Cairn of Small Stones - Hardback 1st Edition

Watts, John · 1996

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

The Pentland Press, 1996. Hardcover. 169p. Much acclaimed fictional story of a Catholic family in the West Highlands of Scotland through two Jacobite rebellions. The book is clean, tight and umnmarked as is the unclipped d/w but the spine is sunned. See scans. (ISBN: 185821367...

Ordnance Survey - Map of the Glasgow District - 1921 Edition

1921

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Ordnance Survey, 1921. . An unusual Ordnance Survey map of Glasgw. Stated 1921 Edition and magnetic variation to 1920. Mounted on linen. Clean and little used. See scans. Size: Folds to 7 x 4 . Very Good +

Rudd - the Search for a Cape Merchant

Seekings, John Cormac · 2009

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Klipdrift Books, 2009. Soft Cover. 210p profusely illustrated history of Charles Rudd, prospector in South Africa and Sportsman in the West Highlands of Scotland where he retired to and is buried in Acharacle Argyll. During his life-time CDR was a well-known and controversial ...

The Dark Ages in the Highlands - Ancient Peoples - Local History - Archaelogy

0

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Inverness Field Club, . Soft Cover. 90p illustrated. Articles on Iron Age Forts in Caithness, the Church in Celtic Scotland, North Pictland, the meaning of Pictish Symbol Stones and the Viking Highlands. The book has rusting staples and evidence of some mildew due to old dampi...

Down to Earth

Kellas, Arthur · 1990

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

The Pentland Press, 1990. Hardcover. 175p. Based on his diaries of the time, this book is the intimate story of a junior Officer's adventures, frustrations and reflections about life and death in the British Army between 1939 and 1944. the author took to Commando Training in t...

How We Lived Then, 1914-1918 : A Sketch of Social and Domestic Life in England During the War

Peel, Mrs. C.S.Peel, O.B.E, · 1928

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. 235p + 4p adverts. A social history of a Country at War. A classic. In original boards., The book is tight and clean with a previous owners name on the fep and a small stab mark hidden on the front cover but penetrating 4 pages. ...

The Hospitals of Lochaber: Their Origin and History (History of Highland Hospitals)

Jim Leslie; Stephen J. Leslie · 2013

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Old Manse Books, 2013. Soft Cover. 85p meticulous coverage of the Hospitals of the West Highland District of Lochaber. Glencoe Hospital, Belford Hospital, Invergarry sanatorium and etc with contemporary photos. Clean and as new without marks or signatures. See scans. (ISBN: 09...

Caithness - Dunnet Olrig & Reay 1793-4: A Reprint from the First Statistical Account of Scotland

1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pentland Press, 0. Soft Cover. Undated c.1974. 40pp. 3x Maps Reprints from The Statistical Account of Scotland by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. (Edinburgh: William Creech) - Parish of Dunnet, Volume 11, pp243-258, (1794); Parish of Olrick, Volume 12, pp. 156-164, (1794); Parish of ...

Caithness Notebook No. 4 - Old Thurso

Grant, Donald · 1978

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Caithness Books, 1978. Soft Cover. The fourth of the Caithness Notebooks - fourth printing but unchanged from the first edition. 64p comprehensive papers on Thurso as a Port, the Meadow Well, Keeping the Peace, Thurso's markets, Keeping Thurso clean, All over a dunghill (One d...

The Rough Bounds of Lochaber - Garbh-Chriochan Loch Abar

King, Dr Jacob & Clyne, Dr Heather · 2000

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Scottish Natural Heritage, 2000. Soft Cover. 47p. Beautifully produced illustrated description of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber, an area of rocky headlands, moors and inaccessible hill ground bounded by Northern Ardnamurchan, Loch Sunart, Dorlin and Acharacle, Loch Shiel, Moida...

A Long Way from Lochaber - the Life Story of Charles Cameron Macdonald 1903-1990

Slingelandt, Nan Van & MacDonald, Innes · 2000

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Pubd. By Authors, 2000. Soft Cover. Colour printed over mauve card covers, photo portrait to front cover, 102 pages, illustrated with a number of black & white photographs. The biography of Charles Cameron MacDonald.The foreword by Murdo Campbell: It is a privilege to write a ...

While the Wild Geese Fly Tales of a Highland Farmer and Auctioneer

Cameron, Donald · 1985

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Pubd. By Author, 1985. Soft Cover. The authors first book in first edition giving much information about Glen Nevis during his earlier life and as an auctioneer in Fort William. 145p illustrated. No marks or signatures but spine lightly sunned. See scans. . Very Good +