Creaking Shelves Books

Hippie Hippie Shake: The Dreams, the Trips, the Trials, the Love-Ins, the Screw Ups. The Sixties

Richard Neville · 1995

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1995. Hardcover. 376p; the well illustrated hardback edition. Clean and tight. Unmarked. Endpapers illustrate covers of the Oz Magazine. See scans and email for more. (ISBN: 0747515549).. Very Good +

Just So Stories

Kipling, Rudyard · 1996

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Books of Wonder Harper Collins, 1996. Hardcover. An attractive hardback edition of the classic stories of Kipling. With attractive coloured illustrations by Barry Moser in orginal illustrated laminated boards with a matching d/w. Clean and unmarked in unclipped d/w. A very col...

Between the Sunset and the Sea: A View of 16 British Mountains

Ingram, Simon · 2015

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

William Collins, 2015. Hardcover. 1st Edition of 2015 in hardback - in VG+ unmarked condition.No marks or signatures. See scans (ISBN: 0007545401).. Very Good

Auchencairn . And District. A Collection of Information, Factual, Legendar and Speculative, About the Area . A4 Photocopied (? As Issued)

Gray, A & Paton, H.M. · 1976

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pubd. By Authors, 1976. Soft Cover. 42p with many photographsand much detailed information. Many of the photographs are of old postcards which ar not reproduced well. Nevertheless an important local record. Much reference to local mining and mills. Slightly toned but still VG ...

Clackmannan and the Ochils: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (Rias Illustrated Architectural Guides to Scotland)

Swan, Adam · 1987

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Scottish Academic Press, 1987. Soft Cover. 112p generously illustrated the book is clean and in near fine condition.Small neat shelf number on title page. Perfect collectable or presentable copy. See scans. (ISBN: 0707305136).. Near Fine

Stirling and the Trossachs: Illustrated Architectural Guide

McKean, Charles · 1994

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

RiAS (Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland), 1994. Soft Cover. 152p generously illustrated; maps. A volume in the 'Illustrated Architectural Guides' series; Foreword by Dakers Fleming. Clean, tight and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0707304628).. Near Fine

Visiting Card - John Shanks Teacher of Cutting (Tailor)

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£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

, 0. . Small antique business/visiting card labelled John Shanks Teacher of Cutting His system cuts to any form of body (Male or Female). No other details as far as locality or age is concerned -? early Victorian. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 (9.4 x 6.2cms) It is used and grubby with a sig...

The Burges - the History of a Farming Family 1719-1880

Burge, Mary · 1989

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Pubd. By Author, 1989. Soft Cover. Unpaginated c.48p with photos, maps & familty trees. A comprehensive small history of the family over300 years. Clean and unmarked. See Scans. . Near Fine

Roots of Bsw Timber Plc: 150 Years in the Timber Industry

Watson, Nigel · 1999

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

St Matthew's Press, 1999. Soft Cover. 64p well illustrated. The story of BSW timber who have been run by the Brownlie family for 5 generations. Clean, tight and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0953410102).. Near Fine

Allerton Park, Yorkshire. Auction Sale Catalogue for a 3 Day Sale of the Contents of the Castle. Illustrated. 1965

1965

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Henry Spencer & Sons, 1965. Soft Cover. Wiki: Allerton Castle, also known as Allerton Park ( HG5 0SE ) , is a Grade I listed nineteenth-century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England It is ten miles (16 km) east of Harrogate and jus...

Kirkland Hall, Churchtown, Near Preston Lancashire . Sale by Auction of Valuable Furniture and Houshold Effects and Valuable Library 1969

1969

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

E.J.Reed & Sons, 1969. Soft Cover. 28p booklet listing 396 lots for sale by Auction on 19th June 1969. Kirkland Hall is a grade II listed buliding at PR3 0HX Over 50 of the lots are for books. In very good clean condition but a few buyers annotations. See scans. . Very Good +

Halton, Lancaster (Lancashire) - Auction Sale Catalogue for Carus Farm 1948

1948

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Thos. Armitstead, 1948. Soft Cover. Sale catalogue. Full title: Plan, Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the Excellent Freehold Dairy Farm known as Carus Farm situated in the Parish of Halton, Near Lancaster and containng 42 acres to be offered for sale by public auction on...

North Lonsdale, Lake District - Auction Sale Catalogue for the Fishery on the River Crake from Lake Coniston - with 8 Detailed Large Scale Coloured Maps of the River. 1959

1959

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Messrs. Sanderson & Royle, 1959. Soft Cover. Auction Sale Catalogue for the Fishery. Full title: By Order of Major J.U.Machell, M.F.H. On the River Crake from Lake Coniston, south to below Spark Bridge, North Lonsdale. Important Sale of valuable Salmon and Trout Fishery rights...

Auction Sale Catalogue for Thorphinstry Hall, Cartmel Fell, Grange-over-Sands Lancashire-Westmoreland Border Cumbria 1966 with Coloured Plan. Now Known As Thorphinstry Barn at La11 6nf

1966

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Jackson Stops and Staff, 1966. Soft Cover. Auction Sale Catalogue/ Prospectus for Thorphinstry Hall, Cartmel Fell, Grange-over-Sands. Full title: Lancashire.Westmoreland Border. In the National Park a few miles South East of Lake Windemere. Particulars and plan of the Attested...

The Other Railway Clearing House

Jenkins, Peter R. · 1987

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Pubd. Author, 1987. Soft Cover. 96p illustrated. The largest building in the world, the other Railway Clearing House would solve London's traffic congestion and reduce the cost of goods transport by the use of containers. Proposed by Alfred Gattie in the 1900s, a public inquir...

Place Names of Lochaber

Mackinnon, Lachlan · 1973

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Saltire Society, 1973. Soft Cover. 32p detailed list of place names in Lochaber by local district. No marks or signatures but some light foxing of the laminated card cover. See scans. . Good

The Creation of Shambellie: The Story of a Victorian Building Contract

Rowan, Alistair · 1982

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Royal Scottish Museum Studies, 1982. Soft Cover. 64p illustrated with portraits, old prints, plans and photographs. Clean, unmarked and appears unused. Would be fine but for the reamains of a label on the front card cover. See scans. (ISBN: 0900733241).. Near Fine

Steam on the Birmingham Gloucester Loop: The Redditch, Alcester & Evesham Branches of the Midland Railway

Jarvis, Philip J. · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Brewin Books, 1985. Soft Cover. 80p of monochrome photos with text. Internally VG+ but covers rubbed and a price sticker on the front cover. Excellent working coy. See scans. (ISBN: 0947731083).. Good +

Everyday Life in Old Scotland -Part Three - from 1707 to the End of the Nineteenth Century

Grant, I.F. · 1932

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1932. Hardcover. p.295-409. Illustrated. Part 3 but stands lone. The book is clean, tight and without marks or signatures. Endpapers toned. The d/w has some small splits at the top of the spine and is toned at the edges with a darkened spine. See scan...

Stargazing: Past and Present - 1st Edition

Lockyer, J. Norman; Expanded from shorthand notes with the assistance of G. M. Seabroke · 1878

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

MacMillan & Co., 1878. Hardcover. The original first edition of this important book by Lockyer, the scientist and astronomer (1836-1920). He is credited with the discovery of Helium and was the founder and first editor of the journal Nature. xiv+496p. Frontis of Newall's tele...