Creaking Shelves Books

The Campbells of the Ark: Men of Argyll in 1745 - Volumes II of 2 Only

Black, Ronald · 2017

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

John Donald, 2017. Soft Cover. Volume II of the two classic volumes by Ronald Black.In the course of his long poem An Airce, The Ark, the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for the part they played in defeating Prince Charle...

The Campbells of the Ark: Men of Argyll in 1745 - Volumes 1 of 2 Only

Black, Ronald · 2017

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

John Donald, 2017. Soft Cover. Volume I only of 2 of two classic volumes by Ronald Black.In the course of his long poem An Airce, The Ark, the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for the part they played in defeating Prince C...

Turf-Walled Houses of the Central Highlands: An Experiment in Reconstruction

Noble, R.Ross · 1983

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Folk Life - A Journal of Ethnological Studies, 1983. Soft Cover. p.68-83 offprint from Folk Life - A Journal of Ethnological Studies. Illustrated. Clean and unmarked. See scans . Very Good

The Geology of the Island of Arran, from Original Survey - Defective Copy But with Hand Coloured Plates of the Geology of Glasgow

Ramsay, Andrew · 1841

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Richard Griffin and Company, 1841. Soft Cover. 78p. Bookplate of George R Alexander 42 Sardinia Terrace, Glasgow on front pastedown - Alexander was a council member of the Geological Society of Glasgow. The scarce first edition of this mid nineteenth century geological survey ...

Original Myths

Crockatt, Ian · 2000

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cruachan Publications, 2000. Soft Cover. Ian Crockatt was born in Perth in 1949 and now lives and works in North Aberdeenshire. He completed an MLitt in Creative Writing in 2010, and a PhD on translating skaldic verse from the Orkneyinga Saga, at Aberdeen University's Centre f...

An Account of the Principal Pleasure Tours in Scotland: With a Copious Itinerary of the Great Lines of Road, and the Several Cross Roads in the Country. Illustrated with Maps and Views

1821

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

John Thomson and Co, 1821. Hardcover. iv + 168pp + 174pp + List of Plates. Large folding hand coloured map of Scotland and another but lacks one map facing Itinerary. 8 engraved views of Edinburgh, falls of Bruar, Island of Staffa with Fingal's cave etc.. The book is complete...

Kintyre in the Seventeenth Century

McKerral, Andrew · 1948

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Oliver & Boyd, 1948. Hardcover. 189p+3p catalogue/. The first edition of this scholarly history of Kintyre. Map on front pastedown. Includes chapters on Highland and lowland names pertaining to Kintyre.The book has been damped with some flaring and discolouration of the boards...

Slaves and Highlanders: Hearing Silenced Histories

Alston, David · 2021

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Edinburgh University Press, 2021. Soft Cover. 381p. The first edition of this first work on the history of Slaver and Plantation ownership as related to Highland families. In as new unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 9781474427319).. As New

Chronicles of Cowal, Argyll

Angus McLean · 2001

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

The Pentland Press, 2001. Hardcover. 449p The definitive history of the area. Clean, unmarked and in near fine condition. No marks or signatures and appears little used. The near fine d/w is unclipped but there is a little sunning of the spine of the d/w.. See scans (ISBN: 185...

Scenes and Stories of the North of Scotland. New Edition

Sinclair, John · 1891

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

James Thin, 1891. Hardcover. 242p This edition, one year after the first edition has three coloured and eight lithograph illustrations, including the Grind of the Naver, Hillswick, Shetland and aHhighlander and the Standing Stones of Callanish . Illustrated brown cloth. Conten...

Kingairloch Cameos: Anecdotes from a West Highland Community in the 19th. & 20th. Century

Cameron, Anne Edgar · 2003

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Edgar Liddle Books, 2003. Soft Cover. 109p illustrated. Anecdotes and tales of Kingairloch, a small settlement on the west shore of Loch Linnhe between Ardgour and Glen Sanda, Collected by the author when she was researching her booklet on Kingairloch Church and School (1999)....

All at Sea in the Highlands: Or, an Odyssey in Scotland

Mitchell, Keith · 1996

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

K. Mitchell, 1996. Soft Cover. 152p illustrated. A substantial privately published travelogue of the Highs and Lows of a holiday in the Cruiser Glengarry Castle on the Caledonian Canal between the West Coast and Inverness in the Sottish Highlands passing through Loch Ness, Loc...

Loose Scree Issue No. 76

0

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Pubd. By Authors?, 0. Soft Cover. 40p illustrated with mountaineering related articles - history of the Pillar Mountaineering Club, The Climb with Mr Somervell to 28,000 feet by E.F.Noreton( Mallory and Irvine on Everest) and etc. Clean and unmarked. See scans . Very Good

On the Sulphur & Chalybeate Waters of Strathpeffer Spa in the Scottish Highlands with Local Guide.

Manson, D. · 1884

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

J.& A. Churchill, 1884. Hardcover. (6)+106p+3p reviews +10p adverts - local spas and hotels. Bound in original maroon pebbled cloth with gilt title on front board.Decorative endpapers, owners names on front pastedown and title page.. The folding map has a neat sellotape repair...

The Tiree Association - an Comunn Tirisdeach - Jubilee Gathering Concert and Dance Program 1950 Glasgow

1950

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

The Tiree Association, 1950. Soft Cover. 32p including adverts. Illustrated. Portraits, group photos. In original soft card wrapper with some reading wer and one corner chipped. See scans. . Good

Handwritten Military Histories in a Half Leather Bound Volume - Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Royal Scots, Queens, 3 Buffs, 4th Foot, 5th Northumberland Fusiliers Etc

1905

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

, 1905. Hardcover. Neatly handwritten detailed military history of many British Regiments each with a list of Colonels. Sections on the Grenadier Guards,Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, 1. Royal Scots; 2 Queens; 3 Buffs; 4th Foot; 5th Northumberland Fusiliers; 6t...

Care and Supervision Provided in Relation to Maria Colwell: Committee of Inquiry Report

Department Of Health And Social Security · 1974

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Stationery Office Books, 1974. Soft Cover. 120p. The detailed report following the death of 7 year old Maria Colwell at the hand of her astepfaher in Hoce Sussex. The book is cleaan unmarked but shows some reading wear and has a small blind tear near the spine at the top edge....

Knox: The Anatomist

Rae, Isobel · 1963

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Hardcover. 164p portrait frontis, illustrated. The book is clean and without marks or signatures. The unclipped d/w is a little chipped. See scans. . Very Good

Such Is the Antarctic

Christensen, Lars · 1933

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. Hardcover. xiii+265p. Endpaper maps and many plates, complete, with two other g]folding maps in the text block. The book is clean, tight and appears little read/ No marks or signatures but some light foxing of the prelims. The boards are bright blue, ...

Cheiro's Memoirs. The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist Including Interviews with King Edward the Seventh, W.E. Gladstone. Etc

Cheiro · 1912

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

William Rider and Son Ltd., 1912. Hardcover. xvi+214p+9p catalogue.Many plates including Royalty, Politicians and ProfessorD'Odiardi's Thought Machine. The book is clean and tight but with some light blotchy foxing. Owners =name - Lucy Douglas dated 1912 on fep. There is a sli...