Creaking Shelves Books

Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels

McQueen, Andrew · 1924

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Gowans & Gray Ltd, 1924. Hardcover. 196p many photos and drawings of Clyde paddle steamr including a folding photograph of the Broomielaw in the early fifties (1850's). History of the paddle steamers of the Clyde from the earliest times, the companies and their development. Th...

Killing of the Red Fox: Investigation Into the Appin Murder

Carney, Seamus · 1989

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Lochar Publishing Ltd, 1989. Hardcover. xii+194p illustrated. The story of Scotland's most impenetrable unsolved crime - the Appin Murder - which still resonates with intrigue after 250 years. The book is in fine unmarked and unused condition with a similar unclipped d/w. A pe...

Pembrokeshire - Auction Sale Catalogue for Parts of the Camrose Estate, Begelly, South Wales. 1919 with Coloured Map.

1919

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Lloyd & Thomas, 1919. Soft Cover. Original Auction Sale Prospectus : Title: Pembrokeshire. Parish of Begelly. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale of very valuable Freehold, Desirable Farms & Small Holdings. Also an Attractive Mansion, Cottages and Gardens, Public House a...

Watercolour C. 1830 - Loch Lomond Steamer - Original - with Loch Lomond Passenger Steamers 1818-1989

1838

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

, 0. . Original watercolour of Loch Lomond with an early paddle steamer and a fishing cobble. Not titled as Loch Lomond but the outline of the hills is absolutely consistent with the steel engraving in Beattie's Scotland Illustrated 1838 print by Allom and Bartlett titled the ...

Out and About from Crieff

Steven, Campbell · 1970

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Published By Author, 0. Soft Cover. 32p booklet by Campbell Steven well known author and mountaineer - with an emphasis on the hills about Crieff -but includes The Hermitge Dunkeld, Glen Lyon,Wade Roads, Ben Chronzie, The Cairnwell, Ardoch Romam Fort, Skiiing and Ben Lui and e...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey England and Wales: The Geology of the Country between Bradford and Skipton - (Explanation of Quarter Sheet 92 S.E. )

1879

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

HMSO, 1879. Soft Cover. 20p Tables and Index. One of the old comprehensive local memoirs - much detail. Addingham Edge, Bradford, Calder valley, Coal measures, Denholme, Farnhill Moor, Kinder Scout grit, limestone shales, Oxenhope etc. Complete and in VG condition in original ...

The Ben Race - the Supreme Test of Athletic Fitness

MacLennan, Hugh Dan · 1994

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Ben Nevis Race Association, 1994. Soft Cover. 218p soft cover; the definitive and exhaustive work by Hugh Dan on The Ben Race. Compulsory and addictive for past competitors, aspirants and onlookers. Every year on the first Saturday in September about 400 runners race up Ben Ne...

The Lesser Rorqual (Balaenoptera Rostrata) in the Scotttish Sea, with Observations on Itts Anatomy in Vol. XIX (P. 1-80) of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1891-92 - with Other Papers.

Turner, Sir William · 1892

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Royal Society of Edinburgh 1891-92, 1892. Soft Cover. p.1-80 in origianal wrappers which are chipped. The Whale paper runs from p 36-75 with four plates/drawings. Another paper covers The tactics adopted by certain birds when flying in the wind. Clean and unmarked. See scans....

Guide for the Identification and Reporting of Stranded Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises and Turtles on the British Coast

1953

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

British Museum (Natural History), 1953. Soft Cover. 42p descrbing and illustrating each species, Clean and unmarked copy - very collectable. see scans. . Very Good +

A Highland Memory: Personal Reminicences, Both Grave and Gay

An Old Colonial · 1893

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Northern Chronicle, 1893. Hardcover. 159p with forty-five original drawings and sketches by the author. Undated but a copy of an advert for the book in the Highland Monthly for April 1993 is included. Uncommon. Well used with ex library and evidence of handling. Robust 1/4 lea...

On the Cervical Vertebrae and Their Articulations in Fin-Whales (1872)

Struthers, Prof. John · 1872

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Journal of Anatomy & Physiology), 1872. Hardcover. Orginal 55p offprint from the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol,VII Nov.1872. Disbound from a bound volume. No wrappers. 2 plates (detached). Clean without marks apart from stamps of the Huxley library, London. Some tonin...

On the Rudimentary Hind-Limb of a Great Fin-Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) in Comparison with Those of the Humpback Whale and the Greenland Right-Whale. 1893

Struthers, Prof. John · 1893

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Journal of Anatomy & Physiology), 1893. Hardcover. p.291-335 from the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol,XXVII April 1893. Disbound from a bound volume. No wrappers. 4 plates., three ofwhich are coloured. Clean without marks apart from stamps of the Huxley library, London....

On the Carpus of the Greenland Right-Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) and of Fin-Whales

Struthers, Prof. John · 1895

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Journal of Anatomy & Physiology), 1895. Hardcover. p.145-187 from the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol,XXIX Jan 1895. Disbound from a bound volume. No wrappers. 3 plates. Clean without marks apart from stamps of the Huxley library, London. and Professor G.B.Howes with th...

On the Bones, Articulations, and Muscles of the Rudimentary Hind-Limb of the Greenland Right-Whale (Balaena Mysticetus)

Struthers, Prof. John · 1881

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

MacMillan & Co (Original offprint), 1881. Hardcover. 58p offprint from the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol,XV, Jan 1881, Disbonud from a bound volume. No wrappers. 4 plats (2 coloured). A paper using several papers to estabish the existence of rudimentary hind limb in t...

The Western Isles: Barra to North Uist V. 1: A Postcard Tour

Charnley, Robert · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

MacLean Press, 1992. Soft Cover. 98p of unusual and perseptive postcards of the more southerly of the Western Isles. Clean, tight and unmarked. A very presentable or collectable copy. See scans. (ISBN: 0951602233).. Very Good +

Cairngorm Area: Report of the Technical Group on the Cairngorm Area of the Eastern Highlands of Scotland

1967

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

HMSO, 1967. Soft Cover. 78p illustrated; 5 detailed coloured folding key maps. Comprehensive. Clean and unmarked but toned at edges.See scans. . Very Good

Night Falls on Ardnamuchan : The Twilight of a Scottish Crofting Family

MacLean, Alasdair · 1984

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Gollancz, 1984. Hardcover. 223p ; 1st edition hardback. A rather depressing narrative of the decline of crofting life in Ardnamurchan, West Highlands of Scotland. Book VG+ without marks or signatures. Unclipped d/w. Uncommon in hardback let alone first edition. See scans. (ISB...

West Coast (of Scotland) Fishing Investigation 1933-34 Very Detailed Typewritten Reports Covering Skye, Lewis and Harrisbarra and the Uists and the North West Mainland Coast

L.D.Fisher & W.M.Ramsay · 1934

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Pubd. By Authors?, 1934. Hardcover. This possibly recently bound report was withdrawn from the Scottish Office Library (with stamps). It consists of 5 reports on different areas of the West Coast Fisheries undertaken by Leslie D.Fisher (Fishery Board for Scotland) and W.M. Ram...

Kirkcudbright's Prince of Denmark: And Her Voyages in the South Seas

Collin, David R. · 2013

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Whittles Publishing, 2013. Soft Cover. The meticulously researched story of the boat Prince of Denmark built to be a Revenue Cutter in Kirkcudbright, Galloway, in 1789. The ship spent much of her life whaling in the south seas before foundering in New Caledonia in 1863. 214p i...

Lewis Trivia Quiz Book

Thompson, Francis · 1989

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Graphis Publications, 1989. Soft Cover. 36p illustrated. A very detailed set of questions about Lewis. A short cut to a comprehensive knowledge of the island? (Very heavy trivia!). Gift inscription on title page; otherwise clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0903570076).. Ve...