Creaking Shelves Books

Large Scale O.S. Maps - Fort William District

1967

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Ordnance Survey, 0. . 5 maps at scale 1:10,000 (c.6 to the mile): 1) Ben Nevis NN17 SE (1967) 2) Fort William and Glen Nevis NN17 SE (1975) 3) Achnacarry NN18 NE 4) Auchendaul and Leanachan Forest N17 NE (pre-ski development 1973) 5) Glenmallie NN08 NE (1973. All unmarked, fla...

O.S. Maps: Large Scale Maps Argyll, Knapdale, Tayvallich 1970s - 13 1: 10,000 Maps and Supermaps of Tayvallich Estate

1970

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Ordnance Survey, 0. . A collection of 13 large scale maps of Knapdale and upper Kintyre mostly at a scale of 1:10,000 and a super map of the Tayvallich area to show the Tayvallich Estate. All about 1970's. Includes NR Series: 75NE West Loch Tarbert; 77NW Loch Sween; 77NE Loch ...

O.S. Maps: Northern and Western Highlands of Scotland - Ordnance Survey 1 to the Mile Flat and Unfolded - 23 Maps 1961-72

1961

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Ordnance Survey, 0. . A collection of later 23 1 to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland - covering almost all of the West Highlands and parts of the far north and a few islands- all flat and never folded and in superb unmarked condition. Last revisions are between 1961 a...

Walking in All of the Squares - a Biography of Alexander Thom

Thom, Archibald Stevenson · 1995

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

Argyll Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 381p illustrated. A biography of Professor Alexander Thom of the Megalithic Yard by his son Archibald Thom. Book VG, tight and clean without marks or signatures. Unclipped d/w and unfaded. See scans. (ISBN: 1874640661).. Very Good

Wanderings in the Highlands and Islands, Being a Sequel to 'Wild Sports of the West' Complete in Two Volumes.

Maxwell W.H. · 1852

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

George Routledge & Co, 1852. Hardcover. xii+335p; viii+254p.Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 8vo. bound in original blind stamped green cloth with gilt titling on the spine. Original yellow endpapers printed with publisher's catalogue. Both volumes tight and clean thoug...

Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham; Being Papers Read at the Meetings of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club. Volume II. - Coloured Geological Map

1868

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Williams & Norgate, 1868. Hardcover. 316p includes two maps - River drainage and coloured map of the Geology of Northumberland and Durham. Contains a New Fora of Northumberland and Durham Part I Geology, Climatology, and Physical Geoography Chapter I Geology by George Tate p,1...

The Alpine Journal Vol. XXXVII 1925 (Nos. 230 and 231) Bound with a Catalogue for the Exhibition of Swiss Coloured Prints Held at the Alpine Club 1924

Yeld, George & Farrah, J.P. (Editors) · 1925

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

The Alpine Club, 1925. Hardcover. xi+433 Plates, facsimiles, folding maps and panoramas, portraits. Accidents, Bregaglia, Matterhorn Ascent, Canadian Alps, Everest, New Zealand etc and authors Freshfield,Strutt, etc. A near very good bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club bind...

The Alpine Journal Vol. XXXII 1918-1919 (Nos. 217-219)

Yeld, George (Editor) · 1920

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,612)

The Alpine Club, 1920. Hardcover. ix+437p, plates, a map, panoramas and portraits. Alpine Accidents 1917, Mont Blanc, Chamonix in 1780 & 1786, Jungfrau, Himalaya, Climbs in New Zealand, walks in Snowdonia, Island of Skye, Zermatt and etc. Authors include Bonney, Meade, Norman ...

The Alpine Journal Vol. XXIX Feb 1915 - Nov 1915 (Nos. 207-210)

Yeld, George (Editor) · 1915

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,612)

The Alpine Club, 1915. Hardcover. x+374p, plates, folding maps and panoramas and portraits. Coverage of the Alpine Accidents in 1915, Central Causasus, Nights out in the Alps,wartime casualties of A.C.members, Beddgelert, Corsica etc with authors Harold Raeburn, Cecil Sligsby,...

The Alpine Journal Vol. XXII Feb 1904 - Nov 1905 (Nos. 163-170)

Yeld, George (Editor) · 1905

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,612)

The Alpine Club, 1905. Hardcover. 632p, plates, folding map. Coverage of the Altai in Siberia, new expeditions to the Andes, the Caucasus, Drakensburg mountains, 1st asent of Mount Fay, the Jungfrau, Monte Rosa, Nun Kun, Llliwedd (Wales) and etc with authors C.E.Mathews, C.F.M...

Memory's Voyage

Dalrymple, Marjory · 1963

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Simpson Bell & Company Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. 190 pages. Autobiogarphy of a lady covering her contribitions in two world wars . In WWI she worked with her mother in France supporting soldiers who had lost limbs, providing artificial aids. She was again in Fance in 1940. Working...

The Sheriffs of Fort William from 1775 to 1926. Their Dealings with Some of the Judges of the East India Company. The Old Jail at Calcutta. Jurors, Constables, Public Meetings. Early Municipal Elections, Doctors, Attorneys, Merchants.

Moore, Charles · 1926

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Thacker, Spink & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Original enlarged second edition as issued. 516p. Plates. A meticulous hisrtory taken from a mass of documents accumalated in the Sheriffs Office in Calcutta, updated and much enlarged from the 1920 first edition with an index. In near VG ...

The Sheriffs of Fort William from 1775 to 1920. Their Dealings with Some of the Judges of the East India Company. The Old Jail at Calcutta. Jurors, Constables, Public Meetings. Early Municipal Elections and Other Matters Relating to the City of Calcutta.

Moore, Charles · 1921

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Thacker, Spink & Co, 1921. Hardcover. Original first edition as issued. 259p. Plates.A meticulous hisrtory taken from a mass of documents accumalated in the Sheriffs Office in Calcutta. In VG unmarked condition in original cloth embossed boards as issued. Clean, tight and unma...

The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals (the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

Bernstein, Mark · 2015

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. Hardcover. From the Palgrave MacMillan Animal Ethics Series. That human beings have greater cosmic significance than non-human animals is pervasively believed as a self-evident truth. For millennia, we have been informed that the interests of humans c...

Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas: Report of Lord Donaldson's Inquiry Into the Prevention of Pollution from Merchant Shipping (Command Paper)

Transport Dept.of · 1994

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Stationery Office Books, 1994. Soft Cover. 522p colour illustrations, maps; large folding map at the end. This large heavy book is clean and unmarked with a very little corner wear due to light handling. But appears little used. Very heavy - may require a postal supplement at ...

Management Perspective - Vol. 1 Key to Business Growth; Vol. 2. Differences in Western and Eastern Ways of Thinking. (a Successful Work in Japan Translate Into English)

Mickey Kajitani · 1991

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Published By Author, 1991. Soft Cover. Two volumes.;pagination by chapter but 200+ pages in each volume. The original version of this edition was published in Japanese and was titled Evolution Theory in Business.Vol.I, subtitled Key to Business Growth. This edition was a best ...

Shoes Were for Sunday

Weir, Molly · 1970

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hutchinson, 1970. Hardcover. 192p illustrated. A Glasgow tenement childhood. The book is clean and unmarked as is the unclipped d/w. A very collectable copy of a nice edition. See scans (ISBN: 0091001900).. Very Good +

Curling: An Illustrated History

Smith, David B. · 1981

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

John Donald, 1981. Hardcover. 1st Edition 4to. 232p index. Extensively, beautifully and comprehensively illustrated with curling scenes, medals, crampits, curling stones and etc. By far the best modern history of Curling in Scotland and abroad with chapters on curling literatu...

Songs of the Highlands and the Islands

Mackenzie, Donald A. · 1937

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Blackie & Sons, 1937. Hardcover. 68p Frontis of author. Short biography of the author with list of his works, The book is clean and unmarked apart from a neat owners name on front pastedown hidden behind the unclipped d/w. See scans. . Very Good

The Burgh of Fort William 1875 - 1975

Cameron, Walter · 1975

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Town Council of Fort William, 1975. Soft Cover. 64p well illustrated summary of Fort William's more recent history - well illustrated - by the late headmaster and historian, Walter Cameron. No marks or signatures internally but covers worn with a few marksand minimal reading w...