Creaking Shelves Books

Hypnosis: Research Developments and Perspectives (Modern Applications of Psychology)

Erika Fromm; Ronald E. Shor · 1973

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Paul Elek, 1973. Hardcover. xiii+656p. The standard work of its time. The book is clean and tight without marks or signatures but it has been used. See scans. (ISBN: 0236154788).. Very Good

Geological Survey of Scotland - Map - Golspie No. 103. - Original First Edition Linen Mounted 1897

1897

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Geologiacl Survey of Scotland, 1897. . Sheet 103 of the Geological Survey of Scotland , 1. Golspie, 1896, 1st edition, issued 1897. 30 1/2x 22 folded down to 11 x 8 - but with one ther attempted fold down i 8 x 5 1/2. Mounted on linen. Dornoch on coast at south edge, Helmsdale...

Argyllshire and Buteshire [Cambridge County Georgraphies Series]

Macnair, Peter · 1914

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Cambridge at the University Press, 1914. Hardcover. xii+161p , endpaper cpoluted maps, plates. In original blue cloth covers, black lining, title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, The book is clean, tight, unfafed awith no marks or signaturs. The d/w is...

Mount Everest (Map) -- Sagarmatha (Nepali) / Qomolangma (Chinese)

1988

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

National Geographic Magazine, 1988. Folded Map. Folded color map. Scale 1:50,000. Map size 36 by 22 1/2 (92x57cms). In colour folding 9 1/2 x 7 ( 24x18cms). Clean and apperas unused. See scans. . Near Fine

Nepal Himalaya - (Geological Map of Nepal)

1996

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Himalayan Map House, 1996. Folded Map. Folding coloured map in a slipcase picturing ammonites. 35x23 (89cnsx58cms). Clean and tight without marks of signatures. . Very Good

Short Description of Gods, Goddessis and Ritual Objects of Buddhism and Hinduism in Nepal

Sakya, Jnan Bahadur · 2000

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Handicraft Association of Nepal, 2000. Soft Cover. 77p. Sveral hundredd Gods, Goddeses and other ritual objects of Buddism and Hinduism in Nepal each with an illustration pf a srrine to that deity. Book clen, tight and unmarked in original pale blue card covers. See scans. . V...

Lappa Valley - Steam Railway & Leisure Park - the Story Behind the Railway - Newlyn East Newquay Cornwall

1843

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Lappa Valley Railway, 0. Soft Cover. The Lappa Valley Railway is now a narrow gauge steam tourist attraction - but was originally constructed in 1843 as a horse drawn mineral line between Newquay and the East Wheel Rose mine. np (28p) well illustrated and constructed guide to ...

Knut Hamsun - a Filmography

1995

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Jan Erik Holst, 1995. Soft Cover. 28p listing of films by and about Hamsun. In fine unmarked condition. See scans. . Fine

Book Handbook - an Illustrated Quarterly for Discriminating Booklovers - Near Complete Set 1947-51

1947

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

The Dropmore Press, . Soft Cover. Precursor of The Book Collector 1947 - 1952. v.1/1-9. + index & v.2/1 &3 only. An Illustrated quarterly with authoritative & scholarly articles on all aspects of books & book collecting such as:- The Ghost stories of M R James, Bookplates, The...

Souvenir of Oban - - with 17 Illustrations in Sepia C. 1910

0

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

E.T.W.Dennis & Sons, . Hardcover. 17 postcard sized plates - mostly two to a page with tissue guards. Dunollie Casle, Oban bay, George Street, Ganavan sands, McCaig's tower, the Esplanade, Staffa, Iona and etc. . All plates clean. See scans. . Near Very Good

Souvenir Views of Edinburgh - 12 Sepia Views in Album

1900

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

, 0. Hardcover. 12 sepai photographs of postcard size - mounted in a soft card cover with ties measuring 9 X 7 1/2. No date or publisher. c.1900 Few marks on card coves and in margins of the first plate `(Princess Street). See scans. . Near Very Good

Instinctive Navigation of Birds

E.C. Gerrard · 1981

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

The Scottish Research Group, 1981. Soft Cover. 185p index maps diagrams. In original card covers wioth some shelf wear. Clean and unmarked bit a shade of tonong. See scans (ISBN: 0907629016).. Very Good

Fisherman's Map of Salmon Pools on the River Spey

0

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

The Map House, 0. Soft Cover. A coloured folding map of the Salmon Pools on the River Spey measuring 32 x 7 1/2 folding neatly into a grey card folder 8 x 5.From Grantown to the Gordon Castle Beat at Fochabers on a scale of 1 to the mile. Clean and unmarked but little wear of ...

The Macbraynes Book - Their Highlands and Islands by Bus

Bell, Stuart (Editor) · 1999

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Scottish Borders Press Ltd., 1999. Hardcover. 12p rather quirky review of MacBraynes buses, with many illustrations and anecdotes. Book near fine - tight and boards near fine with no marks or signatures but a slight rather strange darkening of the gutters. D/w shows some light...

Coire Ardair, Craig Meaghaidh - Winter

McKeith, A. · 1970

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

? Pubd. By Author, . Soft Cover. 19p + 3 blank pages for notes. Undated ? 1970. Rare early climbing guide to the winter routes from Coire Ardair . Woodcut of Patey's Crab Crawl on front card cover. 32 routes described with diagrams of the cliff face. This copy soiled and brown...

Northern Highlands Rock and Ice Climbs: Knoydart to an Teallach V. 1 (Scottish Mountaineering Club Climbers' Guide)

Geoff Cohen; Rab Anderson; Roger Everett · 1993

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1993. Soft Cover. 372p, photos, diagrams and maps. In fine unused and unmarked condition apart from the signature if one of the contributors on the title page. See scans. (ISBN: 0907521339).. Fine

Grouse -the Natural History of British and Irish Species (Nn 107) Leather Bound Limited Edition of 250 in the New Naturalist Series

Watson, Adam; Moss, Robert · 2008

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Collins New Naturalist Series, 2008. Hardcover. As new copy of the limited Edition run of Grouse from Collins in the New Naturalist Library, in the issued slip case. No.115 of the 250 copies printed. Signed by both authors - Adam Watson and Robert Moss on tipped in plate on fe...

Kintyre and the Kintyre Club. Historical Sketch of the Peninsula with Lists of the Members and the Lady Associates of the Club, 1825 to 1883

1884

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

The Kintyre Club, 1884. Hardcover. 66p comprising 26 pages of local history then extensive and detailed listings of the Roll of Members with their designation and address. Very neat clean and tight book all original - yellow endpapers - neat pencil signature of D.H.C. Kennedy ...

The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire

MacLagan, Robert Craig · 1901

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

David Nutt for the Folk-lore Society, 1901. Hardcover. The Folk-Lore Society .XLVII. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, viii, 270pp. Plates. A l mine of information about games - many childrens games - with much gaelic. Skipping games and songs, knife games, funeral games, dancing, ...

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or the Jarls and the Freskyns

Gray, James · 1922

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Oliver & Boyd, 1922. Hardcover. 191p extensive index and also a long list of books and authorities consulted. Large coloured folding map as a frontis highlighting Old province boundaries and brochs. Internally the book is tight , clean without marks or signatures and a few fle...