Creaking Shelves Books

The Norwegian Rite - Translated Into English with an Account of It's History

1934

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Arthur M.Stockwell, 1934. Hardcover. A translation of the Norwegian Altar Book with much of its history. xxii+312p inc.index. The book is clean and tight without marks or signatures. The bright blue boards show two faded areas due to old dampig but are not obtrusive. The uncli...

( China - Yunnan Province ) Colorful Clouds Crossing the Southern Sky - Photographic Album in Chinese and English

0

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

, 0. Soft Cover. Colorful Clouds Crossing the Southern Sky is a photographic album illustrating the plateau landsape of Yunnan. It is here that the high northwestern Tibetan mountain meets the rising hills of the south east, crossed by endless mountains. Mt.Gaoligong and Mt. N...

The Macintosh Memorial Church - a Century on the Hill (1890-1990) Fort William

1990

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

MacIntosh Memorial Church, 1990. Soft Cover. 40p illustrated booklet outlining the history of the MacIntosh Memorial Church Fort William. It has now closed moving to the Duncansburgh Church site and is now an indoor climbing centre. Clean and unmarked. See scans. . Very Good

British Mountaineering

Benson, Claude E. · 1914

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

George Routledge and Sons, 1914. Hardcover. 226p + endpaper adverts. A solid tight and internally unmarked copy of this detailed round up of climbing in the UK in the early twentieth century. Rambling scrambling and climbing. From Cornwall to Harrisons Rocks and Skye. Illustra...

Mountains of the World - a Handbook for Walkers & Hikers

William M. Bueler · 1970

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Tuttle (Charles E.) Co Inc., 1970. Soft Cover. A Tour through hthe continents cons-cisely describing all the mountain araes of the world - with maps - as such a useful source for finding areasds you don't kow you don't know. 279p with index, 43 Maps. Stated First Printing, 197...

Regimen Sanitatis, the Rule of Health; a Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the Early Sixteenth Century or Perhaps Older from the Vade Mecum of the Famous Macbeaths, Physicians to the Lords of the Isles and the Kings of Scotland for Several Centuries [

Cameron Gillies, H. · 1911

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd, 1911. Hardcover. Gilt lettered blue cloth. The first published report of a Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the early 16th century or perhaps older: discovered by the author in the British Museum. From the Vade Mecum of the Famous Macbeaths, physicians t...

Notes of Everything Kilmallie Parish Minister's Diary of C. 1864

Clerk, Rev.Archibald · 1987

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Kilmallie Parish Church, 1987. Soft Cover. 74p illustrated with period interior photos of Kilmallie Manse. A transcript of Rev.Archiblad Clerk's gossipy diary of 1864 - transposed from the original in the West Highland Museum Fort William. Clerk wrote the biography of Coln. Jo...

Kenteliou Brezounek, Troet E Gallek - Enseignement Du Français Par le Breton

Frère Constantius, des ecoles Chrétiennes · 0

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Quimper, . Soft Cover. 206p. Teaching French by Breton - Developed by the director of the Christian school of Landivisiau, the manual for teachers is based on a simple principle : from the known to assimilate the unknown. This book takes as a basis the conjugation and vocabula...

Causey (1853-1946) George Alexander and His Family at Causeyport Farm

Alan Jamieson · 2004

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Aberdeen & N.E.Scotland Family History Society, 2004. Soft Cover. 52p ill in coloured map of Scotland and family trees. The life and times of one George Alexander of Causeyport farm Porthleven. In VG condition - fine apart from a small coloured scratch on the front card cover....

Hebridean Lore and Romance

Morrison, Norman · 1936

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Highland News Office, 1936. Soft Cover. 238p Card covers. A real enthusiasts collection of natural history, folklore and opinion. Morrison something of a polymath - born in Lewis he was a policeman in Glasgow and later Kinlochleven with a fascination for reptiles latterley rec...

On the Ecology and Sedimentation of the Cardium Shellsands and Transgressive Shellbanks of Traigh Mhor, Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions, Volume 69: Number 9.

Farrow, George E., · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Royal Society of Edinburgh 1891-92, 1974. Soft Cover. 25pp. 8 b/w plates, 19 b/w illus. Clean and unmarked but one corner slightly crumpled. some surface damage on lower front card cover. Exellent reading copy. See scans. . Good +

Strands of Seaweed - the Story of a Ross Family I Aberdeen

Napier, W Ross · 2007

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society, 2007. Soft Cover. 46p illustrated. Detailed history of the progeny of Hugh Ross and Mary Pirie who married in 1784 at Drumoak in North Deeside, Aberdeenshire. Mention of the Scottish wizard - a sailing barque captained by Alexande...

Letter from William Lawrie Woodhall, Laurieston, Kirkcudbrightshire to His Solicitor Requesting an Inquiry Into an Uncontested Estate in Behalf of One of His Employees , James Webster 1828

1828

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

, 1828. . 4p Entire Letter from William Lawrie Woodhall, Laurieston, Kirkcudbrightshire to his Solicitor in Edinburgh James Dunlop requesting him to pursue a potential application on behalf of Lawrie's gardner (Jean Webster or Cumming) to apply for recognition within the estat...

Cumberland -the Melmerby Hall Estate - for Sale by Auction 29th August, 1934 - Original Sa;le Prospectus with Plates and a Folding Map. Ca10 1hb

Gilchrest, Granville Bruce · 1934

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Penrith Farmers' and Kidd's, 1934. Soft Cover. Full Title: By direction of the Administratix of James Jackson Houghton, Esquire, decd. Cumberland Particulars , Plans and Conditions of Sale of the Residential, Agricultural, and Sporting Estate known as Melmerby Hall situate at ...

A Cataloge of War Medals and Decorations C. 1920

1920

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

B.A.Seaby Ltd, . Soft Cover. Seaby's periodical catalogue of War Medals and Decorations. Undated but appears c.1920. Medals span 120 yrs from Egypt (1801) Waterloo, India , Indian Mutiny, New Zealand, Afghanistan, East and West Africa Natal (1906) and etc. 512 medals and decor...

The Souterrains of Ireland

Mark Clinton · 2001

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Wordwell, 2001. Hardcover. The definitive book on souterrains. 309p well illustrated. Book clean tight and unmarked in VG+ condition with like unclipped d.w. See scans (ISBN: 1869857496).. Very Good

Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - 1928

1928

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Printed at the Hawick Express & Advertiser Office, 1928. Soft Cover. 46p Illustrated in original unmarked covers in near fine condtion. but ex National library of Scotland with evidence - but very little used. Several more early years available - email me and I will combine po...

Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - 1926

1926

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Printed at the Hawick Express & Advertiser Office, 1926. Soft Cover. 50p Illustrated in original unmarked covers in good condition though spine worn top and bottom, a little foxing and front cover loosebut ex National library of Scotland with evidence. Several more early years...

Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - 1924

1924

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Printed at the Hawick Express & Advertiser Office, 1924. Soft Cover. 51p Illustrated in original unmarked covers in very good condition though spine worn top and bottom and a little foxing but ex National library of Scotland with evidence. Several more early years available - ...

Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - 1922

1922

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Printed at the Hawick Express & Advertiser Office, 1922. Soft Cover. 42p Illustrated in original unmarked covers in near very good condition though spine worn top and bottom and a little foxing but ex National library of Scotland with evidence. Several more early years availab...