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A Holden Illingworth · 1936

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Privately Pinted, 1936. Hardcover. The Forward states Shortly after Reminiscences by my late brother, A. Holden Illingworth, was published another unfinished manuscript written by him was found. This book is the result. Mr. Norman N. Lee is again responsible for its publicatio...

Observations on the Diseases of the Army in Jamaica, and on the Best Means of Preserving the Health of Europeans, in That Climate

Hunter, John · 1788

£1,125.00 (€1,348.49 | $1,486.28 | ¥237,340)

Printed for G.Nicol, Pall Mall, 1788. Hardcover. An early military foray to the West Indies insitgated by Cromwell returned a dreadful mortality and this continued into the late eighteenth century. Hunter (1754-1809, is not to be confused with James Hunter surgeon) was appoint...

My Schools and Schoolmasters - or the Story of My Education

Miller, Hugh (Editor) · 1860

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Thomas Constable & Co, 1860. Hardcover. xi+562p. +2p catalogue. Anomoly of publisher named as Constable on the title page whilst the spine recognises A & C Balck as the publisher. Classic autobiograhy by the mason, geologist, author and church man Hugh Miller. References to th...

Struan: The Extraordinary Story of Karl and Eileen Fuchs

Richard Brown · 2000

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Right Words, 2000. Soft Cover. Eileen Fuchs, along with her husband Karl, was a much-loved pioneer of Scottish skiing in the post-war years and bought, in 1954, the Struan House Hotel in Carrbridge. Together, they founded the Austrian Ski School in Aviemore and for 30 years th...

The History of Great Torrington in the County of Devon

Alexander, J.J & Hooper, W.R. · 1948

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Advance Studio, 1948. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Large format in beige boards with black lettering and three colour town coat of arms on front board. 261 pages plates and a large large scale folding coloured map loose at the end. The book is tight and clean with...

Wild Flowers of Kenya

Sir Michael Blundell · 1982

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1982. Hardcover. 160p, 48 pages of colour plates, endpaper maps.The text describes in detail the appearance, habitat and distribution of every plant illustrated and many allied species to a total of 525. The book is clean, tight and unmarke...

A Handbook of Gymnastics and Athletics

Ravenstein, E.G. &nHulley, John · 1867

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Trubner & Co, 1867. Hardcover. viii+408p. Very many small instructional sketches. A comprehensive instructional book primiarily aimed at gymnastics and athletics clubs. Both authors were very important figures in the development of the modern Olympic Games and founder members ...

Traces in Scotland of Ancient Water-Lines Marine, Lacustrine, and Fluviatile with Some Account of the Drift Materials on Which These Traces Are Imprinted.

Home, David Milne · 1882

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

David Douglas (ORGINAL EDITION), 1882. Hardcover. Pp. 149, frontis and some wood-engraved figs. in text. Orig. cloth. Sub-title: With some account of the drift materials on which these traces are imprinted, and speculations regarding the period in the world's history to which ...

The Antrim Mcdonnells

Antrim , Countes Angela · 1977

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Ulster Television, 1977. Hardcover. The strory of the Antrim McDonnells told graphically in sketches and text by Countess Lady Antrim. From 1927 until 1932, she trained as a sculptor in Brussels and then Rome and then worked in London until she married in 1934.Then she was bas...

Decade (by Preen)

Justin Thornton; Thea Bregazzi · 2006

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, 2006. Hardcover. This book is a personal record of our journey through the first 10 years of Preen. Compiled of images, sketchbooks, photos, personal items and moments that we have collected throughout the decade.. Tlll folio72p wiythout marks or si...

Norway and Its Glaciers Visited in 1851. Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne and Savoy.

Forbes, James D · 1863

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Adam & Charles Black, 1863. Hardcover. xxiv+ 343p with 10 colour lithographic plates including frontispiece and 22 black and white wood engravings complete as called for. Addenda slip. A Classic of Alpine exploration (Neate 276). Bound in half leather with marbled boards and g...

Doll's Houses

Kazuyo Kudo · 1995

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Published By Author, 1995. Soft Cover. 110p profusely illustrated in colour. Sections on doll's houses in England, Germany and France follwed by How to make doll's housees. With pictures of Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood and pictures (some folding) of Victoria House, Tarran...

Essai Geologique Sue L'Ecosse

Boue, Emile · 1814

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Mme V Courcier, . Unbound as Original. This an original copy of the firstedition of the first work published on the Geology of Scotland. Copletely uncut and whout boards as originally issued - with the remains of a title label on the spine. Boué decided at the beginning of 181...

Records of the Dioceses of Argyll and the Isles 1560-1860

Craven, Rev. J.B. · 1907

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

William Peace & Son, 1907. Hardcover. ix+394 pages; The Records collected and arranged by Craven, Rector of St.Olaf's Church, Kirkwall, Orkney. Craven wrote much on the History of Episcopalianism in the Highlands. Internally no marks or signatures. Boards clean but some eviden...

Australia's Liberators - B-24 Operations from Australia

Darby, Charles · 2009

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Red Roo Models, 2009. Soft Cover. 224pp.,many coloured and b/w pls., appends., bibliog., Well-researched & illustrated. Clean - without marks or signatures. Appears unread. See scans. . Near Fine

Inverness Our Story: V. 1: Mind Thon Time

2004

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Inverness Local History Forum, 2004. Hardcover. An unashamedly nostalgic look back at the Town and the lives of its people during the first fifty years of the 20th century.. The book is clean and tight without marks or signaturs. Very light reading wear only. Very collectable ...

Scenery in the Western Highlands on the Route from Oban to Iona, Staffa and Glencoe.

1860

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Banks & Co. Edinburgh, 0. Hardcover. 15 fine vignette engravings by Banks with much Highland scenery invarably with figures and several boats and early paddle steamers, Aeg. Undated but c.1860. Views of Iona, Staffa, Oban, Fort William Glencoe, Loch Awe, Bonawe and etc. In orn...

Macdonald's Tourists' Guide Dumfries, Aberdeen, Dundee and Central Scotland

0

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Wm.MacDonald & Co Ltd, . Soft Cover. 138p + adverts. Ilustratred. Period guide to Eastern and Central Scotland. Clean and unmarked with light reading wear only. See scans. . Very Good

Last Fragments from the Tapestry of Life: Short Stories About a Working Class Lad Abroad

George Edwin Miles · 1999

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Pubd By Author, 1999. Soft Cover. The author relates stories from his father with a history pf the origins of the Newfoundpool area of Leicester founded by Isaac Harrison Also post wartime Austria.70p; few photos an cartoons. Clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0952777932).....

History of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Moray

Craven, Rev. J.B. · 1889

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Skeffington & Son, 1889. Hardcover. 367 pages; all in original conditoion; no foxing; top edge dusty a small mark on the front board. Boards bright as is the gilt mitre and titling on the spine; light edge rubbing; internally tight and clean without marks or signatures apart f...