Creaking Shelves Books

The Davon Book of Folk Songs of Today - Words-Music-Chord Names

1966

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Hansen Publications Inc, . Soft Cover. Undated but c.1966 - most songs copyrighted 1962-65. 72p; neat owners name on title/contents page. Signs of use but otherwise clean and stapled binding firm. See scans . Good +

Needle Lace Stitches: Classic and Contemporary

Ros Hills; Pat Gibson · 1989

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

B.T. Batsford, 1989. Hardcover. 160p in VG+ condition as is the unpriceclipped d/w. Neat gift inscription on fep. See scans. (ISBN: 0852197586).. Very Good +

One Hundred and One Views of Hull and District

1900

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

A.Brown & Sons, 0. Hardcover. Undated c.1900 - trams but no cars. 36p; 101 photos as stated. Boards are rubbed at edges and gilt titling dulled. internally clean without marks - burt failure of staples at centrefold has left some central double leaves loose. See scans. . Good

Patrington a Century Ago: A Village and Its People in the 1890s

1993

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd, 1993. Soft Cover. iv+56p illustrated. The book was writen as the result of a project by the Partrington W.E.A. Local History Class. So contains much original material and fine photographs. The book is clean and unmarked without signatures....

Edwardian Photograph Album- 223 Photos C. 1910 of Families, and Places Mostly in the Scottish Highlands

0

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

, 0. Hardcover. Antique Photograph abum with 223 original photos each maesuring 4 x 3 mounted four to a page - some portrati others landscape. also a panorama taken from Melantee - half way up Ben Nevis. Many are views but the photographer clearly stayed at various small guest...

Edwardian Photograph Album - 1912-1914; C. . 240 Original Photographs of Families, Farms and Views in the English Lake District. And Scottish Highlands.

1914

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

, 0. Hardcover. Antique Photograph abum with c.240 original photos each measuring 4 x 3 mounted four to a page - some portrait others landscape. Many are views but the photographer clearly stayed at various small guest houses and farms photographing the familes there - naming ...

Trains in Trouble: Railway Accidents in Pictures Vol. 2

Arthur Trevena · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1981. Soft Cover. Unpaginated but well illustreated -book with many gruesome photograhs. No marks or signatures. See scans. (ISBN: 0906899036).. Very Good +

With Mustard on My Back (Marathon Walk Guides)

John N. Merrill · 1985

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Pubd. Author, 1985. Soft Cover. 76p resume of Merrill's long distance walks - he walkd the entire coastline of Britain - 6,824 miles in 10 months. Signe by author. Clean and tight - see scans. (ISBN: 090749627X).. Very Good

In Search of Dr John Makluire: Pioneer Edinburgh Physician, Forgotten for over Three Hundred Years (Publication/Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow)

James F McHarg · 1997

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1997. Soft Cover. Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine University of Glasgow Publication No.9. 239p inc index. , Signed by author on half title otherwise clean, tight & unmarked. See scans (ISBN: 0951176587...

Fishing Scotland: Inverness-Shire, the Isle of Skye, Moray and Nairn: A Guide to Game Fishing

Coutts, James · 1999

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Fishing Scotland, 1999. Soft Cover. 80p. Probably the most detailed and comprehensicve single guide to fdioshing in several counties of the Highlands by a local man - local knowledge . Now out of print. Unmarked, clean - see scans. (ISBN: 190041709X).. Near Fine

Mothering Sunday: A Romanceflat Signed by Author

Graham Swift · 2016

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Knopf Publishing Group, 2016. Hardcover. 132p. Hardcover New and Signed First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket is unclipped and in near fine condition - however there is a sharp vertical crease to the spine panel.and a linear crease a less acute vertical crease close to th...

Point and Pillow Lace - a Short Account of Various Kinds of Ancient and Modern, and How to Recognise Them

Sharp, Mary · 1905

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

John Murray, 1905. Hardcover. 202 pp.; green cloth-covered boards; gilt spine lettering; gilt lettering and designs (lace and an old English bobbin) on front board;45 attractive b/w illustrations. Preface, List of Illustrations, Authorities Consulted, A Glossary of Terms, (7 C...

The Francillian - the Magazine of France Hill County Secondary School - Camberley Surrey 1962

1961

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

France Hill School, . Soft Cover. 88p illustrated. This edition has a bold portrait of the Headmaster William Streel as a frontis.Prefects, plays, house reports(Cobbett, Howard, Evelyn and Onslow) , sports, clubs and societies, a Visit to Austria 1961, Expedition to France. . ...

The Francillian - the Magazine of France Hill County Secondary School - Camberley Surrey 1960

1960

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

France Hill School, . Soft Cover. 58p illustrated. This edition has a bold portaro of the Headmaster William Streel as areversed frontis.Prefects, plays, house reports(Cobbett, Howard, Evelyn and Onslow) , sports, clubs and societies, a Visit to Austria and Germany 1960. Many ...

The Francillian - the Magazine of France Hill County Secondary School - Camberley Surrey 1959

1959

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

France Hill School, . Soft Cover. 40p illustrated. This edition marked the revival of the School Magazine. Prefects, plays, house reports(Cobbett, Howard, Evelyn and Onslow) , sports, clubs and societies, the Rhineland Tour 1959. Many short articles by pupils.Local adverts. No...

History of Sandhurst

Kitty Dancy · 1986

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Published By Author, 1986. Soft Cover. 178p; comprehensive history of Sandhurst village from early times; by the local worthy of the time - Kitty Dancy. No marks or signatures but some reading wear with some creasing of card covers - mostly the rear cover. Some papers from the...

Dumfries - Benedictine Convent - Set of 9 Unused Postcards - C. 1910 - the Convent Used for Filming the Magdalene Sisters

1920

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

, 0. . Set of 9 original unused postcards depicting the Benedictine Convent, Dumfries.Undaed c.1920? Photographed and published by Marshall,Keene & Co, London. Several show the architecture in and out whilst others show an Art Class, the laboratory and Refectory. The convent w...

Bonnie Scotland - Relief Panorama of the Caledonian Canal, the Great Glen and Glencoe

1930

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Valentine & Sons, Ltd, 0. Folded to 8vo. A folding panorama in Sepia extening from the Black Isle northofg Invernes to Tyndrum, south of Glencoe. with some explanatory text and scenic views - akll uin sepia - folding as issued. Unmarked and clean but smill creases at lower end...

Rules of the Highland Club Constituted July 1870

1883

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

The Highland News, 1883. Original Sewn Binding. 24p booklet enumerating the Rules of the Club, Bye-laws and Bedroon Regulations - with charges for bedrooms. A list of Members of the Highland Club at December 31st 1882 follows with their date of joining, name and addresss - (a ...

The Scottish Ramblers' Year Book

Hall, Tom S. (ditor) · 1930

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Pubd By Editor, 1930. Hardcover. 80p+(4) +16p. Illustrated. some informed ink annotations of pictures and text. Binding sound, covers dusty and owners stamp James J Deary, Paisley on fep. Uncommon. See scans. . Very Good