Creaking Shelves Books

The Landships of Lincoln

Pullen, Richard · 2007

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Tucann Books, 2007. Soft Cover. This impressive book is a factual account of the creation of the first tanks by Willaim Foster in Lincoln (Review) . 192 profusely illustrated. Fine unmarked condition apart from author's signature under Best wishes on title page. Very collectab...

The Breadmakers

Margaret Thomson Davis · 1972

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Allison & Busby, 1972. Hardcover. 222p; Original first edition of this classic of life in poverty-stricken Govan in Glasgow in the 1930's. This would appear tpo be the rare first edition in hardback. Book clean, tight and unmarked; d/w unpriceclipped and VG but light shelf wea...

Hugh Macdonald: Highlander, Jacobite, Bishop

Watts, John · 2002

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

John Donald, 2002. Soft Cover. 246p illustrated. paperback (not isued in hardback). Ex library with spine label, stamps and missing fep. Excellent reading copy of a currently scarce book.See scans. (ISBN: 0859765601).. Good +

Gleanings of 'the Robin Family' by a Robin. With Arms and Crests. Private Edition 1880

1880

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Privately Published, 1880. Hardcover. 62p; with descriptions but no illustrations of Arms and Cresrs (? as issued). In original dark blue cloth with paper title label over front board. Ex private library with engraved bookplate on front pastedown. ; other library evidence not ...

The Gordons of Cluny : From the Early Years of the Eighteenth Century Down to the Present Time 1911

Bulloch, John Malcolm · 1911

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Privately Printed, 1911. Hardcover. 55p genealogical tables Coat of arms as frontis. . Printed and bound by W.F.Johnstone in the Town of Buckie. The boards are thick patterened boards. Ex private library with engraved bookplate on front pastedown and blind stamps etc. Backstri...

Contributions Towards a Nelson Genealogy. Part I: Some Nelsons of Scotland

Nelson, William · 1904

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

The Paterson History Club, 1904. Hardcover. Original First Edition - 100 copies printed. 57p; extracts from various works covering Nelsons and Neilsons in Galloway, Glasgow and etc Ex private library with engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Book clean and tight with minimal...

An Epic of Glasgow - History of the 15th Battalion the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

Chalmers, Thomas ( Compiled by) · 1934

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.53 | ¥60,107)

John McCallum & Co, 1934. Hardcover. 227p profusely illustrated. Book clean and tight in VG+ condition - near fine apart from a dedication on fep dated 1934. Boards near fine and no foxing. D/w is unpriceclipped with a little ruffling at the edges and shelf wear at rear but st...

The Lay of the Turings: (A.D. 1316-1849. ) a Sketch of the Family History, Feebly Conceived and Imperfectly Executed .

H.McK · 1860

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Privatekly Published?, . Hardcover. No publisher but printed by Savill and Edwards Covent Garden, London; Undated c.1860? 78p folding pedigree in black and red opposite the title page. A genealogy in verse.Ex private library with engraved bookplarte on front pastedown otherwis...

The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, of the County of Devon, and of Those of Its Branches Which Settled in Suffolk, Hampshire, Surrey, Lincolnshire and Ireland.

Edwin-Cole, James · 1867

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Printed for Private Circulation, 1867. Hardcover. 63p+1p addenda+2p index. Some relevant neat marginal notes. Ex-privae librray with engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Other minimal library evidence. Original blindstamped boards with rather crudely reapaired backstrip; bli...

Consultation Pour James Hamilton Marquis D'Abercorn . Contre le Duc D'Hamilton. - Maintien Et Confirmation Du Titre Hitaire de Duc de Chatellerault Concjames Hamilton Par Henri II Roi de France En 1548 - French Text

Hamilton James st Duke of Abercorn · 1865

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Imprimierie De Ciosse et J.Dumaine, 1865. Hardcover. Abercorn was first appointed a deputy lieutenant of County Tyrone, where he had a family seat at Baronscourt. On 13 November 1844, Lord Abercorn was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Donegal.The next month, on 12 December 1844, h...

The Tresham Pedigree (48 Copies Printed)

Falkener, Edward · 1886

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

The Dryden Press: Taylor & Son, 1886. Hardcover. (Reprinted from Northamptonshire Notes and Queries Part V 1886.)11p+14p catalogue of Rare and curious tracts illustrative of the History of Northamtonshire (many interesting pamphlets listed). Ex private library with bookplate o...

House of Hawley

Hawley, Robert · 1909

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Printed By the Author, 1909. Hardcover. Title page reads - Expenses borne by Robert Hawley in memory of his father, Aaaron the Martyr and opposite is a plate In Memoriam - Aaaron Hawley - Killed by Indians in 1832. 100p plate of Home of the Sattleys at Rochester, Illinois - wi...

The Story of Hollingbourne, Its Church and Its Clergy; with Ten Illustrations.

Cave-brown, J. · 1890

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Printed for the Author (ORIGINAL EDITION), 1890. Hardcover. viii+106p. content as stated in the title but with various appendices including the Gallows in Hollingbourne, and extracts from the church registers There is a folding pedigree of the Colepepers and of Cheyney of Chen...

Memorials of the Family of Tufton, Earls of Thanet Deduced from Various Sources and Authentic Information.

Pockock, Robery · 1800

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

R.Pocock, (Author), 1800. Hardcover. 156p; engraved frontis, + 2 plates including an engraving of Rainham Church Kent, where many Tufton's lie. pedigrees. The book is tight and clean without foxing and with a private library bookplate on fep and other minor library evidence. M...

The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains.

Berlepsch, H. · 1861

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & GreenCo, 1861. Hardcover. Translated by Leslie Stephen with a note by Stepen on the Explorations of 1861 - Remarkable in the Alps for a long continuance of fine weather, and (as a natural consequence) equally remarkable for the number of succ...

An Historical and Descriptive Guide to the City of Winchester, Its Cathedral, College, Etc. , with an Account of Its Foundation, Splendour, and Decline, and of the Parks, Seats, and Scenery, in Its Neighbourhood:

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£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Robbins and Wheeler, . Hardcover. 104p 2 plates as called for. and 2p adverts. In original blue paper covered boards with title label on front board. Some rubbing of corners and alonsgside the spine; the binding held by two upper cords only. But a rare survivor in original con...

Scotrock: A Lomond Climbing Group Guide

Christie, Johnston, Johnstone & Ogden · 1980

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Lomond Climbing Group, 1980. Soft Cover. 78p + adverts. An attempt at listing new routes from throughout Scotland. no marks or signatures but some wear to the corners m- has ben in the back pocket! See scansSignature of Ed Grindley Glencoe inside front cover. Signs of usage bu...

Henry Bence-Jones M.D. ,F.R. S. An Autobiography - with Elucidations at a Later Date

1929

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Privately Printed, 1929. Hardcover. Printed by Crusha and Sons Ltd. Tottenham London 33p autobiography which was dictated in the latter weeks of his lifetime in March and April 1873. The authors anecdotes are interspersed with editorial explanation. Henry Bence-Jones discovere...

Seil Island - a Portrait

Shaw, Michael · 2000

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

The Country Shop, . Soft Cover. Reprint edition - brought up to date. 56 pp., maps, appendix, colour and b/w photographs. No date but c.2000. The history and character of a small island near Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Glossy illustrated wraps. . Very Good

The Sharpest Fight - the 95th Rifles at Tarbes 20th March 1814

Ayrton, Michael & Taylor, John · 2008

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Forbitou Books, 2008. Soft Cover. 161p illustrations, maps, photos etc. Touch of toning at edges but still VG - unmarked and clean. See scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall . Very Good