Creaking Shelves Books

Broadsheet - Prize Penny Reading - the £20 Contest between Daniell O'Connell & Mrs Moriarty

1850

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

, 0. . Narrates the famous meeting between a silver tonged Barrister in Dublin and Biddy Morarty a street vendor with a less than silver but equally agile tongue! Comprises an A4 sheet pubd. by W .Millar Blackburn Price 1d. Undated c.1850.The sheet has been folded twice and on...

About Aluminium

1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

British Alcan Aluminium Limited, 1988. Soft Cover. 31p illustrtaed; an educationla booklet produced by British Alcan in combination with the staff and pupils of Wheatley Park School. Clean and unmarked. See scans. . Very Good

Locomotives of the Southern Railway - Classes, Buiding Dates, Names Etc

1934

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Coffin & Allchin, 1934. Soft Cover. Unpaginated pamphlet (20p), Engines numbered with dates, designer etc. Designed to provide, for the railway enthusiast, complete details of all locomotives which are at present running on the Southern Railway. Staples rusting and some browni...

Cruise Brochure - Passengers to India by Messrs Grindlay & Co. 1913

1913

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Messrs. Grindlay & Co, 1913. Soft Cover. A neat little stapled booklet for passengers en route to serve in the Army in India. Messrs. Grindlay & Co, Bombay and Calcutta act as agents to many of H.M.'s Regiments in India; and to assist Officers going out they have compiled the ...

Scotch and Scottish

Gray Adam · 2004

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Adam Gray, 2004. Soft Cover. An investigation on the use of the terms Scottish, Scot, Scots and Scotch using quotations overt the centuries. - The word Scotch used as an adjective meaning of or relating to Scotland or as a noun meaning a person of people from Scotland though w...

Paterson's Coloured Views of the Highlands and Islands Including Staffa and Iona, Glencoe, Oban, Ben Nevis and the Fall of Foyers, with Historical Accounts of Different Places

1870

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

James Miller, Oban for R. Paterson, 0. Hardcover. Attractive Victorian ?c.1870 collection of coloured lithographs of the Highlands and Islands. 16p text and 12 coloured lithographic plates - Oban, Dunolly Castle, Dunstaffnage Castle, Kilchurn Castle, Iona Cathedral, Fingals' C...

The Secret History of Mack-Beth, King of Scotland. Taken from a Very Ancient Original Manuscript. Original 1st Edition 1708

1708

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Printed for J.EWoodward, 1708. . 97p; disbound from a larger volume - needs rebound. Described by Cowan as a piece of Political Pornography it follows a thread of graphic sexual encounters loosely purportedly associated with MacBeth. Book is disbound and toned but complete and...

Claverton Kent Street, Sedlescombe, Battle Sussex - Sale Particulars - Now at Tn33 0se

1950

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Messrs. Geering & Colyer, 0. Soft Cover. Sale Prospectus for the house known as Claverton, Kent Street, Sedlescombe, Battle, Sussex. 4p only with 2 photos. Undated c.1950? Description of the House (Ground floor & first floor), garage, gardens, the model farmery, the Land (20 a...

Mrs Pottleton's Bridge Parties

Tuite, Hugh · 1926

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Geoffrey Bles, 1926. Hardcover. 156p. Book has plum boards with faded gilt and is unmarked. The d/w a little used and soiled. Still collectable. See scans. . Very Good

The Scottish Field

Robson, John (Editor) · 1856

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

The Chetham Society, 1856. Original Sewn Binding. xv+28p. A publication of the Chetham Society with an introduction to a 21p poem entitled The Scottish Field covering the Battle of Flodden Field; with notes and a glossary. In original brown wrapper which is worn with dog eared...

Dick Whittington B129

1920

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Valentine & Sons. Ltd, . Soft Cover. Undarted c.1920? Serial No B129 on title page. 16p text and illustrations in shaped card covers. ? staple replaced - centre section loose. Toned. Some folds and general wear . See scans . Fair/Good

Le Nouveau Metier de Pouf

Beaman, S.G. Hulme · 1950

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Rombaldi, . Soft Cover. 14p illustrated many in colour. French text; undated c.1950? From the Noah's Ark series. Stapled booklet tight despite light rusting of staples. Boards lightly solied. See scans. . Good +

Anti-Gas - Mighty Midgers No. 31

Simpson, D.G.B. · 0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

W.Barton, . Soft Cover. 32p miniature illustrated stapled children's story book. The book is tight but toned and the card covers are a chipped with an 8mm closed tear. See scans. . Good

Waders

Hale, W.G. · 1980

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Collins New Naturalist Series, 1980. Hardcover. 320p monocrome plates. Near fine in like but priceclipped d/w.The original 1st edition by Collins in original duraseal wrapper as issued. No fading, marks or signatures. See scans. . Near Fine

Bloody Orkney?: Orkney During the Second World War As Experienced by Some of the Men and Women Stationed There

Virginia Schroder · 2006

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Bellavista Publications, 2006. Hardcover. The First Edition in hardback. 184p illustrated; a history of wartime Orkney borrowing the title from the serviceman's song: This bloody town's a bloody cuss, no bloody trains, no bloody bus, And no one cares for bloody us, In bloody O...

Reminiscences of My Life in the Highlands Vol. 2 Only

Mitchell, John · 1971

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

David & Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Mitchell was an engineer working on Highland Roads and the Caledonian Canal. This book in two volumes was first published in 1874 but is unobtainable - virtually all the copies of this , the second volume were destroyed at the time of the auth...

A History of the CIVIL Service Rifle Volunteers. (Including the Volunteers of the Bank of England)

Merrick, Edward · 1891

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Sheppard and St.John, 1891. Hardcover. First original hardback edition. iv,95pp. Photo portrait frontis. Cream original cloth covers with gilt diagonal bands, lettering & cartouche on front, bevelled edges. Black eps. Includes a list of officers and members of the Corps who ha...

Royal Doulton Figures - Collectors Books No. 6 with 1959 Price List

1959

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Doulton Fine China, 1959. Soft Cover. 88p illustrated thoughout in colour with pictures of Doulton fiigures and and sizes. With a pricing card dated April 1959 in a pocket at the back of this ring bound production. Clean and tight but with signs of usage. See scans. . Good +

West African Folk-Tales

Barker, W.H. & Sinclair, Cecilia · 1917

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1917. Hardcover. 183p with frontis and 23 drawings by Cecilia Sinclair. See scans for contents list. Book tight and clean with owneers name and addresses on endpapers and three of the stories ticked in ink on contents page. Boards clean with little ...

The Old Sport and Other Verses - Privately Printed - Signed by Author

1934

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Privately Pinted for the Author By Oliver and Boyd, 1934. Hardcover. The author was a well known Obstetrician and Gynaecologistr in Edinburgh who died in retirement in 1941. Outside his profession Dr. Fordyce had many interests. He was a keen fisherman and golfer, and enjoyed ...