Creaking Shelves Books

Campbell of the Yukon - Memoirs and Some Memories of Robert Campbell

Duncan Campbell (Editor) · 2001

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Pubd. By Author?, 2001. Soft Cover. Apparently self published. 74p with photos and maps bound in green card covers with a black canvas spine. A substantial part of the text is based on his own memoirs. To these have been added some of the results of research into the Archives ...

The Lead Mines of Tyndrum

Moreton, Stephen · 2015

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Monograph of the Northern Mine Research Society, 2015. Soft Cover. Substantial publication of 136 pages illustrated with maps and photographs etc. British Mining No.99. Fine unmarked condition. (ISBN: 9780901450715).. Fine

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits. Eighth Thousand (Corrected)

Darwin, Charles · 1883

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

George Routledge , 1883. Hardcover. First (only) Edition, Ninth Thousand (Corrected). Murray's standard green cloth with blind stamped borders to front and rear boards, gilt lettering to spine, original brown endpapers. vii+ 328p 15 text woodcuts. The book is clean and tight w...

The Lead Mines of Strontian

Moreton, Stephen & Green, David I · 2018

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Northern Mine Research Society, 2018. Soft Cover. A Monograph of the Northern Mine Research Society No.106. 96p many maps, engravings and photographs. It was this mine at Strontian in Argyllshire in the Scottish Highlands where Strontianite was discovered leading to the isolat...

The Scottish Gold Rush of 1869 (Kildonan)

Callender, R.M. & Reeson, P.F. · 2008

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Monograph of the Northern Mine Research Society, 2008. Soft Cover. Substantial publication of 164 pages telling the story of Scotland's Gold Rush in 1869 at Kildonan in the Northern Highlands. Illustrated with maps and photographs etc. British Mining No.84. Fine unmarked condi...

Tunisia - Geographical Handbook Series - Ex Library But Vg

Geographical Handbook Series · 1945

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, 1945. Hardcover. 1st and only edition of this book published in wartime for intelligence purposes and restricted at that time.xix+532p indexed with numerous maps, some folding, and photographs. Large coloured folding map of the Communica...

Scottish Mica-Schist As a Possible Source of Ground Mica

Harri, A.L. & Turner, D.C. · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The Stationery Office Books, 1971. Soft Cover. 9p maps and tables. Clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0118842706).. Very Good

New Types of Hornblendic Rocks and Prehnite-Veining in the Moines West of the Great Glen, Inverness-Shire

Rock, N.M.S. · 1984

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The Stationery Office Books, 1984. Soft Cover. 21p diagrams and many microscopic sections. Clean and unmarked. See scans. (ISBN: 0118842706).. Very Good

Sand and Gravel Resources of the Highland Region (Reports / Institute of Geological Sciences)

Geological Sciences Inst. · 1979

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Stationery Office Books, 1979. Soft Cover. 60p many maps; clean and unmarked though slight browning of the spine. See scans. (ISBN: 0118840509).. Very Good

Summary of the Mineral Resources of the Crofter Counties of Scotland

Geological Sciences Inst. · 1969

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Stationery Office Books, 1969. Soft Cover. 36p maps. In very good unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 0118800965).. Very Good

The New Townies of the Moor: Newtonmore - Advent and Advancement, 1820 to 1913.

Mackenzie, Mary · 2020

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Moyhill Publishing, 2020. Soft Cover. 236p illustrated. A substantial history pf Newtonmore, the small town now bypassed on the A9 to Inverness. The first history of the town. The book is clean, little read and without marks or signatures. See scans. (ISBN: 9781913529918).. Fine

Memoirs of Fanny Hill - a New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1849). States Published in Paris in 1888 But Probably There in the 1920's.

Cleland, John · 1920

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Isidore Liseux, 1920. Soft Cover. At first sight a late Victorian edition of this classic of erotica dated 1888 - apparently unabridged and published in Paris. In an apparently original generic d/w of Les Collections Hachette. 317p. Bound in grey-blue soft original card covers...

A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M. S. 'Beagle' Around the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.

Darwin, Charles · 1890

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

J Maxwell & Son, 1890. Hardcover. Darwin's first published book; original green cloth binding with a gilt illustration of the Rhea hunt on the front cover; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; xi, 500 pages, indexed. Frontis portrait of Darwin. No later publisher's catalog. ...

The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution: The European Economy in a Global Perspective, 1000-1800 (Global Economic History Series, 1, 1)

Jan Luiten Van Z · 2009

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Brill, 2009. Hardcover. Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Western Europe? Was it a sudden acceleration of the European economy, or should we look at specific institutions arising in Western Europe since the Middle Ages? This book puts these big questions of European ...

Covenanting Sites in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

1995

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dumfries and Galloway Museum Service, 1995. Soft Cover. 16p illustrated booklet with a n index map of 21 sites of Covenanting interest. Clean and unmarked. See scans . Very Good

Letters Home: A War Memoir

Ausland, John C · 1993

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Land Productions, 1993. Soft Cover. A Privately published record and diary of the American Author's war 1944-45 based upon hos letters sent home.Illustratedwith contemporary photos. 164p. Several maps. The book is clean and tight without marks or signatures but with some super...

Glimpses of Portrona, Being Pictures True to Life of Stornoway People of a Generation Well-Nigh Past [Edited with Foreword and a Biographical Sketch of the Author by Rev. R. Morison, High United Free Church, Stornoway]

Stephen, Rev.M.. · 1926

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Stornoway Gazette, 1926. Hardcover. vii, 280pp, frontis portrait of the author.Glimpses and Reminiscences of Stornoway in Lewis in the late18th and early 20th century by a native of the town. All original hardback first edition.. Signature of owner on fep (M.M.Morrison) . Endp...

Nouvelles de la République Des Lettres. Mois de Juillet - Decembre - in Original Vellum Bindiing.

1701

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Henry Desbordes dans le Kalver Straat, 1701. Hardcover. Nouvelles de la république des lettres (News from the Republic of Letters) was a periodical devoted to reviews of current publications, edited and in large part written by Pierre Bayle. It began publication in 1684, and i...

Characteristics of Some Leading Inhabitants of Sheffield, at the Close of the 18th Century - a Paper by William Smith

Wreaks, Barbara · 1889

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Printed for Private Circulation, 1889. Soft Cover. Barbara Hofland, a poet and highly prolific and popular novelists of her time, was born in Sheffield in 1770. Shortly after her birth, her father, Robert Wreaks, an extensive manufacturer died; and her mother remarried. Barba...

Old Bute

Twaddle, Graham · 2000

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Stenlake Publishing, 2000. Soft Cover. 48p of quirky, historic and often curious period photos of the Island of Bute. Clean and unmarked and in fine cindition. See scans (ISBN: 9781840330991).. Fine