Creaking Shelves Books

The Englishman on Ski

Lunn, Sir Arnold · 1963

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Museum Press, 1963. Hardcover. 188p; see scans for chapter headings. Book clean and unmarked.Unclipped d/w has some shelf wear with suoperficial rubbing and light edge wear. See scans. . Very Good

Lomond Mountaineering Club 60th Anniversary Journal 1993: 60 Years of the Lomond Mountaineering Club, 1932 - 1992

Napier, Richard A. · 1993

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Lomond Mountaineering Club, 1993. Soft Cover. 150p illustratred. Includes A History of the Club 1932-1992, Articles from past Lomond Club Journals (1944-1957), Extracts from Club Log Books (1975-1993) and Articles by members and guests. Clean and unmarked. Light crease on fron...

Report to the Board of Supervision As to Outbreak of Typhoid Fever at Crosshill, Parish of Cathcart, and County of Renfrewshire

1875

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Murray & Gibb for HMSO, 1875. Soft Cover. Original 12p leaflet ordered to be printed by the Board of Information of Local Authoriites.Thevoutbreak after much detective work - all described was isoltaed to a dairy where contamination had occered. The paper is accompanied by a p...

Souvenir of Madeira Album No. 3

0

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Bazar do Povo, . Soft Cover. 18 plates of Madeira - mostly Funchal including the Funicular Railway. Pale red boards a litte faded and tissue guards browned and some ragged but plates all VG. See scans. . Near Very Good

The History of Finsbay Lodge - Life and Fishing on a Hebridean Isle

Gardner, Michael G. · 2008

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Pubd By Author, 2008. Soft Cover. 246p. Illustrated. Painstaking history of this Hebridean fishing lodge in Harris. The author has unearthed an amazing amount of detailed information, not just about the Lodge and the characters that were drawn to it and to Harris, but also re...

From Morar to Cape Wrath - Sketches of the North-West Coast

Wylie, Kathleen · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Published By Author, 0. Soft Cover. Unpaginated collection of monochrome sketches by Wylie covering many locations in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. No marks or signatures but several sketches have been neatly coloured in. See scans. . Good +

The Old Red Sandstone Antiarchs of Scotland: Family Bothriolepididae Palaeontographical Society Monographs Publication No. 552 As Part of Volume 122 for 1968

Miles, Roger S. · 1968

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

The Palaeontographical Society, 1968. Soft Cover. 130pp + 80pp b/w photos & descriptions. Numerous b/w line drawings. Describes the more advanced branch of the Antiarchs, any of an order of extinct, mainly freshwater, jawed fishes, class Placodermi, abundant during Middle and ...

Unarmed Into Battle. The Story of the Air Observation Post. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke.

Parham, Major General H.J.; Belfield, E.M.G. · 1956

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Warren & Son for the Air O.P. Officers' Association,, 1956. Hardcover. xiii+168p;17 plates on 14 and 4 folding maps; original blue cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back.The history of the AOP squadrons in WWII, during which they served in North-West Europe, It...

The Stem of Morton: Collection of Genealogical Notes Respecting the Family of Morton Chiefly Seated in the Wapentake of Strafford - Cum - Tickhill, South Yorkshire. , and Its Near Confines

W.M. (Compiler) · 1895

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Privately Pinted, 1895. Hardcover. 311p; The original first edition. very detailed family history with many references and an extensive index. All original though gilt titled boards show some wear as do corners. Original brown endpapaers superficialy split but book tight and c...

The Pilgrim Student

Currey, Cedric Osmond · 1951

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

? Pubd. By Author, 1951. Soft Cover. Apparently privately published - the 48p stapled book contains an epic satirical poem. Ex library with evidence and some tears rear card cover with slight loss and soft paper boards still attached - just! See scans. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12...

Map of Ceylon - 1 to 1 Mile 1922 Timbolketiya Sheet P 1,,2,6 &7

1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Survey Office, 1922. . Coloured 1 to 1 mile map of the Timbolketiya area in South Ceylon.1928 Revision. Grided. Coloured map mounted and dissected on linen. Size 31 x 23 1/2. Map shows much signs of usage with wear and browning at edges. See scans. Size: Folded to 8vo . Go...

Map of Ceylon - 1 to 1 Mile 1922 Kataragama Sheet P 3,4,8 & 9

1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Survey Office, 1922. . Coloured 1 to 1 mile map of the Kataragama area in South-East Ceylon.1928 Revision. Grided. Coloured map mounted and dissected on linen. Size 31 x 23 1/2. Map shows much signs of usage with wear and browning at edges.and a stain on front cover. See s...

Map of Ceylon - 1 to 1 Mile 1928 Haputale Sheet M16,17,21 & 22

1928

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Survey Office, 1928. . Coloured 1 to 1 mile map of theHaputale area in South Ceylon.1928 Revision. Grided. Coloured map mounted and dissected on linen. Size 31 x 23 1/2. Map shows much signs of usage with wear and browning at edges.and a small stain on front cover. See sca...

Map of Ceylon - 1 to 1 Mile 1922 Buttala Sheet M18,19,23 & 24

1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Survey Office, 1922. . Coloured 1 to 1 mile map of the Battala area in South East Ceylon.1922 Revision. Grided. Coloured map mounted and dissected on linen. Size 31 x 23 1/2. Map shows much signs of usage with wear and browning at edges.With a stain along the marrgin on th...

The Far East - Official Organ of the Maynooth Mission to China, St. Columba's, Navan Vol XV (12 Monthly Issues) Bound in Gilt Boards.

1932

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

Maynooth Mission, 1932. Hardcover. The Far East was the publication of the Maynooth Mission to China (initiated 1916). Unlike their Jesuit predecessors, the Columban missionaries were not trained in languages or culture and tended to see Buddhism and other Chinese religions as...

The Autobiography or Narrative of a Soldier (Late of the 45th Regiment))

Brown, William · 1985

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Maggs Brothers, 1985. Hardcover. High quality reprint in old style hardback grey boards with green spine and label to spine. 322pp., + errata, No.61 of a limited printing of 75 copies. Maggs Bros. reprint of the 1829 original, 1985. Clean and unmarked. See scans. . Very Good

Stubail Alps - a Survey of Popular Walking and Climbing Routes

Roberts, Eric (Compiler) · 1981

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

West Col Productions, 1981. Hardcover. 168p many digrams. Clean and unmarked. The later edition woith a supplement. See scans. (ISBN: 0906227186).. Very Good

First and Second Reports from the Select Committee on Death Certification Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index

1893

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

HMSO (ORIGINAL COPY), 1893. Hardcover. lvi + 357pp. Parliamentary Paper HC373. The reports examined the sufficiency of existing laws as to the disposal of the dead, for securing an accurate record of the cause of death, especially for detecting them where death may have been d...

Deirdire [Sic]. Drama in Four Acts in Gaelic and English. Adapted from Alexander Carmichael's Barra Story and Lay. With the Additional Passages Translated Into Gaelic by Catherine F. And David Urquhart.

Bottomley, Gordon · 1944

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

The Northern Chronicle, 1944. Soft Cover. 159p; Original orange cloth wrappers, titles to front panel in black. Spine faded, extremities lightly rubbed, small ink blot front cover and fep removed/. Otherwise VG. The Gaelic script is predented on each page alongside the English...

Glenochar, Bastle House and Fermtoun an Account of the Discovery, Survey and Excavations of the 17th-Century Defensive Farmhouses and Buildings in Clydesdale and Elsewhere

Ward, Tam · 1998

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Biggar Museum Trust and Lanark and District Archaeological Society, 1998. Soft Cover. 32p detailed descrition woith drawings, plans and maps. This booklet primarily produced to accompany the Heritage trail to Glenochar Bastle House and Fermtoun and includes an interim report o...