Creaking Shelves Books

Kilmallie ( Vol. I of 2 Only)

Johnston, Henry · 1891

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Ward and Downey, 1891. Hardcover. 198p +2p cat. Vol.I of 2 only.A novel based in Ayrshire, Scotland. Book in good condition - presentation inscription signed by author to his daughter Maggie on fore-title; blind tear on foretitte and title page due to careless opening; endpape...

The Story of the Fort of Fort William

MacGregor, Edith · 1954

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

West Highland Museum, 1954. Soft Cover. 26p with plates and folding map of Fort William before the '45 - the adjacent town of Maryburgh was put to the torch at the time of the siege of the Fort by the Jacobite Rebels in early 1746. Minimal wear - price changed (to 1/-) inked o...

Hebridean Songmaker - Iain Macneacail of the Isle of Skye

McKean, Thomas A. · 1993

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

Polygon, 1993. Soft Cover. 240p illustrated with the accompanying CD attached to rear inside cover (unopened). Iain MacNeacail - known throughout his home island of Skye as an Sgiobair (the skipper) - has been making songs since he was fourteen years old. Born in 1903, Iain's ...

Aodannan Eirisgeigh: Faces of Eriskay (Gairm)

MacNeill, Calum · 1992

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Gairm Publications, 1992. Soft Cover. 106p mostly of some eighty drawings of the people of the Island of Eriskay made in the early 1970's;; brief biographies in english, No marks or signaturs. Condition is VG. See scans. (ISBN: 1871901219).. Very Good

The Evolution of Mammalian Characters

Kermack, D. M.; Kermack, K. A. · 1984

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Croom Helm, 1984. Hardcover. 149p illustrated extensively with diagrams and tables. Book clean and tight with a neat previous owners name on corner of fep but otherwise fine. See scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall (ISBN: 091684501X).. Near Fine

Signed Indenture on Vellum with Three Seals - Involving Robert Smith and Wife , Clothmaker, George Fisher, Surgeon, (Both of Wapping, London) and Valentine Arnold of Chelsea.

1712

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

, 1712. . Original vellum indenture from 1812 between Robert Smith and his Wife, Clothmaker and George Fisher, Surgeon, (both of Wapping, London) and Valentine Arnold, distiller, of Chelsea. Size 14 1/2 x 15; clean, folded and hardly faded ; with three wax seals in excellenyt ...

The Eventful Life of Nathaniel Dale with Recollections and Anecdotes Containing a Great Variety of Business Matters, &C, As Occured in the Life of the Author.

Dale, Nathaniel · 1890

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Printed for the Author, . Hardcover. 120p printed (literally) for the Author, of whom only copies can be had. Cloth 2/6. Paper 1/6. Undated - must be c.1890. Dale was brought up in rural Lincolnshire of agricltural stock. Describes his early schooling limited by his need to wo...

Fort William - the Official Guide (1930's)

1933

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Fort William Town Council, . Soft Cover. Undated pre-war guide but 1933-1938 from advert and text evidence; Front cover has two colour sketch of Ben Nevis in foreground with man (IN RAINCOAT!). Situation, history, excursions ( including ascent of Ben Nevis), Ben Nevis distille...

Glasgow Chapbook -the Battle of Philiphaugh; Together with the Battle of Louden-Hill and Auchindown

1830

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

Printed for the Bookseller, . Hardcover. Chapbook of 8p in verse on three battles: Robert Bruce's first victory at Louden-hill in 1307; a clan battle at Auchendoun and Philiphaugh in Covenanting times. Attractive woodcut on title page of a kilted soldier. In a fairy recent mar...

The Wild Red Deer of Scotland - Notes from an Island Forest on Deer, Deer Stalking, and Deer Forests in the Scottish Highlands

Cameron, Allan Gordon · 2005

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Read Country Book, 2005. Soft Cover. 248p paperback reprint of the original classic work on the Red Deer of Scotland of 1923.With much on Deer forests, deer life history, stalking, Antlers (4 chapters) and land reform. This is a paperback reprint of 1995. Book is VG+ with no s...

St John Damascene: Barlaam and Ioasaph - Loeb Classical Library No. 14

1997

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Harvard University Press, 1997. Hardcover. 640p inc. index. Book in near fine unmarked condition. with unclipped d/w with well repaired blind tear on rear cover of d/w with a little shelf wear. See scans. . Near Fine

Distant Water: Fate of the North Atlantic Fisherman

Warner, William W. · 1983

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Little, Brown and Company, 1983. Hardcover. 338p illustrated.Endpaper maps.The author was a research associate at the Smithsonian Institute. Much of the research was conducted in Hull and Grimsby. Book clean, tight and unmarked. Unclipped d/w likewise but a little edgewear. Se...

Report from the Select Committee on Performing Animals Together with Proceedings of the Committee and Minutes of Evidence

1922

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

HMSO, 1922. Soft Cover. xxvi+155p. An important early milestone en route to animal protection. Much on treatment of circus & music hall animals. Book complete iin original delicate blue wrappers but well used with spine repaired with archival tape and corners and edges worn an...

Pike Waters: An Expert Guide to Pike Fishing in Great Britain and Ireland

Winship, Bill · 1990

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

The Boydell Press, 1990. Hardcover. 142p. Small recent classic on pike fishing. A number of authors contribute their experience of pike fishing in different parts of tthe UK. Much personal anecdote, advice and instruction. The chapter on fishing the Norfolk Broads by Dan Leary...

The Geology of the Stirling District (Explanation of One-Inch Geological Sheet 39) (Geological Memoirs & Sheet Explanations (England & Wales))

Francis, E H; Geological Sciences Inst. · 1970

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

British Geological Survey HMSO, 1970. Hardcover. 357p; many plates sections and maps - some folding. In near as new condition housed in original box as issued See scans. (ISBN: 0118804103).. Fine

A. Mackay Ruthquist or, Singing the Gospel Among Hindus and Gonds.

Ruthquist, A. Mackay · 1893

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1893. Hardcover. 380p . Portrait frontis tissue guarded. Book internally clean and tight with original clean black endpapers. Neat previous owners name opposite half title (Florence Tee) Boards show a little edgewear but VG apart from a 1cm white blob on th...

Dartmoor (British Landscapes Through Maps)

Brunsden, D. · 1968

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

The Geographical Association, 1968. Soft Cover. 1st Edition.55p. illust with photos and sketch maps.British Landscape through Maps Series No.12. Large 8vo booklet with scholarly description of this area of suth west Britain. In fine unmarked condition. See scans . Near Fine

The Oxford and Newbury Area (British Landscapes Through Maps)

Wood, P.D. · 1968

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

The Geographical Association, 1968. Soft Cover. 1st Edition.32p. illust with photos and sketch maps.British Landscape through Maps Series No.11. Large 8vo booklet with scholarly description of this area of Berkshire, encompassing scarp and dale. In fine unmarked condition. See...

Cornwall (British Landscapes Through Maps)

Balchin, W.G.V. · 1967

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

The Geographical Association, 1967. Soft Cover. 1st Edition.39p. illust with photos and sketch maps.British Landscape through Maps Series No.9. Large 8vo booklet with scholarly description of Cornwall a land apart from England. In fine unmarked condition. See scans . Near Fine

The Doncaster Area (British Landscapes Through Maps)

Coates, Bryan E. & Lewis, G.Malcolm · 1966

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

The Geographical Association, 1966. Soft Cover. 1st Edition.44p. illust with photos and sketch maps.British Landscape through Maps Series No.8. Large 8vo booklet with scholarly description of the Doncaster Area and its Coalfields. In fine unmarked condition. See scans . Near Fine