Creaking Shelves Books

Bygone Lochaber

MacMillan, Somerled (Editor) · 1971

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Printed for Private Circulation, 1971. Hardcover. 288p. Illustrated.. Printed for Private Circulation by K. & R. Davidson. Detailed and meticulous survey of the history of Lochaber, with particular reference to local clans and families - much local history and anecdote not to ...

Auction Sale Catalogue - 1935 - Sawley Abbey Estate Near Clitheroe on the Borders of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire Contains 2 Location Maps and 11 of 12 Photographic Reproductions Now: Bb7 4lf Bb7 4nh Bb7 4lj

1935

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Marshall & Hicks Beach, 1935. Soft Cover. Auction Sale Catalogue. Full Title: On the Lancashire and West Riding of Yorkshire Border. Sawley near Clitheroe. The Freehold, Agricultural and Sporting Property distinguished as Sawley Abbey Estate situated in the charming Ribbedale ...

Practical Mathematics - New Edition

Knott, C. G. and J. S. Mackay · 1903

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

W & R Chambers, 1903. Hardcover. xii628p. Firmly bound in original blue cloth boards. Some wear at he top of the spine and to the corners. See scans . Good

An Introduction to the Differential and Integral Calculus with Examples of Application to Mechanical Problems

Millar, W J · 1885

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Blackie & Son, 1885. Hardcover. Blackie's Elementary Text-Books.63p In the original brown boards which show a few minor marks. No marks or signatures but the fep is missing and there is a little foxing of the title page as seen.See scans. . Good

The Kintyre Magazine (the Magazine of the Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society

1997

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society, 1997. Soft Cover. 32p booklet James Watt at Campbeltown, Kintyre Lifeboats, genealogical notes, second world war aircraft crashes, Caradell Area sketch map. . Very Good

The Briar of Threave and the Lily of Barholm: A Metrical Romance

Inglis, Henry · 1855

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Hardcover. 256p firmly bound with presentation inscription TSr John Watson Gordon from Henry Inglis on the top f the title page. The text block is firm but with some tong and mild foxing of the prelims. The pebbled cloth maroon boards ...

Maxwell's Guide Book to the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright 6th Edition 1896

1896

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

The Advertiser Steam Press Works, 1896. Hardcover. p/256 + liii of period adverts.).aeg; double page coloured county map. Numerous plates and illustrations. This has been a beautiful book bound in dark brown leather in a fine binding with bold marbled endpapers. But disbound w...

Aikido: Coordination of Mind and Body for Self Defence

Tohei, Koichi · 1986

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Souvenir Press Ltd, 1986. Hardcover. 174p profusely illustrated. The 1986 reprint in hardback of the first UK edition of 1966. Profusely illustrated. The book is clean and tight, without marks or signatures. The d/w is price clipped with a presumed increased price label beside...

Iceland - Geographical Handbook Series

Geographical Handbook Series · 1942

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Naval Intelligence Division, 1942. Hardcover. Ex-library (as always) of the first and only edition of this book published in wartime for intelligence purposes and restricted at that time.498p indexed with numerous maps and photographs. Detail of Geology & Physical Geography, C...

Tales of Old Lusitania from the Folk-Lore of Portugal

Coelho translated by Henriqueta · 1888

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1888. Hardcover. Fairy Library of all Nations on front board.190p engraved frontis with tissue guard and other plates. decorative endpapers and stunning decorative illustrated front board and spines - the silver gilt and gold elves and fairies on the f...

Elements of Physics

Houstoun, R.A. · 1919

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Longmans, Green and Co, 1919. Hardcover. Original first edition of this book Intended as a textbook for schools. viii+22p well illustrated including a bold colour frontispiece of various spectra. Fep probably missing and some partial erased pencil notes on half tile. Used but...

History of the Island of Mull Embracing Description, Climate, Geology, Flora, Fauna, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Superstitions, Traditions, with an Account of Its Inhabitants, Together with a Narrative of Iona, the Sacred Isle

McLean, J P · 1925

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Eugene MacLean, 1925. Hardcover. Volume II only of 2 volumes - the first was published in 1923. 362p +4p list of subscribers. Well illustrated. The book is clean, tight and without marks or signatures. All original. The pages are a little toned. The boards are clean with gilt ...

A Short History of the West Indies

Parry, J.H. and Sherlock, P.M. · 1965

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

MacMillan, 1965. Hardcover. This is the first reprint pf the second edition bound in hardback without marks ir signatures. Tight ad clean.316p plates and folding maps. A comprehensive and readable history with good index. The price clipped d/w is clean and very good. . Very Good

Tours in Galloway. Official Guide Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Railways and the Royal Mail and Short Sea Passage between Great Britain and Irland Vis Stranraer and Larne 1902

1902

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Fred W.Hutchinson, Traffic Manager , 1902. Hardcover. 146p Substantial Guide Book with lists of Seaside & Country Lodgings, Hotels etc. Map in two colors and fore titles printed in pink. The index details cheap week end bookings, circular tors, coaching tours, lays and legends...

Tours in Galloway. Official Guide Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Railways and the Royal Mail and Short Sea Passage between Great Britain and Irland Vis Stranraer and Larne 1902

1902

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Fred W.Hutchinson, Traffic Manager , 1902. Hardcover. 146p Substantial Guide Book with lists of Seaside & Country Lodgings, Hotels etc. Map in two colors and fore titles printed in pale sepia. The index details cheap week end bookings, circular tors, coaching tours, lays and l...

Tours in Galloway. Official Guide Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Railways and the Royal Mail and Short Sea Passage between Great Britain and Irland Vis Stranraer and Larne 1901

1901

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Fred W.Hutchinson, Traffic Manager , 1901. Hardcover. 146p Substantial Guide Book with lists of Seaside & Country Lodgings, Hotels etc. This annual guide book was published from 1898 to 1903 - though most were in paper covers and not robust. Map in two colours and fore titles ...

Soldier Songs from Anzac, Written in the Firing Line

Skeyhill, Signaller Tom · 1915

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1915. Soft Cover. From Discover War Poets: Tom Skeyhill was born on 10 January 1895 in Terang, Victoria, Australia and educated at a local state school and St Mary's Convent School, Hamilton. At 14 he left school to become first a telegraph messenger and l...

Summer Tours in Scotland - Glasgow to the Highlands - Royal Route with Time Tables and List of Fares by David Macbrayne's Steamers Columba, Iona & Etc.

1896

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

David MacBrayne Official Guide, 1896. Hardcover. Hardback edition of these fine annual steamer guidebooks with nice gilt illustration of steamer on front board..104p +32p timetable and tourist programme.Two page coloured map (and three other single page) with many black and wh...

Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassifern, K.T. S. Lieutenant Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, or 92nd Regiment of Foot.

Clerk, Rev.Archibald · 1858

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Thomas Murray, 1858. Hardcover. 111p illustrated with 3 plates - a portrait and plates of his monument and Fassifern House. Blue boards have guilt coat of arms on front. Fassifern was killed a few hours before Waterloo and this eulogy was written by Rev.Archibald Clerk, minist...

The Storm Compass or, Seaman's Hurricane Companion: Containing a Familiar Explanation of the Hurricane Theory, Illustrated with Diagrams and Accounts of Hurricanes

Becher, Captain A B · 1903

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

J D Potter Admiralty Agent fir Charts, 1903. Soft Cover. viii59p +5p . The 1903 reprint from the 1866 Third Thousand Edition.Extract of the log of the ship Equestrian and Appendix. (2. Becher was a naval commander, hydrographer, and cartographer. Here he uses first hand accoun...