Creaking Shelves Books

Mappleborough Green- Gorcott Hill Black Horse Cottage- Auction Sale Prospectus 1958 - Now at B98 9eu

1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Shipways, Solihull, 1958. Soft Cover. 8p prospectus of sale of Black Horse Cottage Gorcott Hill near Mapplleborough Green, B98 9EUBirmingham. Pictured on front cover and two interior views. with a paddock. VG condition. See scans . Very Good

Dudley - No. 41 the Broadway - Auction Sale Prospectus 1958

1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Noel Thomson & Co, 1958. Soft Cover. 4p prospectus of auction sale with Fairhaven - modern detached residence - No.41 The Broadway, Dudley. Now DY1 4AP Pictured on front cover and one interior view. By direction of National Provincial Bank Ltd.executors of W.H.Jones, deceased....

Edgbaston - Ampton Road - Beechfield 26 Ampton Road - Auction Sale Prospectus 1965

1965

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Cecil Cariss & Son, 1965. Soft Cover. 6p prospectus of auction sale with Beechfield - detached town residence - 26 Ampton Raod, Edgbaston. Pictured on front cover and one interior view. To be auctioned at the Windsor Room, Grand Hotel, Birmingham 26th October 1965. VG conditio...

Hornbeam, Hampton Grove, Kinver, Stourbridge - Auction Sale Prospectus 1963

1961

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Edwards, Son & Bigwood, 1961. Soft Cover. 4p prospectus of auction sale with tipped in view of Hornbeam on front cover. To be sold at Regent Houe, Colmore Road, Birmingham 16th October 1963. Generally clean and unmarked apart from a handwritten figure - a sale price of £7,500....

Thomas Bewick Exhibition Catalogue 1953

1953

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Victoria and Albert Museum, 1953. Hardcover. 32p ilustrations. Full title Victoria and Albert Museum - Exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum to comemerate the bicentenary of the Birth of Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 - Catalogue. Lists and describes some 161 exhibits with a list of...

Links: Australia & Britain- 200 Years of Heritage in Stamps

Monie, Jo · 1988

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Austraklia Post/British Post Office, . Soft Cover. Undated but 1988; 40 pages with eight joint stamps for use in Australia or UK - sealed in a packet inside front cover. See scans (ISBN: 0946165211).. Very Good +

The Communication of Ideas

1950

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

The Royal Bank of Canada, . Soft Cover. Undated and unpaginaited series of articles - each from 1950-1954. These are the Monthly Letters of the Bank and include On saying what you mean; On writing a letter; writing better letters; writing a report; on writing briefly; the righ...

Headless Cross, Redditch - the Spinneys Marlpit Lane - Auction Sale Prospectus 1964

1964

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Cecil Cariss & Son, 1964. Hardcover. Auction Sale Prospectus for The Spinneys, Marlpit Lane, Headless Cross, Redditch to be sold by Auction at Talbot Hote; Evesham Stret, Redditch on 8th Juky 1964. in two lots. 6p inside card cover; coloured paln 2 photos. Clean and presenatbl...

Stratford-Upon-Avon High Close House, Warwickshire - Sale Prospectus C. 1960

1961

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

John Earle & Son, 1961. Hardcover. Sale Prospectus for High Close House Stratford upon Avon . By direction of Neville Dare Esq. Undatedv c.1960 4p thick card with tipped in photo. Clean and presentable See scans. . Very Good

Berkswell, Birmingham - Auction Sale Prospectus for the Priory, Spencers Lane, Berkswell 1979

1979

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Cecil Cariss & Son, 1979. . 2 copies of an oblong A4 card 8p with an internal and external photo, a description and plan of this house for auction 27th November 1979 at The Forest Hotel, Dorridge, Solihull. Fine unmarked condition - see scans. Now CV7 7BB . Very Good

Redditch- Auction Sale Prospectus for Bungalow 431 Birchfield Road, Webb Heath, Redditch Worcestershire 1962

1962

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Cecil Cariss & Son, 1962. . Oblong A4 card 4p with a photo and description of this house for auction 26th September 1962 at Grand Hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham. Fine unmarked condition - see scans. . Very Good

In High Places

Haston, Dougal · 1972

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Cassell, 1972. Hardcover. Hardback 1st Edition 1st issue. Dougal Haston's autobiographty - VG in Hardback first edition. 168p ill. Book is clean without marks or signatures and has been little read. Very slight discolouration along bottom edge of front board and spine - for 5m...

Drifting Alone to Norway - the Amazing Adventures of Betty Mowat

1942

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

T & J Manson, 1942. Soft Cover. Early Shetland edition of this true tale when a frail 63 year old Shetlander was left alone on a boat which drifted over 9 days from Shetland to Norway where she was saved. First published from contempory sources on the 50th anniversary of the e...

Trekking in Tibet: A Traveller's Guide

McCue, Gary · 1999

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Mountaineers Books, 1999. Soft Cover. 317p. Fine unmarked copy. (ISBN: 0898866626).. Fine

Nylon Rope and Climbing Safety

Tarbuck, Kenneth · 1960

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

British Ropes Ltd, . Soft Cover. 28p robustly produced booklet giving instruction on belaying techniques with nylon ropes Part instructional - part defensive? An interesting period piece. Undated c.1960. No marks or signtaures; minimal shelf wear. See scans. . Very Good

China: A Concise Cultural History

Cotterell, Arthur · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1988. Hardcover. 339p; illustrated. 1st edition of the Hardback edition in near fine unmarked condition - as is the unclipped d/w. See scans. (ISBN: 0719544319).. Near Fine

Fire Under the Snow: True Story of a Tibetan Monk

Gyatso, Palden · 1997

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

The Harvill Press, 1997. Hardcover. 232p. illustatred. Hardback 1st Edition. In fine unmarked condition - as is the unpriceclipped d/w. See scans. (ISBN: 1860461166).. Fine

Trekking and Climbing in Nepal: 25 Adventure Treks in the Mighty Himalaya - Globetrotter Adventure Guide:

Razzetti, Steve · 2003

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2003. Soft Cover. 176 pages detailing 25 treks. Strip maps, route descriptions and illustartions. In Very good condtion with a stirring handwritten dedication inside front cover. See scans. (ISBN: 1843303981).. Very Good

Story of Decipherment: From Egyptian Hieroglyphic to Linear B (the World of Archaeology)

Pope, Maurice · 1975

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1975. Soft Cover. 216p; Card covered first edition of this detailed examination of the decipherrment of ancient languages. Book clean and tight with a little creasing of the spine. No marks or signatres. See scans. (ISBN: 0500780013).. Very Good

Large Coloured Aquatint of Castle Stalker, Appin, Argyll. - 1795 Original

Ridell, Robert · 1795

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Robert and William Riddell, 1795. . Large Original coloured aquatint of Castle Stalker, Appin, Scotland. The cartouche reads: This Plate representing Castle Stalcher, the Island of Lismore inscribed by his His Grace's most Humble Servant, Robert Andrew Riddell. The Castle was...