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Bible Lands: The Way of the Cross. A Pictorial Pilgrimage from Bethlehem to Calvary

By: N/A

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes Limited: 1896

Seller ID: 003154

small oblong folio (7.5 by 10 inches) with a title page, index leaf and 240 pages, each with a full-page photograph and a panel of descriptive text below..old half dark green calf, spine with rich gilt decoration. An interesting pictorial record of the sights and scenes in the Middle East with the focus on those areas known to Jesus. Some wear to covers, front joint split but cords holding, contents firm and sound, clean and unmarked except for some light foxing to the fly leaves. Rare.£28.00
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Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Round The World 1577-1580 Two Contemporary Maps

By: N/A

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, British Museum: 1931

Seller ID: 003443

slim folio, 11 pages of text, including title page and introduction, illustrated with 2 folding maps and a text portrait of Drake from an original by Hondius, original printed boards, very slight signs of use to the covers but a very nice copy, no internal marks or signatures.
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India: Kashmiri Gate (antique photo)

By: N/A

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Delhi, 1880

Seller ID: 004062

this large photograph shows Kashmiri Gate Delhi, overall size 21 by 28.5 cms (8.5 by 11.4 inches) It's in nice clean condition. It's undated but is circa 1880. Note that it is a photograph, not a print from a book or other publication. £28.00
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La Vie et les Paysages en Egypte. etudes en heliotypes Tirees d'apres nature

By: N/A

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Zurich, Photoglob Co: 1880

Seller ID: 004201

this is the text part only which accompanies the series of 30 folio plates of scenes in Egypt. Overall size 37 by 46 cms (14.5 by 18inches) text of 32 pages in the original wrappers, some faint brown marks to the covers otherwise very clean and complete, contents unmarked £48.00
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America: Pinnock's Catechism Of The History Of America containing an account of the United States, the West Indies and British Posessions in North America

By: N/A

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, G & W B Whittaker: 1823

Seller ID: 004339

small octavo 14 by 9 cms ( 5.5 by 3.5 inches) This rare work was published by William Pinnock in his Catechism series of educational works for children.Text of 72 pages including a letterpress title page, illustrated with a portrait of Washington and a vignette title page. Third edition Many titles were published in the series and some ran to several editions but, given their ephemeral nature they are now rare. Note that this is Part 2 (of 2) the first part being concerned with Columbus and the discovery of America. Each part is complete in itself. It lacks the paper covers but the book bloc...
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Round the World from London Bridge to Charing Cross Via Yokohama and Chicago

By: Anon

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes: 1895

Seller ID: 002637

oblong folio (10.8 by 14 inches) with 284 pages of photographs, each with a panel of descriptive text below, bound in old half dark blue calf, gilt tooling to spine, red lettering label, front joint splitting at head but holding firm, corners rubbed, a clean and sound copy. An excellent photographic record of towns and cities around the world at the close of the Victorian era. £16.00
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Passports for Asia

By: Borland, Beatrice

Price: £18.00

Publisher: New York, Ray Long and Richard R Smith: 1933

Seller ID: 002496

first edition, first impression, large octavo (9.4 by 6.2 inches) text of 318 pages, a frontispiece, 9 maps and many photographs, original cloth, a very clean, unmarked copy. £18.00
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The Face of Spain

By: Brenan, Gerald

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Turnstile Press: 1952

Seller ID: 003796

octavo (21 by 13.5 cms) third impression, text of 268 pages illustrated with 16 plates and a text map, original cloth in frayed unclipped dust jacket. £16.00
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On Jungle Trails

By: Buck, Frank

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, George G Harrap: 1938

Seller ID: 004139

Octavo 20.5 by 15 cms. (8.25 by 6 inches) With a black and white frontispiece of the author and a further 21 illustrations and a map. Text of 254 pages including the half title, the foreword and contents. Tan cloth boards, free end papers slightly toned, and feint stain to rear end paper, otherwise good clean condition.
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Kulu. The end of the habitable world

By: Chetwode, Penelope

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1972

Seller ID: 004038

first and only edition, octavo 22 by 14 cms (8.8 by 5.6 inches) text of 233 pages inlcuding index, well illustrated with black and white photographs and a double-page map, fine copy in unclipped dust wrapper-no internal marks or inscriptions. £22.00
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Great Motorcycle Journeys of the World

By: Coleman, Colette

Price: £19.00

Publisher: London, New Holland: 2008

Seller ID: 003486

quarto (27 by 23 cms) text of192 poges, illustrated throughout with colour photos and maps, dust wrapper price clipped otherwise a near-new copy-no internal marks or signatures £19.00
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The Panama Canal and its Makers

By: Cornish, Vaughan

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, Fisher Unwin: 1909

Seller ID: 003491

first edition, octavo (21 by 14 cms) text of 192 pages including index, illustrated with a large coloured folding map and 32 plates of photographs, original blue gilt, gilt titles,2 small spots on front cover, very light foxing affecting most pages, slightly heavier on the half title. The map has been bound at the front of the work. A bright clean copy.
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Mountaineering: Crag, Glacier and Avalanche

By: Daunt, Achilles

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, T Nelson and Sons: 1894

Seller ID: 004356

octavo 18.5 by 13 cms (7.3 by 5.2 inches) text of 212 pages illustrated with 11 plates (of 12) bound in full tree calf with gilt stamp on front cover, re-backed with the old spine laid down, marbled end-papers. prize label inside front cover, light wear to cover edges, bound without the frontispiece and the vignette title page but letterpress title present and otherwise complete
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Singapore Patrol

By: Dixon, Alec

Price: £29.00

Publisher: London, Georger G Harrap: 1935

Seller ID: 004033

octavo 22.5 by 14 cms, text of 270 pages, illustrated with a map and 8 plates, original cloth, front end-paper removed, nicks to spine head and tail, one page with a very small tear in the text £29.00
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(Reading Mass. USA) Proceedings 250th Anniversary Of The Ancient Town of Redding.... (Mass:)

By: Eaton Will Everett

Price: £68.00

Publisher: Reading, Mass:, Loring & Twombly: 1896

Seller ID: 004243

small folio 33 by 24 cms. (13 by 9.6 inches) This well-illustrated and detailed history runs to 398 pages and is profusely illustrated with photographs, some full-page. It's bound in the original covers with a later matching spine, unlettered. The book covers the towns of Reading, Wakefield and North Reading in Massachusetts USA and was edited by Chester W Eaton and Warren E Eaton and compiled by Will Everett Eaton. There is a lengthy inscription by Chester W Eaton on the front fly-leaf. A very clean copy-no internal marks-firm and sound in the bit .There is a small nick in the blank lower m...
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Spiderland

By: Ellis, John

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Cassell and Company: 1912

Seller ID: 004140

Octavo 19.5 by 13.5 cms. (7.75 by 5.25 inches) With a colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Text of 108 pages plus 12 pages prelims (preface, list of plates and introduction) Dark blue cloth boards, no inscriptions, some foxing.
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Life Among The Pathans (Khattans)

By: Goodwin, Buster

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Essex, Privately Published: 1969

Seller ID: 004109

octavo 21.5 by 14 cms. (8.5 by 5.5 inches) text of 154 pages, illustrated with a sketch map and 6 pages of photographs, original limp covers, a nice clean copy of the privately published first edition £25.00
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The Life and Times of Sir Julius von Haast. Explorer Geologist Museum Builder

By: Haast, H F von

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Wellington, The author: 1948

Seller ID: 004193

large thick octavo 25.5 by 16 cms (10 by 6.25 inches) text of 1142 pages illustrated with 4 folding maps and 24 plates, a complete copy, original blue cloth, corners lightly bent, spine ends with very minor rubbing, clean, sound and complete copy.
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Italian Journeys

By: Howells, W D (illustrated by Joseph Pennell)

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1901

Seller ID: 003435

square octavo (21 by 15.5 cms) text of 292 pages illustrated with 103 illustrations by Joseph Pennell including 10 etched plates of views, all with tissue guards, original buckram, top edge gilt, a few small white specks on the front cover otherwise a very clean and sound copy, no internal marks or signatures £18.00
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The Quakers in the American Colonies

By: Jones, Rufus M

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1911

Seller ID: 003844

thick octavo (22.5 by 14 cms) text of 580 pages plus index, illustrated with 4 folding maps, original blue cloth, spine dull, signature and date on front end-paper otherwise a very clean and sound copy. £26.00
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La Verendrye. His Life and Times

By: Kavanagh, Martin

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Brandon, Manitoba, The author: 1967

Seller ID: 003586

first edition, large octavo 23.5 by 16 cms, main text of 262 pages including index, well-illustrated with diagrams, photographic plates and folding maps, original blue cloth in dust wrapper, damp marking to covers, slight lean, wrapper chipped at foot of spine otherwise a nice, clean and unmarked copy. £16.00
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An Empty Land Pioneers And Pioneering In Australia

By: Kirwan, The Hon.Sir John

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Eyre an Spottiswoode Ltd: 1936

Seller ID: 003121

thick octavo (8.7 by 6 inches) text of 322 pages, illustrated with a fronitspiece and 20 photographic plates, original red cloth, slight lean, spine head nicked, ink inscripion and pencil notes on front end-papers but a very clean and sound copy. £16.00
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Nilakantha. Story of the Indian Expedition of 1961

By: Kumar, Major N

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Faridabad, Publications Division Government of India: 1965

Seller ID: 004132

octavo 22 by 14 cms (8.7 by 5.5 inches) text of 140 pages with many plates of photographs, end-paper illustrations, original cloth in unclipped dust jacket, rear cover with a few very faint marks, a very small mark to the outeer edge of the front cover, dust jacket with slight signs of wear otherwise a nice clean and sound copy. very scarce.
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Uganda to Khartoum. Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile

By: Lloyd, Albert B

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, Collins Clear-Type Press: 1920

Seller ID: 003981

in almost new condition, small octavo 15.5 by 10.5 cms (6.2 by 4.2 inches) undated but circa 1920, illustrated with a portrait and 32 plates, text of 350 pages, bound in full maroon morocco with matching end-papers, spine gilt, all edges gilt, two small faint foxing spots on the title page otherwise an exceptional copy. Rare in this condition-and bindiing £28.00
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The Romance of the Rhine

By: Marriott, Charles

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Methuen and Co Ltd: 1911

Seller ID: 003716

first edition, octavo ( 22.5 by 14.5 cms) text of 313 pages plus 32-page publishers' catalogue, illustrated with 14 colour plates by W Titcomb, original blue cloth with decorative gilt spine which is a bit dull, corners rubbed, inscription on front end-paper, some foxing mainly to first and last leaves, very clean and sound £18.00
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The Ways Of Man And Beast In India

By: Martin, D King

Price: £32.00

Publisher: London, Wright and Brown: 1935

Seller ID: 004181

Octavo 22 by 15 cms (8.75 by 6 inches). Offered here is a copy of the very rare original edition. Text of 288 pages, illustrated with 16 plates of black and white photographs, original navy blue cloth. There is much on the wild life of the country, especially tigers,and the native peoples. The author spent almost fifty years working in the Forest Service of India and writes entirely from personal experience and observation. An ex-Boots library copy with the front cover marked where the old label has been removed, front inner hinge strengthened, small old date stamp imside rear cover, a few ...
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Behind the Lens in Tigerland

By: Musselwhite, Arthur

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & Co: 1933

Seller ID: 004217

slim quarto 26 by 20 cms (10.2 by 8 inches) text of 134 pages profusely illustrated with photographs, some full-page, original grey cloth, signature on front end-paper, covers with some minor marks, spine ends slightly rubbed, occasional foxing
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Through China's Wall

By: Peck, Graham

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1941

Seller ID: 003325

first edition, octavo (22 by 14 cms) text of 318 pages, illustrated with 14 portraits of Chinese people by the author and many text illustrations, original brown cloth, 2 small faint marks on spine, bookplate on front end-paper else a very clean, sound copy-no signatures or inscriptions £14.00
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Lombardy Tyrol And The Trentino

By: Quigley, Hugh

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Methuen: 1925

Seller ID: 004112

octavo 19.5 by 13.5 cms. (7.8 by 5.6 inches) text of 276 pages with 12 plates and end-paper maps, red coth complete with the dust wrapper which is slightly frayed, a bright clean copy
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Among Congo Pigmies (Pygmies)

By: Schebesta, Paul

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson and Co: 1933

Seller ID: 003664

first English edition translated from the German by Gerald Griffin, large thick octavo, text of 287 pages including index, illustrated with 3 maps on one sheet and 89 photographs, in an old-style library binding but with only one stamp on the front end-paper, covers well-used and with lean, lacks one plate and another plate mis-bound, contents clean and otherwise complete. A comprehensive study of Congo (Zaire) pygmies with photographs taken by the author. Offered cheaply as a working copy
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Santiago Panorama: Panoramic View from the summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago

By: Smith E R

Price: £195.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, 1855

Seller ID: 002906

a long panoramic view of Santiago, a lithograph in three joined sheets, tinted with some hand colour measuring 25.00 x 171.00 cms, expertly laid down on paper and ready for framing, faint traces of the vertical fold marks otherwise in fine, clean condition. Undated but 1855 and issued by the U S Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Painted Churches of Cyprus

By: Stylianou, Andreas

Price: £17.00

Publisher: Cyprus, Greek Communal Chamber: 1964

Seller ID: 004036

octavo 22.5 by 14.8 cms (8.8 by 5.8 inches) text of 169 pages including index, illustrated with a folding map and many full-page and text illustrations from photographs including 5 in colour, dust jacket with some internal marks, cover with damp marks to the lower edges, signature in red on front end-paper.
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In Search of Nepal

By: Tamotsu Nakamura

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Pan Creartive Photos: 1988

Seller ID: 003201

small folio (31 by 22.5 cms) 237 pages illustrated throughout with superb colour and black and white photos incuding many full or double-page , pictorial covers in original slip case, a very fine unmarked copy, A heavy book so will need extra postage £24.00
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Early Travellers in New Zealand

By: Taylor, Nancy M edits

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press: 1959

Seller ID: 003490

thick octavo (22 by 15 cms) text of 594 pages including index, illustrated with 5 maps (1 folding) original cloth with dust wrapper, inscription inside front cover is covered by jacket flap, small tippex marks to foot of dust wrapper spine and a few minor marks to jacket otherwise a very bright clean copy. Note that this is not an ex-library copy.
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Arabian Sands

By: Thesiger, Wilfred

Price: £21.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green and co Ltd: 1960

Seller ID: 003771

Second impression and an unchanged reprint of the first. Medium octavo 23 by 15.5 cms, text of 326 pages including index, very well-illustrated with photographs, some text maps and a folding map in the pocket inside the rear cover, original cream cloth in dust wrapper which is well used but unclipped and intact, a bright clean sound copy, no internal marks or inscriptions, £21.00
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Shipwrecks & Salvage in South Africa. 1505 to the present

By: Turner. Malcolm

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Cape Town, C Struik: 1988

Seller ID: 003318

first edition, quarto (29 by 22 cms) text of 224 pages profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos, many full-page, an inscription and small owners' label on reverse of free front end-paper otherwise a very fine copy in dust wrapper. £28.00
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From Plymouth to New Plymouth

By: Wood, R. G., MA (OXON)

Price: £19.00

Publisher: Wellington, A H and A W Reed: 1959

Seller ID: 003723

octavo (22 by 14.5 cms) text of 180 pages including index, illustrated with a frontispiece and 16 photographic plates, orignal blue cloth in unclipped dust jacket which has a few signs of use, top corners bumped. With a pencil signature on the front end-paper and a note saying te book was given to the owner by the author in 1963 £19.00
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Magellan. Pioneer of the Pacific

By: Zweig, Stefan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1938

Seller ID: 003375

first edition, octavo (22.5 by 14 cms) text of 305 pages plus index, illustrated with 24 plates, original green cloth, rear end-paper with small area of loss, free end-papers toned, a vey clean and sound copy, no signatures or inscriptions. £15.00
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