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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 View more info
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. View more info
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 View more info
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 View more info
By: N/A
Price: £72.00
Publisher: 1969
Seller ID: 004238
folio 33 by 28 cms (13.2 by 11.2 inches) This original portfolio contains 18 large glossy photographs held inside card covers which are sewn together with black cord. It was created as a gift for the noted archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler by K V Soundara Rajan-see inscription inside front cover. Soundara Rajan served as joint Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. He worked with Mortimer Wheeler on excavations of the megalithic sites in the south of India. Each photograph has a typed slip pasted on the reverse which names the carving or monument and gives its location. The ... View more info
By: Air Commodore E M Maitland,
Price: £28.00
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1921
Seller ID: 003957
first and only edition. octavo 22 by 15 cms. with the rare dust wrapper, blue cloth, text of 168 pages, with 14 pages of black and white photographic illustrations and a coloured folding map at the rear. With a letter from Mr Rudyard Kipling. Front and rear cover heavily damp marked, lacks the front free end-paper, small area of faint browning to the inside of the covers. A clean, sound and complete copy of this scarce book. £28.00 View more info
Price: £24.00
Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin: 1959
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 004137
Octavo 22.5 by 14.5 cms. (8.75 by 5.75 inches) with text of 247 pages including the dedication, introduction and contents. With a black and white frontispiece of the author and a further 4 pages of illustrations plus 2 maps. Black cloth boards, slight toning to free end papers, overall very good clean condition. View more info
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 View more info
Price: £32.00
Publisher: London, E Bell, J Darly etc: 1722
Seller ID: 004277
volume 2 (of 2) only small octavo 17 by 10 cms (6.8 by 4 inches) text of 297 pages with an engraved frontispiece, bound in old full panelled calf, lettering label missing, joints cracked but binding sound and firm, some scuffing to covers, contents very clean and complete. The ninth edition. View more info
By: Baillie-Grohman, William A
Price: £34.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low: 1883
Seller ID: 004212
octavo 20 by 14cms (8 by 5.5 inches) Text of 438 pages including index, illustrated with a folding map and 4 plates, original green cloth, re-backed with new end-papers. The second edition, the first was in 1882. Both editions are rare.Offered at a low price View more info
By: Baxter E H edits
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, A & C Black: 1931
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 004141
Octavo 22.5 by 15 cms. (8.75 by 6 inches) with 10 pages of prelims. including a half title, preface and contents, plus text of 290 pages.Tan cloth covers with some fraying to the spine, a couple of pages with very minor foxing overall very good condition. View more info
Price: £38.00
Publisher: London, A & C Black: 1909
Seller ID: 004256
first and only edition, illustrated with 17 coloured plates and 64 text illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, text of 124 pages, original blue cloth gilt, faint browning to the half title and the reverse of the last leaf occasional light foxing of text, slightly heavier on a few leaves, light rubbing of spine ends and corners otherwise a bright clean and sound copy View more info
By: Blome Richard
Price: £860.00
Publisher: London, Richard Blome: 1672
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 004319
An early work on America and the Caribbean colonies.Small octavo 14 by 9.5 cms. (5.5 by 3.75 inches) The text runs to 192 pages and the first 124 pages deal with the Caribbean islands, mainly Jamaica and Barbados with brief sections on the smaller islands. Pages 125 to 192 cover Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, New England and Newfoundland It's bound in old full sprinkled calf with a panelled spine. Note that it's offered at a very low price as it lacks the three folding maps. Very rare. Two complete copies sold at auction in 2014 and 2016 for $16,000.00 and $10,000.00 respectively. I... View more info
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 View more info
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 View more info
By: Buck, Frank
Price: £24.00
Publisher: London, George G Harrap: 1938
Edition: 1st Edition
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. View more info
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 View more info
By: Coleman, A P
Price: £78.00
Publisher: Toronto, Henry Frowde: 1911
Seller ID: 004210
first edition, thick octavo 23 by 15 cms (9 by 6 inches) text of 379 pages illustrated with 61 plates of photographs and 3 maps, 2 folding Also inserted at the end is coloured folding map issued by Canadian Pacific Railway showing its routes across Canada and the USA. Original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, armorial bookplate inside front cover and with an ink presentation inscription below, faint foxing to the half title and final text leaf, spine with a little bit of crinkling, Canadian Pacific map with a tear in the blank inner margin just touching the image. a very clean, sound and com... View more info
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 View more info
By: Cornish, Vaughan
Price: £32.00
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. View more info
