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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: £48.00
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... 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: 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
By: Blome Richard
Price: £485.00
Publisher: London, Richard Blome: 1672
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 004319
An early work on America and Caribbean islands .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 ha... 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, 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: £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. View more info
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 View more info
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... View more info
By: Ellis, John
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Cassell and Company: 1912
Edition: 1st Edition
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. View more info
Price: £110.00
Publisher: London, 1905
Seller ID: 004249
this volume contain two long articles by Sir Arthur Evans. the first on Prehistoric Tombs has text of 172 pages and is profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and 13 plates of which 5 are folding. The second article, issued in 1913, has 94 pages with many text photos and drawings including 14 full-page illustrations plus 8 plates, including 1 coloured, and 5 folding.The two works bound together in black cloth with white lettering to the spine.. Sir Arthur was a prominent archaeolgist whose most famous discovery was the Palace of Knossos on Crete. A rare and unusual work containing two imp... View more info
