Life in Our Own and Other Lands. With coloured illustrations. Chambers’s Supplementary Readers.

By: N/A

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London. W & R. Chambers Ltd. 1907 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 68848

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Size 4.75 x 7.25 inches. In blue cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front.. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Publisher’s compliments rubber stamp to main title page. A couple of small tears. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. 160pp. With b/w and colour photo plates and illustrations. Book intended for... View more info

An Account of A Voyage to New South Wales. To which is prefixed a Detail of His Life, Trials, Speeches &c. (Classics of Exploration Series)

By: ( TIME LIFE FACSIMILE REPRINT ); BARRINGTON, George;

Price: £23.00

Publisher: Time Life Books, Amsterdam 1984:

Seller ID: 75170

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8vo. (5.5 x 8.5 inches). Brown leather binding with raised banding to spine and Red / gold decororation and lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. In excellent, near fine condition. No inscriptions or marks. 472pp. Enriched with beautiful coloured prints. Folding map. Loosely laid in is a leaf by “Time Life Books” giving detailed information on the author and his life. “This leather-bound volume - lavishly illustrated and complete with two fold-o... View more info

First Footsteps in East Africa. Or, An Exploration of Harar. Memorial Edition. 2 Volumes Complete. (Classics of Exploration Series)

By: ( TIME LIFE FACSIMILE REPRINT ); BURTON, Captain Sir Richard F.;

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Time Life Books, Amsterdam 1982:

Seller ID: 75233

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2 volumes. 8vo. (5.5 x 8.5 inches). Brown leather binding with raised banding to spine and Red / gold decororation and lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Some very light rubbing on spine. No inscriptions or marks. With colour illustrations and plans. 209pp. “This leather-bound volume - lavishly illustrated and complete with two fold-out maps - has been photographically reproduced from the first edition published in 1894 and thus ... View more info

The North Pole. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. (Classics of Exploration Series)

By: ( TIME LIFE FACSIMILE REPRINT ); PEARY, Robert E.;

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Time Life Books, Amsterdam 1985:

Seller ID: 75166

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8vo. (5.5 x 8.5 inches). Brown leather binding with raised banding to spine and Red / gold decororation and lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. In excellent, near fine condition. No inscriptions or marks. With portrait, folding maps and numerous illustrations. 326pp. Loosely laid in is a leaf by “Time Life Books” giving detailed information on the author and his life. “This leather-bound volume - lavishly illustrated and complete with two fol... View more info

Scott's Last Expedition. The Personal journals of Captain R. F. Scott on his journey to the South Pole. Introduction by Sir V. Fuchs.

By: (SCOTT, R. F.;)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London. The Folio Society 1964 1st thus:

Seller ID: 75895

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Tall 8vo. 10 x 7 ins. Blue cloth with silver lettering and design to front. with hard card slipcase. In very good condition with good slip case, (sc, rubbing to edges and corners, ends of spine corners split.) 16 photo.plts; Map on endps; 322pp; View more info

The Mediterranean Illustrated. Picturesque Views and Descriptions of its Cities, Shores and Islands. By the author of "The Buried Cities of Campania", "Catacombs of Rome", etc;

By: ADAMS, William:

Price: £85.00

Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons, 1880:

Seller ID: 78554

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Large hardback, approx 13 x 10 inches. Brown cloth decorative gilt lettering and pictorial vignettes to spine and front, with black and gilt decorative panelling and decorations. Beveled edge boards, all edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped and edges rubbed, Nicks to cloth on bottom corners and bottom end of spine. Some minor scratches and marks to boards. Some dark foxing spots to frontis and title page, also to first and last few pag... View more info

A Voyage round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By G. Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials... The Second Edition. With Charts.

By: ANSON, GEORGE: WALTER, Richard:

Price: £300.00

Publisher: London, John and Paul Knapton, 1748 2nd:

Seller ID: 81279

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Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In full calf leather binding with red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. In contemporary leather binding by “Chalfont Bookbinders, Bucks.” Contemporary endpapers. Some tanning inside pages, some light foxing and handling marks to pages. Neat inscription to title page “Mick Pearson 1756.” Maps clean and bright, no tears. 548pp. Illustrated with a fold-out engraved frontis map and... View more info

From Settlement to City. A History of the District of Tea Tree Gully 1836-1976.

By: AUHL, IAN:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Linton Publications PTY. Limited. 1978 2nd edition.:

Seller ID: 70963

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Size 7.25 x 9.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Brown endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded with small chips at ends. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 380pp. With b/w photographs, maps and plans The history of Tea Tree Gully in the Adelaide Hills, Australia. View more info

The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for travellers. With 14 Maps and 12 Plans. Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition.

By: BAEDEKER, KARL:

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Leipzig / London Karl Baedeker / George Allen & Unwin / New York. Chas. Scribner's Sons. 1922 4th:

Seller ID: 76880

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Sm.8vo. Hardback. Approx 6.5 x 4.5 ins.) Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. Blind embossed decoration and rounded corners. Marbled edges. In very good condition. Minor rubbing to edges. Crease to front corner. Ends of spine rubbed. Slight crack to front hinge, else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 420pp; 134 maps (folding) & 12 plans. View more info

Switzerland, and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol. Handbook for Travellers. With 59 Maps, 13 Plans, and 11 Panoramas.

By: BAEDEKER, KARL:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Leipsic, Karl Baedeker 1901 19th ed.:

Seller ID: 79624

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Hardback, small 8vo, 6.5 x 4 inches. Red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. Embossed detailing. Rounded corners. Marbled page edges. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Cloth nice and bright. Two tiny splits at ends of rear hinge. Endpapers slightly darkened, minor tear to corner edge of folded map at front. Some slight darkening to folded maps/panoramas, the odd minor spot and handling mark else a very clean and tight copy. Illustrated with 59 M... View more info

The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels. With a portrait, Full-page illustrations, and biographical notice. The Minerva Library of Famous Books.

By: BECKFORD, William: BETTANY, G. T.:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1891:

Seller ID: 80297

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Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering and blocked design on front and spine in ‘quarter-bound’ style, with pebbled effect on spine and corners. Decorative patterned endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to front board. Endpapers slightly darkened. Some minor darkening to title page from tissue guard, some minor spots to outer page edges, else a very clean and tight copy. 549pp. With B&W port... View more info

Beckoning Horizon. The story of a Journey Round the World. With 25 illustrations and 3 maps.

By: BENN, WEDGEWOOD / BENN, MARGARET:

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd. 1935 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73684

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Size 5.75 x 8.75 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Boards part faded. Slight browning to endpapers. Prize bookplate to front endpaper, dated 1938. Else a clean and tight copy. 394pp. With b/w photographs and maps to endpapers. The authors travelled to New York then on to California, decided to visit Asia and returned home by way of Hawaii, Japan, China, Mongolia, Siberia, and the Tartar Repu... View more info

Pearls of The Pacific

By: BODDAM-WHETHAM, J. W.:

Price: £225.00

Publisher: London, Hurst and Blackett, 1876 1st edition:

Seller ID: 81040

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Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Contemporary quarter bound maroon polished morocco leather and maroon cloth covered boards. Raised and black banding, gilt lettering and decorations to spine, line edging to boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Contemporary binding and endpapers. A couple of very minor handling marks to pages else a very clean and tight copy. Scarce 1st edition. 36200 + 16pp cat. With 8 B&W illlustrations, 7 full page plate... View more info

A Year Amongst the Persians. Impressions as to the Life, Character, & Thought of The People of Persia. Received during Twelve Months’ Residence in that Country in the years 1887-1888. With a Memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross.

By: BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE:

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Cambridge, University Press, 1926 1st thus:

Seller ID: 77473

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Hardback, approx 9.5 x 6.5 inches, in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt vignette and line decoration to boards. Top edges gilt, in scarce original dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW spine slightly faded with darker patch to middle. Minor rubbing to edges, in protective sleeve.) Small bump to bottom edge of front board. Endpapers slightly darkened, else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. An excellent copy, with scar... View more info

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed un der the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776,1777, 1778,1779 and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive & satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage, written by Capt. J.Cook, and Capt.J.King.

By: COOK, CAPT. JAMES / KING, CAPT. JAMES:

Price: £2,000.00

Publisher: London: W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784 First printing, first edition in the rare larger quarto format.:

Seller ID: 81606

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3 vols; Contemporary full calf boards, with attractive later matching leather spine, gilt titles & decorations with raised bands. All marbled edges & endpapers. Size 29.5cm x 24.5cm In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges of boards & corners. Volume II has small label lower front cover. Lacks one plate. With the armorial bookplate of Will Phillips in each volume on front endpaper. Inside some foxing with some offsetting. Volume I last pages 385 to 421 ... View more info

The Rulers of The South Sicily, Calabria, Malta. With a Hundred Original Drawings by Henry Brokman. In Two Volumes.

By: CRAWFORD, Francis Marion:

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1900 1st:

Seller ID: 80666

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2 volumes. Hardback, approx 8 x 6 inches. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines and front, with gilt banding and vignettes. Top edges gilt. In very good conditions. Bright covers, some minor rubbing to corners and spine on vol.2. Some light foxing to endpapers. Plates all tissue guarded. Else very clean and tight copies. 391 & 407pp. Illustrated with B&W photogravure plates and many illustrations within text. View more info

The Raiders Some Passages in the Life of John Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt. Sixth Edition.

By: CROCKETT, S. R:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, T. Unwin, 1894 6th:

Seller ID: 79523

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Hardback 7.5 x 5 inches. Quarter bound red calf leather and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Green spine label, raised banding and gilt decoration. In very good condition. Top corners slightly nicked/chipped, edges and corners rubbed. Bookplate to endpaper “Emerson Bainbridge”, a couple of small handling marks else pages very clean and tight throughout. 419pp. View more info

Evening Entertainments: Or, Delineations of the Manners and Customs of Various Nations; interspersed with Geographical Notices, Historical and Biographical Anecdotes, and Descriptions in Natural History. Third Edition.

By: DEPPING, J. B.:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, N. Hailes, 1818:

Seller ID: 79085

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Hardback, 7 x 4 inches. In Quarter-Bound maroon Leather binding, marbled cloth boards, gilt banding and lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners and edges. Minor rubbing to boards. Hinges slightly cracked between endpapers. Frontis darkened and clipped along top edge, some foxing spots to plates, some handling marks and darkening to pages, some soiling to p11-12, Else a tight copy. 338pp. Illustrated with 4 b&w engraved plates. View more info

Reflections on a Marine Venus A companion to the landscape of Rhodes.

By: DURRELL, LAWRENCE:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber, 1953 1st:

Seller ID: 80380

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Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Green cloth with silver and blue backed lettering to spine. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW some minor fading , edges rubbed with some small tears. In protective sleeve. Not price clipped.) Some minor rubbing to cloth. Slight darkening to endpapers, else pages all very clean and tight. 198pp. Illustrated with 7 B&W plates. View more info

Japanese Buddhism With a memoir of the author by Sir Harold Parlett.

By: Eliot, Sir Charles

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Arnold, London 1935 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 51440

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Blue cloth with gilt on spine. In very good condition. Nice bright binding. Corners slight bruised, with tiny chip top of spine. Japanese inscription on front endpaper. Pages rough cut. xxxiv+449pp Japanese Buddhism is a complementary volume to the author's 3 volume work Hinduism and Buddhism. This classic volume is described by Silberman in his bibliography Japan and Korea as "a standard and indespensable work. . . . Section I is a general description of Buddh... View more info