Books - "geography"
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Pompeii
its history,buildings,and antiquities
new edition revised 587pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-out maps and plans] VG (green cloth w.blind dec.stamps,rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned boards w.spine browned,bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1875
KEYWORDS: history antiquity italy pompeii archaeology geography thomas h.dyer
Joyful Errand
first edition signed by author 448pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.sunned towards upper/lower edges,presentation bookplate to ffep verso,author's inscr.to title,creasing to fore-edge of one col.plate due to poor trimming,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.some minor chipping and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: joyful errand prod.committee cape town 1959
KEYWORDS: history south africa travel geography c.s.stokes
Scotland & Ireland
a picturesque survey of the two countries
[first edition] 154pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.green/black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.stains towards fore-edge of both boards,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.shaky boards,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,aeg sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland oreland p.villars
The Spell of the Italian Lakes
new edition 362pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth w.blue/red dec.stamps,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: page boston 1918
KEYWORDS: history travel geography italy william d.mccrackan
The Land of the Hills and the Glens
wild life in iona and the inner hebrides
reprint 223pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some v.minor foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1920
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland iona inner hebrides natural history seton gordon
Deacon's Synchronological Chart of Universal History
in seven languages
ex-lib 4pp text [in english/french/german/italian/spanish/portugese/dutch] +14pp concertina fold-out charts [incl.col.ills.] VG- (lge.folio format,550x380mm,paper boards w.cloth spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping to extrems.,libr.labels to front pastedown only w.stamps to chart verso,text pp loosely inserted and sl.foxed,fold-out chart clean and bright w.some sl.soiling to verso,lower page of chart is mounted on rear pastedown,insect nibbles to folded hinges of chart causing hinges to split, last page detached.
PUBLISHER: deacon london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history deacon's synchronological chart anthropology sociology geography geology
Ireland:Its Scenery,Character,&c.
3 vols.
new edition 3 vols.ills.[b/w] G (reading copies only,rough,brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,stained and worn,bindings detached,spines cracked and shaky w.most sections separated,some foxing and soiling to contents w.some stains to plates)
PUBLISHER: hall,virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: ireland history geography travel s.c.hall
Resistance of Woods to Marine Borers in Hawaiian Waters
91pp ills (b/w) NF (brown paper wrappers v.sl wear to extrems, v.sl closed tear to foot of spine.)
PUBLISHER: honolulu museum, hawaii
KEYWORDS: marine hawaii charles edmondson zoology science wood geography
Fifty Years of Europe
an album
first edition 376pp VG+ (sl.rubbed and soilied, bruising and wear to exrems) in VG d/w (light rubbing, wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: viking/penguin london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition jan morris travel history geography
Wild Nights
the nature of new york city
first uk edition 208pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo/harper collins london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition anne matthews history geography new york
St.Mark's Rest
the history of venice;includes first and second supplements bound-in
first edition 160/46/38pp+index VG (dk.green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,paste action to eps,many sheets uncut so contents are clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1884 [supplements dated 1877/1879]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john ruskin history geography venice travel italy
Sketches From Eastern History
first edition 288pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.internal chip to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,eps sl.soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: black london 1892
KEYWORDS: history geography eastern theodor noldeke
Eternal Himalaya
including full text of the travels of george frances white 1825
first edition, 208pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (brown cloth with decorative stamps, minor soil to rear board, minor bumps to extrems, v sl foxing to foredges.) in VG d/w (minor soiling, bumps wear and creases to extrems, minor tear to lower front.)
PUBLISHER: interprint, india, 1982
KEYWORDS: h p s ahluwalia himalaya travel exploration geography history
Harris of Japan
the story of townsend harris and his amazing adventures in establishing relations with the far east
311pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned boards w.spine sunned,chipping to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,remains of labels to pastedowns,half-title/frontis.loose but present,lacks ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky w.one plate loose,cocked)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography politics far east japan biography townsend harris carl crow
Exploits of Asaf Khan
first edition 312pp+ads. VG (beige cloth w.black stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/browned,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition afghan india biography geography military
The Historical Families of Dumfriesshire and The Border Wars
second edition 213pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned boards w.spine sunned,chipping to extrems.,sl.shaky lower board w.paper separation at rep gutter,number stamped on blank prelim.,title page loose but present,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: simpkin,marshall london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland dumfriesshire borders c.l.johnstone
Libyan Studies
select papers of the late r.g.goodchild
first edition 345pp+plates[b/w] NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: paul elek london 1976
KEYWORDS: history geography libya archaeology antiques r.g.goodchild joyce reynolds
The Encomienda in New Spain
forced native labor in the spanish colonies,1492-1550
ex-lib first edition 297pp VG (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,owner's inscr.to prelim.and rfep,paper separation at title gutter,content edges sl.browned,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: univ.of california press berkeley 1929
KEYWORDS: history geography spain politics sociology encomienda lesley byrd simpson
Across the Wide Missouri
first edition 483pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to edges and hinges)
PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london 1948
KEYWORDS: history geography travel missouri wild west america bernard devoto
The History of Germany,from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
bohn's standard library 3 vols.
3 vols.556/530/477pp+ads. VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.mildew stains and sl.rubbed,sl.browned spines,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,dealer's label to front pastedowns,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled w.some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked and shaky,cocked)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1871/1874
KEYWORDS: history germany geography wolfgang menzel bohn's standard library