Books - "geography"
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The Times History and Encyclopaedia of The War War Atlas
first edition 68pp [40 col.maps + index] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine and hinge area sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: times publishing london [nd]
KEYWORDS: atlas history geography military
London City
first edition 491pp ills.[b/w w.large folding map at rear] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned and sl.stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,minor foxing to content edges,minor soiling to folding map) heavy item
PUBLISHER: black london 1910
KEYWORDS: geography history london walter besant
Kon-Nichi-Wa Japanese Beauties Today
first edition 164pp [text in japanese/english/french]+ads.ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (mauve cloth boards w.white cloth spine,sl.soiled and sunned,prelims.sl.wrinkled,contents clean and tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears,tape repairs to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: shibusawa tokyo 1964
KEYWORDS: history geography japan beauty takako shibusawa
Waitakere Ranges
Ranges of Inspiration
Very tidy ex-library, folio hardcover first edition 542pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: waitakere ranges protection society waitakere city 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history bruce harvey trixie harvey waitakere geology
Guide to Switzerland
[with cycling supplement]
first edition thus 245pp ills.[4x b/w w.col.folding maps] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,some creasing and chipping to folded edges of some maps o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1901
KEYWORDS: travel switzerland history coolidge guide geography
Mauritius; or,The Isle of France
[first edition - preface dated 1862] 256pp ills.[b/w w.folding map loosely inserted] G+ (full green morocco w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,1cm loss to foot of spine,separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents,maps sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history mauritius francis flemyng
Adventure with Stamps
ex-lib.first ediiton 144pp ills.[b/w] G+ (red cloth,soiled w.d/w attached at pastedowns,lacks ffep,usual libr.stamps and labels,sl.foxed/soiled contents) in G d/w (attached to pastedowns,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history geography stamps margit hayek
A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne
vol.1
first edition vol.1 only 780pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.dk.green half leather,raised gilt bands to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,some sl.foxing to contents,edges marbled)
PUBLISHER: mackenzie and dent newcastle 1827
KEYWORDS: newcastle upon tyne history geography mackenzie
The Baba Log
A Tale of Child Life in India
first edition 110pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (pale green cloth w.dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1896
KEYWORDS: history geography india middleton macdonald baba
Adventures in Africa: During a Tour of Two Years Through that Country
from the tenth london edition revised and corrected xii+392pp [lacks ills.] VG (brown textured cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt titling to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked w.centre section sl.loose)
PUBLISHER: peterson philadelphia [1843]
KEYWORDS: travel history africa geography cornwallis harris
History of the United Netherlands
2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.532/563pp [b/w frontis.each vol.w.folding map to front of vol.1] VG- (blue cloth w.blind borders,gilt libr.stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffeps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spines cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1860
KEYWORDS: history netherlands geography john lothrop motley
Rambles in Polynesia
first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner
Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits
first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898
KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields
Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem
second edition 255pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] G+ (brown cloth w.half leather,top board detached but present,lacks 75% of leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,maps and margins of plates mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography jerusalem bartlett
The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up The Mahakkam and Down the Barito
second edition 344pp ills.[30 col.plates + folding map at front] G (teal cloth w.brown/ochre/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,10cm split to head of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutter,owner's inscr.to half-title verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,map in 2 pieces but all present,col.plates all present and clean w.sl.foxing to the margins,spine cracked and shaky) not as bad as it might sound - would benefit from restoration - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1882
KEYWORDS: travel geography borneo head-hunters carl bock mahakkam
Photographic View Album of Stirling
first edition 16pp ills.[b/w] printed on pink paper VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: valentine dundee [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts history geography travel stirling scotland
Russphobia in New Zealand 1838-1908
first edition 180pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history glynn barratt
A History of Croydon Bush
first edition signed by author 248pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover VG+ (green cloth, sl.wear to extrems, author's sign.to title page) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gore publishing gore [1988]
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history croydon paula dickie signed
In Old Mt. Albert
FIRST EDITION, Inscribed, dated and signed by author, imperial octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 86pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (owner's inscr.to fep verso, page edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing with sl surface loss to covers, light buising and small tears to extrems..)
PUBLISHER: southern cross books auckland 1961
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography auckland mt albert dick scott
Cetennial History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains
first edition imperial octavo hardcover 395pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth, lightly soiled w. light bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled and foxed)
PUBLISHER: hawera star hawera [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history roberts hawera waimate