Books - "geography"
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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
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago
ex-lib.first edition 321pp ills.[b/w] ocatvo VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,5mm dent to top board,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks ffep and half-title,paper separation at fep gutter,usual libr.stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) not quite as bad as it might sound - Bagnall W1484
PUBLISHER: wilkie [printer] dunedin 1912
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history dunedin otago john wilson
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
A Record of St. Andrew's Church and Parish from its beginning in 1843
first edition 120pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey paper boards w.blue cloth spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: new zealand newspapers [printer] auckland 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history theology at.andrews epsom auckland willis
Settlers in Depression
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] VG in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade auckland 1964
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hamilton norris
Armed Settlers
first edition signed by author 229pp ills.[b/w] octavo blue cloth boards, VG+ (light bruising and tanning to board and spine extrems, author's sign to title page) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled, light foxing, light chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: paul's book arcade hamilton 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history signed hamilton norris
The Sparkling Waters of Whakatipua
second edition 166pp ills.[b/w] octavo stiff card covers VG (light scuffing and soiling to covers, paper cracked at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1948
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history florence mackenzie whakatipua wakatipu