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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language


CRYSTAL, DAVID

Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: languages linguistics encyclopedia encyclopaedia geography identity

$60.00
1y99d/44

The History of Fettercairn: A Parish in the County of Kincardine


CAMERON, ARCHd. COWIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & front board, heavy damp staining to rear board, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, damp wrinkling to rear eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: J & R Parlane 1899

KEYWORDS: first edition Scotland Scottish towns Fettercairn history culture geography topography antiquity

$40.00
1y99d/71

Small Towns in Northern Australia


LOVEDAY, PETER & WEBB, ANN (Eds)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, viii + 324pp, VG (minimal library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: North Australian Research Unit 1989

KEYWORDS: Australia north northern Australian small towns geography economic social political politics government conditions research communities

$40.00
2a18g/12

Soundscapes of Wellbeing in Popular Music


ANDREWS, GAVIN J. & KINGSBURY, PAUL & KEARNS, ROBIN (Eds)

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xvi + 304pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: music psychology wellbeing popular cultural geography therapy

$40.00
2a18l/18

Galicia


ALONSO, ANGEL CABO & VALVERDE, JOSE FILGUEIRA & VARELA, JOSE LUIS & LAMAS, MAUEL CHAMOSO

TEXT IN SPANISH, lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 434pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & board extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Noguer 1976

KEYWORDS: text in Spanish geography history culture Galicia

$45.00
2a18l/31

Oceanic Art / Ozeanische Kunst / Art Oceanien


MEYER, ANTHONY JP & WIPPERFURTH, OLAF (Photos)

HEAVY EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 640pp, illus/photos, VG (usual but minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, heavy but tidy archival tape repairs to front guttersl wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG (adhesive mylar/laminate, occasional library labels, light chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1995

KEYWORDS: Oceania art antiquity ancient history artefacts oceanic Melanesia Polynesia Micronesia archeology archaeology geography culture exploration anthropology

$50.00
2a18r/14

The Student's Manual of Modern Geography. Mathematical, Physical and Descriptive (Seventh Edition)


BEVAN, W. L.

REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, sm octavo, plain black heavy leather boards, page edges stained red, xv + 675pp + 16pp ads to rear, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light fading to page edges, light to moderate foxing/soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1884

KEYWORDS: geography manual student countries physical mathematical

$475.00
2a18r/25

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)


BARBOSA, DUARTE & DAMES, MANSEL LONGWORTH (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece to vol 2 only, vol 1- lxxxv + 238pp + xxxix bibliography to rear, vol 2- xxxi + 286pp + xlii bibliography to rear, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing and/or bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spines & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1918-21

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration Indian ocean geography history 16th sixteenth century ethnography travel first editions

$45.00
2a18r/27

The Red Sea and Adjacent Countries at the Close of the Seventeenth Century


PITTS, JOSEPH & DANIEL, WILLIAM & PONCET, CHARLES JACQUES & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled/roughcut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xl + 192pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, moderate creasing & chipping to edges of frontispiecesl foxing to frontis & full title page)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration travel history voyages Joseph Pitts William Daniel Charles Jacques Poncet 17th seventeenth century red sea geography

$245.00
2a18r/28

The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, With the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company Easter Island in 1770-1


GONZALEZ, Capt. DON FELIPE & ROGGEVEENS, JACOB & CORNEY, BOLTON GLANVILL (Transcribed, Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, lxxvii + 176pp + 40pp bibliography to rear, folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sl cracking to gutter of pgs 48-49)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1908

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration voayges history geography Easter Island 18th eighteenth century Line San Lorenzo Frigate Santa Rosalia

$75.00
2a18r/29

Some Records of Ethiopia 1593-1646; Being Extracts From 'The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia' by Manoel de Almeida; Together With Bahrey's 'History of the Galla'


DE ALMEIDA, MANOEL & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Trans) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, xcviii + 267pp, folding maps throughout, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society geography exploration history Ethiopia Africa African records

$50.00
2a18r/30

The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement


DE ESPINOSA, Friar ALONSO & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xxvi + 221pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1907

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography Tenerife Spanish conquest Spain exploration travel

$45.00
2a18r/31

Francis Mortfort: His Book; Being his Travels Through France and Italy 1658-1659


MORTFORT, FRANCIS & LETTS, MALCOLM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xxxiv + 216pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl creasing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration travel literature Francis Mortfort France Italy 17th seventeenth century history geography

$175.00
2a18r/32

Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan


MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Preface, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xii + 288pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1911

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Spanish voyages Strait of Magellan

$145.00
2a18r/33

The East and West Indian Mirror, Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the World (1614-1617)


VAN SPEILBERGEN, JORIS & DE VILLIERS, J. A. J. (Trans, Notes & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, lxi + 272pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling & staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1906

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel east west Indian mirror voyages Joris Van Speilbergen

$45.00
2a18r/34

Further English Voyages to Spanish America 1583-1594: Documents From the Archives of the Indies at Seville Illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean, the Soanish Main, Florida, and Virginia


WRIGHT, IRENE A. (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp rule to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xciii + 314pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel English voyages Spanish America

$75.00
2f1a/1

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol II


MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PARTOF A 4 VOL SET), imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & coat of arms to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 309pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, 2cm bruise to lower edge of rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to pages thoughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia Cassell's culture customs history geography exploration

$225.00
2f1a/5

The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Wallis in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768


ROBERTSON, GEORGE & CARRINGTON, HUGH (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, lii + 292pp, folding maps, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti hms dolphin Captain Wallis 18th eighteenth century

$50.00
2f1a/8

English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595


WRIGHT, IRENE A. (Contributions) & ANDREWS, KENNETH R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, maps, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel West Indies voyages Sir Francis Drake nautical maritime

$70.00
2f1a/9

Memorias Antiguas Historiales Del Peru


MONTESINOS, FERNANDO & MEANS, PHILIP AINSWORTH (Trans & Ed) & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, x + 132pp + xlii bibliography to rear, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to spine, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1920

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Peru

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