Books - "geography"
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Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent
Fol., 400; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, tp & prelims. photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2008
KEYWORDS: Antarctica South Pole physical geography geology biology history
Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting, and Reflecting on the Encounters Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering (faded) to spine, frontispiece, xv + 637pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Europe European foreign relations history culture communication ethnicity ethnopsychology geography
The Transformation of the Chinese Earth
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: G Bell & Sons 1970
KEYWORDS: modern China Chinese geography
Mapping Desire: Geographies of Sexualities
Square super octavo 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: Routledge 1995
KEYWORDS: geography sex sexuality social theory
Notes sur la Distribution Geographique et la Morphologie de Diverses Stations Prehistoriques
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 91pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & creasing/scuffing to spine & covers/edges, minor annotation in ink to front cover, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, heavy crack to front gutter, light foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Acheuleen d'el-ma-el-abiod N/D
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH archeology archaeology prehistoric excavation sites geography distribution morphology
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography
The Modern Judea, Compared With Ancient Prophecy
Sm octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontis/folding map, 366pp, G+ (front board almost detached but tentatively hanging on, v heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges- marbling still visible, minor foxing throughout, ffep potentially missing, folding map frontis has light to moderate foxing & minor creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: William Collins 1860
KEYWORDS: ancient biblical history Judea Judaea prophecy geography Palestine antiquity
The Home Teacher (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spines & boards, 1440 pp total, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate soiling to pages sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: William Mackenzie N/D (c.1886)
KEYWORDS: old teaching books home teacher series geography nature plants botany geopolitics history
The Offshore Islands of Northern New Zealand: Proceedings of a Symposium Convened by the Offshore Islands Research Group in Auckland, 10-13 May 1983
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: Department of Lands and Survey 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand north offshore islands geography geology research groups marine
Pure Geography
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxvii + 191pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Johgn Hopkins University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: physical geography teaching study Estonia Finland landscape geology
General Theory of Population
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1969
KEYWORDS: demography demographics geography theory economics population
Savage New Guinea
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Michael Joseph 1964
KEYWORDS: anthropology geography New Guinea customs culture first editions
The Spanish Civil War
REPRINT, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history geopolitics geography politics political civil unrest
The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 1: Prolegomena and Prehistory
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, xxii + 758pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series prehistory antiquity prolegomena geology geography prehistoric mesolithic palaeolithic
The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, errata slip to contents page, xxiii + 1058pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & moderate soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity geology geography middle east Egypt Babylonia Palestine Syria Mesopotamia Anatolia bronze age Aegean Assyria
A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes, with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera
INCLUDES FOLDING CHRONOLITHOGRAPH PLATE, super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, 56pp + ads to rear, G (heavy scuffing & taoe staining to spine with some loss to extrems, rear cover detached but present, some minor insect damage to rear cover, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, heavy rusting & separation to interior staples, moderate cracking to gutters at staples, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic moderate soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Brett Printing & Publishing 1916
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical brochures lakes terraces geysers volcanoes geology geography
Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology
Tibet: A Chronicle of Exploration
LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (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: Routledge & Kegan Paul (date obscured)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Tibet Himalayas history geography
The Wilds of Maoriland
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 257pp, illus, 2x folding maps to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout inc. prelims, minor cracking to gutters, pgs 87-90 detached but present, moderate foxing & minor closed rearing to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography historical landscape James Mackintosh Bell
Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders
Oblong quarto hardcover (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: David Bateman Ltd. 2019
KEYWORDS: Pacific islands ocean human geography history anthropology