Books - "geography"
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The Welland Canal
a history
ex-lib first edition signed by publisher 117pp VG+ (green cloth w.libr.mark to spine,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,signed by publisher at title - supposedly related to author) in clear acetate d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: privately printed for helen carter port colborne 1960
KEYWORDS: history welland canal canada nautical geography dewitt carter
The South-West Africa Case
ex-lib first edition 144pp VG (tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and pockets,minor ink marks to fore-edge) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: asia publ.london 1967
KEYWORDS: history south-west africa geography politics m.hidayatullah
Martin Cash,the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843
183pp VG- (in red paper wrappers,mod.rubbed andstained and sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.most of paper from spine missing,chipped hinges,covers starting from foot,prelims.and edges mod.soiled)
PUBLISHER: j.walch hobart [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography biography australia tasmania van diemen's land bushranger martin cash
The Amazing Argentine
a new land of enterprise
first edition 291pp ills. VG (sl.stained and sunned,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1914
KEYWORDS: history geography argentina south america john foster fraser
The Land That is Desolate
an account of a tour in palestine
popular edition 287pp ills.[incl.fold-out map at rear] VG (mod.stained w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.shaky boards,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,map has minor closed tears,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1913
KEYWORDS: history arabia holy land middle east travel geography
Across the Great Saint Bernard
first edition 444pp+100pp appendix ills. VG+ (green cloth w.silver stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,front pastedown scratched,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.sl.chipping to fore-edge of some pp,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: bemrose london 1904
KEYWORDS: history saint bernard geography travel switzerland a.r.sennett
The Story of Hampstead
ex-lib first edition 88pp ills. VG+ (libr.mark to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,boards sl.bowed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: staples press london 1948
KEYWORDS: history geography hampstead london j.h.preston
Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America
ex-lib reprint 85pp NF (libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets)
PUBLISHER: cortes society/kraus reprint new york 1969
KEYWORDS: history cortes discovery latin america geography
The Gallery of Geography
a pictorial and descriptive tour of the world 2 vols.
new edition 2 vols.in half-leather 1144pp ills.[some col.] G (rough,needs rebinding and repairs,stained and sunned,cloth lifting off boards,spine missing from vol.2,wear and chipping and surface losses to extrems.and hinges,boards shaky,marbled eps and edges,sl.stains and mod.foxing to contents,spines cracked w.some sections separating,some pp and sections loose,some chipping and closed tears to page edges,some ills.soiled and foxed,shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: w.r.m'phun glasgow [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography travel thomas milner
The History of Woollahra
194pp ills. VG (covered by amateur w.adhesive vinyl,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine,newspaper clipping mounted on front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,some pen annotations and underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: municipal council of woollahra [np/nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography woollahra australia vince kelly
A Visit to Iceland,by way of Tronyem,in the Flower of Yarrow yacht,in the summer of 1834
320pp ills. G+ (dk.green cloth w.paper title-label to spine,mod.rubbed and sl.sunned,stained,sl.bubbling to cloth on top board,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and corners,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.foxed,both outer corners clipped on title,sl.to mod.foxing to contents w.ills.foxed,spine cracked w.minor separation starting at some sections,contents sl.rippled,cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1835
KEYWORDS: history travel geography nautical iceland john barrow jun.
Nature in Eastern Norfolk
first edition 352pp+ads.ills.[col.] VG+ (red cloth,mod.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at frontis.gutter,edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1905
KEYWORDS: history geography britain regions norfolk natural history arthur h.patterson
Tropical Africa
first edition 228pp ills.[fold-out maps] G (rough binding,red cloth,lacks spine w.boards shaky and barely attached,mod.rubbed and sunned,stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,ffep loose,owner's sign.to half-title,sl.stains towards edges,edges soiled,cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1888
KEYWORDS: history travel geography africa henry drummond
The Finding of Wineland The Good
the history of the icelandic discovery of america
ex-lib in half-vellum 205pp [text in english/icelandic] ills. VG (burgundy cloth boards w.half-vellum,gilt libr.stamp to rear board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual stamps and pockets,eps sl.soiled,teg sl.rubbed,untrimmed edges sl.soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: henry frowde london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography america iceland mythology arthur middleton reeves
The Mediterranean in Politics
ex-lib reprint rebound 259pp VG+ (blue cloth libr.rebind,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1938
KEYWORDS: history politics geography mediterranean elizabeth monroe
No Alternative
israel observed
ex-lib first edition 208pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1960
KEYWORDS: history israel geography politics d.r.elston
Maya Art and Civilization
ex-lib first edition 432pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (paper boards w.libr.mark to cloth spine,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,closed tears to lower hinge and rear flap hinge)
PUBLISHER: falcon's wing press indian hills 1957
KEYWORDS: history maya indians arts south america geography anthropology herbert joseph spinden
Waging Peace
the swiss experience
ex-lib 101pp VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.browned) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and edges sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: public affairs press washington [1958]
KEYWORDS: history politics switzerland geography military william bross lloyd
The United States and the Arab World
ex-lib revised edition 377pp VG+ (beige cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: harvard univ.press cambridge 1969
KEYWORDS: history politics america middle east arabia geography william r.polk
The Traditional Near East
ex-lib 183pp VG+ (black cloth,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: prentice-hall englewood cliffs [1966]
KEYWORDS: history near east politics geography j.stewart-robinson