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$40.00
w18/11

Prazske Zahrady


BASEOVA,OLGA

[first edition] 247pp [text in Czech/English/German/Russian] ills.[b/w and col.] FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: [np 1991]

KEYWORDS: prague gardens geography travel history baseova prazske zahrady

$35.00
w18/12

The Spice of Life


MITCHELL,HAROLD

first edition inscribed by author's daughter 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's daughter's inscr.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974

KEYWORDS: biography history harold mitchell signed

$200.00
w18/15

Negro Nobodies Being a Series of Sketches of Peasant Life in Jamaica


DE MONTAGNAC,NOEL

ex-lib.first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 212pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black boarders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,lib.stamp to prelim.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: history geography jamaica negro montagnac

$150.00
w18/18

Among the Man-Eaters


GAGGIN,JOHN

first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 250pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,insect holes to prelims.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1900

KEYWORDS: geography history travel john gaggin

$40.00
w18/19

Lawrence of Arabia


LAWRENCE,T.E.; WILSON,JEREMY

reprint 1188pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) heavy item

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1990

KEYWORDS: biography military history lawrence arabia wilson

$75.00
w18/25

Twelve Secrets of the Caucasus


ESSAD-BEY

first edition 323pp VERY GOOD- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: nash & grayson london 1931

KEYWORDS: history geography caucasus essad-bey

$18.50
w18/27

Whitestone Oamaru; A Victorian Architectural Heritage


SHAW, PETER

first edition 80pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: craig potton nelson 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history oamaru architecture shaw

$50.00
w18/29

The Mediterranean Passion


PEMBLE,JOHN

first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,v.sl.stain to foot of final few pp) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1987

KEYWORDS: history travel pemble mediterranean

$250.00
w19/1

The Early History of Banking in England


RICHARDS,R.D.

[first edition] 319pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,2x1cm loss to fore-edge of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history banking business richards

$175.00
w19/10

The Evolutionist at Large


ALLEN,GRANT

first edition [publisher's catalogue at rear dated January,1881] 215pp G+ (beige cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,browned spine,cloth of spine split at hinges leaving it hanging by 2cm section of cloth at top, bruising to extrems., moderate tanning and soiling to boards, owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1881

KEYWORDS: natural history science allen grant evolution

$85.00
w19/11

Tutaenui: Garden of Rangitikei


GALPIN,JEANETTE

first edition 229pp ills.[b/w] super octavo softcover (VG) in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: maungatiro press marton 1993

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori geography history tutaenui rangitikei galpin

$50.00
w19/12

Isole Nelle Nuvole


CORRADINI,MARIO

first edition signed by author 167pp [text in Italian] ills.[col.] FINE (glossy boards,author's sign.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: casa editrice athesia bolzano bozen 1990

KEYWORDS: geography history italy signed mario corradini

$100.00
w19/14

Naming for Power


JAVED,NASEEM

first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 256pp FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim. - To Sir Edmund Hillary with respect & admiration & love Nassem Nov.95. ,a handwritten letter by author to Sir Edmund on hotel paper is loosely inserted) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy

PUBLISHER: linkbridge publishing new york 1993

KEYWORDS: business history naseem javed edmund hillary signed

$20.00
w19/17

Farm Buildings


CARTER,DEANE G.

fourth edition 291pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: john wiley new york [1954]

KEYWORDS: farm buildings history deane carter

$40.00
w19/21

50 Remarkable Years The New Elizabethan Age


OSMOND-EVANS,ANTHONY

first edition inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary 208pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (red cloth,sl.cut to top board,inscr.in gold pen to ffep - April 2002 For Sir Edmund & June with best wishes for many remarkable years as always Robert & Faa**a Rose London ) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.wear to extrems.) unique association copy

PUBLISHER: beautiful publishing division [np] [2002]

KEYWORDS: queen elizabeth royalty history osmond-evans

$50.00
w19/22

Geliebtes Tegernseer Tal


BACHHUBER,R.PETER

first edition [presented to Sir Edmund Hillary] 104pp [text in German] NEAR FINE (in laminated boards,presentation plate to ffep signed by Burgermeister of Bad Wiessee inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy

PUBLISHER: oreos verlag schaftlach 1988

KEYWORDS: travel geography history bachhuber tegernseer tal

$20.00
w20/14

The Human Mind


ADINARAYAN,S.P.

first edition 195pp VERY GOOD (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: hutchinson's university library london [nd]

KEYWORDS: science philosophy history adinarayan

$15.00
w20/17

Science in Education


NOKES,M.C.

first edition 158pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1949

KEYWORDS: science education history nokes

$30.00
w20/19

Native New Zealand Flowering Plants


SALMON, J. T.

first edition 254pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (Nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history flowering plants salmon

$20.00
w20/20

A Story Teller's Story


ANDERSON,SHERWOOD

ex-lib.first edition 442pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,one page detached but present,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925

KEYWORDS: literature history biography sherwood anderson

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