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$14.50
xxddg48500

Packhorse Waggon and Post: Land Carriage and Communications under the Tudors and Stuarts


CROFTS, J.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1967

KEYWORDS: history england britain travel transport tudor stuart j. crofts specials

$20.00
xxddh48501

Newfoundland Discovered: English Attempts at Colonisation 1610-1630


CELL, GILLIAN T. (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1982

KEYWORDS: gillian t. cell newfoundland history england colonisation hakluyt society specials

$20.00
xxddh48502

The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins


ANDREWS, KENNETH R. (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1972

KEYWORDS: biography history francis drake hawkins maritime nautical exploration england britain kenneth r. andrews specials

$35.00
xxddh48503

The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore 1698-1701


THROWER, NORMAN J.W. (ed)

two volume set (book + maps), hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: england history edmond halley paramore maritime nautical naval exploration norman j.w. thrower specials

$20.00
xxddh48505

English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon 1550-1646


LORIMER, JOYCE (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1990

KEYWORDS: history settlement colonisation england ireland river amazon joyce lorimer specials

$20.00
xxddh48506

The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland 1810


WAWN, ANDREW (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1987

KEYWORDS: andrew wawn history iceland journal memoir henry holland travel medicine specials

$20.00
xxddh48509

To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey: The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. 'Blossom' 1825-1828


GOUGH, BARRY M. (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1973

KEYWORDS: history barry m. gough lieutenant george peard diary journal memoir travel exploration pacific arctic h.m.s. blossom specials

$27.50
xxddh48512

The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854: Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard H.M.S. Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin


BOCKSTOCE, JOHN (ed)

two volume set, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1988

KEYWORDS: history journal john bockstoce rochfort maguire memoir point barrow alaska travel search party sir john franklin specials

$32.50
xxddh48514

The Hakluyt Handbook


QUINN, D.B. (ed)

two volume set, hardcover octavo (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: The Hakluyt Society 1974

KEYWORDS: history the hakluyt society reference reverend richard hakluyt d.b. quinn specials

$19.50
xxddh48528

Archives in New Zealand: A report


SMITH, WILFRED I.

softcover stapled wrappers (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: Archives and Records Association of New Zealand 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand archives records reference history wilfred i. smith specials

$12.00
xxddi48547

Kennedy


SORENSEN, THEODORE C.

paperback (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: Pan Books 1966

KEYWORDS: specials theodore sorensen john f. kennedy american presidents usa history politics biography

$10.00
xxddj48579

Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major: The Songs and Ballads of World War II


PAGE, MARTIN

paperback (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: Panther 1975

KEYWORDS: specials war ww2 songs ballads martin page theatre music history

$10.00
xxddj48588

Lawrence of Arabia: The Man and The Motive


NUTTIG, ANTHONY

paperback (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: Signet 1963

KEYWORDS: specials lawrence arabia history biography ww1

$9.50
xxddk48622

Square-Peg Pioneers: Memoirs of a Pommy Pioneer in Outback Australia


ELEY, DICK

paperback (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: D. Eley 1994

KEYWORDS: specials australia memoirs dick eley autobiography history

$125.00
2d21a/5

Magdala: The Story of the Abyssinian Campaign of 1866-7


Being the Second Part of the Original Volume Entitled 'Coomassie and Magdala'

STANLEY, HENRY M

Ex library, small octavo, dark maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering & embossed emblem to spine with blind rule to boards, vii + map + 190pp, illus, VG- (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing & soiling spots to boards, prize-winner's label to front pastedown, library stamps to front & rear eps, heavy browning to front & rear eps, foxing to pages & page edges, 7cm crease/fold to upper corner of page 5)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: ex library Henry M Stanley geography history Abyssinia Africa British military campaigns Coomassie magdala

$40.00
2d21a/7

Land of a Thousand Buddhas: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of Tibet and the Sacred City of Lhasa


BERNARD, THEOS

Super octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus, VG (browning to boards edges & spine, bruising to spine extrems, scratch to rear board, owner's name in ink to fep, one page loose, foxing)

PUBLISHER: Rider & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: Theos Bernard Tibet Lhasa history shrines Lama religion Buddhism ceremonies pilgrimages

$35.00
2d21a/8

The Children's Book of Edinburgh


GRIERSON, ELIZABETH W

First edition, octavo, light blue buckram boards with gilt lettering & coloured design to front board & gilt & red lettering & coloured design to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, decorated title page, xi + 379pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to boards, fading to spine, owner's name in ink to fep, foxing to pages & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1906

KEYWORDS: First edition Elizabeth W Grierson Edinburgh children's books Scotland history tourism travel sights

$9.00
xxddl48643

Dream West


NEVIN, DAVID

paperback (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: New English Library 1986

KEYWORDS: specials david nevin literature civil war history

$295.00
1w31/37

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (in four volumes)


VANCOUVER, GEROGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

Four-volume set, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt design & blind rule to front board, all vols frontispiece, xx + 442pp & folding map in rear pocket (vol 1), ix + 442-786pp (vol 2), viii + 787-1230pp (vol 3), viii + 1231-1752pp (vol 4), all vols illus, all vols VG+ (owner's name & date to fep, vol 1 bruising & pencil mark to upper page edges) (vols 2, 3, 4 would be fine but for owner's name & date in ink to fep), all vols in VG+ d/w (bruising & rubbing to exterior & edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: George Vancouver W. Kaye Lamb history maritime exploration North Pacific journal travel

$37.50
2d5b/10

Where Golf is Great: The Finest Courses of Scotland and Ireland


FINEGAN, JAMES W & LAMBRECHT, LAURENCE & THOMPSON,

Oblong quarto, green boards with gilt letter to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 527pp, illus, VG+ (lacks fep, ding to upper front board corner) in VG+ d/w (2cm jagged ding to upper front corner, slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Artisan Workman 2006

KEYWORDS: James Finegan Laurence Lambrecht Tim Thompson golf courses sport Scotland Ireland photography course history architecture tournaments hole-by-hole commentary

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