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$30.00
2d5b/8

Paul and Thomas Sandby: Royal Academicians


An Anglo-Danish Saga of Art, Love and War in Georgian England

BALL, JOHNSON

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, top edges blue, frontispiece, xxii + 414pp, illus, VG (front hinge internally broken, slight bruising to lower spine extrem, ) in VG- pink d/w (soiling to front & rear, three label residue stains to front, upper spine extrem badly bruised & torn to top 2cms, 5cm closed tear to upper left front, 3cm tear & crease to upper centre rear edge, 3cm untidy tear to upper front corner, bruising to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1985

KEYWORDS: Johnson Ball art history etching engraving painting water-colours landscapes Britain British biography

$19.50
xxdde48388

The Concise Natural History of New Zealand


FLEET, HARRIET

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Harriet Fleet Ronald Lockley New Zealand natural history flora fauna reference encyclopaedia lakes rivers shore mountains islands

$10.00
xxddg48490

Mountain Flowers in New Zealand


ADAMS, NANCY M.

spiral bound paperback in plastic cover (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: Reed 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history mountain flowers alpine flowers botany flora nancy m. adams specials

$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

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