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MR GOULD’S TROPICAL BIRDS. Comprising twenty four plates selected from John Gould’s Folios together with descriptions of the birds taken from his original text edited and introduced by ...

(Gould). Mannering, Eva. · 1955 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Ariel Press 1955. Thin folio. xvipp. text. Many text ills., 24 cold. plates. Some light age toning, original limp card wrapps. with very sm. closed tear to lower edge of upper wrapp., in d/w. with affixed lightly soiled and chupped glacene d/w., couple of closed sm. marginal t...

THE EYE OF THE LYNX. Galileo, his Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History.

Freedberg, David. · 2002 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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The University of Chicago Press 2002. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xii + 513pp. + [i]. Numerous colour and b/w. ills. Ownership ink stamp to upper corner of half title and sl. offset onto verso of front f.e.p., good in d/w. faded to spine.

BLOOD & THUNDER. The Unofficial Biography of Jonah Lomu.

(Lomu). Shirley, Phil. · 1999 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

HarperCollins Publishers 1999. 1st UK Ed. 221pp. + [iii]. 8 pages of b/w. photos. Light marginal browning, good in lightly rubbed d/w. Signed by Jonah Lomu to title page.

A HUNTING ALPHABET.

Armour, G.D. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Country Life Ltd. 1929. 4to. [ii]pp. Red and black title page. 26 leaves each with rhyme and tipped in colour ills. Light spotting to e.ps., with the signature of ‘Claire Felicia Moore 6th ept. 1944’, original cream hessian backed green cloth boards with title label to upper b...

CARDIFF ARMS PARK. An Illustrated Architectural and Social History. Foreword by Rod Shead.

Allen, David; Baker, Simon; Carter, Sal; Prescott, Gwyn and Hignell, Andrew. · 2021 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Cardiff Rugby Community Foundation 2021. Royal 8vo. [xii] + 404pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w., with many from photos. Very good in d/w. No. 237 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.

NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: With Illustrations of their Climate, Geology, and Natural History; and an Account of the Whale-Fishery.

Leslie, Sir John; Jameson, Robert and Murray, Hugh. · 1832 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1832. 3rd Ed., Revised. Sm. Thick 8vo. 488pp. Folding chart frontis., vignette half title, 15 engravings. Marbled e.ps., ex.-libris Jacobi Paterson 1834, half calf with marbled boards, some very sl. wear to corners, upper joint sl. tender, gilt ruled r...

COMMUNICATING WITH THE WORLD OF BEINGS. The World Heritage rock art sites in Alta, Arctic Norway. Translated by Tim Challman.

Helskog, Knut. · 2014 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Oxbow Books, Oxford & Philadelphia 2014. 1st Ed. Slim 4to. 240pp. 263 figures, mainly in colour from photos. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, very good in original white lettered dark burgundy coloured pictorial laminated boards.

YOUNG MEN IN THE ARCTIC. The Oxford University Arctic Expedition to Spitsbergen 1933. Preface by Alexander Glen.

Glen, A.R. · 1935 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Faber & Faber 1935. 1st Ed. 329pp. + [i]. 55 ills. from photos, folding map at rear. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with sm. inscription, e.ps. lightly browned and spotted, other ownership signature, original blue cloth with silver t...

JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE: The First Arctic Land Expedition 1819-1822. [With] The Second Arctic Land Expedition 1825-1827. Edited with an Introduction by Richard C. Davis.

Franklin, Sir John. · 1995 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Champlain Society, Toronot/Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Ottawa 1995-8. 2 vols. Large 8vo. [cx] + 463pp. + [i] + xxiii + [iii] + [lxxxii] + 421pp. + [i] + xxii. Port. frontis., 13 ills., 6 maps. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley ...

GRØNLAND. Forord af Statsminister Th. Stauning. Indledning af Direktor knud Oldendow.

Bang, Jette. · 1940 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Det Grønlandske Selskab Steen Hasselbalchs Forlag, Københaun 1940. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. Danish text. [xxiv] + 190pp. + [ii]. Profusely illus. in b/w. from photos., map. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley with her signature in pencil, from the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore...

KING SENEB-KAY’S TOMB AND THE NECROPOLIS OF A LOST DYNASTY AT ABYDOS. With contributions by Jane Hill, Maria Rosado, and Molly Gleeson.

Wegner, Josef and Cahail, Kevin. · 2021 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2021. 1st Ed. 4to. [xxii] + 386pp. Colour frontis., 9 tables, numerous mainly colour figures. Very good in black lettered pale grey coloured pictorial laminated boards. University Museum Monograph...

EGYPTIAN WALL PAINTING. Translated from the Italian by Marguerite Shore.

Tiradritti, Francesco. · 2008 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Abbeville Press Publishers 2008. 1st English Ed. Large 4to. 391pp. + [i]. Profusely illus. throughout in colour from photos. by Sandro Vannini. Colour illus. e.ps., very good in d/w., in beige coloured pictorial slipcase.

KENYA. A Natural History.

Spawls, Stephen and Mathews, Glenn. · 2012 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

T & AD Poyser 2012. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 448pp. Colour frontis., vignette title page, profusely illus. with colour photos., illus. chapter headings, maps. Very good in d/w.

SUN, SAND AND SOMALS Leaves from the Note-Book of a District Commissioner in British Somaliland.

Rayne, Major H. · 1921 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

H F G Witherby 1921. 1st Ed. 223pp. 12 plates. Ex.-libris J.H. Freeman, edges spotted occasionally intruding onto margins, gilt lettered brown cloth with coloured ills. to upper board, spine sl. soiled and bumped. J. H. Freeman was a prominent book reviewer for the Times Lite...

MAGIC AND MEDICAL SCIENCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT. Foreword by François Daumas.

Ghalioungui, Paul. · 1963 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Hodder and Stoughton 1963. 1st UK Ed. 189pp. + [i]. 16 plates, 17 figures. F.e.ps. sl. browned, sm. booksellers label, booksellers ink stamp to front f.e.p. and lower pastedown, original gilt lettered cloth lightly faded along edges and spine, good in lightly soiled and sl. ch...

THE VENTILATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES.

Burrows, J.H.J. et al. · 1974 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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... 1974. 1st Ed. [viii] + 485pp. Gilt lettered red cloth, spine sl. faded and bumped.

JANG BAHADUR IN EUROPE. The First Nepalese Mission to the West.

Whelpton, John. · 1983 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Sahayogi Press Tripureshwar Kathmandu Nepal 1983. 1st English Ed. [xii] + 320pp. 3 maps on 2 fold-outs, many ills. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, original wrapps., browned.

THE LAND OF TIMUR. Recollections of Russian Turkestan.

Polovtsoff, A. · 1932 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Methuen & Co. 1932. xiii + 206pp. + 8pp. publ. catalogue. 10 tipped in plates photographed by B. Litinoff, e.p. map. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, edges spotted sl. intruding onto margins, original black lettered blue cloth, some fading, ragged d/w. with signific...

PENNELL OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell. With an Introduction by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.

(Pennell). Pennell, Alice M. · 1914 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Seeley, Service & Co. 1914. 1st Ed. [xv] + 464pp. + [16] publ. adverts. Port. frontis., 19 ills. from photos., folding map. Light browning, edges sl. spotted, from the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, original gilt lettered red cloth, corners bumped, spine faded and sl. soiled.

MERV. A Story of Adventures and Captivity. Epitomised from ‘The Merv Oasis’.

O’Donovan, Edmond. · 1883 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Smith, Elder & Co. 1883. xi + 348pp. + [iv]. publ. adverts. Port. frontis. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, with the signature of H? J. Whigham, several preliminary leaves carelessly opened, age toning, gilt lettered brown cloth minor wear, 1in split to head of spin...