Viaggi e geografia

Dam the Thames: A Matter of Sanitation, Comfort and Economy. A Plan for a Tideless River in London. Third Edition.

THAMES BARRAGE ASSOCIATION · 1936 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Thames Barrage Association, 1936. 4to., with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly age-browned else a very good, clean copy. With a reprint of a relevant page from 'The Times' loosely inserted. One of the plates is a ...

Old Wiltshire Market Towns and Villages. Illustrated by M.E. Sargent.

DOWDING M.K. · 1896 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Houlston & Sons, 1896. 4to., Sole Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous line illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly browned, inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, lowest quarter of backstrip rubbed, boards a li...

One Hundred Years in a Chelsea Parish. A History and Survey of Christ Church. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

REID Hilda · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

J B Shears, Chelsea, [1939]. Sm. 4to., with frontispiece and plates; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE ON TITLE.

The Thames Valley. A Guide to the River from the Cotswolds to London. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

THAMES VALLEY · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

County Associations, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and 4 full-page maps in the text; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Remarkably well-preserved copy, with the usual trade advsertisements.

Historic Exeter. Official Guide to the City [1955]. NEAR FINE COPY

EXETER · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Exeter Official Publicity and Information Bureau, Exeter, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with text in brown, many sepia-toned illustrations in the text and large folding map in green and black with street index; original pictorial wrappers, front wrapper lightly spotted els...

Chester.

MORRIS R.H. · 1895 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

1895. Sm. 8vo., with a folding frontispiece map coloured in outline; decorative cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its cancelled bookplate. Published in the well-known series 'Diocesan Histories'.

Monastic and Collegiate Cheshire.

MORANT Roland W. · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Braunton, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with 64 illustrations, maps and plans (a number full-page) in the text; cloth , gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. This illustrated account deals with the area pre- and post-Dissolution. It includes chapters on hermits and anchori...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS WITH PORTFOLIO

ROYAL COMMISSION ON ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS · 0 · Island Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.74 | ¥33,333)

HMSO, [1959]. 2 vols., plus map portfolio, together 3 volumes, roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 frontispieces, titles in red and black, and very numerous plates, maps and plans (a number folding), plus four very large folding maps in separate portfolio; original series binding...

Altrincham and Bowden. With histroical Reminiscences of Ashton-on-Mersey, Sale and the surrounding Townships.

INGHAM A. · 1896 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

1896]. 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with a frontispiece, 9 plates, several illustrations in the text (the majority full-page), a folding pedigree and a plan, one plate loose; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, upper joint weak but quite sound, covers a trifle worn but a very ...

Old East Preston. Some Historical Notes - 1. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

STANDING R. W. · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

[Privately Printed], ]1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with 27 photographs (many full-page) and a full-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.

The Country Diary of a Cheshire Man.

BOYD A.W. · 1946 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Collins, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 20 plates on 14, neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper.

The Atlas Flora of Somerset.

GREEN P.R. · 1997 · Island Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

[Privately Published by the Authors, Wayford and Yeovil, 1997]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with 45 coloured plates on 16 and many hundreds of distribution maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Well-Dressing Guide. NEAR FINE COPY

PORTEOUS Crichton · 0 · Island Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

[Derbyshire Countryside, Derby], [1967]. Sm. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.

Dear Old Weymouth Town. [Prose and Poems.] NEAR FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

HERBERT Terry · 1995 · Island Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

[Privately Printed, Weymouth], n.d. [c.1995]. 8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT INNER WRAPPER.

Corscombe through the Ages. FINE COPY

SADLER Mary · 1998 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

[Privately Printed, Corscombe], n.d. [c.1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and full-page maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued,a fine copy.

Cattistock. A Dorset Village. NEAR FINE COPY

LANGFORD Marie · 2000 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

[Privately Printed, Cattistock], n.d. [c.2000]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs (a number full-page) in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

Photographic View Album of Yeovil. Photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons, Dundee. YEOVIL: A RARE SURVIVAL

YEOVIL · 1920 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Gamis & Co., [Yeovil], n.d. [c.1920]. Oblong 4to., with 20 fine full-page captioned photographic plates; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Plates include The Borough, Middle Street, Princes Street, Holy Trinity Church,...

The Meare Lake Village. A Full Description of the Excavations and Relics from the Eastern Half of the West Village, 1910-1933. NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

BULLEID, Arthur · 1948 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Privately Printed,, Taunton Castle, 1948-1953. 3 vols., Folio, with very numerous plates, illustrations and plans (a number folding) throughout; original printed boards, a near fine set. Please note that extra postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.

Litton Cheney. Its Historic Sites and People. NEAR FINE COPY

KINGSTON Paul · 0 · Island Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

[Privately Printed, Litton Cheney], [2025]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Immensely detailed and profusely illustrated account covering buildings, excavations, finds, village maps, v...

The Inland Waterways of England. [Second Edition. With Foreword by Charles Hadfield.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

ROLT Lionel Thomas Caswall · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Allen & Unwin, [1979]. Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with title-vignette, plates and large folding map, neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Rolt's classic text was first published in 1950.