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How to write the History of a Parish. An Outline Guide to Topographical Records, Manuscripts and Books. Fifth Edition, revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

COX J. Charles · 1895 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Bemrose, 1895. 8vo., Fifth Edition, free endpapers mildly browned; original red buckram, gilt back, covers unevenly faded, short slpit in upper joint (but binding entirely sound), a bright, clean copy. Greatly expanded edition of an invaluable standard reference first publishe...

A Child in the Forest. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

FOLEY Winifred · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

BBC, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition; pale green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This delightful story of childhood in the Forest of Dean has become a minor classic following its broadcast by the BBC.

Roman Ways in the Weald. With a Foreword by O.G.S. Crawford. [Third, revised, edition.] THE REVISED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MARGARY Ivan D. · 0 · Island Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Phoenix House, [1965]. 8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, plates, very numerous sectional drawings (a number folding) in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. With neat blin...

Yuan Mei. Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WALEY Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Allen & Unwin, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The Nine Songs. A Study in Shamanisn in Ancient China. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WALEY Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Allen & Unwin, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition; on laid paper, half-title lightly browned; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Madly Singing in the Mountains. An Appreciation and Anthology of Arthur Waley. Edited with a Preface by Ivan Morris. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

WALEY Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Allen & Unwin, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Luzac of Bloomsbury on front paste-down.

The Real Tripitaka and other Pieces. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WALEY Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Allen & Unwin, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in green, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.

The Analects of Confucius. Translated and annotated by Arthur Waley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CONFUCIUS · 0 · Island Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Allen & Unwin, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting to free endpapers; pale yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, brown top, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan. Being an Account of the Border Countries and the more turbulent of the Tribes controlled by the North-West Frontier Province, and of our Military Relations with them in the Past. With an Introduction by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien. NEAR FINE COPY IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO

WYLLY Colonel Harold Carmichael · 1912 · Island Books

£335.00 (€401.55 | $442.58 | ¥70,675)

Macmillan, 1912. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 folding maps (a number coloured in outline); strongly bound in contemporary dark green morocco, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy. With the small trade trade ticket of Sham Lall & Son...

The County Books. Staffordshire. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DRABBLE Phil · 0 · Island Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Hale, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwreapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at hea...

Highways and Byways in Derbyshire. With Illustrations by Nelly Erichsen. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

FIRTH J. B. · 1905 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Macmillan, 1905. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and numerous illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstri...

The Place-Names of Sussex. With the Assistance of J.E.B. Gover. [English Place-Name Society, Vols. VI and VII]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

MAWER A. · 1929 · Island Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

University Press, Cambridge, 1929-30. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with large folding map coloured in outline in pocket at end of first volume; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt backs, backstrips sunned (but all lettering wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean...

Ferdinand Magellan. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

BENSON Edward Frederick · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

John Lane the Bodley Head, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and 2 folding maps; black cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue bound in at end. The Golden Hind series comprises biographies of great explorers writte...

The Worthing Cavalcade: Shelley, Trelawny and Henley. A Study of Three Titans. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

LOOKER Samuel J. · 1950 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Worthing Art Development Scheme, Worthing, 1950. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities and with minor loss at he...

Highways and Byways in Berkshire. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FIRST STATE BINDING

VINCENT James Edmund · 1906 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Macmillan, 1906. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 76 illustrations (43 full-page) and 3 full-page maps in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original series first state binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in ...

The Diary of a Country Parson: the Reverend James Woodforde. Edited by John Beresford. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

WOODFORDE Rev. James · 0 · Island Books

£430.00 (€515.42 | $568.09 | ¥90,717)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, [1981]. 5 vols., 8vo., with 5 frontispieces and 22 plates; navy cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Westo...

The Expedition of the ST JEAN-BAPTISTE to the Pacific 1769-1770. From Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe. Translated and edited by John Dunmore. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

SURVILLE Jean de · 1981 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Hakluyt Society, 1981. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Sec...

Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Cromer. Sheet 58. Popular Edition. Scale One Inch to One Mile. NEAR FINE COPY

ORDNANCE SURVEY · 0 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Ordnance Survey, Southampton, [1929]. Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 29.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), neat contemporary signature on inner wrapper; original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, b...

Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Wimborne and Ringwood. Sheet 131. Popular Edition. Scale One Inch to One Mile. NEAR FINE COPY

ORDNANCE SURVEY · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Ordnance Survey, Southampton, [1932]. Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 30 ins (approx. 56.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), neat contemporary signature on inner wrapper; original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bri...

Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Winchester and District. Sheet 123. Popular Edition. Scale One Inch to One Mile. NEAR FINE COPY

ORDNANCE SURVEY · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Ordnance Survey, Southampton, [1923]. Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 56.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous One Inch Popular E...