Viaggi e geografia

Adams Illustrated Guide. Rye. With Notes on the District. [Fifteenth Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

FOSTER Jim · 0 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Adams, Rye, [1964]. 8vo., Fifteenth Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and large folding map; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements, many illustrated.

Death on the Prairie. The Terrible Struggle for the Western Plains. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WELLMAN Paul I. · 0 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Foulsham [for] Fireside Press, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Wellman's classic account of the subjugation the the 'Wild West' includes a useful bibl...

The Prester John of the Indies. A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520, written by Father Francisco Alvares. The Translation of Lord Stanley of Alderney (1881) revised and edited with additional Material. NEAR FINE COPY

BECKINGHAM C. F. · 1961 · Island Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

University Press, Cambridge for the Hakluyt Society, 1961. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates, 34 illustrations in the text, 7 maps (1 folding) and a large folding map in pocket at end; original series binding of blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, ...

The Itinerario of Jeronimo Lobo. Translated by Donald M. Lockhart from the Portuguese text extablished and edited by M.G. Da Costa. With an Introduction and Notes by C.F. Beckingham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

LOBO Jeronimo · 1983 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hakluyt Society, 1983. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookpl...

Paisley Abbey. Its History, Architecture and Art. A Complete Handbook to the Building. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HOWELL Rev. A. R. · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Alexander Gardner, Paisley, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, and folding plan, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in uncl...

A Portrait of Brighton circa 1911 and Today. FINE COPY

ELLIOTT A. G. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

[Privately Printed, Portslade], [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Valuable 'before-and-after' photographs of Brighton locations.

Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory. A Short History of their Foundation and Description of their Buildings. [Third Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

PERKINS Rev. Thomas · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

G. Bell & Sons, [1912]. 8vo., Third Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) and plans in the text, contemporary signatures on front paste-down; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, backstrip faded else a bright,...

Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Windsor. Sheet 114. Popular Edition. Scale: One Inch to to One Mile. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

ORDNANCE SURVEY · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Ordnance Survey, Southampton, [1927]. Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 53.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, some very light age-soiling else a bright, clean copy. The fam...

Guide to Stelling Minnis Mill. NEAR FINE COPY

[MCKEAN] [Sylvia] · 0 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

[East Kent Mills Group, Canterbury], [1979]. 8vo., with photographs and diagrams; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.

The Measure of the Years. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MENZIES Sir Robert Gordon · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cassell, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Oxfordshire Clergy 1777-1869. A Study of the Established Church and of the of the Role of its Clergy in Local Society. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McCLATCHEY Diana · 1960 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with tables in the text and large folding map; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Marsh Arabs. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

THESIGER Wilfred · 0 · Island Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Harper Collins, [2000]. 8vo., with frontispiece, plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Near fine copy of an elegant reissue of the author's second book (first published in 1964). The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of ...

My Trip in the 'John Williams'. NEAR FINE COPY

THOMPSON Ralph Wardlaw · 1900 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London Missionary Society, 1900. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, gilt edges, black endpapers, a near fine cop...

Seven Years in Tibet. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. With an Introduction by Peter Fleming. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HARRER Heinrich · 1953 · Island Books

£126.00 (€151.03 | $166.46 | ¥26,582)

Hart-Davis, 1953. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and numerous plates in monochrome, light tape-marks on paste-downs; navy cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter crudely reinforced at inner edges. Wi...

General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire. A Reprint of the Work Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

YOUNG Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

David & Charles, [Newton Abbot], [1971]. 8vo., on laid paper, with 7 pages of full-page plates (the two additional folding plates are treated here as double-page), several illustrations in the text and large folding map; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clippe...

Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

FIRTH J. B. · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map on japon; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With 2pp series catalogue at end...

Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

BURGOYNE Elizabeth · 0 · Island Books

£274.00 (€328.43 | $361.99 | ¥57,805)

Ernest Benn, [1958-61]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly chipped at extremities. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. COMPLETE SETS ...

Gertrude Bell from her Personal Papers. Vol. I: 1889-1914. Vol. II: 1914-1926. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO

BURGOYNE Elizabeth · 0 · Island Books

£885.00 (€1,060.81 | $1,169.21 | ¥186,708)

Ernest Benn, [1958-61]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border stopped with roundels at corners, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered i...

The Changing Face of Hammersmith and Fulham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

KIMBER Jane · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Breedon Books, [Derby], [2002]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number double-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.

Panoramas of Lost London. Work, Wealth, Poverty and Change 1870-1945. Foreword by Dan Cruickshank. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DAVIES Philip · 0 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Atlantic, [Croxley Green], [2017]. Oblong 4to., with frontispiece, title-vignette, many hundreds of fine photographs (the majority full-page), and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.