Viaggi e geografia

A Calabash Of Diamonds.

Lane, Margaret · 1962 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Reprint Society, 1962. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 190pp, yellow boards with brown spine, dustjacket with previous owner's name on inner flap. B + w photographs and maps. An African Treasure Hunt in Mozambique.. Fine /Very Good.

London Midland Steam In Action 2.

Blake, W A · 1975 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Bradford Barton, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover, 96pp, black boards, complete dustjacket. Many b + w photographs, taken after antionalisation up to the end of steam strains in 1968... As New /As New.

The Tears of Isis The Story of a new Journey from the Mouth to the Source of the River Nile..

Carrington, Richard · 1959 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

The Travel Book Club, 1111. Hard Cover, c. 1959. 256 pp, b + w photographs, blue boards, illustrated dustjacket is near Fine. A few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internallly clean and VG+... Very Good /Very Good.

Manual Of Driving And Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles (Wheeled) 1937.

HMSO · 1940 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, 1940. Hard Cover, 612 pp, and advert leaves, red cloth boards worn to edges of spine and with one tear to bottom of spine. B + w illustrations. Later amendments neatly pasted in. An interesting survival from WWII... Very Good.

Journey Into Russia.

Van Der Post, Laurens · 1965 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Reprint Society, 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 319pp, dustjacket with a little edgewear. Internally very clean. Travels in Russia in the Communist era... Fine /Very Good.

Deutsche Stadte Vor 100 Jahren.

Goock, Roland · 0 · Hessay Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Heinz Peter, Hard Cover, Large format. 254pp, complete dustjacket, a little rubbed to edges Corner of flyleaf removed otherwise clean Sepia photographs of the cities of Germany 100 years ago, with text in German... Fine /Very Good.

Munster.

Lechtape, Andreas and Buske, Stefan · 1992 · Hessay Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Artcolor Verlag, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover, 80pp, laminated boards with colour illustration. Spectacular colour and b + w illustrations with text in English and German to form a picture of this town in Westphalia... As New.

Gods And Heroes.

Kubly, Herbert · 1970 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Gollancz, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover, 437pp, orange boards, a little rubbed to top of soine. Endpaper maps. Travel, people and politics in 1960s Greece... Fine /No Jacket.

Livingstone's Travels.

Macnair, James I · 1956 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Readers Union, 1956. Hard Cover, 429pp, endpaper maps. Orange cloth boards. B + w photographs. Internally clean and Near Fine... Very Good /No Jacket.

London Echoing.

Bone, James · 1948 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Jonathan Cape, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Muirhead Bone. 173pp, blue cloth boards, faded to spine. B + w pictures by Muirhead Bone. Signature of original owner and date on flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. People and places of London... Very Good /No Jacket.

Life With Daktari.

Hart, Suzanne · 1969 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Companion Book Club, 1969. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 256 pp, green boards with red label. Colour and b + w photographs. Has been owned by a library, so stamps on half title and flyleaf, but never issued, and otherwise clean. Two vets in East Africa.. Very G...

Tigerland & South Sea.

Strandberg, Olle · 1953 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Michael Joseph, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover, Translated from the Swedish by M A Michael. 235 pp, marroon boards, a little worn to edges. B + w photographs. Edge of flyleaf clipped, otherwise VG. Travel in Asia and the South Seas.. Very Good /No Jacket.

Islands Of The Gulf.

Maddock, Shirley and Whyte, Don · 1966 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Collins, 1966. Hard Cover, 286 pp. B + w and colour illustrations, dustjacket with one closed tear. An exploration of the Hauraki Gulf, near Auckland, Australia. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /Very Good.

Wildlife And Safari In Kenya.

Pearson, John (ed) · 1968 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

E A Publishing, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large book of 384 pp. Numerous b + w and colour photographs. White boards, dustjacket with one closed tear to back, small portion of loss to front. Gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A comprehensive guide...

Gleanings from Venetian History.

Crawford, Francis Marion · 1907 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Macmillan, 1907. Hard Cover, Ill.: Joseph Pennell. First one-volume edition. A heavy book of 833pp with red cloth covered boards, a little worn to the edge of the spine. Gilt top edge and title. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's name and venetian bookseller's label to flyl...

The Prim Romantic A Biography of Ellis Cornelia Knight 1758 - 1837.

Luttrell, Barbara · 1965 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Chatto & Windus, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition, with an Introduction by Roger Fulford. 240pp, yellow boards. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography of the woman who was Princess Charlotte's companion, wrote a continuation to Dr Johnson's Rasse...

Mediterranean Cookery.

Roden Claudia · 1989 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

BBC, 1989. Soft Cover, 336pp, colour illustrated card covers a little rubbed to the corners. Colour illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A book which has become a classic - recipes for traditional home cooking from the mediterranean area, originally written to accompany ...

Maurice Mauritius.

Folco, Michel and Renaud, Pierre · 1986 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Times Les Editions Du Pacifique, 1986. Hard Cover, Ill.: Folco, Michel. Text in French. 128pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Many beautiful colour illustrations. Gift inscription to title page, otherwise internally clean. The people, places and wild life of the island of Ma...

Maunder's Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference.

Woodward, B B (preface) · 1984 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Longmans Green & Co, 1984. Hard Cover, Dated from the publisher's catalogue at the back. Revised edition. 899p, brown cloth covered board to front, board missing to back. Preface detached. Shaky but generally clean - a good 'reading copy' only. Includes Grammar, Dictionary, Un...

Notre Litterature Etudiee Dans Les Textes II Le XVIII et Le XIX Siecle Jusqu'en 1850.

Braunschvig, Marcel · 1948 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Librairie Armand Colin, 1948. Soft Cover, 15th edition, revised and enlarged. French text. 749pp, beige soft covers with a little wear to ends of spine. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. French literature from the age of the Salons to 1850... Very G...