Viaggi e geografia

Ancient China The Discoveries of Post Liberation Archaeoloby.

Watson, William · 1974 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

BBC, 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover, Introduction by Magnus Magnusson. 84pp, illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The art excavated in China since the revolution, in its historical context... V...

A Quiet Violence View from A Bangladesh Village.

Hartmann, Betsy and Boyce, James K · 1983 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Zed Press Food First, 1983. Trade Paperback, 285pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers B + w photographs. Original owner's name to inner cover, otherwise a clean copy. A study of life and the causes of hunger in a Bangladesh village... Very Good.

Indian Villages of the Southwest A Practical Guide To the Pueblo Indian Villages of New Mexico and Arizona.

Mays, Buddy · 1985 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Chronicle Books, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover, Long format. 105pp, illustrated soft covers a very little rubbed to front edge. B + W illustrations. Internally very clean. A history and guide to the people, places, arts and festivals of the small Indian pueblos of New Mexico...

Pompeii.

Maiuri, Amedeo · 1957 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1957. Soft Cover, Revised 9th edition. Translated into english by V Priestley.182pp, blue softback covers. Maps and b + b photographs. One small mark to foredge, otherwise a very clean copy of the official guidebook to the excavations... Very ...

Good Food From Denmark and Norway.

White, James and Elizabeth · 1959 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Muller, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover, 223pp, illustrated dustjacket with wear to the edges and a portion of loss to the front top edge. Spots of foxing to the flyleaves and the foredge, otherwise internally clean. Recipes for every course from these two countries, and remar...

With The Yacht and Camera in Eastern Waters.

Cavan, Earl of · 1897 · Hessay Books

£62.00 (€74.33 | $81.92 | ¥13,084)

Sampson Low, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover, 128pp, handcut edges. Brown cloth covered boards, a little worn to ends of spine, with gilt illustration. Top edge gilt. Fold out coloured map. Engraved chapter headings. Many b and w photographs (one of Port St Nikolo missing, oth...

Dutch Museums.

Van Luttervelt, R · 1960 · Hessay Books

£7.25 (€8.69 | $9.58 | ¥1,530)

Thames and Hudson, 1960. Hard Cover, First English edition. 319pp, the edges browning a very little withage, cloth covered boards with gilt illustration. Many colour and b + w illustrations. A clean copy. The history of the Dutch museums, and detailed descriptions of some of t...

India in Slow Motion.

Tully, Mark and Wright, Gillian · 2002 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

Penguin, 2002. Hard Cover, 302pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. The BBC correspondent explores topics such as Hindu extremism, child labour, Sufi mysticism, the agricultural crisis, political corruption, and Kashmir... Fine.

St Petersburg.

Krylova, Anastassia · 1997 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Art Rodnik, 1997. Soft Cover, Ill.: Yevgeny Sinyaver. 128pp. illustrated soft covers. A clean copy. Many colour photographs by Yevgeny Sinyaver and text translated into english by Valery Fateyev. The historic monuments and treasures of St Petersburg in Russia.... Very Good.

The City of Falling Angels.

Berendt, John · 2005 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Sceptre, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover, 373pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Ribbon bookmark. A very clean copy. A unique tour of the city of Venice and its inhabitants - beauty, scandal and corruption... Fine /Fine.

South Devon for the Most Beautiful Holiday Resorts in Great Britain.

Fisher, Michael · 1951 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Torquay, Michael Fisher, 1951. Hard Cover, Large format. Blue boards with gilt title. Introduction in 8 languages, and b + w photographs of Devon scenes, with period advertisements for hotels etc.A couple of small marks to top edge of boards, otherwise clean. Evocative of the ...

National Geographic January 2010.

- · 2010 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

National Geographic Society, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover, A clean, tight copy. Includes Bionics - merging man and machine, Scottish Hebridean Islands, Asia's illegal wildlife trade, tomb tending ceremonies in China, the Clownfish and the growth of Singapore... Fine.

Venture To The Interior.

Van Der Post, Laurens · 1955 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

The Hogarth Press, 1955. Hard Cover, Ninth impression of thw first edition. 241pp. Blue boards, faded to the spine. Frontispiece author portrait. Maps. A clean copy. A classic of travel in Africa.. Very Good /No Jacket.

Greece A Classical Tour With Extras.

Brockway, Lucile and George · 1967 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

Gollancz, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover, 192pp, complete dustjacket with a couple of short closed tears to spine. B + w photographs by the authors. Internally very clean. A guide round the important sites of Greece, with suggestions of places the authors have enjoyed. Still ...

The Cromwellian Gazetteer An Illustrated Guide To Britain in the Civil War and Commonwealth.

Gaunt, Peter · 1994 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Alan Sutton, 1994. Soft Cover, Corrected edition. 242pp, illustrated laminated soft covers. B + w illustrations, maps and family trees. A clean copy. The sites and buildings, county by county, associated with the Parliamentary cause... Fine.

Guide To the Lake District with an Outline Guide for Walkers and a Special Section for Motorists.

- · 1940 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Ward Lock, 1111. Hard Cover, 24th edition, probably 1940s. 192pp and attractive period advertisements. Red cloth covered boards, worn to edge of spine. B + w illustrations and fold-out maps. Previous owner's name to flyleaf and inner cover, otherwise internally clean. Still us...

Highways And Byways in the Lake District.

Bradley, A G and Pennell, Joseph · 1980 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Jackson & Sproat, 1980. Trade Paperback, Ill.: Joseph Pennell. 332pp, illustrated soft covers with light creases to spine. B + w illustrations and map. Internally clean.. A facsimile reprint of an early edition of a popular guidebook to the people and sights of the Lake Distri...

Benelux Belgien Niederlande Luxemburg ADAC Karte Map 1:500000.

- · 1998 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

ADAC, 1998. Soft Cover, 1;500000 map of Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg. Single fold-out sheet with soft card covers. One small hole to fold, otherwise clean... Very Good.

Family in Peru.

Sykes, John · 1962 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Anthony Blond, 1962. Hard Cover, 221 pp, b + w photographs, complete dustjacket a little rubbed to edges. Date on flyleaf, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean and VG... Very Good /Very Good.

Something Wholesale My Life and Times in the Rag Trade.

Newby, Eric · 1985 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

Picador, 1985. Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of the Revised Edition. 240pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers with one light crease. A clean, tight, copy. An entertaining account of the travel author's early years working in his family fashion ...