Viaggi e geografia

Through Mighty Seas.

Hughes, Henry · 1890 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Travel Book Club, 1111. Hard Cover, 288 pp, grey linen boards, spine a little sun darkened. B + w illustrations. 'The Romance Of A Little Wind-Jammer. ' - From the diaries of a boy who went to sea in the early 1890s. Internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Pyramids of Egypt.

Edwards, I E S · 1982 · Hessay Books

£2.25 (€2.70 | $2.97 | ¥475)

Penguin Pelican, 1982. Mass Market Paperback, Ill.: J C Rose. Revised edition. 319pp, the paper browning a little wth age, illustrated softback covers, a little rubbed to edges of spine. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The history and purpose of the pyramids.....

Introducing Greece.

King, Francis (ed) and Scott-Kilvert, Ian and Liddell, Robert et al · 1956 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Methuen, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover, 264pp, dustjacket with loss to spine and edges. B + w photographs. Tiny, very light, sports of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Essays by 7 writers on the sights and people of Greece... Very Good /Fair.

Views of Rome From the Thomas Ashby Collection in the Vatican Library.

Keaveney, Raymond · 1988 · Hessay Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

Scala Books, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover, A large, heavy book of 304pp, with laminated illustrated soft covers. 81 full-page colour illustrations, with their descriptions. A clean Near Fine copy... Very Good.

France in the 1980s.

Ardagh, John · 1982 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Penguin Pelican, 1982. Mass Market Paperback, 672pp, the edges browning a little with age, softback covers with a couple of creases. Original owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean.The profound changes in France since the war... Very Good.

The Far East A Concise History.

Jones, F C · 1966 · Hessay Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pergamon Press, 1966. First Edition. Soft Cover, 183pp, illustrated soft covers. Original owner's name to title page, otherwise internally very clean and tight. An outline history of China, Japan and Korea, stressing the elements they had in common, especially in the nineteent...

Finding The Lost Cities The Golden Age of Archaeology.

Stefoff, Rebecca · 1997 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

British Museum Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, Tall format. 192pp, laminated illustrated boards. Colour and b + w illustrations. A Very clean copy. The story of the finding of 12 cities - Petra, Ur, Troy, Nineveh, Hattusha, Copan, Angkor, Knossos, Gournia etc.. As New.

Two Wheels In The Dust From Kathmandu to Kandy.

Mustoe, Anne · 2002 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Virgin, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, Ex-Library, 312pp, illustrated softback covers in removeable plastic slipcase. B + w illustrations. Ex library - flyleaf removed, stamp to title page, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Cycling thorugh India from Nepal to Sri Lanka... Very Good.

This Is York A Personally Conducted Tour.

Knight, Charles Brunton · 1952 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Herald, 1952. Hard Cover, Ill.: Alfred Gill. Dated from author's signature and from gift inscription. 244pp, marroon cloth boards, rubbed to corners. Endpaper maps. Coloured plates and drawings. Spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. Walks round the historic city of York...

The Silent Traveller in Boston.

Yee, Chiang · 1960 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Methuen, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Chiang Yee. First UK edition. 275pp. Illustrated dustjacket with some loss to the corners and ends of the spine. 16 colour plates and 50 line drawings by the author. Original owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very...

So Schon Ist Munster.

Wengierek, Martina · 1999 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Sachbuchverlag Karin Mader, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Jost Schilgen. 50pp, illustrated laminated covers. Each page has a colour photograph and a description in German, English and French. A very clean copy. The buildings and places of the German city of Munster.. ...

The Alhambra and the Generalife.

Antequera, Marino · 1993 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Granada, Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, 1993. Soft Cover, 91pp and Index. Illustrated laminated card covers. Colour photographs and fold-out map. A clean, tight copy. A guide to these famous buildings in Granada, translated into English... Very Good.

Colonial Williamsburg Official Guidebook & Map.

- · 1970 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

Williamsburg, 1970. Soft Cover, 6th edition. 108pp, illustrated softback covers. Attractive b + w illlustrations. A clean copy. A history of the town, and descriptions of over 100 historic buildings. Lacks the accompanying map... Very Good.

The Kremlin Art Treasures.

Duncan, David Douglas · 1960 · Hessay Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Studio Books, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large, heavy book of 170pp. Dustjacket with a couple of closed tears. A few small, light spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean. 83 kodachrome colour photographs tipped in - the first colour coverage of the Kremlin's art tr...

The Story of the Isle of Man Vol.2 1406 to Modern Times.

Airne, C W · 1964 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Norris, 1964. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: D M Harrison and M Ost. Volume 2 has pp 82 - 184, from 1406 to after WWII, illustrated card covers with light crease to one corner. B + w illustrations. A few light spots of foxing to title page, otherwise clean... Very Good.

The Travels of Marco Polo.

Polo, Marco · 1970 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Heron Books, 1111. Hard Cover, Introduction by John Masefield. Probably a 1970s reprint of the Everyman edition, by arrangement with Dent. 461pp, red leatherette boards with gilt ornament. Ribbon bookmark. B + w illustrations. A few spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a ...

The National Geographic Magazine July 1940.

- · 1940 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

National Geographic Society, 1940. First Edition. Soft Cover, Yellow and white softback covers, with loss to spine. Colour and b + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. Includes National Gallery Washington, Celebes, Singapore and Greenland from 1898.. Very Good.

The National Geographic Magazine March 1949.

- · 1949 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

National Geographic Society, 1949. First Edition. Soft Cover, Yellow and white softback covers, with loss to spine and tear to back cover repaired with sellotape. Colour and b + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. Includes Dixie industry, 1948 eclipse, the past in Panam...

The National Geographic Magazine July 1950.

- · 1950 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

National Geographic Society, 1950. First Edition. Soft Cover, Yellow and white softback covers, with loss to spine. Colour and b + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. Includes America by bus, Paris, Susquehanna by canoe and Fiji's outlying islands.. Very Good.

The National Geographic Magazine September 1950.

- · 1950 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

National Geographic Society, 1950. First Edition. Soft Cover, Yellow and white softback covers, with loss to spine. Colour and b + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. Includes jet planes, a cruise down the St Lawrence, Delmarva and astronomy.. Very Good.