Viaggi e geografia

The Geomorphology of the Tillingbourne. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

MERCER Valerie J. · 1959 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Field Studies Council, 1959. 8vo., First Edition, with maps and charts in the text; laminated printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with neat press-mark on title. Field Studies, Vol. I. No. 1.

Excursions in the Year 1905. Reprinted by Permission, for Private Circulation, from Vol. XXXI of the Transactions of Birmingham Archaeological Society. WITH COSSINS' OWN INDEX IN MSS

COSSINS [Jethro] A. · 1905 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

[Privately Printed, 1905]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text; disbound, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. THIS ANNUAL VOLUME IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LARGE 4pp INDEX IN COSSINS' OWN HAND AND WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY HIM. THE INDEX LISTS VE...

The Excursions of 1913. [Reprinted, for Subscribers only, from Transactions of Birmingham Archaeological Society]. REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

COSSINS [Jethro] A. · 1913 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

[Privately Printed, 1913]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with photographs and full-page plan in the text; original pale blue wrappers lettered in black, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Cossins' annual compilations provide a handy comp...

The Excursions of the Year 1914. [Reprinted, for Subscribers only, from Transactions of Birmingham Archaeological Society]. REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

COSSINS [Jethro] A. · 1914 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

[Privately Printed, 1914]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with photographs and 2 full-page plans in the text; original pale blue wrappers lettered in black, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Cossins' annual compilations provide a handy c...

Heart of Oak. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

JONES Tristan · 0 · Island Books

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

Bodley Head, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Jones' vividly-written account of his service in the RN in WWII, during which he was sunk three times before the age of eighteen.

The Cantiaci. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DETSICAS Alec · 1987 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Alan Sutton, [Gloucester], 1987. 8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece map, and photographs, illustrations and plans throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

One-Inch Map. Barnstaple. Sheet 163. New Popu ar Edition. [With Ellis Martin cover]. FIRST POST-WWII EDITION

ORDNANCE SURVEY · 1946 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1946. Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 32 x 25.5 ins (approx. 81.25 x 64.75 cms) folding in 24 panels to 8.25 x 4.5 ins (approx. 17.75 x 10.75 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, wrappers lightly rubbed at edges else a very good, firm c...

Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

EDWARDS Lewis A. · 1950 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson 1950. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plate, endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded else a good, clean copy. A standard reference following the Transport Bill of 1948.

Antarctic Adventure. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.

FUCHS Vivian · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cassell, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustw...

A Walk with a White Bushman. In Conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR

VAN DER POST Laurens · 0 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Chatto & Windus, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY VAN DER POST AND POTTIEZ ON TITLE. SCARCE THUS.

The King's England. Sussex. Fully revised and edited by C.L.S. Linnell. Illustrated with new Photographs by A.F. Kersting. REVISED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MEE Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1971]. 8vo., Revised Edition, with very numerous plates and a double-page map, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised, updated and reset version of the original edition of 1937.

Bucks. Shell Guide. With Notes on Monuments by Katherine A Esdaile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL COMB-BOUND EDITION

NASH John · 0 · Island Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Batsford, [1936]. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, 8 plates on pink stock, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial wrappers with black comb-binding, an unusually bright, clean copy. One of the first ten...

The Great Yew Forest. The Natural History of Kingley Vale. WITH TYPESCRIPT REVIEW

WILLIAMSON Richard · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Macmillan, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This copy was formerly in the library of naturalist Joyce Pope, with her pictorial bookplate on front free...

Bedlam. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MASTERS Anthony · 0 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Michael Joseph, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lively and facsinating social history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, and the treatment of the insane. The building in Lambeth is now the home ...

History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York. With select Lists of the Merchants and Traders of London, and the principal commercial and manufacturing Towns of England; and a Variety of other commercial Information. Vol. I: West Riding. Vol. II: East and North Ridings. SOLID COPY (AS USUAL WITHOUT THE MAPS)

BAINES Edward · 1822 · Island Books

£186.00 (€222.95 | $245.73 | ¥39,240)

Edward Baines, Leeds, 1822-23. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, wanting all advertised maps and plans as usual, some moderate age-browning (but nowhere affecting legibility); crudely bound in tan leather [sheep?], backs with red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, a good, ...

The University of Glasgow 1451-1577. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

DURKAN John · 1977 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

University of Glasgow Press, 1977. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Includes an extensive bibliography. SCARCE

The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the various Countries of the Globe. Colombia. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

CONDER] [Josiah · 1825 · Island Books

£224.00 (€268.50 | $295.94 | ¥47,257)

Printed for James Duncan [and others], 1825. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with folding engraved map as frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, some light offsetting to title and some light age-staining to a few leaves; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked in calf ...

Bacon's New Map of Central London. Divided into Half Mile Squares and Circles. Scale: Four Inches to the Mile. A RARE SURVIVAL

BACON G.W. · 0 · Island Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Bacon, [c.1890]. Folding engraved map printed on fine ivory linen, size: 21 x 28 ins (approx. 53.0 x 71.0 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 ins (approx. 15.o x 7.5 cms), printed surface very lightly browned (rather more heavily so along central fold), a few locations marked w...

Slowly down the Ganges. [Second Impression]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

NEWBY Eric · 0 · Island Books

£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1966]. 8vo., Second Impression, with 16 coloured plates, 16 monochrome plates and 3 maps (one double-page); original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR ...

Looking Back. The University of Manchester. NEAR FINE COPY

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · 0 · Island Books

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University of Manchester, Manchester, [1996]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.