Viaggi e geografia

The West Coast of Scotland. Skye to Oban. A Shell Guide. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED FIRST STATE DUSTWRAPPER

BONE Stephen · 0 · Island Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Faber, [1952]. 4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (several full-page) in the text, 3 double-page coloured maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in green, a near fine...

Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia. [Facsimile re-issue].

SAUER M. · 1972 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Richmond Publishing, [Richmond, 1972]. 8vo., with 14 plates and a large folding map; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. Much-needed high quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1802. No dustwrapper was issued. Now very uncommon in its own right.

City and County of the City of York. Official Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

YORK · 1953 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York, 1953. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 coloured plates, 3 pages of armorial bearings in colour, numerous monochrome photographs, maps and plans in the text, and a large folding street plan (neatly repaired at fold) at end;...

Mount Sinai and the Holy Land in 1864. IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING

GADSBY John · 1864 · Island Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

Alfred Gadsby, 1864. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 engraved illustrations (2 full-page) and a full-page engraved map in the text; neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, upper board lettered in gil...

The John Carter Brown Library Conference. A Report of the Meeting held in the Library at brown University on the Early History of the Americas. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY PROVIDENCE RI · 1951 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

John Carter Brown Library, Providence RI, 1951. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly browned at extremities else a very good, clean copy . VERY SCARCE.

British Colonial Policy and the South African Republics 1848-1872.

KIEWIET C.W. de · 1929 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Longmans Green & Co., 1929. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, covers lightly age-marked, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and markings on front free endpaper. This copy was p...

Israel Reborn.

ZE'V A. · 0 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Lewin-Epstein, Tel-Aviv, [1965]. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front ...

Religion and Society in Elizabethan Sussex. A Study of the Enforcement of the Religious Settlement 1558-1603.

MANNING Roger B. · 1969 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1969. 8vo., First Edition, with a folding map; brown cloth, gilt back, green top, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front free endpaper, neat blind stamp on half-title and...

Wheel and Spindle. Aspects of Irish Industrial History. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

MCCUTCHEON A. · 1977 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Blackstaff Press, [Belfast, 1977]. Oblong 4to., First Edition; with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury. Volume One. FINE COPY IN RED BINDING

ROYAL COMMISSION ON ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

HMSO, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, 104 plates (most with multiple images), numerous plans (a number folding) and 3 large folding maps in pocket at end; original series binding of red cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and letter...

Berbers and Blacks. Impressions of Morocco, Timbuktu and the Western Sudan. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BARROWS David Prescott · 0 · Island Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,721)

Appleton-Century Company, [1927]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 43 plates on 30, 2 plans in the text, full-page map in the text and 2 maps on 1 folder; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean ...

Abraham Lincoln. 12 February 1809 - 15 April 1865. Interpretations on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of his Birth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

LINCOLN Abraham · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

[US Information Service], [1959]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. PROFESSOR JACK MORPURGO'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON TITLE. Sold from an institution with the usual markings.

Midwestern Progressive Politics. A Historical Study of its Origins and Development 1870-1950. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

NYE Russel B. · 1951 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Michigan State College Press, [East Lansing MI], 1951. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PROFESSOR JACK MORPURGO WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

Sunny Lyme Regis. [Official Guide]. Fifth Edition. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

LYME REGIS · 1918 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Lyme Regis Printing & Publishing Co for the Borough Advertising Committee, n.d. [c.1918]. Oblong 4to., Fifth Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) and a full-page map; original wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else ...

The Manor of Goodbegot in the City of Winchester. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

GOODMAN A. W. · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Privately Printed, Winchester, [c.1923]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plate depicting a plan, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original printed wrappers, yapped edges, uncut, wrappers lightly chafed at extremities else a v...

The Raised Beaches and Strandlines of South Devon. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

ORME A. R. · 1960 · Island Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

1960. 8vo., with 9 full-page illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; laminated printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Reprinted from Field Studies Vol. 1, No. 2 (June 1960).

Greete, Whitton and Hope Bagot, and Tenbury Wells. The Farmers, the People, the Camp and the Neighbourhood over fifty Years. NEAR FINE COPY

HOPKINS Gordon · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

[D. Brown, Cowbridge], [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

Windsor in Victorian Times. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

MACNAGHTEN Angus · 1975 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

[Privately Printed, Windsor, 1975]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 7 plates; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.

The Guild Hall of Guildford and its Treasures.

WILLIAMSON G.C. · 1928 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Biddles, Guildford, 1928. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Scarce in this condition.

The Most of What We Spend. A Biography of Robert L. Hendren Jr. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

ATTEBERY L.W. · 1998 · Island Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

[West Shore Press, Caldwell ID, 1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNAT...