Viaggi e geografia

Excavations at Eccles 1972. Eleventh Interim Report. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

DETSICAS A. P. · 1973 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

[Kent Archaeological Society, 1973]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 8 plates on 4 and a large folding plan; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE FRONT WRAPPER. ...

Further Excavations at the Bran Ditch. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

PALMER W. M. · 1932 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1932. 8vo., with 2 plates, small neat signature on upper wrapper; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. Offprinted from Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Communications Vol. XXXII.

Mines of Devon. Part I: The Southern Area.

JENKIN A.K. Hamilton · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Flodden Field. [Reprinted from Macmillan's Magazine, October 1907]. NEAR FINE COPY

BRADLEY A. G. · 1918 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

[Privately Printed], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1918. 8vo., First Edition; original white boards, upper board lettered in red, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

A History of Wellington College 1859-1959.

NEWSOME David · 0 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

John Murray, [1959]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece and 29 monochrome plates on 24; decorative buckram gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in lightly creased dustwrapper

India Minto and Morley 1905-1910. Compiled from the Correspondence between the Viceroy and the Secretary of State. By Mary, Countess of Minto. With Extracts from her Indian Journal. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

MINTO Countess · 1934 · Island Books

£186.00 (€222.95 | $245.73 | ¥39,240)

Macmillan, 1934. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and folding coloured map; blue buckram, Elliot family crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, blue top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION CPY FR...

The Church of St. Margaret, Felbrigg. With Notes on the Church of St. Andrew, Metton. With Notes on the Church of St. Andrew, Metton. Third (revised) edition. NEAR FINE COPY

FAKENHAM · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

[Privately Printed, Felbrigg], [1972]. Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with a folding plate as frontispiece, and 2 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The first two editions were published in 1935 and 1959. In this edition the inscriptions o...

Fakenham Official Town Guide 1992. NEAR FINE COPY

FAKENHAM · 1992 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Fakenham and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Fakenham, 1992. 8vo., with numerous photographs and 2 folding street plans; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements.

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall. Edited with Introduction by C. E. Byles with Illustrations by J. Ley Pethybridge. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

HAWKER, Vicar of Morwenstow R.S. · 1908 · Island Books

£66.00 (€79.11 | $87.20 | ¥13,924)

John Lane, 1908. 8vo., on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure, decorative title in red and black, and 18 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some light and occasional browning as often; original chocolate cloth elaborately embossed in...

Corsair Country. The Diary of a Journey along the Barbary Coast. [Travel Book Club edition].

FIELDING Xan · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Travel Book Club, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Published a year after the first edition. Evocative travel diary. Fielding (1918-1991) was one of the first SOE ...

The Story of Saundersfoot. [Foreword by Lord Merthyr. Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

STICKINGS Thomas G. · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

H G Walters, Tenby, [1976]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 27 plates and maps (one double-page) on 16, and several maps and plans in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1970.

Britain in Old Photographs. Bury. NEAR FINE COPY

HUDSON John · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

[Alan Sutton, Stroud], [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.

Blackpool in Old Photographs. NEAR FINE COPY

ROTHWELL Catherine · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

[Alan Sutton, Stroud], [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.

Britain in Old Photographs. Southport. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

SMITH Jack · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Budding Books, [Stroud], [2001]. 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.

Liverpool in Old Picture Postcards. Vol 1: A Portrait of a City; Vol. 2: A Portrait of the Docks and River Mersey. Foreword by Brian Jacques of BBC Radio Merseyside. COMPLETE SET IN NEAR FINE STATE

WOOLLEY Peter W. · 1988 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

SB Publications, [Market Drayton], 1988-89. 2 vols., oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page photographs throughout; original photographic wrappers, a near fine set.

Britain in Old Photographs. Blackburn. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

BAGGOLEY Martin · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Budding Books, [Stroud], [2000]. 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. First published in 1996.

Notes on the Antiquities of Devonshire which date before the Norman Conquest. [First and Sole Edition in book form]. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH A.L.

DAVIDSON J. · 1861 · Island Books

£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)

W Roberts, Exeter, 1861. 8vo., First Edition, with a tipped-in illustration and large folding engraved map on cloth, COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE, map lightly foxed, tiny later signature on front free endpaper; original green coarse-grain cloth, printed paper label on upper cov...

Life in Regency and Early Victorian Times. An Account of the Days of Brummell and D'Orsay 1800 to 1850. NEAR FINE COPY

CHANCELLOR E. Beresford · 0 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Batsford, [1926]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 148 sepia-toned plates on 80 and 11 vignettes after Cruickshank and others in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, one or two m...

In and Around Storrington. With Maps and Drawings by Betty Haggard. NEAR FINE COPY

HAGGARD Denis · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

[Privately Printed, Petersfield], [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with 7 full-page illustrations and a double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Very scarce

Ordnance Survey Historical Guides. Surrey.

TURNER D. · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

George Philip and Ordnance Survey, [1988]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and maps throughout, and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.