Viaggi e geografia

Valley Views. Book 1: Historic Street Scenes of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley [with] Book 2: Transport: Historic Scenes of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley. NEAR FINE SET

MERTHYR TYDFIL · 1990 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Merthyr Tydfil Public Libraries, Merthyr Tydfil, 1990-1991. 2 vols., 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean set. Scarce

Kentish Visitations of Archbishop William Warham and his Deputies, 1511-1512.

WOOD-LEGH (ed.) K.L. · 1984 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Kent Archaeological Society, Maidstone, 1984. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked with county emblem in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Kent Archaeological Society, Kent Recor...

A Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain. With which is included, a Set of Maps of England and Wales, divided into Counties; and a Map of Scotland. Composed by Hermann Moll. With an Introduction FIRST COMPLETE RE-ISSUE. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED

DEFOE Daniel · 1927 · Island Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

Peter Davies, 1927. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with 48 plate-reproductions (a number double-page) of Moll's maps, endpapers and fore-edges lightly spotted; marbled boards, cloth backs gilt, gilt tops, uncut, white cloth backs mildly age-soiled else ...

Lynton, Lynmouth and the Lorna Doone Country. Homeland Handbook No. 37. A Handbook for Visitors and Residents. With a Chapter upon the Fishing by W. Riddell. [Sixteenth Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

LYNTON. LYNMOUTH. LORNA DOONE COUNTRY · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Homeland Association, [1926]. 8vo., Sixteenth Edition, with frontispiece, 3 plates, and 18 photographs (several full-page) and a full-page plan in the text but wanting the folding town plan, small neat contemporary signature on front wrappers; original pictorial wrappers, back...

Pinner, Hatch End, North Harrow and Rayners Lane. A Pictorial History.

CLARKE Patricia A. · 1994 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Phillimore, [Chichester, 1994]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwr...

William Borlase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

POOL P.A.S. · 1986 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1986. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 12 plates, 3 pedigrees on 2 folders and a double-page map in the text; original blue cloth gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNE...

St. Just in Penwith Church Guide. Six Hundredth Anniversary. A SCARCE SURVIVAL

TAYLOR Canon · 1936 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

[Privately Printed], 1936. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, covers lightly faded at backstrip else a very good, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.

Argonaut Press #15. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher. In Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West, AD 1576-8. From the Original 1578 Text of George Best together with numerous other Versions. [Edited by V. Stefansson. Facsimile Re-issue].

FROBISHER Martin · 0 · Island Books

£94.00 (€112.67 | $124.19 | ¥19,831)

Israel (Amsterdam) and Da Capo Press (New York NY), [1971]. 2 vols., in 1, 4to., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignettes, 4 facsimile title-pages, 2 facsimiles (1 folding; 1 full-page), 9 maps (3 folding; 6 full-page), and several photographs and illu...

Coldwaltham. A Story of Three Hamlets. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SAER Sandra · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

SMH Enterprises, [Pulborough], [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8, numerous photographs, illustrations and maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Tribes on My Frontier. An Indian Naturalists Foreign Policy. With Illustrations by F.C. Macrae. Fifth Edition.

A E.H. · 1892 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Thacker Spink & Co., Calcutta, 1892. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), illustrated title, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in gilt a...

India in Slow Motion.

TULLY Mark · 0 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Viking, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition; original red cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Engraved map of Rutlandshire. NEAR FINE COPY COLOURED BY HAND

RUTLANDSHIRE · 1848 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

n.d. [c.1848]. Engraved map measuring 8.5 x 10.5 ins (approx. 22.0 x 26.5 cms), COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE, with ivory bevel-cut mount, mild fold line else a very good, bright, clean copy ideal for display or presentation.

The Abbey & Bishopric of Ely. The Social History of an Ecclesiastical Estate from the Tenth Century to the Early Fourteenth Century. [Second Edition].

MILLER Edward · 1969 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

University Press, Cambridge, 1969. 8vo., Second Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. First published in 1951.

On the Course of the Ickneild Way through Norfolk. NEAR FINE COPY

TINGEY J. C. · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

[Norfolk Archaeology], [1901]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 2 large maps coloured in outline on japon (one double-page, one folding); red wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, backstrip in black passe-partout, a near fine copy. Extracted from Norfolk Archaeology, 14...

Through Yang-Tse Gorges. Or, Trade and Travel in Western China. Third and Revised [Best] Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

LITTLE Archibald John · 1898 · Island Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

Sampson Low Marston & Co., 1898. 8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 34 plates on 28 and large folding coloured map (neatly repaired on inner surface at folds) at rear, neat contemporary signature on half-title; original pictorial cloth, upper board blocked ...

The Royal Hundred of Bray. [Illustrated by C. Tyrell].

OVER Luke · 1993 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

[Cliveden Press, Maidenhead, 1993]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps (several full-page) in the text, page edges browning slightly; original orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

St. Cuthbert's Old Church, Oborne, Dorset. NEAR FINE COPY

OBORNE · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

[Redundant Churches Fund], [1993]. Oblong 8vo., with photographs in the text; photographs wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Redundant Churches Fund, Third Series, No.164. SCARCE.

Cobham [Kent]. NEAR FINE COPY

DYMOND] [T. · 1991 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

[Cobham Parish Council & Cobham Parochial Church Council, 1991]. 8vo., with illustrations and double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Loosely inserted in a 4pp guide to St. Mary Magdalene, Cobham.

The Visitors' Brief Guide to Somerset (Mendip and Avalon). No. 17 of the Grey Guide Series. NEAR FINE COPY

HUTCHINGS Monica · 0 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Raleigh Press, Exmouth, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and a double-page map in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.

Boroughbridge and District. Heart of Yorkshire. NEAR FINE COPY

BOROUGHBRIDGE · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Boroughbridge and District Chamber of Trade, n.d., [c.1984]. 8vo., with illustrations and a double-page street-plan in the text; original wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.