Viaggi e geografia

How the English made the Alps.

RING Jim · 0 · Island Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

John Murray, [2000]. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 32 and endpaper maps, wanting one blank preliminary; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

The English Heritage. [New and Revised Edition].

FINN R.W. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Macdonald, [1948]. 8vo., Best Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous plates and 7 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper. Significantly expanded version of a work first published in 1937.

The Etonian. Vol. I. October 1820 - March 1821 [5 numbers in one volume]. FIRST ISSUE OF THE ETONIAN

ETON COLLEGE · 1821 · Island Books

£424.00 (€508.23 | $560.17 | ¥89,423)

Knight & Dredge, Windsor, 1821. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved title-vignette, neat contemporary signature on title; handsomely bound in contemporary half roan, marbled boards, back with six flat bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ...

The Records of Rye Corporation. A Catalogue edited by Richard F. Dell.

DELL (ed.) Richard F. · 1962 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

East Sussex County Council, Lewes, 1962. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignettes, 23 plates and 2 large folding maps; original green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded (but all gilt entirely legible) else a near fine copy. With a pictorial boo...

Twenty Years at St. Hilary. Hilary. [Third Edition]. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER

WALKE Bernard · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Methuen, [1936]. 8vo., Third Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, upper board lightly faded at upper edge else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at ba...

A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon, including all British India, The Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Protected Native States. Tenth Edition. SPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY IN SIGNED HATCHARDS BINDING

MURRAY'S HANDBOOK · 1920 · Island Books

£670.00 (€803.09 | $885.17 | ¥141,305)

John Murray, 1920. Sm. 8vo., Tenth Edition, on India Paper, with 38 folding coloured maps, 11 full-page maps and plans (a number coloured), numerous illustrations, plans and tables (several full-page) in the text, and a very large folding coloured map mounted on cloth in pocke...

[History of the Parish and Manor of Ruardyn, alias Ruardean] [in] Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1883-84. Vol. VIII

MACLEAN] [J. · 1884 · Island Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Printed for the Society by C.T. Jefferies, Bristol, 1884. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and numerous engraved plates, maps and plans (a number folding); most attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with five raised bands, second a...

Reigate. Its Story through the Ages, including Redhill.. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

HOOPER Wilfrid · 1979 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Kohler & Coombes, Dorking, 1979. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, 13 plates on 11 and 2 folding maps; tan cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Good quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1945.

Some Westmorland Wills 1686-1738.

SOMERVELL J. · 1928 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1928. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 8 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Very scarce.

The Sabbath in Puritan New England [Facsimile re-issue]. he Sabbath in Puritan New England [Facsimile re-issue].

EARLE Alice Morse · 1969 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Corner House Publishers, Williamstown MA, 1969. 8vo., black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1891.

City and County of the City of York. Official Guide. NEAR FINE COPY

BENFIELD T. C. · 1953 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York, York, 1953. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 3 pages of arms in gilt, silver and colours, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text, a folding coloured street plan and a full-page map coloured in outl...

A History of Queen's College, London 1848-1972. History of Queen's College, London 1848-1972.

KAYE Elaine · 1972 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Chatto & Windus, 1972. 8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8; original cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter laminated to boards.

The North Country.

TURNER Graham · 0 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with 5 maps (one double-page) in the text and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

The Buildings of England. Northumberland. With Notes on the Roman Antiquities by Ian A. Richmond. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PEVSNER Nikolaus · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Penguin, [1957]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with double-page map as frontispiece, 96 plates on 64 and several illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter l...

The Hesketh Golf Club 1885-1985 [Southport, Lancashire]. 750 COPIES WERE PRINTED

HICK K.C. · 1985 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

[Privately Printed, Southport, 1985]. 8vo., First Edition, with half-title in blue, title in blue and black, very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in blue, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 PRIVATELY P...

Danger in Kashmir. With a Foreword by Fleet Admiral C. . Nimitz.

KORBEL Josef · 1954 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1954. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Scarce, especially in this condition.

Old Nottingham.

THOMIS M.I. · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and several illustrations and 2 double-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.

Engraved Map of Kent. ENGRAVED MAP FINELY COLOURED BY HAND

THOMAS MOULE · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

[Thomas Moule, c.1840]. Steel-engraved map on paper; measuring 8.0 x 10.5 ins (approx. 20.00 x 26.5 cms), FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively mounted in bevelled-edge steel-grey card with bevelled edges, a very good, bright, clean copy. The map is enclosed by an elaborate pi...

Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoreham Beach, 1913-1988. NEAR FINE COPY

BLAGG Rev. Colin · 1988 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoreham, 1988. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

The Yorkshire Dales. Official Guide with Map. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

LODGE Eric · 1956 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Yorkshire Dales Tourist Association, Burnsall, n.d. [c.1956]. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text and a large folding map coloured in outline; original coloured pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, a very good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements throughout....