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THE NATIVES OF SARAWAK AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

Roth, Henry Ling. · 1980

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Kuala Lumpur: Univ. of Malaya Press 1980. Facsimile reprint of 1896 Edition. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. xxxii + 464pp. + iv + 302pp. + ccxl. Numerous ills., folding map, folding plate. Bookseller ink stamp to tail of title pages, chipped turquoise d/ws., faded. An exhausting and comp...

PAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF LLANDOVERY. Foreword by Francis Jones. Preface by B.P.M. Rooney. Prefatory Note D. Joshua Evans.

Arber-Cooke, Alfred Theodore. · 1994

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Friends of Llandovery Civic Trust Association 1994. Revised Ed. 453pp. + [iii]. 4 ills., sketch map, pedigrees. Very good in original gilt lettered red buckram.

THE HEART OF RELIGION.

Mehta, P.D. · 1978

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Great Eastern, Boulder 1978. 1st Ed. viii + 436pp. Good in light green d/w. faded to spine. Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘For Graham Finch from Phiroz Mehta, with sincere regard & best wishes 6-9-83.’

GENERAL HISTORY OF CIVILISATION IN EUROPE, From the Fall of the Roman Empire Till the French Revolution. From the French; A New Translation for the Present Edition. With a Memoir of the Author. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1839. 80pp. [And] Clarke, Edward Daniel. TRAVELS IN RUSSIA, TARTARY AND TURKEY. With a Memoir of the Author, and Numerous Additions and Notes, Prepared for the Present Edition. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1839. 140pp. [And]. Malcolm, Howard. TRAVELS IN THE BURMAN EMPIRE. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1840. Map frontis., wood engravings. [And]. Chambers, William. A TOUR IN SWITZERLAND IN 1841. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1842. 88pp. [AND]. Chambers, William. A TOUR IN HOLLAND, the Countries on the Rhine, and Belgium. In 1838. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1842. 2nd Ed. 94pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. [AND] THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF MUNGO PARK. Also, An Account of the Progress of African Discovery. Edinburgh Published by William and Robert Chambers ... 1842. 88pp.

Guizot, M.

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary double gilt rule edged half calf with marbled boards, dec. gilt motifs and gilt lettered title label to faded and rubbed spine.

ACROSS ICELAND. The Land of Frost and Fire.

Chapman, Olive Murray. · 1938

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John Lane 1938. 1st Ed. [xii] + 193pp. + [i] publ. advert. 12 ills., sketch map. From the Library of Ann Savours Shirley, some light browning, prize bookplate, inscription, original red lettered turquoise cloth, foxed d/w. chipped with loss to edges.

A VOYAGE TO AMERICA 1783-1786. Translated by Marina Ramsay. Edited, with an Introduction, by Richard A. Pierce.

Shelikov, Grigorii I. · 1981

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Limestone Press Ontario 1981. Thin 8vo. vi + 161pp. + [ii]. Map, ills., e.p. map. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, original gilt lettered maroon boards, spine sl. bumped. Alaska History No. 19.

AV HVALFANGSTENS HISTOIRE.

Risting, Sigurd. · 1922

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

J W Cappelens Forlag Kristiania 1922. Large 8vo. [vi] + 625pp. + [vi]. Numerous ills. Norwegian text. Very light browning, ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley, original gilt lettered blue cloth, spine sl. bumped. The History of WhalingSigurd Risting (1870–1935). In 1922 he wrote ...

NO SEA TOO DEEP. The History of Oceanographic Instruments.

McConnell, Anita. · 1982

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Adam Hilger Ltd. Bristol 1982. 1st Ed. Sm. thin 4to. [xii] + 162pp. 155 figures. With the signature and bookplate of Ann Savours Shirley, sl. rubbed blue d/w.

CROWN AND COMPANY. The Historical Records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers formerly the 1st Bombay European Regiment 1662-1922.

Mainwaring, Major Arthur. · 2000

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Schull Books, County Cork 2000. Facsimile Reprint of 1911-23 Ed. 2 vols. + map case. Royal 8vo. xxii + 437pp. + xii + 234pp. Port. frontiss. (1 in colour), 13 colour plates including 2 folding, 75 b/w. plates; with 6 folding maps in seperate case. Very good in original gilt le...

PROCEEDINGS ... VOL. IV., No. 12. New Monthly Series.

Royal Geographical Society. · 1882

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... December 1882. 1st Ed. Thin 8vo. [iv] + pp.(713-808). + viii. 2 folding maps. Original wrapps., light browning, sl loss to backstrip. Articles include Exploration through the South China Borderlands, from the Mouth of the Si-Kiang to the Banks of the Irawadi by A.R. Colqu...

AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY Russia Siberia China.

Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. · 1929

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Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1929. Revised Cheap Edition up to date. Sm. 8vo. [viii] + 285pp. + [iii]. Adverts. Numerous ills. Some light browning, with the pencil signature of Ann Savours Shirley, original black lettered red cloth, sl. cloth wrinkling to upper board, spine sl. f...

THE ORIENTAL QUARTERLY Volume 1 Part 1 [only of 2].

[Buckingham, James Silk]. · 1830

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London 1830. 1st Ed. [iv] + 284pp. [Lacking title page]. Some light browning, Belfast Lib. bookplate and ink stamps to e.ps., rebound in plain gilt lettered green cloth, spine sl. faded. Scarce.‘... The Oriental Quarterly Review (1830) very quickly proved abortive ...’ Orien...

THÈSES Présentées a la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour Obtenir le Titre de Docteur de l’Université de Paris.

Gourdon, M.E. · 1908

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Paris Masson et Cie ... 1908. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. viii + 214pp. 11 plates including 1 folding, folding map. French text. Light browning, ex.-Columbia Univ. library with bookplate and some marginal blind stamps, with the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, dec. e.ps. chipped with ma...

THE ORIENTAL HERALD And Journal of General Literature. Volume VIII [only of 23] January to March 1826, Nos. 25-27.

[Buckingham, James Silk]. · 1826

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green ... 1826. 1st Ed. 656pp. T.p. with woodcut device. Some browning and occasional foxing, Belfast Library bookplate, old lib. cloth backed tree calf boards, some loss to edges, label to frayed spine. James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), author...

AS LONDONER IN RUPERT’S LAND. Thomas Bunn of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

(Bunn). Bayley, Denis. · 1969

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Moore & Tillyer, Chichester/Pegui Publishers, Canada 1969. Tall Slim 8vo. vi + 100pp. Port. frontis., 12 plates, folding pedigree. E.p. maps, ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, original gilt lettered cloth sl. rubbed to extremities, good in lightly soiled and sl....

SNOW WHITE. A Story of a Polar Bear Cub. Edited by Maurice Burton.

Vlasák, Jan and Seget, Josef. · 1949

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William Hodge and Company Limited 1949. 1st Ed. Slim Royal 8vo. viii + 88pp. 69 ills. from photos. E.ps. lightly browned and spotted, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, original white lettered red cloth, some minor soiling, spine very lightly faded, corners and head and ...

WHALING IN THE FROZEN SOUTH. Being the Story of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic.

Villiers, A.J. · 1925

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers 1925. 1st Ed. [iv] + 292pp. Port. frontis., 42 ills. from photos. E.p. maps sl. browned, ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with sm. label and inscription, very light marginal browning, original gilt lettered olive green cloth, minor ...

THE STORY OF THE MUSHETS. Preface by Sir Samuel Osborn.

(Mushet). Osborn, Fred M. · 1952

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Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1952. 1st Ed. xii + 191pp. + [i]. 32 ills., 2 folding tables on 1 sheet at rear. Good in chipped d/w.

THE UNFORTUNATE VALENTINE MORRIS.

(Morris). Waters, Ivor. · 1964

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Chepstow Society, Chepstow 1964. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. xii + 96pp. Port. frontis., vignette title page, 15 plates. Good in d/w. Ivor Waters (1907-1992) initial proposer and then General Secretary of the Chepstow Society, was an assiduous local historian as well as a poet.Author’...

SKETCH BOOK. With a foreword by Edwin Bale.

Wyllie, W.L. · 1908

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Cassell & Company, Limited 1908. 1st Ed. Slim Landscape 8vo. [viii] + [iv] adverts. 24 tipped in colour plates with accompanying letterpress. Lower hinge cracking and sl. shaken, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, lightly soiled beige cloth lettered in black to upper boa...