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Conolly, Denis
The Tourist in South Africa
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards and a little bumping to upper edge and corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, front cover very slightly marked, rear cover soiled and with nicks and light creasing to edges. 296pp. Very detailed tourist guide to South Africa in 1969. Well illustrated, although strangely, there don't seem to be any black people living in the country !
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The Editor
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and Ireland, 1979
Appears unused. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, very faint creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to corners. 600pp. Standard Michelin guide to Britain and Ireland.
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The Editor
The Course of the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne : A Relief Panorama
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to upper corners of covers. A fold-out relief map with unmarked covers. 1pp. Opens up to 120 x 8 inches. All the sights doen the Rhine with descriptions in English.
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Moffat, Alistair
Edinburgh
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to lower rear corner. 176pp. Essentially a book of lovely photographs presenting an up-to-date picture of the Scottish capital accompanied by a short history.
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Moffat, Alistair
Fife
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and extremely minor bumping to spine top and lower rear corner. 176pp. Essentially a book of lovely photographs presenting an up-to-date picture of the Scottish region of Fife between the Forth and the Tay accompanied by a short history.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 1 : Abyssinia to Bengall
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, rubbing to ends of and small scratch to spine and no bumping to corners. 724pp. With a ten page introduction by Joseph Conrad, this very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world tells us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 3 : Constantinople to Iceland
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. 1453-2180pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 4 : India to New Orleans
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. 2181-2908pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 5 : New York to Siam
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. Fold-out coloured maps of New York and Paris in the 1920s in excellent condition. 2909-3628pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 6 : Siberia to Zanzibar
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. Fold-out coloured maps of the World in the 1920s in excellent condition. 3629-4348pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Pillement, Georges
Unknown Greece : Volume One : Athens & The Peloponnesus
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with nicks to upper and lower edges and traces of storage. 200pp. Three itineraries which take us firstly through the ancient buildings of Athens, Cape Sounion, Marathon and Delphi and then Corinth, Epidaurus, Sparta, Mycenae and Olympia.
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Hibbard, Peter
The Bund Shanghai : China Faces West
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 368pp. A history of Shanghai's landmark waterfront ' the Bund' from its beginnings as a muddy foreshore in the mid 19th century to a fine esplanade in the latter half of the 19th century to its cosmopolitan reinvention in the 21st millennium. )
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Wills, F. Alex (The Vagabond)
The English Gate (Northumberland)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly sunned orange cloth boards, rubbing to a small number of page edges and bumping to lower front corner. 242pp. Historical and touring account of the county of Northumberland. Illustrated. Undated ca 1950.
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OS and Moore, Dr Gareth
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain
Book in unread as new condition. 239pp. Over 300 fiendish puzzles to crack, with the challenges provided from Ordnance Survey's maps.
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Demeude, Hugues
Israel
Possibly unread. No marks or inscriptions. A little storage creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 159pp. A journey to the Promised Land with its history, customs, fertile valleys, desert and holy places. Lavish photographs with captions and an associated descriptive text throughout.
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Grierson, E.
Things Seen in Edinburgh
Lengthy inscription on reverse of frontis. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, dusty/foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small pieces missing, nicks, chips and small tears to edges and sunned spine. 157pp. Illustrated account of what to see on a visit to Edinburgh.
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Manning, Conleth
Rock of Cashel : Co. Tipperary
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the tiniest of rubs to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Guide to the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary, Ireland. Well illustrated.
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Temple, Philip
About New Zealand
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Government tourist publication describing the country's history, politics, culture, industry, sport and the rest.
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Garrod, Trevor
Europe Beyond the Tunnel : Exploring the Near Continent by Rail
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly indented front and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A fascinating insight into the trains and tracks of Europe from an expert which show you how to get more out of your European visit by using the train.
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Brown, June
Karen Brown's Ireland : Charming Inns & Itineraries
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 243pp. Travel/accommodation guide to Ireland.
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Hunt, Lindsay & Phillips, Laurence
The AA Key Guide to Brittany
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 222pp. Brittany's sights, restaurants, bars, hotels, shopping, walks, tours, trains, buses and Metro in a beautifully laid out guide with user-friendly maps.
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Ward, Greg
The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rub to front and no bumping to corners. 462pp. Travel guide to Northern France.
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Sale, Richard ; Rudd, Peter
The Visitor's Guide to the Italian Lakes
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, discolouration to small part of upper rear corner and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with general traces of storage. 256pp. Detailed guide to the Italian Lakes - Orta, Maggiore, Lugano, Como and Garda and the surrounding area. Well illustrated.
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De Franciscis, Alfonso
Guide with Reconstructions : Pompeii Herculaneum - Past and Present
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very firm copy with bright unmarked red pvc bevelled-edge boards and no bumping to corners. Spiral binding in excellent condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 90pp. This guide to this ancient city which was destroyed by the volcanic action of Vesuvius in 79 AD, is well illustrated including a large number of full page photographs of scenes as they are now with coloured acetate overlays indicating their likely appearance before the eruption.
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Gibbon, David (designed by)
New England : A Picture Book to Remember Her By
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper rear edge and traces of storage. Unpaginated. A picture book with captions showing the attractive scenery of the six states of America's New England.
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Hughes, Pennethorne
The Isle of Wight : A Shell Guide
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge. Jacket now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 78pp. First edition, first printing of the classic Shell Guide to the Isle of Wight.
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Bryant, Julius
Marble Hill House, Twickenham
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. History and guide to Marble Hill House, considered a perfect example of Palladian architecture, built in the 18th century for the Countess of Suffolk, mistress of George II. Well illustrated. Value-added with two attached coloured postcards, one showing the House around 1750 plus two small coloured photographs.
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Hammond, Reginald J W (editor)
The Isle of Man (Red Guide)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly tanned pages, very minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket clipped but not price clipped and not marked or torn with a little rubbing to upper edge. Fold-out map in excellent condition. 128pp. Red Guide to the Isle of Man. Twelfth edition.
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Noble, Isabella; Noble, John; Quintero, Josephine; Sainsbury, Brendan
Andalucia : Lonely Planet Guide
Appears unused. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 391pp. Lonely Planet guide to the Andalucia region of Spain including Seville and Gibraltar.
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Skinner, Annabel
Tanzania & Zanzibar
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 437pp. Travel guide to east African countries.
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Peace, D. B.
A Historic Buildings Map of the Peak District and Sherwood Forest
Folded map. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy, bright unmarked, not torn and no bumping to corners. 1pp. Some 450 historic buildings, including 228 churches, are illustrated on the map from sketches and with Heraldic Emblems. On the reverse side is a comprehensive guide arranged alphabetically to the places of interest in towns and villages from Abney to Youlgreave. The map covers parts of Yorkshire West Riding, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Both map sides are held open to photograph with laid-on metal supports.
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Home, Gordon
France
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Clean very tight pages with slightly marked rubbed red cloth boards, tanned end papers, rubbed ends of sunned spine, mottled rear board and minor bumping to some corners. 219pp. An account of France and the French in 1914 at the start of WWI - this is the revised 1918 second edition with double the number of illustrations. With 64 tissue-guarded colour plates. The image displayed is one of the 64 in the book - appears to show two soldiers walking with linked arms in Paris.
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May, Dr Jacques M.
Thailand, Around the World Program; American Geographical Society
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly dusty boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. All twenty-five coloured stickers present and attached. 64pp. An introduction to Thailand in the 1960s and earlier. Very well illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Scott, Schomberg
Culzean : a History and Guidebook
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked silightly rubbed boards, staples not rusted and no bumping to corners. 68pp. Culzean in the province of Carrick in South Ayrshire became the stronghold of the Kennedy clan whose roots go back to the 12th century. First edition, second printing. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Buckley, J. A.
Geevor Mine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 24pp. The story of Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. Glossary of mining terms at rear. Illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Palmer, W. T.
The Handy Guide to the English Lakes
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with foxing to boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Guide to England's Lake District -, covering walking, history, angling, mountaineering, local authorities, places to visit etc. Photographs throughout and cover illustration by W Heaton Cooper. Undated but talks about 1935 in the past. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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The Editor
More Yorkshire Motor Runs
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Dog-eared, slightly chipped/rubbed corners. Mainly clean very tight pages with dusty boards and very dusty page edges. 80pp. With twenty-one touring routes through Yorkshire and nearby. Sketch maps. Undated but likely 1936 - from car advert on rear. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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The Editor
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, staples not rusted and no bumping to corners. Long fold-out family tree at rear in excellent condition. 32pp. History and guide to the stately home between Southport and Preston in Lancashire. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Turner, Colonel A. G. (editor)
Trans-African Highways
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards, dusty page edges and bumping to some corners. A small piece of a fair number of the lower edges of adjacent pages has been clipped away/pierced - with no effect on any of the maps or text. 548pp. A fascinating trip around Africa with great detail giving mile-by-mile information and all the place names for all of the major road routes.
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Sotheby's
Sotheby's : Atlases, Travel and Natural History : 22 June 1990
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small scratch to front and no bumping to corners. 298pp. Images and description of 576 Lots of maps, natural history prints and paintings and travel and exploration paintings etc.
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Grau, J.
Acapulco
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing/nicks to corners. 94pp. A guide to Acapulco in Mexico -- very well illustrated in colour. Scarce in the UK.
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Yamamoto, Luci & Gorry, Conner
Hawaii: The Big Island
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 304pp. Lonely Planet guide to Hawaii with thirty-five themed itineraries for you to enjoy.
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Matkin, Robert B.
Map Reading
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. A guide to understanding maps and map reading. Illustrated.
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Messent, David & McGonigal, David
The Complete Guide to Sydney Harbour
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The history of Sydney and its harbour and everything you would want to know about it in modern times. Very well illustrated.
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Parish, Steve
A Souvenir of Sydney : New South Wales Australia
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 57pp. A mainly illustrated tribute to the beauty and diversity of the Australian city of Sydney.
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The Editor
England from the Air
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Full-page photographs with a little explanatory text showing England from an aerial perspective in its variety of forms. More city and town shots than countryside.
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Jefford, Andrew
Peat Smoke and Spirit : A Portrait of Islay and Its Whiskies
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 406pp. History of the Scottish Isle of Islay and its whisky. The Island is home to seven of the world's most widely admired malt whisky distilleries on its shores and this study provides a most detailed analysis of Scotch malt whisky production. Maps on end papers.
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Coupland, Douglas
Souvenir of Canada
book in as new condition. Soft covers with self-wraps. 143pp. An introduction to Canada, very well illustrated.
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Elston, Roy
Off the Beaten Track in Southern France
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges, clear gilt lettering to spine and no bumping to corners. 332pp. Long before the age of cheap overseas travel, the author guides us on a tour of Southern France centred around the Cevennes. Illustrated and with map at rear end paper. He documents the costs of the trip which are interesting.
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Ordnance Survey
Reprint of the First Edition of the One-inch ORDNANCE SURVEY of England and Wales : Sheet No. 43 : Leicester
Large fold-out map in very good unmarked condition with some rubbing to fold corners. Slip folder unmarked with some rubbing and creasing . 1pp. Reprint of the Ordnance Survey map covering Leicester and surrounding area with data up to about 1890.
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