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Koncnik, Damjan; Kato, Kevin
Greenland - The End of the World (Includes 2 DVDs)
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. History, culture, nature, travel in Greenland. Two DVDs tucked in with trip details and travel relevant to Greenland.
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Marco Polo
Gran Canaria Marco Polo Pocket Guide (Marco Polo Travel Guides)
Book in as new unread condition. 140pp. Travel guide to Gran Canaria with road atlas and pull-out map. Map looks unused.
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Creighton, John
Cheshire: A Portrait in Words and Pictures
Neat inscription to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a trace of sunning to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. 156pp. A guide to Cheshire, its history, its places to visit and its industry and industrial heritage. Well illustrated.
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Mee, Arthur
London: City and Westminster (King's England S.)
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 or creased with the tiniest of nicks to top of spine. 436pp. Fully revised new edition of Arthur Mee's classic series.
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Belen DOMINGUEZ
GRAN CANARIA : Tourist 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. 128pp. Very well colour illustrated guide to the Island of Gran Canaria. Very scarce.
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Konstam, Angus
Historical Atlas of the Napoleonic Era
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. A detailed study of Napoleon Bonaparte's military activities, very well illustrated in particular with maps showing battle plans, conquests, losses and areas covered in the Europe of the early 19th century.
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Heckel, Vilem
Krasy Ceskoslovenska
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked white cloth boards, slight foxing to upper end lower boad edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing to top of spine, upper corners and lower rear edge. 191pp. The beauty of Czechoslovakia in 164 full page black & white photographs. Collected captions at the rear in five languages including English.
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May, Jutta
The Visitor's Guide to Corsica
Ex library book with usual marks and stamps. Clean tight pages with bright unmarked tape-free red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing. 231pp. An ideal detailed guide for the independent motoring traveller in Corsica.
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Gatrell, Anthony C.
Distance and Space: A Geographical Perspective (Contemporary Problems in Geography S.)(Signed By Author)
Inscription from Tony on front end paper - likely the author. No other marks. Light creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower corner. 195pp. A detailed study of the many different concepts of distance and space including sets and relations, travel times, separation costs, social relations, maps and cognitive distance.
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The Editor
Munro and Corbett Chart
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean map with bright unmarked outer covers. 1pp. Opens up to map sise 38.75 x 27.5 inches. Mao and charts of all Scotland's Munros and Corbetts.
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Graham, Melissa
Trans Canada Rail Guide
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 256pp. With rail routes and maps plus city guides to most Canadian cities.
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Prentice, Robin (editor)
The National Trust for Scotland Guide
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 sunned spine and a little creasing to edges. 320pp. A comprehensive reference to the National Trust's houses, castles, gardens, islands, historic sites and the people associated with them.
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Mee, Arthur
Derbyshire : The King's England
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with lightly marked red cloth boards, rubbing to ends of sunned spine and to corners. 290pp. First Edition of the classic King's England study of Derbyshire.
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Jo Sturges and Denise Laing (editors)
The Pub Guide 2004
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 to front cover and no bumping to corners. 704pp. The state of play with pubs which were open in 2004.
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Singleton, David
The North West : Land for Leisure
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean tight copy with no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slightly faded spine. 96pp. How our growing leisure time is changing the landscape of the region. Focus on England's North West
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Wilson, H. L. & Clayton Jones, H.
Mountain Skylines and Place Names in Llandudno and District
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean tight booklet with slightly foxed boards, mark to rear (ink ?), rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 24pp. In three parts - 'Guide to the Welsh pronunciation', 'Mountains in the vicinity of Llandudno' and 'Welsh Place Names in Llandudno and District'. Undated ca 1900.
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Wellbye, Reginald and the Staff of 'Cycling'
'Cycling' Book of Tours
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to some corners. Clean tight pages with very slightly marked dusty boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. With eight attached fold-out coloured maps of major tourist areas in Britain and Ireland in very good condition. 84pp. With forty itineraries of 7 to 14 day Tours in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, forty sketch maps and eighty illustrations.
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The Editors
White Nancy : The Official Guide to Bollington
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to lower corner. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Guide to Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. White Nancy is the structure on the hill overlooking the Village. Tucked in is a used Christmas card of a snow scene featuring White Nancy.
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Lofthouse, Jessica
North Wales for the Countrygoer
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 or creased. 291pp. A delightful mix of history, national pride, countryside, walks, buildings and the wild places of North Wales.
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Evans, Lindsay
The Castles of Wales
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor crease near top of sunned spine. 273pp. A study of the strongholds of the Edwardian Conquest in North Wales and the Norman defences in South Wales. Well illustrated.
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Crofton, Ian
Walking the Border : A Journey Between Scotland and England
Book and jacket appear in as new unread condition. 246pp. A complete walk along the Border from Gretna to Lamberton, just north of Berwick on Tweed, filled with information on nature, literature, history and the people who lived there.
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Delaney, Frank
Betjeman Country
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with light creasing to front. 233pp. An affectionate journey through many of the places immortalised in verse by John Betjeman. The description and history of the places is accompanied by the relevant verse.
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Mills, Anastasia R. (editor)
Fodor's Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire : Country Dining, B&Bs, Antiques and Mountain and Coastal Drives (3rd ed)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor indenting to upper front edge and no bumping to corners. 240pp. Travel guide to the USA's New England - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire.
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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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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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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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