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Lands and Peoples: The World on Color, Volume V: Africa, Australia and Southern Islands
Hardcover. No jacket. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn and bumped. Foxing on page block and in the volume. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Lands and Peoples: The World on Color, Volume VII: Latin America and General Articles
Hardcover. No jacket. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn and bumped. Foxing on page block and in the volume. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Goodden, Christian
Three Pagodas: A Journey down the Thai-Burmese Border
Paperback in good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author, to Donald Mitchell, on the half title page. Minor edgewear and sunning to the cover, plus a few faint marks mainly around the spine area. The page block is also lightly marked. All pages are clean, with clear text and photos. CM Used
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
In the South Seas: The Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands
Paperback. Covers are a little faded. One or two minor chips and bumps on covers. Several scores on covers. Three abrasions on rear cover. Some wear on spine ends. Pages are clean, and the contents are clear. AF Used
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Adams, T. W.
U.S. Army Area Handbook for Cyprus
Paperback in good condition. Department of the Army Pamphlet, no. 550-22. Covers are lightly marked and edge-worn. Light crease on front upper leading corner. Page block is tanned and marked. Inside covers are foxed. Pencilled annotations on some pages. Text remains legible throughout. Binding is slightly exposed on front inside cover but remains intact. HCW Used
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Letts, Malcolm (ed.)
Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures 1435-1439
Hardcover. First edition. Translated by Malcolm Letts. Introduction by Malcolm Letts. With 8 plates. Tanned dust jacket. Jacket is a little dirty. A few foxing marks on jacket. One or two nicks, small tears and bumps on jacket. Small label on jacket spine foot. Several light marks on boards. Light bumping on leading corners of boards. Hardcover spine is cocked. Minor bumping on hardcover spine ends. Page block is tanned and foxed. Minor foxing at front and rear. Binding is visible between pages 96 and 97. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Kato, Hidetoshi; et al (eds.)
Visions of Japan
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Three-part set in card slipcase. Written to accompany The Japan Festival 1991. Set includes: book with explanatory text; book comprising fold-out photographs only; folder containing looseleaf sheets: text, photographs and scrapbook. Booklet containing captions to fold-out photographs is laid in at the front of this book. Folder containing looseleaf sheets is contained within a further slipcase. Contents are clean and sound throughout. AF Used
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Keppel, Henry
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: Volume II
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume two only. Facsimile reprint of third edition, 1847. Includes black and white illustrations and fold-out maps. Boards are lightly marked and worn. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Keppel, Henry
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: Volume II
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume two only. Facsimile reprint of third edition, 1847. Includes black and white illustrations and fold-out maps. Boards are lightly marked and worn. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Carnegie, Sacha
A Dash of Russia
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is marked, tanned and worn. Minor abrasions on front of jacket. Jacket leading corners and rear edges are nicked. Boards, page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped. Minor tears on upper edges of one or two closing pages. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Edschmid, Kasimir
South America: A Continent of Contrasts
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Hardcover, page block and pages are marked and tanned. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine head is nicked. Sticker on rear pastedown. Ink stamp on BEP. Minor creases and nicks on some pages. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
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Waterfield, Gordon
Lucie Duff Gordon in England, South Africa and Egypt
Hardcover with jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket illustration by Barnett Freedman. Previously owned by Giles Waterfield. Waterfield's book plate on front pastedown. Price-clipped jacket is lightly marked and tanned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Two to four centimetre tears on jacket spine ends. Lower edges, spine ends and front upper edge are repaired with tape. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are bumped and worn. Boards, page block and some of the rough-cut pages are lightly marked and tanned. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Text remains clear throughout. HCW Used
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Dowsett, C.F. (Ed.)
Land: Its Attractions and Riches
Essays on landowning "by fifty-seven writers." Good quality ex-library copy with U. of Oxford bookplate pasted on FEP, which also contains two stickers and a red ink mark. Light foxing of front matter and endpapers. Spine slightly loose, and worn at top and bottom. Used
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Fowkes, Tony; Nash, Chris (eds.)
Analysing Demand for Rail Travel
Ex Library hardcover (no jacket) in acceptable condition. Light scores and edgewear to the boards. The rear upper leading corner is bumped. The front lower leading corner is worn and split. Minor wear and bumps on the spine ends. Remains of tape on the spine foot. Stamps on the front pastedown, title page and copyright page. Label remains on FEP. Slight tanning on half title page and closing blank page. Page 103 is detached; the following page has started to come loose. The rest of the pages are intact. All text is clear. CM Used
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Speedy, Jean M.
Edinburgh and Round About
small-sized volume, numerous b/w sketches, partial dustjacket, heavy sunning to head and tail of spine, slight wear to corners of cover, text and illustrations clean and tight Used
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Motoring in Scotland: Road Guide Published By The Glasgow Herald
Paperback in acceptable condition. Eleventh edition. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn, sunned, and creased, slightly affecting pages. Spine ends are nicked. Two centimetre tear on spine foot. Page block is lightly marked and tanned. Penned dedication on title page. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Crawfurd, John
A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands and Adjacent Countries
Hardcover in good condition; jacket in acceptable condition. Previously owned by Donald Chesworth; his bookplate on the front pastedown. The jacket is marked and edgeworn, with nicked and creased edges. 3cm tear on the rear upper edge. The jacket leading corners and spine ends are chipped and torn. Small label on front inner flap. Wear and fading to the hardcover. The leading corners are a little bumped. Some marks on the page block. Stamps on the title page and copyright page. Faint creases and marks on some pages. All text and the fold out map are clear. CM Used
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Ahmed, Iqbal
Sorrows of the Moon: A Journey Through London
Hardcover with jacket. Acceptable condition. Signed by the author on the title page. Light marks and faint stains on the jacket. A portion of the rear upper leading corner is chipped; this part of the jacket is also partially stuck to the hardcover, due to probable water / stain damage. Slight sunning on the hardcover. Tiny stains on the closing page corners. The main content is all clear. CM Used
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Bowen, Margarita
Empiricism and Geographical Thought: From Francis Bacon to Alexander von Humboldt
Hardcover. Lightly edge-worn and faded dust jacket with a few scores and bumps. Minor wear on jacket leading corners. Lower leading corner of front flap is clipped. One or two slight bumps on boards. Minor bumping on hardcover spine ends and leading corners. Two or three minor marks on pastedowns and endpapers. Pencilled underlining and annotations on some pages. Binding is sound, and the contents are legible. AF Used
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Jefferys, Thomas
The American Atlas 1776
No dust jacket. Hardcover in blue card slipcase. Facsimile. Large, heavy book. Number 47 of a commemorative edition of 200 copies printed on the occasion of the American Bicentennial. Book is hand-numbered on first page of text. Item comprises numerous maps, most of which are fold-out. Minor wear on slipcase. Bound in goatskin on spine and leading corners. Hand-marbled boards. Gilt lettering within a circular leather onlay on front board. A few light scores on onlay. Slight wear on spine ends. Slight wear on lower leading corner of front board. Minor bumping on endpapers. Pages are hand-numbered. Contents are clean and clear throughout. AF Used
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Curtis, G. W.
Nile Notes of a "Howadji;" or, the American in Egypt.
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Illustrated with twenty-nine black and white engravings. Half-leather boards are lightly worn. Abrasions on worn leather spine. Title plate is torn and partially detached from spine. Page block andf some pages are marked and slightly tanned. Book plate on front pastedown. Front pastedown hinge is split but binding remains intact. Light creases throughout pages. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
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Brewer
Warwickshire: Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of That County the Result of Personal Survey
16 engravings with pencilled in Index of illustrations in pencil on reverse of FEP. Bookplate of B. Astley on inside cover. Rough cut pages. Binding has taken a beating but the text and illustrations have been well looked after - all are clean, bright and tight. A wonderful and scarce edition. Includes fold out map. Paper is high quality - feels a bit like linen (high thread count? ;p)
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Unnamed, Unammed
Malacca Strait and West Coast of Sumatra Pilot: Comprising Malacca Strait and Its Northern Appoaches, Singapore Strait, and the West Coast of Sumatra
Hardcover in very good condition. No jacket. Fifth edition. HCW Used
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Semennikova, N.; Okun', Ya.
Leningrad za Tri Dnya
In Russian. Landscape format hardcover is faded. Leading corners are noticeably worn; edges are lightly rubbed. Age spotting to page block. Age stains on front and back endpapers. Gift-note on inside front cover. Photograph with private dedication inside book. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. T Used
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Malleson, Hope; Tuker, M. A. R.
Rome
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Boards and spine are marked and sunned. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is slightly cocked. Spine ends are nicked. Page block and pages are foxed. Labels on front pastedown. Binding is exposed on title page but remains intact. Minor bumps and creases throughout pages. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
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Henderson, Gordon (ed.)
3000 Plus: Essential Munro Map
Folded colour map in very good condition. Fifth edition. TS Used
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Ordnance Survey: St. Albans. (Large Sheet Series). Sheet 29.
Paperback map in good condition. Scale - 2 miles to 1 inch. Map is tanned, stained and edge-worn. One or two leading corners are creased. Sticker on reverse of map. Map remains clear throughout. HCW Used
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Body, G.; Eastleigh, R. L. (edited by)
Light Railway Guide & Timetables 1967
Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Contains numerous black and white images. Cover is quite discoloured, but shows little wear. Used
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Hudson, Peter
Two Rivers: Travels in West Africa on the Trail of Mungo Park
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. The jacket is a little scored and shelfworn. Minor wear to the hardcover edges. Light marks on the page block and one or two pages. Small amount of correction fluid on FEP. Stamp on rear pastedown. The binding is sound; all text is clear. CM Used
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Priestley, Joseph
Navigable Rivers and Canals
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. With a new introduction by Charles Hadfield. The plastic protected jacket is a little edgeworn, with nicks to the leading corners and spine head. Light wear and fading to the hardcover edges. Faint marks on the page block and one or two pages. The binding is sound; all content, including a fold out map, is clear. CM Used
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Taunt, Henry W.
Taunt's Illustrated Map of the Thames
Hardcover (no dust jacket). Fifth edition. No publication date is stated, but the title page refers to 'From entirely new surveys finished during the summer of 1878, and corrected to the present time'. Includes a mounted original photograph of Taunt's houseboat. Also includes another original mounted photograph of camping out by the riverside; a folding map; a full-page map; a large folding table of distances; 96 small original photographs mounted on 32 double-page maps and one plate. A printed bifolium ad on blue paper for Old Father Thames as written and published by Taunt is tipped-in between the final page of text and the first page of ads. Name and details of former owner are penned on FEP. Shelf-worn boards with several bumps and scores. Outer covering of rear spine side has peeled away. Leading corners of boards are split. Head of page block is dark. First half of pages are quite bumped. Some tanning, nicks and foxing on pages. Contents remain clear. AF Used
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Manning, Rev. Samuel
Spanish Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil
Hardcover (no jacket) in acceptable condition. 200pp. No publication date stated; it was not published in 1900; believed to be from around 1870/80. The boards are lightly scored and worn, with splits to the leading corners. The spine body has been completely torn away, with the binding and the remains of the spine material exposed. Partial splits to the hinges. Foxing on the pages throughout. The binding remains intact. Interior in good condition for age, with clear text and illustrations. CM Used
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Cronin, Vincent
The Golden Honeycomb
Hardcover. From the collection of the late artist Edward Ardizzone, with his signature penned on FEP. Worn dust jacket with several scores, bumps and nicks. 1-2 cm tears on front lower edge of jacket. Tape repairs on upper edges of jacket and jacket spine ends. One or two very small marks on boards. Light bumping on hardcover spine ends and upper leading corners of boards. Some foxing on page block. Slight foxing at front and rear. Text and illustrations remain clear. AF Used
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Temple, Philip
Nawok!: The New Zealand Expedition to New Guinea's Highest Mountains
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Plastic-protected jacket is marked, edge-worn and nicked. Hardcover lower edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and pages are foxed. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
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Jones, Sydney R.
Thames Triumphant
Hardcover. Fourth printing. Dust jacket is protected with a clear cellophane wrapper. Very edge-worn jacket with several nicks, tears, bumps, creases and marks. One-centimetre square tear on front lower leading corner of jacket. A few minor bumps and some general wear on boards. Minor fading on hardcover edges and on spine ends. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Slight foxing on page block and at front and rear. Text and illustrations are clean and clear. AF Used
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Phillips, Geoffrey
Thames Crossings: Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. The jacket is lightly marked, tanned and edgeworn, with a small repaired tear to the front upper leading corner. Label on front inner flap. Faint score on the front board; light wear to the hardcover edges. Minor marks on a few pages. The binding is sound, with clear text and images. CM Used
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Menpes, Mortimer; Mitton, G.E.
The Thames
Hardcover (no dust jacket). Book is in very good condition for its age. Minor shelf-wear and several marks and bumps on boards and spine. Light foxing on face of page block, at front and rear and at a few further points. Most of front hinge is cracked. Binding is slightly exposed near rear. Text and illustrations remain clear. AF Used
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Witt, Rex E.
Greece the Beloved
Paperback. Very worn and stained dust jacket with numerous nicks, tears and abrasions. Jacket spine head is torn off. Several bumps and marks on covers and spine. Minor fading on paperback spine ends. Small nick on spine head. Page block and a few pages marked. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Thorpe, P.H.
"Geographia" Greater London Plan: In Four Sheets
Paperback in acceptable condition. No publication date stated; it was not published in 1900. The cover is edgeworn and lightly marked, with nicks and creases to the edges and leading corners. The spine is worn, with repaired ends. The fold out map also has a few marks, creases and tears, some of which slightly affect parts of the map, however the main content remains clear. CM Used
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McGlynn, John H., Ed.
On Foreign Shores
Near Fine paperback. Introduction by Sapardi Djoko Damono. 189 pp. Used
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Fodor, Eugene; Glauert, Betty (eds.)
Belgium and Luxembourg (Fodor's Modern Guides)
Blue cover with gilt lettering to spine and upper board and contents in very good clean condition. Number written on BEP. Highly illustrated by colour and b/w plates from photgraphs, colour and b/w maps and drawings. Used
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Beattie, Andrew; Pepper, Timothy
Ticino (Landmark Visitors Guides)
Pictorial soft cover is sound with very slight signs of corner wear. Contents in very good clean condition. Illustrated with numerous beautiful colour photographs. T Used
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Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Road Research Symposium on the Use of Statistical Methods in the Analysis of road Accidents
Paperback with minor shelfwear; contents clean and sound throughout. TPW Used
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Van Mele, Paul (Ed.)
Innovations in Rural Extension : Case Studies from Bangladesh
Soft cover and contents in very good clean condition. K Clean Copy
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Cahill, Tim
Jaguars Ripped My Flesh: Adventure is a Risky Business
Good+ Paperback. Rear cover has slight creasing. Page edges are slightly browned but text is clean. 310p.
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Champion, A. G. Townsend, A.R.
Contemporary Britain: A Geographical Perspective
Good+ Paperback. Minor shelf wear. Slight waviness on lower page edges of bibliography & index. Small brown mark on last page of index, otherwise clean text. x. + 310p.
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Stamp, Sir Dudley; Editor
Longmans Dictionary of Geography
Good+ Hardback without dust jacket. Ex reference library with the usual stamps and markings. Pages clean. xvi + 492p. Used
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Davenport, Cyril
Byways Among English Books
A history of, and collectors' guide to, antique English books. Book condition: some mild fraying along spine (slightly damaged binding) sporadic discoloration and rubbing but overall attractive, presentable and intact vintage book.
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Roberts, Askew
Gossiping Guide to Wales: Twenty Three Maps and Plans; Snowdon Panorama; Over One Hundred Sketches
Hardcover (no dust jacket). 10 fold-out maps in good condition. 13 other maps/plans. Shelf-worn item with several bumps and marks. Spine is bumped. Small hole on right side of spine. Several nicks on spine ends. Minor foxing on page block. Name of former owner penned on FEP and title page. Front and rear are rather dirty. Upper leading corners of pages 99 - 102 are chipped. Light foxing throughout. Binding is exposed at front and near rear of book, but is intact. Contents remain clear. AF Used
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Inglis, Harry R.G.
The "Contour" Road Book of England: Northern Division
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. The boards and spine are lightly worn. The spine is cocked. 'Slate' label, for note taking, on rear pastedown. Small split to the front hinge. Minor marks on a few pages. The binding remains sound; all content is clear. CM Used
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