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Anderson, W. Ellery
Expedition South
Hardcover without dust jacket. Map printed endpapers; frontispiece and over 20 b&W illustrations. Few marks to covers and spine; bumps to corners and dent along rear lower edge. Pageblock is tanned; spine very slightly cocked. Pages are clean and text and illustrations are clear throughout. Comes with plastic protective cover. AD Used
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Mehta, Soli S.
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 31, December 1976
Stapled paperback, 25pp. Creased as a whole, with nicks on covers and on a few later page edges. Further creasing, nicks and large area of loss on front cover. Corners are bent. Text is clear, barring two or three letters on front cover. TS Used
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Kapadia, Harish
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 33, Feb. 1980
Paperback. Spine is worn, with long tears at ends, though with no practical effect. Covers and pages are slightly creased and worn. All text is clear. TS Used
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Kapadia, Harish
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 34, February 1981
Paperback. Covers are slightly worn; spine a little more so. Lower corners of covers and pages are slightly creased. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Kapadia, Harish
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 35, February 1982
Paperback. Slightly creased leaflet of the Club report and accounts for 1980 laid in, along with subscription detail sheet. Covers are slightly worn, with nick at spine head; lower corners of covers and pages are creased. All text is clear. TS Used
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Kapadia, Harish
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 36, February 1983
Paperback. A few marks on slightly worn covers. Spine is worn, with tear at foot. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Kapadia, Harish
The Himalayan Club Newsletter, No. 37, February 1984
Paperback. Notice of the 1978 Club AGM and subscription information sheet laid in. Covers are worn, with a few creases; spine ends are bumped, with loss. Damp marks on lower portions of covers - pages unmarked, but lower edges are creased. Corners are a little bumped. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Rider Haggard, H.
Cetywayo and His White Neighbours
Paperback. A very good copy - minor crease on title page; otherwise excellent. TS Used
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Bruce, Peter
Inshore Along the Dorset Coast
Paperback. Lower extremities are lightly bumped; minor foxing on page block. Interior is clean and content is clear. TS Used
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Abbott, C. M.; Abbott, N. B. (eds.)
Journal of a Voyage from Liverpool to Hobart Town and Sydney in the Ship Othello, 1833-1834
Paperback. A few faint marks on covers; page block and title page a little foxed; one or two dog-eared page corners. A very good copy with publisher's press release laid in. TS Used
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Anderson, Liz
Red Lights and Green Lizards: A Cambodian Adventure
Paperback, flat signed by author on title page. Covers and early pages are lightly worn; page block head is partially foxed, with faint mark on foot. Text is clear on clean, sound pages. TS Used
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Fanstone, R.M.
Guide to The New Forest
Illustrated paperback without publish date, but foreword is dated 1934, assume publish date is the same, or similar. Covers are lightly worn and lightly marked and small scuff to spine foot. Pages are clean throughout, images & illustrations are clear. 80 pp. AD Used
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Sudham, Pira
People of Esarn
Paperback. One or two insignificant imperfections on exterior; page block is tanned. Content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Edwards, W.; Trotter, F.M.
The Pennines and Adjacent Areas (British Regional Geology)
Paperback from the Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Geological Sciences, Geological Survey and Museum; third edition.; 86pp. Spine lightly sunned, faint mark to front, mild edgewear, crease to title page. Contents and fold-out are all crisp and clean. AD Used
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Taylor, B.J.; Land, D.H.; Smith, D.B.
Northern England (British Regional Geology)
Paperback from the Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences. Covers are edgeworn, with a mild crease to front. Page block is faintly marked and lower corners are lightly creased. Includes many fold-out maps and diagrams, all of which are in excellent condition. AD Used
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Edmunds, F.H.; Oakley, K.P.
The Central District (British Regional Geology)
Paperback in very good condition; revised second edition, 10th impression; developed by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey and Museum. Previous owner's name penned to title page. Covers are marked, edges are worn and tanned. Page block is foxed, spine is tanned, lower corners lightly creased. Internally pages are clean and text is clear. AD Used
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Gallois, R.W.; Edmunds, F.H.
The Wealden District (British Regional Geology)
Paperback published in conjunction with the Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Geological Sciences (Geological Survey and Museum). Sticker and name from previous owner on inside of front cover. Rear cover is faintly marked and edges are lightly worn, page block lightly foxed. Fold-out in excellent condition, internally clean and clear. AD Used
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Chatwin, C.P.
The Hampshire Basin and Adjoining Areas (British Regional Geology)
Paperback created with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Geological Survey and Museum). Lower leading corner is scuffed, creased and al little grubby. Front cover is coming away at spine foot, spine is tanned and rubbed at ends. Marks and tanning to covers and page block. Internally, pages are clean and fold-outs are in very good condition. AD Used
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Collyer, Graham
The Surrey Village Book
Paperback in very good condition. Creases along spine, foxing to page block head and marks to page block face. Light edgewear and a few small scores to covers. Pages are sound and internally clean with clear text throughout. TA Used
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Darlington, Ralph (ed.); Cook, Emily Constance
London and Environs (Darlington's Handbooks)
Hardcover without dust jacket; 4th revised edition. Includes many pages of advertisments and fold-out maps, some in colour, all present and intact but some creased at corners and edges. This guide book has obviously been used for its intended purpose and is rubbed along board edges, chipped at spine ends and tanned at spine. Front and rear boards are lightly rubbed and marked, bookshop sticker to rear paste down. Pages are clean and clear of markings throughout. AD Used
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Norway, Arthur H.
Naples Past and Present
Hardcover without dust jacket; includes 25 colour illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen; rough cut page block foot; sixth edition, originally published 1901. Board corners and spine ends are lightly rubbed; previous owner's name penned to FEP; page block lightly foxed. Internally, clean, text is clear and images are bright. AD Used
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Hutton, Edward
The Valley of Arno: A Study of Its Geography, History and Works of Art
Hardcover with gilt decorated boards and spine, without dust jacket. Gilt upper page block; some of the page block remains uncut; includes 32 illustrations of old prints from the author's collection. Board edges and corners are rubbed; foxing to page block and to spine. Pages are clean, text is clear, images are bright and spine is tight. AD Used
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Prichard-Agnetti, Mary
Vicenza: The Home of "The Saint"
Hardcover; elegantly bound in brown buckram with gilt decoration to front, gilt printing to spine and gilt page block head; no dust jacket. Full colour frontispiece is protected with tissue and slightly loose from binding; further b&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Boards lightly rubbed and spine ends mildy bumped. Page block and end papers are foxed. Text is clear and spine is tight. AD Used
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Spayne, Janet; Krynski, Audrey
Walks in The Surrey Hills
Paperback featuring 20 walks stretching across Surrey, 72pp & maps. Marks to rear cover and slight crease to upper leading corner. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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I.W. Publicity Council
Isle of Wight: Island of Sunshine
Paperback with creased leading edge to front cover and sticker remnant to rear cover. Creases to some lower page corners and small pen mark to upper corner of title page. Pages are clean, spine is tight. AD Used
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Weller, David
Waterside Walks in Surrey
Paperback with lighlty rubbed front cover, otherwise like new without any notable flaws. AD Used
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Out and About in Surrey: Visits to Beauty Spots and Places of Interest
Paperback in good condition. Covers are rubbed and a little grubby with age, water marks to rear cover and to lower edges of pages. Pages are all intact and clean throughout. AD Used
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Morris, Joseph E.
Homeland Handbooks: Haslemere and Hindhead, the Hill Country of the Surrey Borderland Ordnance Map, Volume 28
Paperback without publish date listed, this is the eleventh edition of volume 28. Edges are worn, taped hinge repair between advertisements and title page. Fold-out map is present and in good condition. Tear to rear cover at spine foot and tear to front cover at spine head. Gift aid sticker to rear cover. AD Used
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British South Africa Company
Rhodesia: Information for Tourists and Sportsmen
Hardcover, first edition, original pictorial wraps with cloth spine, pratical information and advertisements for the tourist and the sportsman visiting Rhodesia written by a 'frequent visitor'. With numerous black and white illustrations and four tipped in coloured maps, three of which are folding. Table of contents lists 5 maps, but the 5th one has been crossed out and is not present. This copy has worn edges and foxing to rear board. FEP, the binding is a little loose and the first two pages have come away but are still present. Small tears to edges of a couple of pages. Gift inscriptions on second end page reads "To Edie. BERT 1913." This is a rare first edition with clean pages throughout. AD Used
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Margrie, W. "The Sipper" (ed.)
The Pickwicks of Peckham: Being the Book of the London Explorers' Club, An Account of the Real Exploits, Achievements, and Discoveries of a Group of Adventurous Londoners
Hardcover, first edition, in unclipped original dust jacket. Front board is creased at lower leading corner and endpapers are tanned. Page block and some pages internally are foxed. Otherwise, copy is in very good condition. DJ is worn at extremities, chipped at spine and foxed on inside. Pages are clean, spine is tight. AD Used
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Veyne, Paul; Fagen, Teresa Lavender (transl.)
Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Former copy of the Oxford and Cambridge Club, with their stamps to page block and bookplate remnants to FEP. Very good condition throughout. AD Used
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Schlesinger, Max; Wenckstern, Otto
Saunterings in and About London
Hardcover in very good condition for age, gilt decorated board and printed spine, no dust jacket. Tissue protected frontispiece. Previous owner's name penned to half-title page and taped repair to page 290. Light foxing to page block and endpapers. Spine is tight and text is clean and clear throughout. AD Used
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Schlesinger, Max; Wenckstern, Otto
Saunterings in and About London
Hardcover in good condition, first edition, 290 pp. Frontispiece and decorative title page, 6 black and white plates, bound in olive green cloth with blindstamped and gilt decorations and gilt titles, yellow endpapers. Backstrip worn and torn with a little loss, corners bumped cloth faded and marked, a few spots to pages, former copy of Trinity Church Library and with their bookplate to front pastedown. AD Used
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Ward, F. Kingdon
A Plant Hunter in Tibet
Hardcover in good condition, no jacket. First edition with fold-out map. 1cm x 2cm piece of cover missing at spine front side. Edges and corners of boards are worn and leading corners are bumped. Partially removed sticker on front board and note penned on FEP. Binding cracked between title pages, stamp to rear pastedown and annotations in pencil on the same and REP. Light foxing and marks to page block and minor foxing to title pages. Pages remain sound and contents are clear throughout. TA Used
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Balneaves, Elizabeth
Mountains of the Murgha Zerin: Between the Hindu Khush and the Karakoram
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Edgewear to jacket and minor bumps to board spine ends. A few minor scores to jacket and pen mark to FEP. Text is clear. TA Used
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Marlowe, John
Four Aspects of Egypt
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition in good condition jacket. 2cm tear to jacket front at upper edge, small tear to jacket rear at upper edge and small indent to jacket front at spine. Edgewear and shelf-marks to jacket. Pen mark to FEP, otherwise pages are sound and clean throughout. TA Used
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Lawrence, T.E.; Lawrence, A.W. (ed.)
Oriental Assembly
Hardcover without dust jacket. Former copy of the Royal Automobile Club Library with their bookplate to front paste down, penned date to FEP and stamps to FEP, title page, foreword page, illustrations page, page block head and REP. Spine is sunned and board edges are rubbed. Pages are clean and text is unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Mr. Marshall
Minutes, Experiments, Observations, and General Remarks, on Agriculture, in the Southern Counties; a New Edition to Which is Prefixed a Sketch of The Vale of London, and an Outline of Its Rural Economy - Vols. I & II
Two volume set; two hardcovers (no jackets) - full leather. v.1: xxiii, 414pp + [2]; v.2: xi, 387pp +[5]; five fold-out plates, one fold-out map and one fold-out table across both volumes. Gilt design on each board. Boards and spines are worn with age and rubbed at points, with a few scuffs and scores, and nicks at spine ends; two noticeable gouges on rear board of v.1, seemingly repaired by affixing the piece of cover back on. Speckled page blocks are slightly tanned and marked. Foxing and age-related marks in both volumes, though nothing unexpected or severe; Occasional creasing to corners and very few pages; some faint pencilled crosses in margins of v.1. Overall, a solid and well-maintained set for age. TS Used
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Weidenfeld, A. G.; Nicholson, Nigel (eds.)
People on the Move: The Fourteenth Contact Book
Paperback in good condition. Wear and tanning to spine and mark to spine foot. Nick to spine head and leading corners of covers are a little dog-eared, also affecting upper corners of first few pages. Tanning to edges of covers and scores to front cover. Shelf-marks to covers and faint foxing and marks to page block. Faint tanning to edges of pages; pages are sound and contents are clear throughout. TA Used
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Savory's Visitor's Guide to Cirencester: With Descriptive Account of the Ancient and Modern Town, Parish Church, Public Buildings, Cirencester Park & House, Museum, Royal Agricultural College, Notices of the Bathurst and Master Families
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Front board has been taped to spine, boards are generally shelf and edgeworn. Marks to FEP and page block foxed. Internally, pages are clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Miller, William
Travels and Politics in the Near East
Hardcover with dust jacket. Includes tissue protected colour frontispiece and many further illustrations but no map. Gilt page block head. Jacket has had an extensive repair to front involving tape and extra paper, further tape repairs to spine and edges, jacket in acceptable condition. Boards are sound. Foxing to endpapers and page block. Spine is tight and text is clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Vowles, Alfred, F.R.G.S.
Wanderings with a Camera in Mesopotamia (Babylonia)
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes 60 illustrations and map. Penned dedication on front endpaper. Boards are faded around edges, with one or two very small surface marks. Spine is very faded, with one or two light stains. Both sides of spine head are torn, and both spine ends are worn and damaged. Leading corners are very bent. Pages are rough-cut. Small tear to upper edge of front endpaper. Pages are lightly foxed throughout. Leading edges of two or three pages near end of book (these pages are unnumbered) are damaged. Back hinge is cracked and binding is a little loose towards end of book. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Naipaul, V.S.
India: A Million Mutinies Now
Hardcover, first edition, with plastic protected unclipped dust jacket. Flat signed by author on title page. There are a few faint marks to page block, otherwise all excellent condition. AD Used
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Munro, M.
Geology of the Country Around Aberdeen: Memoir for 1:50 000 Sheet 77 (Scotland) - British Geological Survey
Paperback in very good condition. A few small marks to covers and minor edgewear. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Grindrod, Muriel
Italy
Hardcover, 1st edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed along edges and on back cover. Foxing to upper page block and scuffs along board spine. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Dallaway, James
Etchings of Views in the Vicarage of Leatherhead
Hardcover (no jacket, presumably as issued; gilt decorations on boards). Facsimile of the 1821 edition, with an introduction by Francis W. Steer; published in a limited print run of 500, this hand-numbered #194. Minor imperfection on page block; one slightly creased page corner; otherwise fine. A very good copy with clean pages and clear text and images. TS Used
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Hayward, R. L.
We Were the Foreigners: Experiences with British Boys on Tour in Corsica, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Atlantic Isles, Spain, Majorca
Hardcover in very good condition, in good condition clipped jacket. Signed and dedicated by author in pen on FEP. Tanning to jacket spine and edges. Foxing to jacket interior and exterior and small tear at spine foot. Rear board is faded near spine, corners are bumped. Foxing to page block and lightly to endpapers and pastedowns. Pages and binding are sound, contents are clear throughout. TA Used
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Lowther, Kenneth; Hammond, Reginald
Sussex
Paperback (A Ward Lock Red Guide). Minor sunning and shelfwear to the cover; faint creases along the spine. All text and images are clear. CM Used
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Goodsall, Robert H.
The Ancient Road to Canterbury: A Progress Through Kent
Hardcover. First General Edition (following the Subscription Edition of 1959). Unclipped jacket is slightly worn, with one or two minor nicks, and a lightly marked rear. Page block is a little foxed. Pages are clean and sound - very good in good jacket. With 59 half tone illustrations and a folding map. TS Used
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Griffiths, Wynne M. (ed.)
Aspects of Edenbridge, Number Three
Staple-bound paperback; 56pp, illustrated. Front cover is slightly marked; interior remains clean, with clear content throughout. TS Used
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