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Mead, W. R.
Towards a Commonplace Geography
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, like new condition. Minor wear to edges of jacket, no other flaws. TA Used
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Mead, W. R.
Pehr Kalm: A Finnish Visitor to the Chilterns in 1748
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, like new condition. No notable flaws. TA Used
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Ondaatje, Christopher
Journey to the Source of the Nile
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Signed and with dedication by author on title-page. Minor wear to leading corners of jacket, no other flaws of note. Pages are sound and clean; contents are bright and clear. TA Used
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Mead, W. R.
A Celebration of Norway
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Signed and dedicated by author on title page. Nick to jacket rear at spine head, no other notable flaws. Pages are sound and contents are clear throughout. TA Used
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Deli, Zou (ed.)
A Panorma of Harbin
Paperback in very good condition. Minor shelf and edgewear to covers, no other faults. Clean throughout and spine tight. AD Used
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Deverteuil, Geoffrey
Resilience in the Post-Welfare Inner City: Voluntary Sector Geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Bumps and light wear to board corners, edges, and spine ends. More significant bump to rear board upper edge. No other faults, pages excellent. AD Used
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Wade, Henling Thomas
With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley; and Map Featuring the Shooting Districts Lying Between WuHu and Shanghai, Together with a Map of the Ningpo Country
Oversized hardcover presented with map in its original paper wallet. Boards are fully bound in dark green cloth by Kelly and Walsh, with lettering to front only. Second edition, 284pp. Former copy of Evelyn Gedge, with her bookplates to front pastdown, to reverse side of map and to map envelope. Boards are shelfworn with rubbing to edges and corners, spine is sunned, speckled and lightly chipped at ends. Endpapers and pastedowns are tanned at edges and there are a few small tears to paper in the gutter of front pastedown. Very faint foxing to a few internal pages, otherwise the contents are clean and unmarked throughout and the illustrations are bright and clear, binding is sound. Watermark to map envelope and small tear to opening. Map is unnumbered and is in excellent condition. More photos available upon request. AD Used
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Moore, Wm.
Reed's Seamanship and Nautical Knowledge for Candidates Preparing for the Examinations for Certificates of Competency as Masters and Mates
Hardcover (no jacket) - twenty-ninth edition - with a slightly sunned spine, and a few marks on boards; slightly edgeworn, with bumped corners and spine ends. Page block is tanned; previous owner's name penned on front pastedown. With tables, figures, colour plate and fold-out - all content is clear. TS Used
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Higginson, John
The Way of St James, Le Puy to Santiago: A Cyclists Guide
Paperback in very good condition. Very slight edgewear to covers and sticker remnant to rear cover. No other faults. AD Used
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Seymour, M. C. (ed.)
The Egerton Version of Mandeville's Travels (Early English Text Society Original Series, Number 336)
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket spine is a little sunned and book is slightly skewed, otherwise like new. TA Used
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Seymour, M.C. (ed.)
Mandeville's Travels
Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket is edgeworn and chipped at spine ends, a few faint marks to front and rear. Foxing to page block head. Contents are clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Sommerville-Large, Peter
Tribes and Tribulations: A Journey in Republican Yemen
Hardcover without dust jacket. Spine is sunned and page block, REP, and half-title page are tanned. No other faults. Clean throughout and very good condition. AD Used
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Sinila, Anita
What is Latvia? Kas ir Latvija?
Paperback in good condition. Text in English and Latvian. Creases to covers; pages are very good. TA Used
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Earle, Augustus
A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827
Hardcover without dust jacket. Gilt lettering to front and to spine. First edition Thus. Previous owner's details penned to FEP and creases to upper edges of gutter pgs 118-119. Minor foxing to a few internal pages. Board edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Text is clean throughout. AD Used
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Choukri, Mohamed; Bowles, Paul (trans.)
Tennessee Williams in Tangier
Paperback in very good condition. Presented in original unprinted acetate dustwrapper - light edgewear to this. Lower edges of main jacket cover also lightly edgeworn. Page block lightly foxed. Contents are clean, spine is tight. AD Used
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Stuck, Hudson
The Ascent of Denali: First Complete Ascent of Mt. McKinley, Highest Peak in North America, Containing the Original Diary of Walter Harper, First Man to Achieve Denali's True Summit
Paperback in good condition. Exterior wear but internally clean. Spine and front cover are creased, front and rear covers are worn at edges. Marks to page block and tanning to inside of covers and to endpapers. Text is unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Bartle, Jim
Trails of the Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash of Peru
Paperback in good condition. Includes 16 pages of photographs, 11 individual trail maps and 1 fold-out map in pocket at rear - all in excellent condition. Covers are edge and shelfworn, including a small surface scuff to front cover. Watermarks to lower edges of inside front cover and to initial 2 pages. All other pages clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Haston, Dougal
In High Places
Paperback in good condition. Spine is creased and covers lightly shelf and edgeworn. Previous owner's name penned to half-title page. Faint watermark to upper leading corners of initial 100 pages. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is sound. AD Used
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Johnson, Samuel; M'Nicol, Donald
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland with Remarks By the Rev.Donald M'Nicol
Hardcover fully bound in smooth brown leather; 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt lettering to spine. Full marbled page block and portrait of Johnson as frontispiece. Rear spine hinge is cracked and the rear cover is almost loose but still intact. Rubbing to board edges, spine ends and spine sides. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims, some foxing intermittently internally. Text is clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Liddall, W.J.N.
The Place Names of Fife and Kinross
Hardcover without dust jacket. Exterior wear to boards: spine tanned, cloth creased at front and marked at rear, corners bumped. Internally very clean, much of the page block remains uncut. Spine sound. AD Used
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Medley, Paul; Dougill, John
Pubs of Oxford and Oxfordshire: A Select Guide with Historical and Local Information
Paperback in very good condition. Minor edgewear to covers and barcode sticker to rear. No other faults. AD Used
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Wilson, Professor (essay)
Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views from Drawings
Oversized hardcover, half-bound in leather. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations. Full gilt page block and endpapers also blocked in gilt. Richly illustrated with 80 plates by Scottish artists including John C. Brown, William Brown, Andrew Donaldson, John Fleming, David M. Mackenzie, W.B. Scott, D. Stewart, and others. Board edges are rubbed and there is scattered foxing throughout. Bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Illustrations are all bright and clear, text is unmarked. AD Used
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Sharafaddin, A.H.
Yemen "Arabia Felix"
Paperback in good condition. Includes map and fold-out genealogical tree. Covers are foxed and edgeworn with a taped repair to spine head. Short typed biography of author stapled to inside of front cover. Foxing to inside of covers and to title page, slight creases to upper leading page corners and a few minor marks to page margins. Text and illustrations remain clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Gosse, Philp Henry
Land and Sea
Hardcover without dust jacket. Green cloth boards with black borders and gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine. Includes 15 illustrations. Spine is shaken, board edges rubbed, binding visible at FEP. Foxing to page block and prelims, previous owner's details penned to FEP, light marks to front pastdown. Text is unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Cooke, G.A.
Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Somerset
Paperback in good condition. Publish date not printed, presume ca. 1830. Includes fold-out design by Telford for a suspension bridge over the River Avon (which was eventually constructed in 1865) and a fold-out colour map of the county. Covers are worn and creased at rear eges, spine ends are chipped and frayed. Light foxing to internal pages and leading corners are worn throughout. AD Used
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Paine, Sheila
The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Light edge and shelfwear to jacket, no other notable flaws. Very good condition. AD Used
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Grimal, N.; Grimal, G. (text); Chevalier, J. (photos)
Lights of Egypt/Lumieres D'Egypte
Oversized hardcover with slipcase. Text in English and French. Richly illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout. Gilt lettering on spine has partially rubbed away, slipcase has minor shelf and edgewear. Contents clean and unmarked, illustrations bright and clear. AD Used
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Fakhry, Ahmed
The Oases of Egypt, Volume I: Siwa Oasis
Hardcover in very good condition with an unclipped, acceptable condition dust jacket. Foxing to jacket front and rear, 10cm tear to jacket front and tanning to jacket spine. Page block is faintly foxed and lightly tanned. Small surface tear to front pastedown. Boards, pages and text are all clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Mackenzie, W.C.
The Book of the Lews: The Story of a Hebridean Isle
Hardcover, xv-276 pp., with map and illustrations. Spine tanned and ends chipped, board corners and edges bumped. Fife County Library bookplate and sticker remnant to front pastedown, penned annotations to copyright page & FEP. Burst hinge to front cover. Text and illustrations remain clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Pennington, Michael
Rossya: A Journey Through Siberia
Paperback in very good condition. Covers are worn at edges and spine ends, with light tanning to spine and edges. Publisher's sticker to copyright page and to REP. Text is clean and unmarked, spine is tight. AD Used
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Steinmetz, Andrew, Esq.
Japan and Her People
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Second edition. Leather boards and spine. Boards are edged in gilt and are quite scratched and rubbed. Small, single dents to upper edges of boards. Spine is a little worn and rubbed at edges and ends. Leading corners are a little worn and bent. Gilt page block. School reward sticker on front pastedown. Marbled endpapers. First and last few pages are considerably age-spotted, and there are a few instances of minor age-spotting throughout. Pages are a little faded. Binding remains sound. Pages are tight and text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Thompson, Francis
St Kilda and Other Hebridean Outliers
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Shelfwear to jacket and a few creases along upper edges. Board spine ends bumped, minor foxing and tanning of page block. Contents clean, spine straight, binding tight. AD Used
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Armstrong, Walter
The Thames from Its Source to the Sea (2 Volumes)
Oversized hardcover, 2 volumes bound together. Fully bound in red leather with embossed gilt decorations and gilt lettering to front. Gilt decorations to spine and to rear board, and full gilt page block. Illustrated with nearly four hundred engravings in the text and sixteen etchings on steel plates. This book has been rebacked and has much exterior wear; covers are marked and the leather has been rubbed away at the corners, edges and spine ends. Despite the worn exterior, the internal contents have remained bright and clear with minimal foxing throughout and light tanning of page edges. Penned number annotation to front pastedown, no other extraneous markings. This book would have been very impressive in its day and still retains its beautiful character today. AD Used
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Veitch, Professor
The River Tweed: From Its Source to the Sea
Oversized hardcover in good condition. Features sixteen drawings by George Reid reproduced by Amand-Durand. Boards are worn and toned at edges; a few markings to front and rear boards. Endpapers are tanned, FEP is creased vertically and there is minimal foxing to page edges. Binding is sound and spine is tight. AD Used
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Moosa, Lena
Images of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Richly illustrated throughout in full-colour. Jacket has light shelf and edgewear, boards have light wear to corners and spine foot. Contents are bright and clean. AD Used
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Cooper, Derek
The Road to Mingulay: A View of the Western Isles
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket and faint marks to page block. Boards, pages and text clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Yee, Chiang
The Silent Traveller in New York
Hardcover, first edition, with unclipped dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Jacket is tanned and edgeworn with a significant portion of spine foot missing. Boards are tanned at edges and bumped at lower leading corners. Small surface tear to front pastedown. Illustrations are bright and clear throughout and text is clean and unmarked. AD Used
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Levy, Lou
Day Walks in the Santa Monica Mountains with Accessibility Notes for the Disabled
Paperback in very good condition. Extra leaflet laid-in. There are slight wear marks on the edges on the front and rear of the cover with a very minor bend on the rear upper leading corner. The book is otherwise in excellent condition and the pages in the main body are clean. GE Used
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Coates, Austin
Personal and Oriental
Hardcover first edition with unclipped dust jacket in mylar. The jacket is fairly well-worn with nicks on the corners and edges as well as some markings on the front and rear jacket. There is some minor foxing on the prelims and page block. The pages in the main body remain clean and in very good condition. GE Used
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Lyer, Pico
Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports From the Not-So-Far East
A first edition hardcover, in good condition. Dustjacket is illustrated by Kang Yi, and designed by Julie Daquet and is unclipped. DJ which shows some signs of fading and features historic price ticket on reverse. The page block has deckled edges, possibly simulated by the binder, and some minor imperfections, marks and discolouration. The text within is clear and bright. CN Used
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Betjeman, John
English Cities and Small Towns
Hardcover copy in very good condition. Mylar protected DJ, not clipped. Within the book, there are 8 colour plates and 25 illustrations in black and white. The block edge is undamaged and text within is clear and bright. CN Used
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Brown, Dona
Inventing New England: Regional Tourism in the Nineteenth Century
A good quality hardcover, with DJ, not clipped. There are some minor shelf wear to the DJ and page block. There's foxing present on the top page block. CN Used
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Muhlhauser, G. H. P.
The Cruise of Amaryllis (Mariner's Library, No.10)
Published in hardcover listed as No. 10 in The Mariners Library. The FEP is signed and dated by naval Commander Erroll Bruce. The front and rear boards are well worn but fairly unmarked. The spine has some foxing and tanning. There is also foxing on the rear pastedown and the page block. There is an illustration and text within the main body which is clean and in good condition. GE Used
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Tambs, Erling
The Cruise of the Teddy (Mariners Library, No.5)
A first edition published for The Mariners Library listed at No. 5. The half title page is signed by naval Commander Erroll Bruce. The boards are fairly well worn with some markings and discolouration. The spine has some browning and a small tear at the spine foot edge. The page block is slightly discoloured. The book contains maps and illustrations. There is some foxing on the maps on the FEP and REP. The pages and illustrations in the main body are clean and in good condition. GE Used
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Le Toumelin, J. Y.
Kurun in the Caribbean (Mariners Library, No.46)
Published in hardcover and listed as No. 46 in The Mariners Library. The dust jacket is in good condition, it has been placed in a plastic jacket. There is some foxing and discolouration on the jacket and it is also price clipped. The boards and the spine are foxed as well as the page block and some pages within the main body. There are old library stamps on the FEP. There are illustrations and text within the main body which is mostly clean and in good condition. GE Used
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Gerbault, Alain
The Fight of the Firecrest (Mariners Library, No.28)
Published in hardcover and listed as No. 28 in The Mariners Library. The FEP is signed by naval Commander Erroll Bruce. The boards are in good condition with a black mark to rear board and the spine is slightly tanned. There is foxing on the page block, FEP, REP and title page with only some minor foxing throughout the main body. The book contains illustrations which along with the text is clean and in good condition. GE Used
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Tomlinson, H. M.
Gallions Reach (Mariners Library, No.6)
Published in hardcover and listed as No. 6 in The Mariners Library. The jacket has some discolouration on the spine and some general shelfwear. The boards have some general wear but are otherwide in very good condition. There is some foxing on the page block. The pages in the main body remain clean. GE Used
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Ransome, Arthur
Rancundra's First Cruise (Mariners Library, No.38)
Published in paperback and listed as No. 38 in The Mariners Library. The cover is fairly well worn with general markings and creases but is otherwise in good condition. Page block and page edges are tanned. The pages in the main body are clean and in good condition. GE Used
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Violet, Charles
Solitary Journey (Mariners Library, No. 45)
Published in hardcover and listed as No. 45 in The Mariners Library. The jacket has been clipped and has some minor markings and wear but is otherwise in good condition. The jacket has been cased in a plastic covering. The boards have some general wear but are otherwise in good condition. There is a minimal amount of foxing on the page block. The pages in the main body remain clean and clear. Illustrations and maps are included. GE Used
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Smeeton, Miles
Once is Enough (Mariners Library, No. 42)
Published in hardcover and listed as No. 42 in The Mariners Library. The jacket has been clipped and has some general wear but is otherwise in good condition. The boards are in good condition with only some general shelf-wear. The pages in the main body are clean and in good condition. Illustrations are included. GE Used
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