Stetka, JanMareMagnum
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2001Book appears to be in mint unread condition. 104pp. The story of the rediscovery of a Saxon stronghold near Bakewell in Derbyshire and the farming which supported it. It was constructed under King Edward the Elder in AD 920 in order to secure the cooperation of the Vikings in a united England. Extremely scarce.
1974No 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 slightly dusty rear, tiny nick to upper rear edge and rubbing to front. 220pp. The author tells the amazing story of the search for the River Niger. Its source was well known, so did it simply evaporate in the Sahara ? He explains how the mystery was solved and the river shown to flow first north-east, then east and finally south-east to the Bight of Biafra.
1958Ex high school library book with stamps to front end papers only. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine foot, slight dustiness to page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped with . a few small repairs and piece missing from upper front corner. 434pp. Revised edition of the classic work on the physical, economic and human geography of Britain.
1995Inscription to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 96pp. Beautiful capioned photographs from around Britain.
1958Ex-library copy with usual marks and stamps. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, front end paper missing and no bumping to corners. 143pp. An introduction to maps and regions.
1971No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked orange cloth boards, slight dustiness to page edges, slight bumping to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with rubbing and small nicks to edges and corners and very slight soiling. A fair number of fold-out diagrams in perfect condition apart from a small tear to one. 444pp. Detailed geology of this area of Derbyshire within the Peak District limestone. Coloured frontispiece. Illustrated with black & white photos.
1977No marks or inscriptions. Crease to lower corner of soft front cover. Rear cover is sunned stiff card. A very clean very tight copy with no bumping to corners. Single-sided with interleaved tissue. 16pp. Aerial views of Weser Marsh in northern Germany. All text in German.
1966No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright slightly faded unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 99pp. Early official guide to the New Forest covering its history, geology, nature and topography.
2007Signed on title page by Dave Butcher. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A series of stunning monochrome landscape images of mountains and high places in Britain and throughout the world taken by the author.
1997Inscription opposite half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with nicks/slight creasing to top of spine. 160pp. Superb photographical work on England's Lake District.
1993Signed on title page by William Egerton, Lord Mayor of Manchester May 1883. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to middle of upper and lower front edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 168pp. Manchester was where the atom was split, the computer was developed, the first passenger railway station was built and where Mr Rolls met Mr Royce. This book is a unique ovation for Manchester in stunning photographs previously unseen, a record of how by 1993 it came to be the city leading Britain towards the twenty-first century.
1973No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with label removal mark to front and well rubbed front. 208pp. A study of the evolution of the scenery of Britain considered both from the physical and historical points of view. This volumes looks at south-eastern England. There are then twelve local studies, chosen to illustrate the region in depth.
1989No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, tiny rubs to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tears to slightly curled edges. 143pp. A lavish coloured study of the River Amazon from the air alongside its nature, its peoples and its features at ground level. Text in English, French and Portuguese.
1991No 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. Some of England's finest examples of both natural and man-made scenery, photographed in colour by Rob Talbot and described from historical, geographical and natural perspectives by Robin Whiteman.
1995No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 43pp. Detailed scientific report on the quality of the River Mersey in the 1990s. Scarce.
1976No 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. 109pp. The geology and geography of the Scottish Highlands. Well illustrated in black & white.
2003No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 312pp. The story of how the US Congress surveyed and sold the land to the west of the Ohio river in 1785. This was the greatest property deal of all time and led to the the imposition of the well-known current grid system on the unmapped land.
2001No 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. 58pp. A prose and photographic study of the River Dee on its way from the Welsh mountains to the sea, season by season.
1962No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine ends, clear gilt lettering to spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with two tiny nicks to lower rear edge. Fold-out map of University in excellent condition. Twenty-nine mostly double plates plus 265pp.
2003No 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. Starting when West Yorkshire was just emerging from under a sea, about sixty million years ago, this study shows how the landscape has developed, in particular over the last 7,000 years from the effects of people changing the area.
1980No 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 with faint indenting to both front and rear and nick to top of spine. 168pp. A topographical, geographic and geological account of the old kingdom of Wessex covering major parts of southern England.
1973No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to corners. A very clean very tight copy with lightly rubbed boards, slightly marked rear and no bumping to corners. All ten maps tucked in at the rear in excellent condition. Maps plus 79pp. A study of the leisure, recreation and tourist interests of the South Pennines area from Carleton in the north down to Holmfirth in the south.
1981No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with fainly intented rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with faintly indented rear. Unpaginated pp. A pictorial account of the Hungarian regions of Bodrogkoz, Hegyalja, Hegykos and the Tokaj Hills. Almost all text in English, a little in Hungarian. With 136 colour plates, many full or double page. Scarce in the UK.
1983New Book. 48pp. A collection of photographs with accompanying text of the Denton district of Tameside, Greater Manchester, formerly in Lancashire, mainly from the early years of the 20th century, but some go back to the later 1800's. Subjects covered include Coal Mining, Wire Works and Hat Works (for which Denton was particularly famous), Oldham's Batteries, Denton Jail and Denton Hall, early street scenes and school groups, a major fire and the Council on Jubilee Day 1897.
1984No 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 with very minor traces of storage. 222pp. Specially designed for fellwalkers, this guide to the walks in Cumbria's Lake District provides seven walks to tackle, ranging from 15 miles to a seven-day walk of 88 miles around the Lakeland Horseshoe.
