Books - "geography"
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Mountain Craft
second edition 603pp ills.[b/w w.2 missing] G+ (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,top board shaky w.paper separation at title gutter,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,plates at pp 370/522 missing,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1921
KEYWORDS: travel mountaineering geography sport geoffrey winthrop young
The Dixon - Meares Controversy
reprint edition, 156pp. Illus.(b/w) F ( blue cloth )
PUBLISHER: da capo press new york 1969
KEYWORDS: frederic w howay dixon - meares controversy british colombia fur trade exploration maritime history travel politics trade geography
The German Raid on the Hartlepools,December 16th,1914
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[tipped-in b/w photographs] VG- (in ill.wrappers w.string tie to spine,rubbed and stained and sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to front cover dated 191?,chipping and wear to extrems.,foxing to contents but not to the photographs,minor creasing to some photos,ink ticks to list of killed at rear)
PUBLISHER: sage west hartlepool [nd]
KEYWORDS: history military hartlepool nautical geography
The District of Bakarganj
its history and statistics
ex-lib.first edition 459pp [fold-out map at front] VG- (brown cloth w.half-leather,mod.rubbed and soiled,surface losses to leather,top board detached,libr.stamps to spine,wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,prelims.detached but present,content edges v.sl.soiled o/w clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: trubner london 1876
KEYWORDS: history geography travel india bakarganj h.beveridge
Egeria's Travels
first edition thus 320pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor soiling,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: s.p.c.k london 1971
KEYWORDS: travel history geography egeria john wilkinson
Religious Systems of The World
national,christian,and philosophic
revised 565pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutters,half-title clipped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1890
KEYWORDS: theology history geography
Pele and Hiiaka
a myth from hawaii
ex-lib.first edition 250pp ills.[b/w and col.;frontis.missing] VG- (black cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,owner's inscr.to ffep,libr.blind stamp to title,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.fore-edge sl.bumped,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: honolulu star-bulletin honolulu 1915
KEYWORDS: history geography hawaii mythology literature nathaniel b.emerson
Visit to the Holy Land,Egypt,and Italy
336pp+ads.ills.[col.] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained and unevenly sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,pencil annotations to front pastedown,ink numbers to prelims.and title,paper separation at title gutter,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: ingram,cooke london 1852
KEYWORDS: travel geography history holy land egypt italy ida pfeiffer
Press Conferences 1952
ex-lib.first edition 140pp VG (libr.rebind in paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and labels,lacks title page,sl.gum residue to first page of text o/w clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: information service of india new delhi 1952
KEYWORDS: history politics jawaharlal nehru india geography
Rome
rebind no text ills.[12 plates] VG (12 plates rebound in blue cloth w.gilt Rome title and 1833 date to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,new eps,12 plates are browned and foxed w.blank leaves between,2 plates are undated/9 are dated 1833/1 is dated 1827)
PUBLISHER: cooke london [nd,1833]
KEYWORDS: arts engravings pinelli rome travel geography
UNDER THE DEEP OCEANS
Twentieth Century Voyages of Discovery
ex lib, minimal markings, 239pp, illus, VG+(v sl cocked, vsl bruised corners, v sl edgewear) d/w VG-(sl wear tears & chipped extrems, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1960
KEYWORDS: science history geography seismic prospecting moho coarl atols oceans
Souvenir of London
14 facsimiles of water-colours
first edition ills.[14 col.plates] G+ (in ill.wrappers,rubbed and stained/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many losses and closed tears,lacks spine,no title page or prelims.but perhaps they were never there anyway,all plates present but most are detached,all plates sl.soiled/foxed but generally towards margins leaving the images relatively clean,some minor unobtrusive creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: nestle london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts london prints carl j.becker travel geography
South West Africa in Early Times
new impression 525pp ills.[b/w frontis.w.fold-out maps] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,tape stains to eps w.sl.soiling to content edges,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.internal tape stains ghosting through,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: frank cass london 1966
KEYWORDS: history geography politics africa heinrich vedder
Russia
2 vols.
sixth edition 2 vols.[fold-out maps torn but complete] VG- (tan cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps and borders,mod.rubbed and stained,rodent nibbles to fore-edge of boards on vol.1,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to vol.1 front pastedown but removed from vol.2,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents tight)
PUBLISHER: cassell petter & galpin london 1877
KEYWORDS: russia history geography d.mackenzie wallace
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales
450pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch [nd]
KEYWORDS: history australia geography david collins james collier
Etruscan Bologna
a study
first edition [penzer p.92-93] first issue [dec.border runs full width of boards] xii+275pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagram at frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth w.dec.stamped border across upper/lower edges,gilt stamp to top board w.gilt titling to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,brown eps sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.chipping to rep gutter,tight)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1876
KEYWORDS: richard burton bologna history travel geography italy
Vikram and The Vampire
or tales of hindu devilry
first edition first issue [penzer p.81-82] xxiv+319pp ills.[b/w by ernest griset] VG (black cloth w.red dec.stamped devils and gilt lettering,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,minor bubblimg to cloth on top board,mod.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and corners,brown eps sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,binder's label to rear pastedown [edmonds & remnants london],spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1870
KEYWORDS: richard burton history literature geography hindu occult mythology
Bow Street World
first edition 285pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1938
KEYWORDS: history bow street london geography albert lieck
Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 211pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.blind/dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,author's inscr.to frontis.portrait,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1903
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel geography history captain barry
A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand
together with some account of the south sea islands
second edition [lacks title page] 375pp+32pp publisher's ads.dated 1871 ills.[b/w but lacks frontis.] G+ (green cloth w.blind borders,gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.spine attached only at rear hinge,wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky,brown eps,owner's inscr.to prelim.,lacks half-title and title,sl.foxing and soiling to contents,cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1871
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography herbert meade