Books - "geography"
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Round the World in Any Number of Days
first edition 140pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.wear,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1926
KEYWORDS: history travel geography maurice baring
In The Himalayas and On The Indian Plains
first edition 608pp+32pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (grey cloth w.brown/black/white dec.stamps to boards,rubbed and soiled w.purple stain to top board,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,5cm split to foot of upper hinge,boards shaky w.paper separation at prelim.gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents,prelims.loosening but present,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1884
KEYWORDS: mountaineering himalaya gordon cumming travel geography
In Darkest Africa
or the quest rescue and retreat of emin governor of equatoria 2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition rebound 2 VOLUMES .529/472pp ills.[b/w w.2 [of 3] fold-out maps;1 plate and 1 map missing from vol.2] VG- (rebound in black half-cloth w.green cloth boards,original leather spines laid down but with gilt libr.stamps,sl.soiling to leather,new eps,prelims.of vol.1 detached but present,contents mod.foxed,linen-backed fold-out map in vol.1 bound in at rear,tight)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle and rivington london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography emin henry stanley africa equatoria
Roba Di Roma
2 vols.
2 vols.rebound 355/369pp VG (rebound in red half leather w.marbled paper boards,raised bands and gilt stamps to spines,sl.rubbed and soiled w.some minor surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.incl.spines,dealer's label to front pastedowns w.owner's bookplate to front pastedown of vol.2,marbled eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1863
KEYWORDS: history geography rome italy william story
Modern Paris
[first edition] 300pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.werner laurie london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography paris robert harborough sherard
Japanalia
first edition thus [colonial edition] 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several mod.losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gifford london 1938
KEYWORDS: japan geography history travel
The Last Voyage
first edition inscribed by author 490pp ills.[b/w w.col.fold-out map at front] VG (blue cloth w.gilt border to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,bevelled edges sl.worn and chipped,lower half of cloth on spine is now a flap due to split at lower hinge,author's inscr.tipped-in to ffep gutter - signed Brassey most likely Lord Brassey given date (Lady Brassey died on last voyage) ,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,prelim.section loosening slightly,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1889
KEYWORDS: travel geography nautical lady brassey signed biography
City of the Plains: A History of Hastings
first edition 464pp ills.[b/w] VG+ super octavo hardcover in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hastings boyd
The Japanese at Home
first edition 153pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black/orange dec.stamp to top board,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hokuseido press tokyo 1936
KEYWORDS: history japan geography sociology ippei fukuda
The Nile Quest
ex-lib.[first edition] 341pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map at rear] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: alston rivers london 1906
KEYWORDS: travel geography nile harry johnston
A Trip Round the World in 1887-8
second edition 398pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to bevelled extrems.,black eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,minor foxing to margins,aeg,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888
KEYWORDS: history travel geography caine
With the Yacht,Camera,And Cycle in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 94pp ills.[b/w] VG (two-tone brown cloth w.gilt stamps to rear board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled extrems.,owner's bookplate and libr.marks to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1895
KEYWORDS: history travel geography photography cavan nautical
A Winter's Cruise in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 299pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,pencil numbers to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1887
KEYWORDS: travel history geography mediterranean nautical gainsford
Singapore Retrospect Through Postcards: 1900-1930
first edition 136pp ills.[b/w] NF (laminated boards,minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: sin chew jit poh singapore 1982
KEYWORDS: singapore history geography postcards
Ancient India
4 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 4 vols.ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.browned/soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: shashikant baroda 1938-1941
KEYWORDS: india history geography antiquity tribhuvandas shah
Twenty Years in Sedlescombe
first edition 496pp+index ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,v.sl.rubbed,maps to eps,owner's inscr.and stamp to half-title,content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/w (price crossed out on front flap)
PUBLISHER: regency press london [1978]
KEYWORDS: history geography britain sedlescombe beryl lucey
West Suffolk,Illustrated
first edition 411pp ills.[b/w] G+ (red cloth,rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's label to ffep,insect nibbles to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to prelim.w.not to p.36,some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: pawsey bury st.edmund's 1907
KEYWORDS: geography west suffolk britain england barker
Among the Moors
sketches of oriental life
ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [43/120] signed by author 281pp ills.[duotone] VG- (gold cloth boards w.half vellum,rubbed and stained,gilt-on-brown title label to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.split to full length of upper hinge,some losses of vellum to spine,libr.label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,signed/numbered colophon to copyright page)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1894
KEYWORDS: history geography moors travel montbard
To Menelek in a Motor-Car
first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.90% split to lower hinge and 10% to upper hinge,school presentation bookplate and dealer's label to ffep,contents sl.foxed,one plate detached but present,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1913
KEYWORDS: travel geography menelek clifford halle motoring
John Castle's Hauraki Gulf
first edition signed by artist 96pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by john castle] VG+ (beige cloth,author's sign.to half-title) in VG+ d/w(sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history geography john castle mervyn dykes