Books - "geography"
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Ballads of the Pacific Northwest
first edition inscribed by author 170pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,top board sl.stained,minor foxing to content edges,author's inscr.to half-title) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: ryerson press toronto 1946
KEYWORDS: history pacific northwest robert allison hood signed geography
Vignettes of Vancouver
first edition inscribed by author 84pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to half-title) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: education services vancouver 1954
KEYWORDS: geography history robert allison hood signed
The Economic Development of the British Overseas Empire
3 vols.
3 vols.vol.1 second edition/vols.2,3 first editions 555/616/356pp [fold-out maps] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928/1930/1936
KEYWORDS: british empire history geography knowles
Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1858
first edition thus unbound pp353-670 VG (amateur white card and clear plastic wrapper,contents appear to have been removed from a book,minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: govt.print office washington 1858
KEYWORDS: history politics india geography
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of The War War Atlas
first edition 68pp [40 col.maps + index] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine and hinge area sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: times publishing london [nd]
KEYWORDS: atlas history geography military
London City
first edition 491pp ills.[b/w w.large folding map at rear] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned and sl.stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,minor foxing to content edges,minor soiling to folding map) heavy item
PUBLISHER: black london 1910
KEYWORDS: geography history london walter besant
Kon-Nichi-Wa Japanese Beauties Today
first edition 164pp [text in japanese/english/french]+ads.ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (mauve cloth boards w.white cloth spine,sl.soiled and sunned,prelims.sl.wrinkled,contents clean and tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears,tape repairs to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: shibusawa tokyo 1964
KEYWORDS: history geography japan beauty takako shibusawa
Waitakere Ranges
Ranges of Inspiration
Very tidy ex-library, folio hardcover first edition 542pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: waitakere ranges protection society waitakere city 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history bruce harvey trixie harvey waitakere geology
Guide to Switzerland
[with cycling supplement]
first edition thus 245pp ills.[4x b/w w.col.folding maps] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,some creasing and chipping to folded edges of some maps o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1901
KEYWORDS: travel switzerland history coolidge guide geography
Mauritius; or,The Isle of France
[first edition - preface dated 1862] 256pp ills.[b/w w.folding map loosely inserted] G+ (full green morocco w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,1cm loss to foot of spine,separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents,maps sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history mauritius francis flemyng
Adventure with Stamps
ex-lib.first ediiton 144pp ills.[b/w] G+ (red cloth,soiled w.d/w attached at pastedowns,lacks ffep,usual libr.stamps and labels,sl.foxed/soiled contents) in G d/w (attached to pastedowns,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history geography stamps margit hayek
A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne
vol.1
first edition vol.1 only 780pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.dk.green half leather,raised gilt bands to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,some sl.foxing to contents,edges marbled)
PUBLISHER: mackenzie and dent newcastle 1827
KEYWORDS: newcastle upon tyne history geography mackenzie
Tales of the Golden West
Under Aorangi
first edition 217pp ills.[b/w title page and verso] VG (in green paper wrappers w.b/w photo to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall H921
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch 1906
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography mount cook aorangi waratah hindmarsh
The Baba Log
A Tale of Child Life in India
first edition 110pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (pale green cloth w.dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1896
KEYWORDS: history geography india middleton macdonald baba
Adventures in Africa: During a Tour of Two Years Through that Country
from the tenth london edition revised and corrected xii+392pp [lacks ills.] VG (brown textured cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt titling to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked w.centre section sl.loose)
PUBLISHER: peterson philadelphia [1843]
KEYWORDS: travel history africa geography cornwallis harris
History of the United Netherlands
2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.532/563pp [b/w frontis.each vol.w.folding map to front of vol.1] VG- (blue cloth w.blind borders,gilt libr.stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffeps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spines cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1860
KEYWORDS: history netherlands geography john lothrop motley
Rambles in Polynesia
first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner
Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits
first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898
KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields
Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem
second edition 255pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] G+ (brown cloth w.half leather,top board detached but present,lacks 75% of leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,maps and margins of plates mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography jerusalem bartlett
The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up The Mahakkam and Down the Barito
second edition 344pp ills.[30 col.plates + folding map at front] G (teal cloth w.brown/ochre/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,10cm split to head of upper hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutter,owner's inscr.to half-title verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,map in 2 pieces but all present,col.plates all present and clean w.sl.foxing to the margins,spine cracked and shaky) not as bad as it might sound - would benefit from restoration - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1882
KEYWORDS: travel geography borneo head-hunters carl bock mahakkam