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Alan Whicker: Whicker's New World - America Through the Eyes and Lives of Resident Brits

CODE: 110538

£7.99   £4.99
-38%
In stock
London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1985.

First edition. Hard back. Dust jacket. 4vo. 452 pages. Illustrated. Small tears to dustjacket edges.

Very Good + / Very Good condition

Andrei Bely: Petersburg

CODE: 100480

£34.99
In stock
London, Harvester Press Limited. 1978.

First edition (2nd impression). Small 4vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"). 356 pages. Dustwrapper unclipped, a little creased, rubbed and browning at edges with minor nicks at spine. Black cloth covers slightly scuffed. Page edges dusty and spotted.

Very Good / Very Good condition

ISBN 0 85527 624 X

Anon: The Juvenile Missionary Magazine Vol iv 1847 January to December 1848

CODE: 706082

£44.99
In stock
London. The Directors of the London Missionary Society. 1847-48.

Two years bound as one. Half black calf leather binding. 16mo., iv/ 284 pages, iv/ 284 pages. Illustrated with full page plates, maps, etc. Interesting full page print of a native North American indian, titled "North American Hunter". Three owners inscription date 1849 for Edward Dawson of Dearham. Covers worn. Some foxing and staining internally.

Good condition

David Henry (1710-1792): An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators.. (Captain Cooks first voyage)

CODE: 101369

£574.99
In stock
London. F. Newberry. 1773.

First editions. Vol. 3 & 4 only of 4. Included is a full account of Captain Cooks first voyage + several voyages by Byron. Wallis. Carteret and Bougainville. from 1764-1771 + the Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole by the Hon. Commodore Phipps. and Captain Lutwidge. Quarter period calf leather bindings. Hardbacks. No dust jackets. 8vo.. [2]/ 470 pages. [1]/ 364 pages + 2 pages of adverts + 118 page suppliment. Lacks maps? and illustrations? Front board on vol. 4 is only held on with a little bit of string. Rear board is loose. Spines and covers are very worn and damaged. Only very minor foxing internally. Title page of vol. 3 some what soiled.

Near Good condition

Dr Swee Chai Ang: From Beirut to Jerusalem - A Woman Surgeon With the Palestinians

CODE: 100709

£39.99
In stock
London. Grafton Books. 1989.

First edition. Signed by the author. Hardback. Dust jacket. Tall 8vo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4"). 302 pages. Some black and white illustrations. Dustwrapper yellowing at edges / inner flaps. Minor water mark and small closed tear on rear flap. Blue cloth covers a little rubbed and bumped at corners.

Very Good condition

ISBN 0 246 13428 3

Hakon Mielche: Lets See if the World Is Round

CODE: 102223

£19.99
In stock
Lond. Edinburgh & Glasgow. William Hodge and company. Ltd.. 1938.

First UK edition. Hardback. No dustjacket. Small 4vo.. [xi]/ 330 pages. 16 photographic plates (some double images) + approx. 100 cartoon type illustrations in the margins. Map end pages with the route taken. Account of the Monsoons last voyage by a Danish schoolmaster. Translated from the Danish by M. A. Michael. Covers slightly soiled. Spine slightly sunned. Foxing spot on 4 pages.

Very Good condition

Kenneth Williamson and J. Morton Boyd: A Mosaic of Islands

CODE: 100955

£39.99
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Oliver and Boyd. 1963.

First edition. Inscribed by author (Kenneth Williamson): "National Trust for Scotland Regina Maris Cruise. May 1970". Tall 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"). 187 pages. Black cloth covers a little dusty at edges. gilt title on spine. J. Morton Boyd (author) illustrated dustwrapper a little rubbed and nicked at spine edges.

Very Good condition

Lt.-Colonel F.S. Brereton: Travel

CODE: 100937

£24.99
In stock
London. B T Batsford Ltd.. 1931.

First edition. no dust jacket. "Essentials of Life" series. 5 1/2 " x 7 3/4". 88 pages. B&w illustrations and photographs. Some marking inside boards. with slight foxing to prelims. Wear with small tears top and bottom of spine.

Good condition

Major W.T. Blake: Ports of Call

CODE: 100463

£19.99
In stock
London. Grayson & Grayson. 1933.

First edition. no dust jacket. 5" x 7 1/2". 180 pages. B&w photographs. Covers soiled. Prelims foxed. Corners worn. Top and bottom of spine worn with small tear top front.

Good condition

Nathalie Ettinger. Elspeth Huxley & Paul Hamilton: A History of Discovery and Exploration - Africa and Asia. Mapping Two Continents

CODE: 100574

£4.99
In stock
London. Aldus/Jupiter. 1973.

First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4vo.. 488 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Dust jacket has several closed tears to the edges.

Very Good / Good + condition
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