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THE FAR-FLUNG ISLES Orkney and Shetland
by Hogg, Garry
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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London: Robert Hale Limited, 1961. Book. Illus. by Hogg, Garry. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 207. Original dust jacket very good, price-clipped, now presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding good. Contents very good and tight, end papers unmarked. A very good first edition copy, in a very good jacket.. Item Price
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THE ICE WORLD
by Hope, Ascott R.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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€65.95
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Edinburgh: Gall and Inglis, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pages, frontispiece plate, title page and b/w illustrations within text. Full leather binding with fine gilt decoration to spine compartments and gilt borders to the front and rear boards, bright wide gilt dentelles. Contents clean and tight, matching marbled paper endpapers and marbles fore-edges, no … Read more about this item Item Price
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PORTRAIT OF A DESERT The Story of an Expedition to Jordan [ASSOCIATION COPY]
by Mountfort, Guy
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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€45.56
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Cambridge, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1964. Book. Illus. by Hosking Eric. Very Good. Hardback. First American Edition. Small 4to. An association copy belonging to the illustrator Eric Hosking with his attractive bookplate to the front end paper. With a forward by Sir Julian Huxley. Pp. 192, b/w plates by Eric Hosking. Dust jacket with a little wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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DRAKE AND SAINT HELENA
by Castell, Robin [ R. Hist. Soc.]
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9780620322423
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€113.90
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St. Helena: The Castell Collection, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 131 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy, virtually as new.. Item Price
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THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS
by Cutting, Suydam
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- First Edition
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- 1947
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€21.58
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London: Collins, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xviii 393, colour frontispiece plate and further photographic illustrations throughout. Original hardback binding, light wear only. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to endpapers only, no inscriptions. A very good clean copy.. Item Price
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TIGERLAND REMINISCENCES OF FORTY YEARS' SPORT AND ADVENTURE IN BENGAL
by Gouldsbury, C. E.
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- First Edition
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- 1915
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- Hardcover
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€47.96
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London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1915. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 262 pages, b/w frontispiece, photographic plate. Original red cloth binding with some general wear, faded and somewhat marked [please see image]. Contents clean and tight, loss to the front free endpaper top corner, previous owner's stamp, some historic bookwarm holes to hinge and lower corner… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ARCTIC REGIONS AND THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY
by Scoresby, Captain
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- First Edition
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- 1820
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- Hardcover
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€137.89
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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1820. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. two volumes bound as one. title page and frontispiece plate present, b/w illustrations. Original cloth binding with gilt to the spine, general wearto cloth edges and corners, some fading. Contents clean and tight, original yellow endpapers, rear a little marked, no inscriptions. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINTER IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS - I WINTER IN THE FROZEN SEA, II WINTER IN A SECURE HARBOUR, III WINTER IN A SNOW HUT
by Tomlinson, Charles
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- 1846
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- Hardcover
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€173.86
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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. viii 315, fold out map at the front with portion missing numerous other b/w illustrations. Original binding with leather spine and cloth boards, a little worn and marked from handling, rubbing to extremities, spine somewhat faded. Contents clean and tight, missing… Read more about this item Item Price
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A CAMERA IN ANTARCTICA [From the Library of Eric Hosking]
by Saunders, Alfred
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€101.92
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London: Winchester Publications Ltd. Book. Illus. by Alfred Saunders. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pages; 72 b/w photographic illustrations. Original dust jacket very good with a little rubbing to top and bottom of the spine and edges, price clipped. Hard back binding near fine, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, superb plate from the library of Eric Hosking,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Narrative of a journey to the Zoolu Country, in South Africa. By Captain Allen F. Gardiner, R.N., undertaken in 1835.
by GARDINER, Captain Allen Francis.
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- 1836
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€713.41
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London: William Crofts, 1836. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. complete, 412 pages, Two folding maps, with outline coloring, 26 original lithographic plates with tissue guards, two fine coloured plates of figures which includes the frontispiece . Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, a little marked to… Read more about this item Item Price
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LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A JOURNEY IN SPAIN AND A SHORT RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL [2 volumes]
by Southey, Robert
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- Third Edition
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- 1808
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€383.68
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London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Third Edition. 12mo. "third edition corrected & amended". 2 uniform volumes bound in contemporary, full straight-grained green morocco, original half titles, front and rear blanks all present. Pp. vol. I: vi, 310, [4]; vol II: [2], vii, [1], 300, [2 - table of distances], [2 - publisher's adverts],… Read more about this item Item Price
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CAVING EPISODES OF UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION [Author's Bookplate Tipped in]
by Baker, Ernest A.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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€107.91
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London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1932. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. From the author's library. 252 pages numerous b/w illustrations, photographic plates and maps. Original dust jacket very good with minimal wear, a little toned, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, author's attractive… Read more about this item Item Price
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Through Guide Series. IRELAND (Part II) East, West, and South Including DUBLIN AND HOWTH
by Ward, C. S.; Baxter, W. (Editor)
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- Sixth Edition
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- 1911
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition. 12mo. "Twenty-Seven Maps and Plans" ; pp. xvi, ix, [6], xii, [6], xxxii, 248, [8], 48. Map index to the front end papers, 26 further folding colour maps (all present and in very good condition) Red silk page marker. Red cloth binding very good with light wear only,… Read more about this item Item Price
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ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV A Chapter in the Exploration of Arctic Europe to Which is Added a Record of the Natural History of the Island.
by Trevor-Battye, Aubyn
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- First Edition
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- 1895
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€179.85
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Westminster, London: Archibald Constable and Company - Publishers to the India Office, 1895. Book. Illus. by Nettleship, Whymper and Trevor Battye. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Royal 8vo (24.5 X 17 cm). "With numerous illustrations by J.T. Nettleship, Charles Whymper and the author". Pp. xxviii, 458. 25 full page plates. 3 large fold-out maps at back. Original two tone cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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KONGUR: China's Elusive Summit - Signed
by Bonington, Chris; Ward, Michael [introduction]
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780340265147
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 25 x 18cm. Signed to the title page by the author. Dust jacket very good; now protected in a removable archival sleeve, hardback binding very good. Contents clean and tight, signed by C Bonnington to the title page, date to the front free endpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
by Farrer, Reginald
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- Third Impression
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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€89.93
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London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Impression. Large 8vo (15 x 22cm). pp xi, 383. Photographic plates and a fold out map. Original dust jacket in very good condition, with a little loss to the top and bottom of the spine and corners that have been expertly repaired using Japanese tissue and coloured paper to… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TRAVELS OF TRAMP-ROYAL
by Marshall, Matt
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Third Impression
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- 1933
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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€14.39
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London: WM. Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. 12mo. 318 pages. Original hardback binding, blue cloth, good with some general wear. Contents tight, endpapers and first and last pages toned, main text clean, small inscription to the front free endpaper. A good copy.. Item Price
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RAMBLES ON THE RIVIERA
by Strasburger, Eduard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Second Edition
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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€47.96
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. Book. Illus. by Louise Reusch. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. Small 4to. "with 87 coloured illustrations by Louise Reusch"; xxiii and 444 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering; good with a little general wear and rubbing. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight, spotting to endpapers otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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FROM THE CLYDE TO THE JORDAN Narrative of a Bicycle Journey
by Callan, Hugh
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1895
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- Hardcover
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€53.96
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London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. xii 312 pp, gilt titling to both front board and spine, illus to front board and spine, spine quite faded, cloth worn on head/tail of boards, corners slightly worn, with several b/w illus and a map at front, contents tight with some minor foxing to a few… Read more about this item Item Price
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SUNRISE PENINSULA (Signed By the author)
by Kwok Godfrey Y.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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€143.88
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Korea: Privately Printed, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. No date given but appears to be early 1990s. 91 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good with a little dust soiling, chips and creasing, now protected in a removable sleeve. Hard back binding very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, signed and inscribed to… Read more about this item Item Price
€143.88