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;) | ABBOTT C.M. & N.B. Journal of a Voyage from Liverpool on the Ship "Othello", - in 1833 returning by Indonesia, journal kept by Surgeon Thomas Mitchell & a story of an emigrant family. Ebor Press, York (1988) 91pp. 1st ed., fine in pictorial card covers. Well illustrated with line drawings and old plates. Voyage to Hobart Town and Sydney | £10.00 |
;) | ALDERMAN H.M. The charm of old Surrey. Trefoil Pub. Co. (1931 (circa)) 205pp + index. 2nd revised ed., clean in slightly worn orig. blue cloth. Illustrated with attractive line drawings in text. | £9.00 |
;) | ANDRE Rev. P. de S. Marie, C.D. Dans l'Inde Malabare. - Souvenirs & recits de nos missionnaires Belges. Ypres (1905) 245pp. 1st ed., fine but loose in orig. worn and damaged blue paper binding. Well illust. account of Belgium missionary work in India. | £40.00 |
;) | ANDREWS B. The guide to Swaziland. Winchester Press, Johannesburg (1970) 194pp + folding map. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers. Well illustrated. | £12.00 |
;) | ANON The narrative of Captain David Woodward and four seamen, - who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London (1969) xxxii + 235pp + 2 folding maps. Facsimile reprint of 1805 second ed., very fine in cloth. | £50.00 |
;) | ARASARATNAM S. Francois Valentijn's description of Ceylon. Hakluyt Society (1978) 395pp + folding maps. 1st ed., fine in slightly faded D/W. Early history of Ceylon. | £15.00 |
;) | BLUTSTEIN H.I. and ANDERSEN, ET AL. Area handbook for Costa Rica. Washington D.C. (1970) 323pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. U.S. Government handbook with historical, geographical and economic information on the country. | £15.00 |
;) ;) | BONNARD G.A. Gibbon's journey from Geneva to Rome. - His journal from 20 April to 2 October 1764. Thomas Nelson & Sons (1961) xxiv + 268pp + 12 plates. De luxe ltd. ed., no. 70 of 105 copies on large thick laid paper in full vellum gilt binding. Bonnard's long preface in English. Gibbon's text in French. A very fine copy. | £100.00 |
;) ;) ;) | BOUR C. and BERTRAND Auvergne. - Costumes ou Puy de Dome dessines et lithographies. Publie par Talbot (1856 (circa)) Title page and 16 hand coloured plates. Some very light tone spotting mostly confined to margins otherwise fine in fine original blindstamped cloth, top of spine with some wear. 9 x 6in Possibly lacking 4 plates. | £160.00 |
;) ;) | BOWMAN W. Reliquiae antiquae Eboracenses, - or remains of antiquity, relating to the county of York. Illustrated by plates and woodcuts. Cooke & Clark, Leeds (1855) 96pp + 15 plates. 1st ed., clean in modern half calf. Originally published in six parts the work is made up of articles on various aspects of Yorkshire history. Includes some hand coloured plates. Detailed and well illustrated catalogue of Tradesmen's tokens, history of Fenton church and Markenfield Hall near Ripon, etc. | £125.00 |
;) | BRAZIL Brazil. - Resources, possibilities. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro (1946) 280pp + col. plates. 1st ed., fine in worn and slightly damaged card covers. Detailed guide to the country with many B & W photos and very attractive reproductions of coloured paintings. | £25.00 |
;) | BRINK J.N. Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon. H.A.U.M., Amsterdam - Cape Town (1904) [1] + 220pp + photo plates and frontispiece. 1st ed., very fine in very fine original green blindstamped cloth with photo image tipped on front board. Description of Ceylon and the Boer prisoner of war camps. | £150.00 |
;) ;) ;) | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Records of Buckinghamshire, - or papers and notes on the history, antiquities and architecture of the county; together with transactions of the architectural and archaelogical society. Aylesbury (1858 - 1870) 4 vols. 1st ed., some tone spotting otherwise very fine in half calf bindings with decorated spines. The first 4 vols. of this series containing many engraved views and some early coloured prints as well as early examples of tipped in photographs. | £140.00 |
;) | CAIRNES J.E. The slave power. - Its character, career and probable designs being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the American contest. David & Charles (1968) 410pp. Reprint of 1863 ed., ex libre still fine in D/W. Classic study of the background to the American Civil War. | £16.00 |
;) | CAMPBELL J. A concise history of Spanish America. Dawsons of Pall Mall, London (1972) viii + 330pp. Facsimile reprint of 1741 first edition, very fine in brown cloth. Much on Spanish treasure fleets. | £18.00 |
;) | CAMPBELL T. Map Collectors' Circle No. 24 - New light on the Jansson-Visscher maps of New England. London (1965) 20pp + 24 plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10in). | £16.00 |
;) | CANADA Gazetteer of Saskatchewan. Canadian Board on Geographical Names (1957) 92pp + folding map. 1st ed., a few neat pen marks in text otherwise clean in blue card covers. | £10.00 |
;) ;) | CANARY ISLANDS Souvenir de las Palmas. Canary Islands (1910 (circa)) 16 large pp. Oblong folio. Very fine in original boards with tipped on photo panoramic plate on front cover. 13 x 11in Fine photo views of the port and town also images of Atalaya cave village and Monte Barranco and Telde. Very scarce. | £90.00 |
;) | CARDINALL A.W. A bibliography of the Gold Coast. - Issued as a companion volume to the census report of 1931. Govt. Printer, Accra (1931) xix + 384pp. 1st ed., 8vo. Occasional light tone spotting, still fine in fine orig. cloth. The first attempt at a full bibliography of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. Includes a considerable number of references to Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Togoland and Upper Volta. Scarce. | £85.00 |
;) ;) | CHEVALIER M. Lettres sur L'Amerique du Nord. Paris (1838) 2 vols. 439 + 536pp + folding map. Third and best ed., fine in orig. half calf. Sabin 12585, Howes 359. | £160.00 |
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