NOW WE SHALL BE ENTIRELY FREE
Sceptre, 2018. 9781444784695. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 423 (no inscriptions). More
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THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTAH
Picador, 2003. 033049113X. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 325, illus with b&w maps (no inscriptions). Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 183. More
RED OR DEAD
Faber and Faber, 2013. 9780571309047. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered white cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 720, illus with pictorial endpapers (no inscriptions). Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 183. More
COMPASSING THE VASTE GLOBE OF THE EARTH Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846 - 1996
Hakluyt Society, 1996. 0904180441. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xi + 336 with erratum slip, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 183. More
THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTA A.D. 1325-1354 Volume IV
Hakluyt Society, 1994. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 773-983, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 178. More
THE BLIND MAN'S GARDEN
Faber and Faber, 2013. 9780571287918. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 409 (no inscriptions). More
QUEEN EMPRESS VS TIKENDRAJIT PRINCE OF MANIPUR The Anglo-Manipur Conflict of 1891
New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications [&] Vikas Publishing, 1992. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (some wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 200, illus with b&w plates and endpaper maps (no inscriptions). More
THE BUDDHA AND DR FUHRER An Archaeological Scandal
Haus Publishing, 2008. 9781905791934. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 292, illus with coloured plates and in text (no inscriptions). More
WILD FLOWERS AS THEY GROW First Series Second Series Third Series Fourth Series Fifth Series
Cassell and Co., 1912-1913. 1st edn. 5 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth with blind-stamped borders on upper boards, red sprinkled edges (bright VG). Pp. various, illus with coloured plates and b&w illus in text (endpapers and fore-edges tanned and spotted; no inscriptions). More
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST 12 Volumes Swann's Way Within a Budding Grove The Guermantes Way Cities of the Plain The Captive The Sweet Cheat Gone Time Regained
Chatto and Windus, 1960-67. Illustrated edn later printings.12 vols: Swann's Way Part One (1966) Part Two (1966); Within A Budding Grove Part One (1966) & Part Two (1967); The Guermantes Way Part One (1966) & Part Two (1966); Cities of the Plain Part One (1967) & Part Two (1960); The..... More
INSECT NATURAL HISTORY.
Collins, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (boards a little faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (worn at head of spine - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xviii + 317, illus with coloured and b&w plates and text figures (no inscriptions). New Naturalist No. 8... More
BRITISH MAMMALS
Collins, 1952. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (small mark on upper board and spine a little discoloured - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 410, illus with coloured and b&w plates (endpapers lightly spotted; no..... More
BERRY'S GENEALOGICAL PEERAGE Of England Scotland and Ireland Issue No. 1
Sherwood Gilbert and Piper, 1832. Folio (15 x 11 ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial card covers (softback) (edges creased and lower cover discoloured). Pp. 23, illus with 2 only (of 5) engraved plates of arms (no inscriptions). More
GENERAL CROOK AND THE APACHE WARS
Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press, 1966. 0007128991. 1st edn 1st printng. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black/tan cloth (VG), dustwrapper (nicked at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xix + 148, with illus in text by Don Perceval (no inscriptions). More
EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
HarperCollins, 2003. 0007128991. 1st edn 1st printng. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (page edges tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrappe. (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxiii + 424, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
CAPTIVE PARADISE A History of Hawaii
St. Martin's Press, 2014. 9780312600655. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (large pen mark on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxxvii + 405, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
FIVE GO TO BILLYCOCK HILL
Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (upper board faded at edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (later issue; small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 182, illus with coloured pictorial endpapers and coloured and b&w drawings by Eileen..... More
SALMON FISHING.
Adam and Charles Black, 1927. 3rd imp. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (boards discoloured), dustwrapper (abrasions on lower cover - in protective wrapper). Pp. xi + 314, illus with coloured frontispiece (salmon fishing on the Dee by Joseph Farquharson), 7 coloured plates of model flies and 12 b&w plates..... More
BY RIVER STREAM AND LOCH Thirty Years With a Trout Rod
David & Charles, 1973. 0715361015. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 163, illus with Helen Monro Turner's woodcuts (no inscriptions). More
LORD SUFFER ME TO CATCH A FISH
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1967. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (some light spotting on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 168, illus with b&w plates and endpaper maps (top corner of front endpaper clipped; no inscriptions). More
LAKE AND LOCH FISHING FOR SALMON AND SEA TROUT
Adam and Charles Black, 1961. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (edges rubbed - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 174, illus with b&w plates and endpaper maps (no inscriptions). More
FLYING SALMON.
Longmans Green and Co., 1947. 2nd edn revised and enlarged. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at corners - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 196, illus with 8 b&w plates and diagrams in text (front endpaper lightly tanned; no inscriptions). More
CATCHING SALMON AND SEA-TROUT
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1959. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth, top edge green (VG), dustwrapper (rather worn at edges with small tears - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxii + 210, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
WAYS OF FISHING Trout Seatrout and Salmon
H.F. & G. Witherby, 1972. 0854930981. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 223, illus with coloured photos (no inscriptions). More
WRATH OF GOD The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Quercus, 2008. 9781847246233. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (some very faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 279, illus with coloured plates and map (previous owner's bookplate..... More