A MEMORANDUM OF HOLYWELL MANOR.
Pp. 8, 1 plate; printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, corners a trifle creased; printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford, 1932. More
Pp. 8, 1 plate; printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, corners a trifle creased; printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford, 1932. More
With 8 plates in colour and 26 illustrations in black & white. Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (a couple full page), short bibliography; small cr. 4to; pictorial green papered boards, spine a trifle canted, the upper board very faintly scratched; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed..... More
Pp. xii+268, tinted lithographic frontispiece and 8 plates, plus 5 black & white plates (including a plan) and 6 text illustrations, folding chart at end, appendices; later (but not recent) half calf, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the spine and top edges lightly faded; uncut; later endpapers; bottom..... More
The works written by himself at the age of seventy-three, and the life, with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age and experience taken down and here edited by Ethelreda Lewis. The Foreword written by John Galsworthy. In two volumes. Volume One: THE IVORY COAST IN THE..... More
or an inquiry into the botanical, agricultural, and economical resources of the colony. Published at the request of The Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon, G.C.M.G., Governor of Fiji, &c. Pp. [iv]+298(last colophon), multi-folding frontispiece map printed in red & black, appendices, index; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, black..... More
by a voyage on the 'Daedalus,' 1792. Introduced and annotated by John Earnshaw. Pp. [44](last colophon, blank), title page vignette and text decorations printed in blue; light blue cloth, edges lightly faded, top fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; endpapers slightly offset, top..... More
A diary of British festivals and customs. Pp. xvi+300, 44 plates, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; top edge of boards lightly faded; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and torn; a little light foxing; Arthur Barker, 1965. Second impression. More
Pp. 200(last blank), frontispiece, plus 16 plates, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in white, bottom edge of boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper; outer leaves faintly offset; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1993. First edition. *Irish convict history. 'In 1843 Stephen Howard from Limerick was..... More
Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Lugard. Pp. xviii+360(last colophon), frontispiece, 1 plate, 2 folding maps at end, index; demy 8vo; light brown boards, spine lettered in black, the boards very slightly marked and small strip of fading along bottom edge of upper boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, browned and soiled..... More
Based upon data of Dr. William L. Moss. Pp. [ii]+279-340(last blank), full page map, several tables; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, edges faded and split, the bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper creased; uncut; bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; The American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1933. Anthropological..... More
A comprehensive guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Pp. xii+1048(last blank), pictorial endpapers, indices; thick demy 4to; ribbon markers; dust wrapper, backstrip and portion of front panel sunned;..... More
Pp. xvi+1168, pictorial endpapers, indices; thick demy 4to; olive green cloth, lettered in gilt; ribbon markers; dust wrapper, backstrip and portion of front panel sunned; Hordern House, Sydney, 2003[2002]. First edition. *First volume in this series. More
Pp. xiv+242(last blank), 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations (some full page), 3 maps (1 double page), index; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Heinemann, London, 1980. First edition. *A guide to over 100 museums in the United Kingdom and Ireland, divided regionally, with information on locations..... More
Travels and Adventures in the Banda Oriental, South America. Cheaper edition, in one volume. Pp. [iv]+286+266(last colophon)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated October 1885); grey/green cloth, upper board lettered and decorated in brown, slightly worn, the corners lightly bruised, tiny scar to upper board affecting one letter of title, rebacked, with the original..... More
Pp. 8(last blank); demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly worn, Colonial Office stamp on upper wrapper; top fore-corners of leaves slightly creased; Diprose, Bateman and Co., printers, London, 1919. More
Pp. 128, frontispiece plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), full page map; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, lightly browned; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges worn and lightly chipped, quite browned and foxed; bookseller's sticker (worn) at foot of upper pastedown, leaves browned, some foxing; Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1954. First..... More
Egypt's contribution to the development of the book from papyrus to codex. Translated by Dorothy Jaeschke and Douglas Sharp. Pp. 136(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; square 4to; white cloth, spine lettered in red, boards with decorative blind borders, foot of spine..... More
Pp. xviii+222(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, full page map, glossary, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper lightly creased, small snag at head of backstrip; Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva, 1994. More
With illustrations by Alan V. Insole. Pp. 220(last blank), frontispiece, 7 plates, endpaper map; spine lightly faded, boards a trifle soiled and bruised; upper hinge tender, edges of leaves very slightly foxed; Christopher Johnson, London, n.d.[c.1957]. First edition. *The author recounts a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of..... More
Pp.vi+82(last blank), 8 pp. illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled; University of the South Pacific, Suva, 1977. More
Pp. 232(last blank), coloured and black & white text illustrations including maps (many full and double page), abbreviations, notes, further reading, index; oblong post 4to; French fold pictorial stiff paper wrappers; NorthSouth Books/Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 2016. First edition. *A pictorial history of the independent companies and commando squadrons (Double..... More
Containing, amidst a variety of information, a description of Saldanha Bay; with remarks on the genious and disposition of the natives of Arabia Felix, the manners and customs of the people of Hindoston; of the island of Madagascar, and other parts beyond the Cape of Good Hope. Interspersed with some..... More
First published at Beccles and London in 1838. Edited, with an Introduction, notes, chronology, and index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Pp. [x]+[ii](blank)+vi+318, frontispiece portrait, notes, chronology, references, index; qr. grey goatskin, the spine lettered and decorated in black, black more silk boards; ribbon marker;..... More
Pp. [vi]+90, frontispiece portrait, plus 16 plates, appendix; fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, corners a trifle creased, the backstrip faded; Michael Russell, Wilton, Salisbury, 1985. First edition thus. *The text was originally published in serial form in the North Wilts Herald in 1867, under the title History of..... More
Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers; and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under..... More