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Dublin: Bord Failte Eireann (Irish Tourist Board). pp501 includes index, plus fold-out map. Slight rub to corners & spine ends, oiverall in excellent Includes much general information e.g. Facts, topography & geography, flora & fauna, archeology, Irsh Georgian architecture, comparative table of historical events, the story of Ireland, folk tradition, folk music, shopping, food & drink,attractions, glossary et cetera. B/W photographs & line drawings.. Undated / Presumed 1st Edition. Wraps With Flaps. Very Good - Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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The Consultative Committee for the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, 1990. pp69. Preamble / Law.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Belfast: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. pp80. An illustrated booklet produced by the tourist board with information on the various houses, castles and gardens open to the public in Ireland.. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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Semarang: Provincial Government of Central Java Indonesia , 1982. pp124. Oversized *vo softcover book with dustwrapper. Previous owner's name on ffep. 1 narrow faded strip to side of front panel. Otherwise in excellent condition, clean & tight. Beautiful photographs, and explanatory text, of the Candi of Indonesia, stone monuments from Indonesia's classical period, mostly with Hindu and Buddhist themes, or more accurately both of the former plus those influenced by other & earlier belief systems, therefore strictly speaking are Hinduistic / Buddhistic. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. pp271 includes index. Light cover wear, exterior page edges browned; otherwise tight & clean. Illustrated with maps, photographs & diagrams.. Reprint (Fully revised). Soft Cover. Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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London: Adam & Charles Black, 1979. pp25. A book for young people about the Orkney Islands & its inhabitants.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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London: Faber & Faber, 1962. pp307. Edghewear, 4 or 5 foxspots to ep, very pale spparse fox to bottom exterior page edges. 10 maps. 'The story of Nigeria is an attempt to bring together in one short volume the history of the various groups that go to make up modern Nigeria, to trace their connections with each other and to dispel the assumption of which I was once guilty and is still often made that before the colonial perid Africans had very little history.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Fontana, 1989. pp286 includes index. 'Captures the essence of Wales.a book to which one could quite easily become addicted.'. Second Edtn; First Fontana Paperback. Soft Cover. Near New. Illus. by Kyffin Williams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2003. pp186 includes glossary & bibliography; plus pub.'s ads. Back bottom corner rubbed with colur loss; o/wise excellent. 'New Zealanders Marie and David Gray lived and worked in Java during the turbulent 1960s and here, shortly before the Bali bombing, they return to their old haunts and visit their many Indonesian friends. They encounter a very different Indonesia from the one they left..shows how technology and the Middle Eastern influences have changed the face of society for our nearest Asian neighbours, and how the transition from dictatorship to democracy has affected their daily lives.' Signed by author; illustrated with photographs & line drawings.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton. pp 979. Circa mid-late 1940s. corners bumped, top of spine worn but no colour loss or tearing. Maps & charts, pull-out statistical table, minor browning exterior hand-cut page edges. by author of Inside Europe, Inside Asia & Inside Latin America.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1978. pp108 includes list for further reading. Lightly rubbed at corners. '. ..we have tried to present a broad approach to our subject, rather than explore particular aspects in detail. It is our intention in Scotscape, to provide samples from the great variety of song, poem, story and custom, which we as a nation have inherited as part of our culture.' Illustrated . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd on Behalf of Artic Publishing, 1986. pp134. Originally published in 1971. This edition was specially published in 1986 for distribution solely in Norway. Beautifully illustrated with photographs. The author was a prizewinning photojournalist. The history & culture of Lapland. 'The author's trip by reindeer sledge through a remote corner of Lapland.'. Reprint (Special Edition). Soft Cover - French Flaps. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Versailles: Editions D'Art, 1972. pp79. Near new except for pale foxing on reverse of last leaf, which has come free from binding. Colour photographs of Versailles palace, park & Trianons, with an historical commentary by the Chief Conservator of the Versailles Museum & Trianons.. Firat Edition. Card. Very Good-Very Good Plus. Oblong 7 1/4in X 5 1/4 in. more information

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Cornwall: Bossiney Books, 1980. pp105. Book is very tight & clean except for dark browning to edges of inside cover. Illustrated with photographs and line draewoings. ''..a kind of jigsaw puzzle in words and pictures..the power of charming, the prediction quality of dreams, mysterious shapes in the Cornish landscape, the question "Did Christ come to Cornwall as a boy?", and the baffling murder of Mrs Hearn are just some of the fascinating ingredients. What really happened at Port Quin? Was Lyonesse fact or fiction? Thi sis a book full of mysteries and intriguing possibilities.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Vale, Germany: Big Blue Design , 2000. pp82 includes afterword & list of photographs.Signed & inscribed 'With best Wishes Mark Windsor' by author.Stunning black & white photographs.. Signed & Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. more information

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Lausanne: Payot Lausanne. pp46. Colour illustrations of Swiss regional dress. Introduction and comentary on each item.. Card. Near New-As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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