Travel & Topography Books

London: George G. Harrap, 1948. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 271. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson. Stome cloth boards stamped in brown on the spine and upper panel. Cloth is stained - esp the lower panel - else Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Frederick Muller, 1947. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp ix + 213. Blue cloth boards stamped in red on the spine. Very Good in Good badly chipped dustwrapper (more information)

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London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888. Hardcover. 4th edition. 338 x 210mm. Pp 271. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Text shaken and upper hinge very weak. Cloth is rubbed at the edges and spine is mostly almost detached from the book. Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: A & C Black, 1930. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp viii + 152 with 31 illustrations in photogravure. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel, Cloth rubbed at the extremities and spine a little sunned else Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1927. Hardcover. 1sr edition. Publisher's compliments slip laid in "With the compliments of Mr Frank S Ward and best wishes for Christmas 1927". Quarter bound in brown cloth with marbled paper sides. Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Lloyd's, 1966. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp xviii + 754. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel. Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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Huntingdon: Colourmaster, 1972. Hardcover. 1st edition. 4to (242 x 182mm). Pp 96 with colour halftone photographs throughout. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in near Very Good dustwrapper a little rubbed at head and tail of spine. (more information)

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London: Cassell, 1908, 1904 & 1905. Hardcover. 3 vols half-bound in leather with gilt and black tooling on the spine and the Bristol Grammar School crest stamped on the upper board of each volume. Unwritten prize label on front paste-down of vol I. Leather a little worn at the edges else a lovely set. (more information)

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London: W. & R. Chambers, [1886]. Hardcover. New edition. 8vo. Pp 288 + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Pictorial red cloth boards. Ink presentation inscription on verso of title page. Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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Worksop: Robert White, 1870. Hardcover. 1st edition. 278 x 180mm. Pp xxiv + 201 + 15pp plates. Green buckram boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Ex library copy with one label on front paste down and the remains of a label on the ffe, but no stamping anywhere. The buckram is rubbed and marked and a touch worn at the corners. Text pages showing some wear. Good+ without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Ward, Lock, nd. Hardcover. 13th edition. Thorough Guide series. Pp xxxiv + 286 with numerous fold-out maps. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and black on the upper panel. Front fold-out has a couple of closed tears else Good+ without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Dorling Kindersley, 1997. Paperback. A near Fine copy. (more information)

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London: S. W. Partridge, 1898. Hardcover. 3rd edition. 'Abridged from the Larger Work'. 8vo. Pp 160 with monochrome halftones throughout + 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Blue cloth boards pictorially stamped in gilt and black on the spine and upper panel. Near Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Duckworth, 1984. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 158. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in near Very Good price-clipped and spine sunned dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: George Routledge, 1868 (Volume I) and 1870 (Volume II). Hardcover. A New, Revised and Improved Edition. 4to (323 x 255mm). Pp xvi + 690 and xii + 729. Large colour folding map in the front of volume I. Original green cloth bevelled boards stamped in gilt on the spines and upper panels. Cloth a touch rubbed in places else a Very Good set without dustwrappers. A very heavy set - please contact me regarding postage, (more information)

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London: William Mackenzie, nd. Hardcover. 4vols. 4to (300 x 240mm). Published as being in 2 vols with Vol I as Division I and Division II and Vol II as Division III and Division IV (4 books). Pp 352 + prelims + engraved frontis and 6 other engravings per Division except Div IV which has 5 + coloured fold-out map. Original claret cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt and blind on the spine and upper panel and blind stamped on the lower. All vols have been re-backed with the original spines laid on to new spines + new endpapers. AEG. Some wear to cloth at extremeties and original spines. Some foxing particularly the prelims. Some plate tissue guards damaged. A very nice set. (more information)

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London: Travel Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp xi + 163. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine faded else Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Thomas Nelson, 1882. Hardcover. 4th edition. 8vo. Pp 367 with 50 line illus in the text. Blue cloth bevelled boards decoratively stamped in gilt and black on the spine and upper panel. Blind stamped on the lower panel. Verso of frontis heavily coated with white opaque and ffe replaced. Cloth rubbed at the edges. Good+ without dustwrapper. (more information)

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Nelson: Gerrard, 1974. Paperback. 1st edition. Paperback. 8vo. Pp 112 with line maps throughout + 4pp monochrome halftone photographs. Very Good in printed wrappers. (more information)

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Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1892. Hardcover. 1st edition. 218 x 146mm. Pp vi + 408 + 2pp coloured map + 24pp Publisher's catalogue. Frontis + 6 monochrome half-tone plates. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt, brown and black on the spine and upper panel. Book block edges and prelim pages spotted else Very Good without dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: B.T. Batsford, 1954. Hardcover. 9th edition. 8vo. Pp x + 118 with coloured frontis and 80+ pages of monochrome plates. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Owner’s name in ink on recto of frontis else Very Good in Good+ dustwrapper with a couple of closed tears and a little rubbing at the edges. (more information)

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London : B.T. Batsford, 1948. Hardcover. 1st printing of this revised edition. 8vo. Pp viii + 135 with frontis. Monochrome halftone photographs and line drawings throughout. Grey cloth boards stamped in red on the spine. Inscription on ffe and staining to head of spine else Very Good in Good rubbed dustwrapper missing top 20mm of spine, chipped at the folds and with a couple of closed tears. (more information)

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London: Travel Book Club, 1953. Hardcover. Pp 288. Yellow cloth boards stamped in black on the spine. A clean tight copy with some browning to endpapers. Very Good in a Good+ dustwrapper rubbed and worn at the edges especially at the spine. (more information)

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London: Viking, 1989. Hardcover. 1st edition. Landscape 4to (258 x 348mm). Full colour halftone photographs throughout. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A pictorial record of Woburn Abbey, Chatsworth, Beaulieu, Blenheim Palace, Harewood House, Warwick Castle, Broadlands and castleoward. Near Fine in near Fine dustwrapper. (more information)

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Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1988. Hardcover. Illustrations by A. R. Quinton. Intro by Alan C. Jenkins. 1st edition. 225 x 266mm (landscape). Pp 128 with halftone colour illus throughout. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. (more information)

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London: Allen Lane, 1980. Hardcover. 1st edition. 4to (248 x 236mm). Pp 141 with full colour illus throughout. Grey cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in near Very Good dustwrapper a little worn at the extremities. (more information)

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Jerusalem: Art Publishing House “Migdal”, 1925. Hardcover. 1st edition. Twenty-four vintage photogravure plates printed on loose sheets 300 x 240 mm and held in a natural linen portfolio. A cover sheet in English with a list of the 24 photographs is laid in. Previous owner has written the titles in ink neatly on the back of each photograph and has also written “Christmas 1937” on the upper panel of the portfolio. All 24 gravures are in Very Good condition. The portfolio is a little soiled and one of the three ties is damaged. The titles of the pictures are: 1 Rachel’s Tomb. 2 Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. 3 Jerusalem, The Temple Area. 4 Solomon Street, Jerusalem. 5 Street in Jerusalem. 6 The Wailing Wall. 7 Beggars at the Entrance to the Wailing Wall. 8 Jerusalem, City Wall from the North. 9 Mosque of Zorea. 10 Fountain near Jaffa. 11 Arab Cafe on the sea-shore, Jaffa. 12 Arab Restaurant, Jaffa. 13 View from the Palm Grove , Haifa. 14 chool in Haifa. 15 At the Foot of Carmel. 16 Haifa from Mount Carmel. 17 Acre. 18 Tiberias. 19 The Sea of Galilee. 20 Safed. 21 Village in Galilee. 22 Village on the Bank of the Jordan. 23 On the Jordan. 24 Jericho. (more information)

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Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1980. Hardcover. 1st edition. 4to. Pp x + 114 with monochrome illus throughout. Grey cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper with one closed tear. (more information)

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March: Trevor Bevis, 2002. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 53 with line illus throughout + frontis & 12pp monochrome & 4pp colour halftone plates. Near Fine in printed wrappers. (more information)

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London: Picador, 2001. Hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 335. Purple cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. (more information)

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