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Softcover in Slipcase. 351 pages includes Index. Well illustrated. Light creasing to spine. Slipcase slightly yellowed. An illustrated account of the lives and art of the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas.

London: Secker & Warburg , 1959. Blue cloth, black text and decoration to spine. 274 pp. B/w photos. Small felt pen mark to lower text block edge. Clean and firmly bound. Pricelipped DJ is chipped and edgeworn with one tear. The author and her husband spent eighteen months among the mountains and on the tundra in the extreme north-west corner of Alaska. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. A holiday in the USSR is not everybody's idea of fun. When the Writer's Union of the USSR invited Hunter Davies and his family to spend three weeks as their guests in Moscow and Pitsunda on the Black Sea, it was an offer he couldn't refuse. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 197pp. B/w Plates. A tight, clean copy. Unclipped DJ is very slightly rubbed on edges with small repaired tear to head of spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cyprus: Ghinis Publishing Limited, 1997. Pictorial Card Covers. 96pp. High-quality paper. 200 Colour Photographs. Maps. Very slight shelfwear. Internally pristine, binding tight. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Inhouse Publications, 1987. Pictorial Card Covers. 224pp. includes Index. Sepia Photo illustrations. Mild edgewear, tiny nick to fore edge of rear cover. Contents clean and tight. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Rigby, 1977. Brown boards, white text on spine. 150pp. Shelfwear to spine tips. Unclipped DJ has shelfwear and one tiny tear. The harsh strange beauty of outback Australia is the setting for these stories of place and times unknown to the modern city dweller. The author gives us a glimpse of a lifetime spent on his family's pastoral properties in the Australian outback; he describes some of the characters and incidents; animals; and a valuable collection of bush lore. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Newnes, 1960. Grey textured cloth. Illustrated endpaper maps. 215pp. plus Index. B/w Plates & Illustrations. Top edge red. Light foxing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Don Pottinger . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Readers Book Club No date. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 239pp. B/w photos. Light foxing. A sound, clean copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1958. Red cloth, gilt text on spine with gilt stamped vignette of a fan on front lower panel. Colour Plates. B/w Plates, Illustrations & Maps. Cloth is sunned on spine and across top edges. Small surface nick to spinecase. Front top corner is bruised. Contents clean. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Claire Simpson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1980. 102pp. Illustrated in b/w. Sunned spine and light rubbing to corner tips. Contents clean and tight. An introduction to New Zealand's rural areas; how they tick, and the operations of farming communities.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson Radius, 1990. Black cloth, gilt text on spine. Colour photos. 378pp. includes Notes, Works Cited & Index. Name on front pastedown neatly concealed with white-out. 3 tiny specks on Ffep. DJ unclipped, chipped, 1cm tear to head of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mumbai, India : Kamal Jagwani/India Book Distributors , 1996. Heritage Series. Glazed Pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. 72pp. Publisher's stamp on rear fep. Colour photography by Rupinder Khullar. Unclipped DJ is marked faintly on the reverse.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: The Epworth Press, 1960. Signed by Author on F.F.E.P. Green cloth, gilt text on spine. 216pp. B/w Frontispiece. Light trace of foxing to the fore edge of text block. Clean and firmly bound. Priceclipped DJ is lightly rubbed on edges with spotting on the reverse. . Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1971. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 234pp. B/w Photos. Clean and tight. DJ has two tiny nicks with slight curling along bottom edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, 1947. Author of Let's See if the World is Round and Journey to the World's End. Translated from the Danish by M. A. Michael. Blue cloth, white text to spine. 252 pp. B/w Frontispiece & illustrations. Cloth has a tiny nick at tail of spine. Clean with firm binding. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: The Life of Limited, 2001. Signed by Guy Woodland, one of the photographers, on Title Page. Photography also by Den Fawcett, Doreen King, Rowena Naude & Michael Reed. Landscape format. Unpaginated. Small handwritten note on title page.. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. Blue cloth, gilt text on spine with small gilt embossed decorations. Colour Frontispiece & 7 Plates. 32 pp. of Monochrome Plates. 2 Maps. 128pp. includes Appendices, Bibliography & Index. Cloth is moderately faded on spine and around top edges, top corners slightly bruised. Ffep bears neatly handwritten gift inscription in blue ink. Internally crisp and clean with square, tight binding. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Collins Publishers, 1962. Black cloth, silver text to spine, silver stamped decoration to lower front panel. Endpaper Maps showing National Parks. 193 pp. plus Appendix. Errata note tipped in. Colour & B/w illus. Top front corner bruised. Priceclipped DJ is edgeworn, small triangular paper loss to rear top edge, thumbnail loss to rear bottom edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder & Stoughton , 1988. Green covers, white titles to spine and front panel. 128pp. Quality gloss paper. Touch of shelfwear to tail of spine. Dustjacket has small stain to rear lower edge (visible only on reverse). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Mike Clare. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1968. Red cloth, gilt text to spine. 139 pp. includes Index. 12 Colour Plates, 109 Monochrome illustrations. Name and date on Ffep. Trace of foxing to front eps. Small pen mark to fore edge of text block. Clean and tightly bound. DJ has minor wear to spine tips and corners with two small tears to rear top edge. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Kenneth & Jean Bigwood . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.