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By: (The Francis Frith Collection)
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Wiltshire, England, The Francis Frith Collection (Selectabook): 1996
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008275
ISBN: 1859370217
Condition: Very Good +
111pp., plus Index. Sepia-toned photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Photographically-illustrated (Clovelly, Main Street, 1894) card wrapper negligibly scuffed. A stand-alone volume in the 'Photographic Memories Series'. "The images in this series have been selected only from the Frith archive, which is world renowned for the quality and clarity of its photographs . . . in this book, as we make circular tours of these two counties, you will find much of beauty and tranquillity . . . " Book weight approx. 460g. View more info
By: A Yorkshire Doctor [Dr. R.W.S.Bishop]
Price: $13.30
Publisher: London, John Murray: 1926
Edition: 3rd.cheaper.
Seller ID: 000399
Condition: Good
x, 242 pp., red cloth boards, four b/w plates, including frontispiece. Book square, random foxing throughout and edges. Minor scuffing, bumps and marks. Previous owner dedication on front pastedown. No dustjacket. A humourous narrative of happier times for the author, in and around the Yorkshire Moors. Contents include: Moors and Moorland Patients, Old Yorkshire Words, Moorland Tragedy, Yorkshire Wit and Humour, Parsons and Squires, Funerals, Curious Cases, Insanity, Hospitality, De Senecture, Index. Book weight approx. 560g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: $13.30
Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand, Reed: 1977
Edition: Third Edition (Revised).
Seller ID: 012489
ISBN: 0589004727
Condition: Very Good +
187pp., plus 14 pages of b/white photographic illustrations, map illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain boards lightly bumped on one upper foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket very mildly sunned on spine, minor foxing to reverse. From the jacket flap: "William Anderson did not set foot in Fiordland until 1950, when he handed over his Southland farm to his sons, and with the help of his wife May took a temporary job running Quintin Huts on the third stage of the Milford Track . . . Later his interest broaden... View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Stanford, California, Stanford University Press: 1994
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 012033
ISBN: 0804720959
Condition: Very Good +
xii, + 384pp., intext b/white halftone plates and tables throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper trivially edgeworn only. Text-block unmarked. This pioneering study confronts three main questions about the era 1790-1857 in Mexico City. Were women's roles as narrow and unimportant as has been assumed? To what extent were women dominated by men? Can significant differences be found between younger and older women, married and single, upper class and lower class? Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 5 chapters, Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. More... View more info
By: Atkinson, Tom
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, Luath Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 007103
ISBN: 0946487103
Condition: Very Good +
(viii) + 169pp. + (x). B/white art-illustrated throughout (including frontispiece), mostly by Ann Thomas. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, save for several tiny specks on foredge of textblock. Illustrated limp wrapper nominally edgeworn. Supported by regional advertisements throughout, this guidebook to Argyll covers the areas of Loch Lomond, Glen Coe, Appin, Oban, Crinan, Kintyre, Kyles of Bute, Cowal and the Islands. Book weight approx. 235g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Baker, John L.
Price: $26.60
Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1986
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 008345
ISBN: 0709025750
Condition: Very Good +
270pp., b/white line-drawings, by the author, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain russet boards undamaged. Signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves unmarked. Colour art-illustrated (Winchester City Cross', John L. Baker), loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, and mild sunning to spine. "One of England's largest and most beautiful counties, Hampshire is an area of exceptional variety . . . More than 100 of John Baker's delicate and revealing line drawings enhance a satisfying and comprehensive text." Contents include: List... View more info
Price: $13.30
Publisher: Hereford, United Kingdom, Lapridge Publications: 1993
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010314
ISBN: 0951858939
Condition: Very Good +
81pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Label ghost to ffep., else leaves clean. Art-illustrated (detail from a watercolour of Llanthony Abbey by John 'Warwick' Smith, 1749-1831) card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. "First published in 1913, this book was written at the time of the construction of the first road into the heart of the Black Mountains, by a man who had 'spent a large part of many years exploring these lovely hills and vales' . . . Although no one loved the Black Mountains more than he, Richard Baker-Gabb wanted others to enjoy them t... View more info
By: Bell, David
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Berkshire, England, Countryside Books: 2002
Edition: Reprint.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 008220
ISBN: 185306260X
Condition: Very Good +
128pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short inscription, signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a small, soft crease to lower corner of rear panel, otherwise very good. "Derbyshire is a county steeped in ancient legends and traditions, born of a rich and colourful history and a landscape at once romantic and forbidding . . . David Bell has brought together a remarkable collection of Derbyshire's legacy of the unexplained and the supernatural. In addition he provides a glossary of dialect words and phrases which recall a time and a way of life ... View more info
By: Bennett, Tom
Price: $25.65
Publisher: Dyfed, Wales, Happy Fish: 1987
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 006773
ISBN: 0951211404
Condition: Very Good
112pp., historic b/white halftone plates, plus line-drawn maps, and art illustrrations, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Norman Court' of Rhosneigr, 1883, Brian Entwistle) card wrapper slightly edgeworn. The rugged coastline of Wales has been the final resting place for at least 14,000 shipwrecks during the last 150 years. This book covers the true stories of over fifty of these tragedies. Some involve heroic local lifeboat rescues, others terrible loss of life . . . There are also a few 'Whisky Galore' stories to lighten the dramas. Contents inclu... View more info
By: Betjeman, John (Introduction and Commentaries by)
Price: $19.00
Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford: 1969
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010316
Condition: Good+
Unpaginated (approx. 160 pages). B/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain brown boards undamaged. Previous owner's name to ffep., foxing to endpapers, mild tanning to textblock edges, else leaves clean. Number stamp to lower rear pastedown. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edge-rubbed, a couple of tiny nicks, foxing to reverse. " . . . illustrated entirely with contemporary photographs. The earliest pictures belong to the 'forties, when Fox Talbot's camera was just in time to record the old Hungerford Suspensio... View more info
By: Book Committee: Ballan Shire Historical Society
Price: $47.50
Publisher: Ballan, Victoria, Australia, Ballan Shire Historical Society: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013357
ISBN: 0731654153
Condition: Very Good
viii, + 192pp., oblong (landscape) format hardcover. Intext, b/white illustrations throughout: photographic halftone plates (archival and private sources), facsimiles, and line-drawn maps. Double-column text. Book clean. Spine mildly bumped and canted, faint stain to head. Colour-art illustrated gloss boards lightly bumped, with a hint of colour-fade on spine. Illustrated endpapers (township map at front, and aerial township photograph on rear endpaper). Textblock edges minimally flecked only. Lots of photographic illustrations make this pictorial history of the central Victorian shire of Ball... View more info
By: Boyd, P.M.
Price: $34.20
Publisher: Meeniyan, Victoria, Australia, The Meeniyan Progress Association Centenary Committee: 1981
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012611
Condition: Very Good
64pp., intext b/white halftone plates throughout (various sources) together with line-drawn selector and township maps. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format. Booklet clean and 'square'. Staples clean and holding firmly. Art-illustrated (J. Altenhof) card wrapper lightly edgeworn, with mild fingermarks on plain rear wrap. Title page, and illustrations, on inner front and rear wraps. Textblock unmarked. A concise, most interesting centennial history of the small but progressive town of Meeniyan, situated toward the middle of beautiful South Gippsland, Victoria. Contents include: Prelims., Prelud... View more info
By: Briggs, Josie C.
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Norfolk, England, John Nickalls Publications: 2002
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 011409
ISBN: 1904136044
Condition: Very Good +
136pp., b/white photographic illustrations and map. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. An illustrated guide to the follies, unusual buildings, objects, natural features and street furniture around Norfolk. Book weight approx. 320g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Italy, Florence Packaging: 2004
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 011363
ISBN: 8890107936
Condition: Very Good +
208pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Photography by Gian Luigi Scarfiotti. Book clean, square, Spine firm. Matt illustrated boards have one light bump to lower edge of rear panel. Leaves clean. Like-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-nicked only. Contents include: Introduction, Living in Stone, The Chianti in the Museum, Life in the Chianti, Crafts and Trades, The Art of Simple Cooking, Vineyards and Olive Groves, The Communes of the Chianti Classico, Indexes of Names and Places, Bibliography. Book weight approx. 1.36 KG. *Customers outside Austral... View more info
By: Clark, K.S. (Written and Illustrated by)
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand, Lansdowne Press: 1983
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010897
ISBN: 086866071X
Condition: Very Good +
84pp., b/white frontis, plus recto page b/white illustrations throughout by the author, K.S.Clark. Book clean, square. Spine firm, very light bump to head. Art-Illustrated (Clark) gloss illustrated boards negligibly surface-scuffed only. Leaves clean and crisp. This collection of amusing commentary and b/white illustrations by local artist Keith S. Nobby Clark is both a record of some of the victims of Auckland's progress, and a celebration and record of some of its survivors. Book weight approx. 620g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Costie, C.M.
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, U.K., The Kirkwall Press: 1995
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 013558
Condition: Very Good +
190pp., plus (ii). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly bumped on plain rear only. This book, somewhat difficult to read for anyone unfamiliar with Orkney vernacular - the Orkney Norn - consists of twenty-three stories collected by C.M. (Christina McKay) Costie (1902-1967), an Orkney native. Stories include children's 'entertainments', imaginative reconstructions of Orkney's past, mirthful descriptions of rural life and character, to deeply serious attempts t... View more info
By: Coulson, Helen
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Wangaratta, VIC, Australia, McCabe Prints: 1979
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author & Illustrator
Seller ID: 012845
ISBN: 0959618716
Condition: Very Good
152pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white or light sepia halftone plates, ditto sketch-art by David McCabe, plus line-drawn township/property maps, river course maps, and several facsimiles. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minor bumps and repair there-on. Art-illustrated (David McCabe) card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Signed on the title page by author Helen Coulson; signed by the illustrator (David McCabe), along with a separate personal inscription by same, also on title page, else textblock unmarked. This is the story of Australia's first inland port, Echuca, and its Murray River neigh... View more info
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Norfolk Island, Authors [K. And K. A. Davies]:
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 004404
Condition: Good+
No publication date [c. 1980]. 77pp., sparsely texted, with predominantly captioned sepia halftone plate archival illustrations. Staple-bound, landscape format. Staples firm. Leaves clean. Sticker ghost, minor abrading and edgewear on card wrapper, together with light soiling. A most interesting, pictorial local history of Norfolk Island, and its famous name inhabitants. Supporting the archival illustrations is a list of mutineers who reached Pitcairn Island on the 'Bounty', a map of Norfolk Island, and a list of "persons who landed on Norfolk island from Pitcairn island on June 8, 1856.&#... View more info
By: De La Rue, Kathy
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Cossack, Western Australia, The Cossack Project Committee: 1979
Seller ID: 013167
Condition: Good +
(vii) + 134pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates (private and archival sources), plus a line-drawn map. Book clean and square. Spine mildly bumped and chipped, with some colour-fade to title. Monochrome, art-illustrated (Design: Jeff Verraak) card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn only. A non-descript inscription on dedication page, textblock slightly wavy on upper foredge corner, else leaves unmarked. This book relates the story of the (European) settlements of Cossack (now a 'ghost' town) and its neighbour Roebourne, and their place in the history of the north west of Wester... View more info
By: Dewar, G.E.
Price: $33.25
Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand, A.H. & A.W. Reed: 1953
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012185
Condition: Good
136pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Spine firm, slightly bumped and faded. Plain red boards bumped on foredge corners, else good. No dustjacket. Heavy foxing on front and rear free endpapers, flecks on textblock edges, else lightly tanned leaves. Stories of pioneering days around Chaslands, Otago region, Southern New Zealand. Contents include: Prelims., 21 chapters. Book weight approx. 365g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"... View more info
