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| ANON. [THOMAS CLIFFE OF RHYL, ED.] ""XLCR"" Stamp Finder & Collector's Dictionary; stamp collecting made easy Thomas Cliffe Ltd. Rhyl, n.d.(c.1950), Photographic reprint of an original edition published by H.E.Harris & Co. Boston, USA.Paper covers, staple binding.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.; pages foxed and browned, owner's signature and address inscribed in the box provided on t.p.For connoisseurs of faulty transcription of Cyrillic, this inexpensive guide for stamp collectors (original price 6 old pence) takes some beating.The printer has attempted to reproduce these letters using an ordinary Roman font, with hilarious results: for example, under U we have UAPSTBO: Bulgaria, followed by UAPCTBO 6b[inverted:VL]ARNR: Bulgaria (no attempt has been made to reverse the final two letters ""I"" and 'YA').Thankfully the Arabic is reproduced photographically.Following a chapter on 'Stamp Treasures' - the story of some stamps that are worth fortunes - there is a brief introduction stating that ""Some stamps - early Afghanistan and Egypt, certain of the Indian Natives [sic] States, and others - are printed entirely in 'wiggly writing' and therefore cannot be indexed at all"".Pp.7-11 list the words found on stamps and their countries of origin; pp.12-25 illustrate ""Miscellaneous hard-to-identify stamps"".Pp.26-31 provides a glossary or dictionary; p.32 has a concluding chapter headed ""Know the world through your stamp collection"", making a plausible argument around the educational value of stamps for youngsters.The back cover illustrates some rarities described in the first chapter.Despite the poor quality paper and fungus-friendly covers this booklet has survived with little physical damage save for a small crease on the top right front cover.32 pp. bound with rusty steel staples. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1493 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| RUSSIAN STATE MUSEUM OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC Rossiiskii Gosudarstvennyi Muzei Arktiki i Antarktiki [guide] Napapijri Geographic, c.2004.Paper covers.As new/No Jacket.Signed dedication by the Director, Viktor Boyarsky.A guide to the Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, located in a former church on Ulitsa Marata in St.Petersburg.Well illustrated with colour photographs, there are sections on 'Nature in the Arctic', 'History of Exploration and Voyages in the Arctic Ocean', a short section on the ethnology of the Arctic, and a final section on the Antarctic [this section was closed for refurbishment in 2005].46 pp. In Russian. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 2129 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ANTHONY, JOHN [JOHN SABINI] About Tunisia Geoffrey Bles, London, 1961, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Front of jacket stained, minor spotting to fore-edge, otherwise little used.221 pp. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 4021 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ASLANYAN, A.T. (CHIEF EDITOR) Putevoditel' Ekskursii IV vsesoyuznogo Soveshchaniya po Izucheniyu Chetvertichnogo Perioda [Travel guide to the 4th all-union ÉÉ] Akademii Nauk Arm.SSR, Institut Geografichesikh Nauk, Erevan, 1973.Paper covers.Fair /No Jacket.Perfect' binding starting to disintegrate; needs rebinding.A guide to Armenia written to accompany an excursion by the 4th All-Union conference for studying the Chetvert period.In Russian, with red letter t.p.and 2nd title (in Armenian).Well illustrated account of the geography and archaeology of the area, with the inevitable cover illustration (in colour) of the snow covered little and great Mount Ararat seen from the east bank of the Aras river. In Russian. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 156 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BALNEAVES, ELIZABETH The windswept isles: Shetland and its people John Gifford, 1977, 1st edition.Boards, dust wrapper in protective plastic sleeve.0 7071 0565 X.As new/As new.Nearly new, price clipped.Written by a much travelled author whose husband was a Shetlander and who retired to the archipelago.Well illustrated with 85 monochrome text figures and several colour plates.[8], 328 pp.In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP¥ 2668] Book number: 1084 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BARMAN, T.G. (ED.) Guide to Norway Sweden Denmark Finlnd Iceland Thos.Cook & Son, 1939, 17th edition.Boards.Good/ No Jacket .Publisher's red buckram, spine sunned; 536 pp.(last page misprinted as '356'), v.g.The last pre-war guide to Scandinavia, with 17 mostly folded maps and plans, 14 in colour, by Bartholemew of Edinburgh.In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 118 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BOYER, MARIE-FRANCE Spirit of the sea Thames & Hudson, 2002, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 500 51103 9.As new /As new.Primarily a collection of maritime photographs with a slim text, this is the ideal present for a house-bound mariner.147 illustrations, 131 of which are in colour.120 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 4738 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRACK, ALAN The Wirral Phillimore, 1988, Corrected reprint of 1980 first edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 85033 679 1.Fine/Fine.Well informed account of the sandstone peninsula in west Cheshire, by an author whose articles regularly appear in Cheshire Life magazine.208 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 2251 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRACK, ALAN The Wirral Phillimore, 1988, Corrected reprint of 1980 first edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 85033 679 1.Fine /Fine.Well informed account of the sandstone peninsula in west Cheshire, by an author whose articles regularly appear in Cheshire Life magazine.208 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 3660 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROOKS, JOHN (ED.) The South American Handbook Trade & Travel Publications, 1974, Golden Jubilee Edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 90075 104 5.V.g./Good.V.g./good, owner's signature, wrapper soiled with some tears, VARIG bookmark still attached.Classic edition of the definitive traveller's guide to South America.Illustrated with maps (including 8-page insert of full colour maps between pp.608 and 609) and with many unpaginated advertisements.944 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 120 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROWN, A.J. The North York Moors national park: official guide book C.& D.Constaple Ltd, n.d.[1960s?], 5th ed. Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. includes loosely inserted ""Map of the North York Moors National Park"" (not supplied with original guide?) 74 pp.incl.back cover. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 149 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BUTTERWORTH, GEORGE Deerhurst, a parish of the vale of Gloucester William North, Tewksbury; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Kent, London, 1890, 2nd revised edition.Blue cloth, gilt title on spine.Good /No Jacket.Frontispiece and ffep partly detached; some edge wear to cover, spine weak in places.An expanded version of the author's history of the abbey and church of Deerhurst, covering the parish as a whole with a chapter of 'miscellanea' and an appendix quoting the relevant passages from the Domesday Book.xii, 252 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 5991 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| CAMPBELL, JAMES (COMP.) Alternative Edinburgh Edinburgh University Student Publications Board, 1979, New edition.Paper covers.0 904919 36 6.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.soiled, owner's signature.Radical student/young person's guide to Edinburgh, aimed at inhabitants rather than tourists.While hardly venturing into ""Trainspotting"" territory it does revel hidden depths to Auld Reekie.140 pp.In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 144 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| CAVE, E. (ED.) City of Cambridge official guide Council of the City of Cambridge, n.d.[1950s?].Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.soiled.148 pp.Amusingly dated adverts.Who could resist ""Hawston Hall.Home of the Huddlestones for 400 years""? .In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 148 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| COLLINS, HERBERT C. Lancashire plain and seaboard J.M.Dent & Sons, London, 1953.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Includes loosely inserted single folio printed 'with good wishes for 1962' and signed by John Stott, general manager of Lanshield Sakaphen coatings and linings, Lancaster.Jacket sl.chipped at edges, internally near fine.viii, 248 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP¥ 2371] Book number: 4312 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| DOBSON, WILLIAM Rambles by the Ribble W.& J.Dobson, Preston, 1864, 2nd edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fair /No Jacket.Bookplate of Will Ingwerson; former owners' signatures on front pastedown and t.p.Boards dulled and waterstained (?dropped in the Ribble) , ffep excised, but the main text is hardly affected.iv, (5-) 143, (1) pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP¥ 5928] Book number: 5826 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ELLISON, NORMAN The Wirral peninsula Robert Hale, London, 1979, Reprint, first published in 1955.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7091 1660 8.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.The best topographic account of Cheshire's western Panhandle, packed with information.viii, 264 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 4276 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| EVANS, E. ESTYN France: a geographical introduction Christophers, London, 1942, Reprint of 1937 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, owner's signature, front hinge a bit loose.Contemporary reference to 'occupied' France in the preface to the third impression (dated October 1941).xvi, 183 pp. notes at rear.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 1901 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| FOGRA FAILTE Official guide to Donegal: dun na ngall The national tourist publicity organisation for Ireland, n.d.[1950s].Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. tiny tear at base of spine, torn folded map at rear.Includes 2 loosely inserted colour postcards of Downings Bay and Horn Head from Downings.xiv, 97, xv-xxx pp.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 150 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| FISHER, W.B. The Middle East: a physical, social and regional geography Methuen, 1950, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Good /Good.Good/good, some pencil underlinings in text, wrapper torn at hinges with owner's signature and price sticker on front.University-level text book, folded map at rear.xiii + 514 pp. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 94 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| FRYE, RICHARD N. Iran George Allen & Unwin, 1954, 1st edition.Publisher's blue cloth, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. spine sl.sunned.Written by a U.S.university lecturer, this gives a concise overview of the history, geography and government of Iran.viii, 126 pp.; 2 maps, index. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 15 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GIBBONS, GAVIN North Wales and Snowdonia Geographia Ltd, n.d.[1970s?].Paper covers.0 09 205390 4.Good /No Jacket.Good, cover soiled,Covers an area from the Lleyn peninsula to Montgomery.127 pp.folding map at rear in v.g.condition.128 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 147 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GILLEGHAN, JOHN; ILLUSTRATED BY SIMON DACRE Highways and byways from Leeds Kingsway Press, 1994, 1st edition.Paper covers.0 9519194 1 5.V.g./No Jacket.Little used.312 pp.Combines history with topography. In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 3905 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GORDON, SETON; ILLUSTRATED BY JEANNE CROSS AND STUART HARRISON Highland summer Cassell, 1971, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 304 93775 4.V.g./V.g. Faint foxing to fore-edge, otherwise a very well preserved copy.vi, 182 pp. In English. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 | JP¥ 3260] Book number: 4001 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GRANVILLE, A.B.; INTRODUCTION BY GEOFFREY MARTIN Spas of England and principal sea-bathing places. 1: The North; 2: the Midlands and South Adams and Dart, 1971, Facsimile reprint of 1841 edition.2 vols.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 239 00085 4.V.g./V.g. A quirky book which strays far from its ostensible subject of balneology.2 vols.In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 6090 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. |
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