ALLEN, CHARLES.

RAJ. A Scrapbook of British India. 1877-1947.

London. Book Club Associates / Andre Deutsch, 1977., 142 pages, with old photographs, newspaper cuttings, advertisments, prints in black & white and sepia on almost every page. 10¼" x 8". Near fine except for previous owner's name & date on bottom of half title page. D./w. is slightly faded on spine o./w. near fine. 1977

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Book number: 3154

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: India Raj Curzon

ANON.

BESANCON et les Sites pittoresques du Departement du Doubs. Guide Du Visiteur.

Besancon, France. Librairie Alexandre Brocandel Succ', undated., Slim, 64 page guide book, in French. 30 b./w. photographs. From the photographs it was probably published about 1920. Besancon is about 406 kilometres from Paris by train. Contents clean but stiff card cover has some small ink spots.

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Book number: 7701

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Besancon France guide book Alexandre Brocandel

ANON.

PICTURESQUE WIRRAL. Illustrated in a Series of 31 Views from Original Photographs.

Liverpool. Henry Young, 1913., Second edition, revised and enlarged, published January 1913. First published October 1912. Pages not numbered, but about 62. Black & white photographs. Contents clean & near fine but previous owner's name & date of 1920 on f.e.p. Cover has publisher's clear wrapper & is near fine but its back is marked with 5 spots of ink. 22.75cm. x 15cm. 1913

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Book number: 7718

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: 5716a Wirral Bidston Birkenhead Caldy Eastham Greasby Hooton Poole Hall

ARDAGH, JOHN

FRANCE TODAY. A New & Revised Edition of FRANCE IN THE 1980's.

London. Penguin Books, 1995., Reprint of revised edition published 1987, first published 1982 by Secker Warburg. 647 pages including bibliography & index. Contents near fine. Near fine card cover, priced on back £8.99. 7.75" x 5". ISBN 0140251855. 1995

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Book number: 6516

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / Socialogy

Keywords: France French de Gaulle Paris Brittany Mitterrand Barre Malraux Giscard D'Estaing

ASBURY, HERBERT.

THE BARBARY COAST. An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld.

London. Jarrolds, 1934., 314 pages. 21 b./ w. photographs & prints on 18 pages. Contents clean, except some faint foxing on the half-title, title page & following 2 pages, also some very faint foxing on the end pages. Cover is a bit grubby. No d./w. 1934

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Book number: 7872

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Barbary Coast San Francisco Forty-Nine Gold-Rush California Yeba Buena Arthur Putnam

ASHTON, STEVE.

CLASSIC WALKS IN WALES.

London. Promotional Reprint Co., 1995., Teithian Cerdded Clasurol yng Nghymru." First published 1990 by Oxford Illustrated Press. 40 walks in Wales chosen by Ashton, divided into 10 sections. Each walk has a sketch map and some very good colour & b. & w. photographs. 143 pages, including a glossary of Welsh place names. 10" x 8¼". Fine condition, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine except its price clipped. ISBN 1856482103. 1995

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Book number: 619

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Welsh Wales walking mountains Snowdon Snowdonia Brecon Beacons Llangollen Cambrian mountains Llugwy Anglesey

ATTERBURY, PAUL. (EDITOR)

A.A. BOOK OF THE SEASIDE. A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Britain's Coastline.

London. Automobile Association /Drive Publications, 1972, Britain's coastline is 6000 miles long. This comprehensive guide describes it all, the beaches, wildlife, cliffs, lighthouses etc., and what special things to see. 479 pages, of which 318 pages are maps & descriptions of Britain's coast. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Laminated cover is near fine but corners slightly bumped. No d./w. 1972

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Book number: 5956

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: seaside Daisy167 map seaside beach coast coastline sea cliff lighthouse sands

AUTHOR NOT STATED.

HORRABRIDGE and DISTRICT. Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four & Part Five.

Horrabridge, Devon. 1980-1982., 5 booklets. Part 1. Horrabridge Village, the Bridge & River Walkham, 16 pages. Part 2. Tin and Copper Mines of Horrabridge, 24 pages. Part 3. Bible Christian, Wesleyan and Anglican Churches of Horrabridge, 26 pages. Part 4. Horrabridge and District Notable Local Families. The Colliers, 20 pages. Part 5. Isaac Foot of Horrabridge,14 pages. All have black & white illustrations and are in near fine condition, no inscription or marks. All stiff card covers are near fine. 21cm. x 15cm. The 5th booklet is about the Foot family, including Michael Foot. 1980

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Book number: 7557

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: 5687a 5712 Horrabridge Devon River Walkham tin mine copper mine Colliers Foot

BANKS, F.R.

THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO LONDON.

London. Book Club / Penguin, 1981, Reprint, revised & updated. Useful guide, it lists places of interest & how to get there, whether by train, bus or tube. 580 pages including list of architectural terms & index. 27 plans & maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in white cover. Near fine d./w. but edges slightly bumped. 8¾" x 5¾". 1981

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Book number: 4760

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: London City of London Thames Westminster Parliament Soho St. Paul's

BARTLETT, MAGNUS (PHOTOGRAPHED BY) & SPURR, RUSSELL (EDITED BY)

OVER HONG KONG. Volume Three.

Hong Kong. Odyssey Productions, 1990., First impression. When the publishers were going to reprint Vol. 2, they found the skyline of Hong Kong had changed so much that it was necessary to photograph it all over again. This is the new edition, with a completely different set of colour photographs, so it is a "First edition thus". 144 pages.137 colour photographs taken from the air of Hong Kong & surrounding islands, plus 6 b./w. photographs taken in the 1960's. Near fine, no inscription but edges slightly rubbed. Near fine d./w. Landscape format 10¼" x 11¼". ISBN 9622170961. 1990

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Book number: 3364

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Hong Kong Kowloon Kwai Chung Hong Lok Yuen Tuen Mun Tsing Yu Waglan Lamma Yau Ma Tei

BENINGFIELD, GORDON.

HARDY LANDSCAPES.

Devizes, Wiltshire. Selectabook, 2004., Reprint, first published 1990. Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Thomas Hardy's birth. Landscape format. 64 pages, illustrated in colour with Gordon Beningfield's watercolours of the countryside that Hardy knew & loved. 24.5cm. x 34.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine laminared cover. Near fine d./w. priced £17.95. ISBN 1844060373. 2004

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Book number: 7754

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / Art & Design

Keywords: watercolour Gordon Beningfield Thomas Hardy Dorset

BERRY, GEOFFREY ( PHOTOGRAPHY) AND REDHEAD, BRIAN (TEXT).

A LOVE OF THE LAKES.

London. Constable, 1988., Geoffrey Berry's selection from his favourite photographs of the lovely Lake District scenery. 189 pages. 80 full page colour photographs and 2 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks in near fine cover. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£14.95.) 25.5cm. x 25cm. ISBN 0094687404. 1988

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Book number: 6648

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Brian Redhead Geoffrey Berry Lake District Buttermere Windsmere Ullswater Helvellyn Haweswater Eskdale

BIDSTON, CAROL E.

Wallasey of Yesteryear.

Birkenhead. Borough of Wirral Dept. of Leisure Services, Libraries, 1980., Softback. 32 pages, illustrated with about 72 old sepia photographs, of Wallasey, Leasowe, Liscard, Moreton, New Brighton & Saughull Massey. Landscape format 21.25cm. x 30cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0904582019 1980

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Book number: 8365

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Wallasey Leasowe Liscard New Brighton

BIRTWISTLE, JOHN.

Wirral Memories, from the archives of Wirral Champion.

Prenton, Wirral. Wirral Champion, 1998., Large size softback. 29.75cm. x 21cm. 96 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Stiff card cover, and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks, but corners are slightly bumped. Priced on back £6.95.

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Book number: 8345

Catalogue: History /Travel & Topography

Keywords: Wirral Champion John Birtwistle 5774 Thornton Hough Birkenhead Wallasey Burton New Brighton Bebington

BLAIR, LAWRENCE AND BLAIR, LORNE.

Ring Of Fire . From the BBC Television Series.

London. Bantam Press, 1988., Voyage spanning ten years ..through the islands of the East." A television tie-in.."Lorne & Lawrence Blair & their journey of exploration in the volcanic Indonesian Archipeligo." 272 pages, 240 colour and black & white illustrations. Endpages illustrated with map of area. 27cm. x 27.5cm. Near fine, no inscription, in near fine cover. Near fine d./w. ISBN 0593013107. 1988

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Book number: 7472

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Indonesia Sumatra New Guinea Borneo Spice Islands Komodo dragons Java Bali