Macdonald, Donald:

Lewis: A History of the Island.

Edinburgh, Gordon Wright Publishing, 1983 Hard cover glazed blue bds, VG, spine a little age-darkened, contents fine and tigh with b/w plates, prev. owners label to front pastedown, pp224, no dust jacket.

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Book number: 14497

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Lewis island Scotland Scottish history pre-historic Norse Macleods Mackenzies Mathesons people housing houses household industries agriculture animals kelp fishing church smuggling law education 0903065487

MacDougall, H.:

Island of Kerrera. Mirror of History.

H. MacDougall of MacDougall, 1979 1st Ed., oversized pbk, VG, contents nice and tight, some of the first 30 pges have a light tan stain just to the btm edges in places, pp157, with b/w plates and drawings, prev. owners label to inside front cover. Chapters include: Historical; Gylen Castle and Sindrie Houses; Merklands; Crops and Beasts; Rents and Services; Farm Graith; Bailemor Township and Farm; Meal Mills; Sea and Land Harvest; Ferries and Changehouses; Schools; Churches; Community; Foundations.

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Book number: 14503

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Kerrera island history Scotland smuggling shipwreck archaeology Dalrigh Gylen Castle Sindrie houses Biggens Barns Kilns Merklands cropping animals oats flax whisky rents farm graith slypes creels 095068080X

McKenzie, Alice Rev. Ed. compiled by Alice Margaret Leaker:

Pioneers of Martins Bay. Life In New Zealnd's Most Remote Settlement.

Arrowtown, Lakes District Museum Inc., 2006 Oversized pbk, VG, slightly wavy, contents clean and tight with b/w plates, maps, family tree, pp186, half title a little wavy.

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Book number: 15483

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: New Zealand pioneers Martins Bay remote settlement explorers prospectors Maoris Jamestown starvation Beckham Webb family Gaudins John Robertson history death Big Bay marriages Pyke River tragedy 0473111705

Mee, Arthur:

The King's England: Suffolk Our Farthest East.

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 1947 Hard cover red cloth bds, Fair+, mottled fading and light staining, no dust jacket, front hinge cracked but holding, sepia-tone frontis., further plates through text, contents clean and tight, map to rear endpapers, no names, inscriptions etc..., pp464, rear bd a little bowed. A nice sound reference copy.

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Book number: 15515

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Suffolk the King's England Britain county Acton Aldeburgh Beccles Blaxhall Blundeston Blythburgh bungay butley Ipswich Iken Ickworth Lowestoft Mildenhall Norton Orford Gedding Fritton Framlingham

Middleton, George:

Some Old Wells Trees And Travel-Tracks Of Wordsworth's Parish.

Ambleside, The St Oswald Press, 1918 Grey card covers, green cloth to spine, almost VG, a little age-darkening, attractive vignette to rear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, names etc..., light age-spotting to pge edge blocks, pp51.

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Book number: 12432

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Wordsworth poet wells trees travel tracks parish Grasmere Nab Well Rydal Mount poetry verse wych elm

Moorhouse, Sydney:

Nidderdale Rural District (Yorkshire).

London, Directory Publications Ltd, no date Paperback, stapled, white decorated wraps, a little creasing at spine, sl. tanned at edges otherwise Good+, contents nice and tight with b/w plates and folded map at rear (in miles), map has small crease along one edge, pp64.

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Book number: 13515

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Nidderdale Yorkshire rural district map River Nidd Harrogate Knaresborough Ure Ouse Killinghall Ripley

Morris, Neil and Ting Illust. Anna Clarke:

Little Bear And The White Horse. Tales of the North American Indians - No. 2.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1984 1st Ed., Hard cover glazed pict bds, Nr Fine, tiny scuff to btm of spine, contents fine and tight with lovely bright illustrations on each pge, pp22, neat name to top of title. A very nice copy.

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Book number: 10494

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: North American Indians story Facts Little Bear white horse Anna Clarke Crow Tribe Blackfoot history 0340330457

Perks, Sydney:

Essays on Old London.

Cambridge At The University Press, 1927 Oversized brown pictorial paper bds, red cloth to spine, 1" closed tear to paper at front edge nr spine, paper rubbed at edges and partic. at corners, gilt lettering to spine, Good-, pges rough cut and tanned to pge edge blocks, neat pencil name to ffep, b/w illustrations, contents clean and tight, pp78. A nice sound ref. copy.

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Book number: 14923

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: London old london essays Guildhall restoration history town planning schemes Great Fire damage plans Thames embankment property Christopher Wren quay Dowgate Dock Hooke Evelyn Oliver Mills Dance

Place, Allan:

Routes Of Our Valley's Past. Some of the Old Roads In The Holme Valley Are Traced and Examined.

Holme Valley Civic Society, 1999 Pbk, blue wraps, Good+, some label darkened patches, contents clean and tight, pp133. Examining the road origins and their development; topographical influences; history through 11th - 19th centuries; turnpike roads; the Enclosure Acts; bridges; decline and recovery and Valley Routes for example: Huddersfield to Berry Brow; Berry Brow to Holmfirth; Holmfirth to Holme Moss etc...

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Book number: 12297

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Holme Valley routes roads highways River Holme Colne valleys valley past civic society origin development history topography influences travel

Central Unit for Environmental Planning:

Humberside: A Feasibility Study.

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, For The Department of Economic Affairs, 1969 Oversized pbk, ringbound, Good-, small shallow piece torn away at rear leading edge, some light scuffing to edges in places, contents clean, occas. light tanning, includes b/w and colour fold-out maps to rear: Humberside in relation to Europe; Geology; Agricultural Land; New Areas Physically Suitable for Development; Physical Constraints; Landscape; Case 1 Two Major Cities; Case 2 The Radiating Form; Case 3 The Dispersed Form; Case 4 The Linear Form; Sources of Energy; Water Supply; Relief and Drainage; Rail Transport; Main Roads; Local Airfields; Regional Airports and a full colour general reference map, Pp142 plus fold-outs to rear.

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Book number: 15037

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Humberside feasibility study Environmental Planning geology agricultural land development constraints landscape cities Humber estuary energy water relief drainage rail road transport airfields airport

Polkinghorne, R. K., and M. I. R.:

Lands Of The Commonwealth.

London, George G Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1954 Hard cover red cloth bds, black lettering, to spine and upper bd, VG, no dust jacket, contents nice and tight with maps, including Lands of the Commonwealth; Africa and Europe; Malaya; Gibraltar and The Partition of India and illustrations, one pencil scribble around the map of Africa with some letters, pp220,

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Book number: 14904

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Commonwealth countries British West Africa East Africa Ceyln Malaya Singapore British Borneo West Indies Bermuda Guiana Honduras Falklands South Georgia island colonies outposts India enterprise

Prescott, W. H.; Hemans, Mrs; Whittaker, Frederick; Mahoney, Jeremiah; Tyndall, John; Phillipps-Wolley; Irving, Washington:

The Seventh Reader For Standard VII. United States: Tides And Currents. Longman's New Geographical Readers 7.

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1895 Hard cover dec. brown cloth bds, VG, some staining to rear, contents clean and tight, no inscripts, fold out map to rear, ink stain to leading pge edge block, pp240.

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Book number: 9910

Catalogue: geography

Keywords: New Geographical Readers United States USA tides currents history discovery Washington Irving Columbus W H Prescott Pilgrim Fathers Mrs Hemans Indians Custer Legend of the Canon Yellowstone climate

Lincolnshire Educational Aids Project:

Tennyson's Lincolnshire: An Illustrated Guide.

Tennyson Society, Community Programme Contract, Manpower Services Commission, 1985 Landscape oversized soft covers, buff illust. in black, Good+, a little wavy, contents nice and tight, many sepia tone photographic illust.s and drawings, includes a family tree and maps of Lincoln, Tealby and Somersby areas, pp24.

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Book number: 13000

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Tennyson poet Lincolnshire guide family tree Sellwod House Somersby Rectory Manor Chruch Holywell Wood Bag Enderby Woodman's Cottage Harrington Hall Stockwith Mill Halton Holegate Mablethorpe cottage

Sarmento, Alberto Artur:

Corografia Elementar Do Arquipelago da Madeira.

Funchal, 1936 Paperback covers with red cloth to spine, slm volume, VG, contents clean and tight, 5 lovely fold-out maps, pges tanned, unpaginated, text in Spanish.

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Book number: 10807

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Madeira corografia arquipelago history politics historico politica fisica geography geology climate fauna flora 0000

Spencer, Cornelia Kurt Wiese (Illust. by) Fred Kliem (Maps by):

Yangtze: China's River Highway.

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1966 1st in GB, hard cover light brown cloth bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket VG+, lib. no. to spine, minor wear to spine tips, lib. sticker removal from ffep has damaged map and also to rear a strip of the map has come away, lib. no. to top of ffep and stamp to title verso, contents clean, tight and bright, b/w and two-tone illustrations, pp96.

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Book number: 13675

Catalogue: Geography

Keywords: Yangtze river China Tibet geography junks goods trackers houseboats Shanghai port canals gorges poppies flood future