McGAW Judith A.

Most Wonderful Machine. Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801-1885. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ,, [1987]. 8vo. First Edition, with photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 27124

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McPHEAT W.Scott

John Flynn. Apostle to the Inland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER.

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34770

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, australia, john flynn, flying doctor, pedal radio, australian inland mission

MEACHAM William

Rock Carvings in Hong Kong. An illustrated and interpretative Study. BRIGHT COPY IN WRAPPERS

Christian Study Centre, Hong Kong,, 1976. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, oriental name on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 29220

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Keywords: far east, hong kong, rock carvings, archaeology, william meacham

MEINERTZHAGEN Richard

Kenya Diary (1902-1906). With a New Preface by Elspeth Huxley. [Foreword by Lieut.-General Sir Gerald Lathbury. First Edition in Paperback]. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PAPERBACK

Eland Books,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece map and numerous plates; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Second edition of a Kenyan classic first issued in 1957. Huxley adds a frank and insightful Preface. Astonishingly, not recorded by Cross & Perkin.

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Book number: 33126

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MENZIES Sir Robert Gordon

The Measure of the Years. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cassell,, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 45477

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Keywords: travel, australia, menzies, robert menzies, prime ministers

MIKHAILOV Nicholas

Soviet Russia. The Land and its People. In collaboration with Vadim Pokshishevsky. [Translated from the Russian by George H. Hanna]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Sheridan House, New York NY,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 14 plates, free endpapers very lightly browned; yellow ribbed cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and blue, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 22208

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Keywords: russia, nicholas mikhailov, soviet russia, n. mikhailov, travel, exploration, europe, soviet, russia

MINTO Countess

India Minto and Morley 1905-1910. Compiled from the Correspondence between the Viceroy and the Secretary of State. By Mary, Countess of Minto. With Extracts from her Indian Journal. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Macmillan,, 1934. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and folding coloured map; blue buckram, Elliot family crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, blue top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION CPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. 'With affectionate and heartfelt gratitude to Eva Bell whose expert knowledge, so ungrudgingly given, has been of invaluable assistance in compiling this record of five eventful years of Indian history'. A scarce and important presentation copy.

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Book number: 18613

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MITCHELL-HEDGES Frederick Albert

Danger My Ally. [Second Impression.] IN FULL MOROCCO

Elek,, [1954]. 8vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates, full-page facsimile and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Among other adventures, Mitchell-Hedges details the discovery in 1924 of the Crystal Skill at Lubaantun (then British Honduras; now Belize). Published in the same month as the first edition. SCARCE.

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Book number: 41545

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MONCKTON C.A.W.

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate.

John Lane, The Bodley Head,, [1921]. 8vo., Third Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 36 plates and a folding map, endpapers lightly spotted; original blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good good copy. Sold from a naval institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and crest block in gilt on upper cover.

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Book number: 2190

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MONMARCHE Georges

Paris. Photos de Marcelle D'Heilly. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Editions Alpina, Paris, [1949]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout, small signature on title; pictorial wrappers, a good, clean copy.

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Book number: 29646

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Keywords: travel, europe, france, paris, guide books

MORE Paul Elmer

A Century of Indian Epigrams, chiefly from the Sanskrit of Bhartrihari. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Harper and Brothers,, 1899. 8vo., First Edition, with laid paper endpapers, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly spotted; original boards, vellum back with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 16431

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MORRELL W.P.

The Provincial System in New Zealand 1852-76.

Longmans Green & Co.,, 1932. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding map; blue cloth, gilt back, a good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its labels on covers and endpapers. Imperial Studies No., 7. SCARCE

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Book number: 24960

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MORRIS John

The Phoenix Cup. Some Notes on Japan in 1946. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cresset Press,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip.

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Book number: 30186

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Keywords: travel, japan, ww2, wwii, john morris

MORTOFT Francis

Francis Mortoft: his Book. Being his Travels through France and Italy 1658-1659. Edited by Malcolm Letts. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL SERIES BINDING

Hakluyt Society,, 1925. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding plate as frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and 2 large folding maps, free endpapers mildly browned; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 57. Bridges & Hair, p.276.

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Book number: 33993

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MOTLEY J.L.

History of the United Netherlands: from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN SPLENDID OXFORD ARMORIAL BINDING

John Murray,, 1867. 4 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with 4 engraved frontispieces and a large folding plan, blank preliminaries and plan lightly spotted; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, upper board with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind enclosing arms and motto of the Lodge family elaborately blocked in gilt, lower board with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in bind enclosing arms of Oxford University elaborately blocked in gilt, backs with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, bevelled boards, doublures richly tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, backstrip lettering faded to near-blind else a remarkably bright, crisp, clean set in a most impressive nineteenth century armorial binding. With the trade ticket of Rivingtons of Oxford in front paste-down of first volume. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR RICHARD LODGE TO THE GIRLS' LIBRARY OF CHRISTS HOSPITAL WITH THE LATTER'S BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. Motley's classic study was first published in 1860.

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Book number: 20121

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