ELKINGTON, E. WAY (DESCRIBED BY) AND HARDY, NORMAN H. (PAINTED BY)

THE SAVAGE SOUTH SEAS.

London. A. & C. Black, 1907., Describes the South Seas, the people & their culture, their villages & homes, skills, trade, history, art, dance & music, religion & beliefs, birds, animals, trees etc., final chapter is on missionaries. 68 paintings by Norman Hardy in colour, of people and scenery in British New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. 211 pages including index. 9" x 6¼". Near fine, no inscription, but corners slightly bumped & endpapers slightly foxed. No d./w. 1907

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Book number: 4747

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: South Seas Polynesia Pacific Solomon Islands New Hebrides New Guinea

ELLISON, NORMAN.

THE WIRRAL PENINSULA.

London. Robert Hale, 1967, Reprint. One of Robert Hale's Regional Books. 264 pages, llustrated with 25 b./ w. photographs, and a map. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is very good but tears on top & bottom of spine & its price clipped. 8.75" x 5.5". 1967

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Book number: 3089

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Wirral Birkenhead Meols Prenton Hoylake West Kirby Parkgate Ness Neston Bidston Ellesmere Bebington Bromborough Port Sunlight Arrowe Park Mersey River Dee Cheshire

ELLISON, NORMAN

THE WIRRAL PENINSULA.

London. Robert Hale, Aug. 1955, Reprint first published May 1955. No d./w. One of Hale's "Regional Books" series. 264 pages including bibliography & index, 25 b. & w. photographs and a sketch map. 8½" x 5½". Corners and top & bottom of spine are a little bumped, slightly faded, o./w. very good.

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Book number: 3476

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Wirral Birkenhead Neston Heswall Cheshire Merseyside Bidston Dee Wallasey Ness Gardens Port Sunlight Bromborough Hoylake

ELLISON, NORMAN

THE WIRRAL PENINSULA.

London. Robert Hale, 1976, Reprint, first published 1955. 264 pages. 25 b./w photographs and a sketchmap of the Wirral. 8.75" x 5.5". Near fine except previous owner's bookplate, & marks on endpapers where sellotape stuck the d./w. on. ISBN 0709116609 1976

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Book number: 3751

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Wirral Cheshire Birkenhead Bebington Bromborough Bidston Port Sunlight Hoylake Parkgate Mersey Dee Tranmere Rock Ferry Eastham

EPERON, ARTHUR.

LE WEEKEND. Over the Channel for the perfect break - a traveller's guide.

London. Book Club Associates, 1984., Hardback. " A Weekend in France on your own can be very pleasant; A Weekend with the right companion can be near to Heaven." 204 pages. Line drawings by Ken Smith. Near fine, no inscription. Near fine d./w. 8.75" x 5.75". 1984.

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Book number: 5481

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: France French weekend guide holiday

FAGAN, BRIAN M.

THE RAPE OF THE NILE. Tomb Robbers, Tourists, & Archaeologists in Egypt.

London. Book Club, 1977., Reprint, first published 1975 by MacDonald & Jane's. 399 pages including sources, & index. Illustrated with black & white photographs, maps, & diagrams. Near fine but inscription on front free end page. Near fine d./w. but small tear front top edge,and top edge is slightly bumped. ISBN 035404091X. 1977

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Book number: 5760

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Cairo Nile Egypt pyramids PhilaeBerenice Dendereh Abu Simbel Luxor Nefertitiy Tut-ankh-Amun

FEHR, GÖTZ.

Beautiful Germany : Schönes Deutschland : La Belle Allemagne.

Frankfurt Am Main. Umschau Verlag Breidenstein, 1977., Large size 11.5" x 12". 159 pages. This lovely book starts with 27 pages of text, then 8 sections of colour photographs with different themes, such as 'Cities' and 'Arts & Artisans'. 96 full page colour photographs of beautiful scenery & architecture in Germany. There are 4 pages on orange paper, with a description of the theme eg. 'Cities' or 'Art & Artisans' & the titles of the following 12 photographs. Those 12 photographs are followed by another 4 orange pages of descriptions etc. of the next theme and 12 photographs & so on. Near fine, except for inscription in ink on top corner of f.e.p., & slight wear on top of spine. D./w. is re-enforced on inside along edges with tape, & some tears repaired on inside with tape. ISBN 3524005969 1977

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Book number: 2244

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Germany Deutschland Danube Munich Rhine Cologne Black Forest

FERRARA, MAURICE.

HERTFORD PAST & PRESENT. A Comparison in Photographs.

St. Albans. Printed at The Campfield Press, 1981., Softback. 96 pages. 8.25" x 5.75". With b./ w. photographs on almost every page, from both olden & modern-days, showing how much Hertford has, or hasn't changed. Near fine except back cover is slightly creased. Priced £2.50 on back. ISBN 0950735213. 1981

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Book number: 3133

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Hertford Cowbridge Waltham Abbey Herts. Port Vale River Lea

FIDLER, KATHLEEN.

THE THAMES IN STORY.

London. Epworth Press, 1971., Ex Library. 160 pages. Illustrated with 20 old prints and engravings. 8.75" x 5.5". Stories of events which have taken place over many years, along the River Thames, and the people who worked there. Part of old library label on f.e.p., a 'Withdrawn from stock' stamp on title page, o./w. near fine. D./w. is inside protective sleeve, so near fine, but sleeve was taped on to f.e.p.,this has left a mark ¼" wide down the f.e.p. page, also a white spot (Tippex?) is on top corner of f.e.p., o./w. contents near fine. SBN 716201836. 1971

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Book number: 2198

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Thames Wapping London Cutty Sark Greenwich Whitehall Hampton Court Henley Regatta Boat Race London Docks

FLEMING, PETER.

THE SEIGE AT PEKING.

London. Readers Union / Rupert Hart-Davies, 1960., 229 pages including bibliography. 15 b./ w. photographs & 7 maps. 7.75" x 4.75". Back top corner badly bumped, other corners are bumped, & endpages are faint foxed. Contents near fine, no inscription. D./w. has 2 small tears on bottom front edge, and its bumped along top back edge. 1960

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Book number: 2333

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Peking China Gen. Gaselee Tientsin Yangtsun Shantung Manchus Claude MacDonald Tartar Forbidden City Tungchow General Frey General Chaffee

FLETCHER, GEOFFREY

GEOFFREY FLETCHER'S LONDON.

London. Hutchinson, 1968., First edition. 112 pages, with b./w. illustrations of scenes & places in London by the author, some of them full page. 27.5cm. x 21cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Navy cloth appears near fine, but on inside of d./w., on top of spine is a small blue stain, which suggests it might be from water, though doesn't appear to have affected the cover. Near fine d./w. apart from stain inside, but spine slightly faded, priced 32s 6d. (£1.65.) 090886100. 1968

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Book number: 8842

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: London Finsbury Camden Islington Covent Garden Southwark Lambeth Kings Cross Charing Cross Kensington Stoke Newington

FLOYD, MICHAEL.

THE FACE OF IRELAND.

London. B.T. Batsford, 1937, First edition. 120 pages plus 32 pages of advertisments for Batsford books. Frontispiece is a painting in colour by Paul Henry, 2 paintings in colour on one page by J.Humbert Craig. 133 b./ w. photographs by Will F. Taylor. Relief map, & folded road map (15" x 18" ) of Ireland which has 2" tear on bottom folded edge where folded. Near fine but top edge slightly dusty, top & bottom of edges faded, top & bottom of spine faded, & 2 small patches on front are faded where pieces missing from d./w. D./w. worn & torn on edges & corners, partly repaired on inside with archive tape. Not price clipped, 7s./6d. 8½" x 5½". 1937

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Book number: 3678

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Ireland Irish Cork Kerry Dublin Wicklow Limerick Co. Donegal Londenderry The Mourne

FLOYD, MICHAEL.

THE FACE OF IRELAND.

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937., First American edition. 120 pages including index. Frontispiece is a watercolour, with 136 b./ w. photographs. Relief map. Folded map at end. D./w. slightly worn & bumped along top edge & corners, slightly foxed on inside & outside of flaps, o./w. near fine. Small hole on spine leaving small mark on cover underneath. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, green cover is still bright & near fine but for small faded spot on spine, as there's a hole in the d./w.. 21.5cm. x 14cm. 1937

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Book number: 4431

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: Ireland Wicklow Laragh Kerry Donegal Antrim Dublin Londonderry Enniskillen Cork Ulster Liffey Cavan

FORBES, DUNCAN.

THE HEART OF IRAN.

London. Robert Hale, 1963., Ex Library. 192 pages. 19 b./w. photographs on 12 pages, and 3 maps. Library marks, labels & stamps, and bottom edge of front hinge is starting to split, o./w. very good. D./w. inside library sleeve is very good but was taped on to endpages. 22.25cm. x 14.5cm. 1963

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Book number: 7727

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Persia Iran Teheran Shah Islam Pasargad Persepolis Kashan

FRAIGNEAU, D'ANDRE (TEXT.) MOLINARD, PATRICE AND KNECHT, SYLVAIN. (PHOTOGRAPHERS.)

Les Chateaux de La Loire." Couleurs du Monde.

Paris. Del Duca, c. 1960., Undated but previous owner's name & date on front free endpage, "July 1960." Illustrated with 63 colour and b./w. photographs, on 53 pages. Text is in French, English and German. 30.5cm. x 23.75cm. Contents clean but a drawing of a horse's leg on front endpage, drawing of a horse's head on following page, and drawing of a horse on back endpage. Back free endpage has been removed, o./w. very good. Cream cover slightly marked, corners & ends of spine are bumped, o./w. very good. No d./w. 1960

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Book number: 8424

Catalogue: Architecture / Travel & Topography

Keywords: France Chateaux castle history chateau