HOEFER, HANS AND WILDER, RACHEL (EDITOR)

INSIGHT GUIDES BARBADOS.

Singapore. APN Publications, 1991, Softback. Second edition, 2nd reprint. 320 pages. Colour photographs on most pages, and 7 maps. Contents near fine, in very good card cover. ISBN 9624210349 1991

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Book number: 6657

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Barbados West Indies Caribbean

HOLMES, T.

HEART AND THOUGHT MEMORIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL

Bolton. J.W. Gledsdale, 1887., Printed for private circulation. 324 pages. Folded map in front, of "Lands of the Bible with the countries adjacent." 41.5cm. x 32 cm. No d./w. Contents near fine, no inscription. Cloth cover is slightly, faintly marked front top corner, o./w. near fine. Attractive design in gilt on front cover of a palm tree, sphynx and a pyramid. Scarab beettle in gilt on spine. An uncommon book. 1887

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Book number: 6798

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Egypt Suez Cairo Thebes Luxor Nazarath Damascus Lebanon Palestine Smyrna Karnak Cairo Jerusalem Bosphorus Istanbul Nile

HOPE, MAURICE G.

CASTLES IN THE SAND. The Story of New Brighton.

Ormskirk. G.W. & A. Hesketh, 1982, Paperback. " The story of New Brighton on the Wirral...of one resort emeging, developing & changing as its visitors & British Society changed." 45 pages of text and 46 sepia photographs & prints. Slight crease on back bottom corner of cover, o./w. near fine with no inscription or marks. 8.25" x 5.75". ISBN 0905777220. 1982

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Book number: 3761

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Keywords: New Brighton Wirral Cheshire Atherton Merseyside Perch Rock

HOPE-MONCRIEFF, A.R.,

LONDON.

London. A. & C. Black, 1923., Third Edition. This has more illustrations than the first edition. 267 pages. 32 full page paintings in colour by various artists. 8¼" x 5¾". Near fine but front free end paper has been removed, o./w. contents are clean, no inscription or marks. No d./w. 1923

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Book number: 4524

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: London Westminster Thames Charing Cross St. Paul's Tower Bridge

HOWARTH, ANTHONY.

Africar. The Devolopment of a Car For Africa.

Lancaster..The Ordnary Road, 1987., First edition thus. Edited by Hugh Poulter. Photographs by Charles Best. Some years after designing the Africar Howarth was offered a 4 part series by Channel Four. Diivided into the places they visited, Africa, Africar 1963, Arctic, Europe, Sahara, Sahel, Equator, and the final chapter is Africar 1987. 211 pages. 27cm. x 19.5cm. Colour photographs throughout & some maps. Near fine laminated cover in near fine d./w. 1987

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Book number: 9477

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Keywords: Africar Africa Sahara Zermatt Lake Chad

HOWARTH, DAVID.

THE GOLDEN ISTHMUS.

London. Readers Union / Collins, 1967., About the Panama Canal, the early history, the explorers, designers, engineers, the countries involved, the French canal, the revolution, the American canal, & the Republic. 285 pages. 13 b./w. illustrations on 8 pages. 3 maps. Cover is near fine. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly scuffed, a bit marked, and slightly worn on edges. 22cm. x 14cm. Scanned to show condition of cover under d./w. 1967

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Book number: 7594

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Keywords: Panama Canal Columbus de Lesseps Caledonia Bay William Paterson Colon Darien Culebra Cut Panamanian Roosevelt

HUDSON, W.H.

THE ILLUSTRATED SHEPHERD'S LIFE.

London. Guild Publishing, 1987., First published in 1910, this edition first published by Bodley Head 1987. Foreword by P.J. Kavanagh. 224 pages, illustrated in colour and b./w. with paintings & photographs, both old & new. A lovely book, about life in Wiltshire's countryside, 100 years ago. 10¼" x 7½". Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine but slightly rubbed, and edges slightly bumped. 1987

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Book number: 4714

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Keywords: Wylye Wiltshire Salisbury Downs Wilton River Avon

HUGHES, CLEDWYN.

ROYAL WALES. A Short History.

London. Phoenix House, 1957., A Land and Its People.' .... covers every feature of Welsh life past & present; ...religious belief..agricultural & industrial methods, social customs... & archaeological discoveries." 204 pages.15 b./ w. photographs on 9 pages. Red cloth cover with silver lettering is near fine except slight foxing on each end paper where flap of dustwrapper ends. Near fine d./w. except for some marks on the back, priced 21s.(£1.05). 8.75" x 5.5". 1957

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Book number: 1698

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Keywords: mandi Wales Welsh Owain Glyn Dwr Patagonia Welsh Marches Eisteddfod Edward 1

HUNTFORD, ROLAND.

SCOTT AND AMUNDSEN. Their Race To The South Pole.

London. Abacus, 2005., Paperback, first published 1979. This is a revised & updated edition. Introduction by Paul Theroux. 599 pages, illustrated with 34 b.& w. photographs & 13 maps. 7.75" x 5". Near fine but on top edges of last few pages at back is a faint blue mark, like it was brushed against carbon paper or blue chalk, not affecting pages. Back top edge fainyly creased, priced on back £10.99. ISBN 0349113955. 2005

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Book number: 3506

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Keywords: Exploration Travel South Pole Antarctic Captain Scott Amundsen Box

HUNTINGTON, GUY AND BURNLEY, KENNETH.

REFLECTIONS OF WIRRAL. New Images of the Wirral Peninsula.

Wirral. Mill Hill Publishing, 2011., 160 pages, beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine, except for a tiny spot on the back, from something like glue. 26.5cm. x 26cm. ISBN 9780955772412. 2011

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Book number: 7670

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Keywords: Wirral Bidston Birkenhead Burton Caldy Eastham Frankby Heswall Hoylake Irby Ness Neston Parkgate Port Sunlight Thorton Hough Thurstaston

HUTCHISON, BRUCE.

Canada Tomorrow's Giant.

Toronto. Longmans, Green & Co., 1957., To discover the new Canada, the author invites the reader to join him in ..." a casual, disordered tour across the nation & some of its wilderness." 325 pages. 28 b.& w. photographs. 6 maps. Near fine but previous owner's small (Canadian) address label on f.e.p. D./w. is worn on corners & edges & small pieces are missing. 8½" x 5¾ 1957

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Book number: 3949

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Keywords: Canada Toronto Ontario Quebec Winnipeg British Columbia

HUTCHISON, BRUCE.

THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY. Canada and her People.

Toronto. Longmans Green, & Company, 1943.., Second Canadian printing, first published October 1943 386 pages. 31 b. & w. photographs. End pages illustrated with a map "Partial Map of the Dominion of Canada. " Contents clean, no inscription or marks, but top edge slightly dusty...Cover is faintly marked, ends of spine slightly bumped.. No d./w. 1943.

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Book number: 8476

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Keywords: Canada Quebec Toronto Manitoba Ottawa

INGLIS-JONES, ELISABETH.

THE STORY OF WALES.

London. Faber & Faber, 1955., The story of Wales from the start, from the arrival of the Romans, the Normans, Llewelyn the Great, Owen Glendower, the Henry Tudor who became Henry VII of England, to the 1920's. Miss Inglis-Jones, from Cardiganshire, wrote many books on Wales & the Welsh. 245 pages including epilogue, bibliography and index. 10 b. & w. photographs on 8 pages & 5 maps. Green cloth, with red lettering & red dragon on front. Near fine d./w. except for 2 closed tears on front top edge and top of spine, which were neatly repaired on the inside with sellotape, & hardly visible from the outside. 8¾" x 5¾". 1955

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Book number: 1699

Catalogue: .History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: mandi Wales Welsh Henry Tudor Llewelyn the Great Owen Glendower

INNIS, MARY QUAYLE. (EDITED BY)

Mrs. Simcoe's Diary.

Toronto. Macmillan of Canada, 1965., Ex Library. This diary was written between 1791 and 1796, by Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of John Graves Simcoe, the first Governor of Upper Canada. 223 pages, including chapter notes, illustrated with 15 drawings, prints & maps. Contents clean but library marks & stamps on f.f.e.p., otherwise very good. D./w. clean but slightly marked where library sleeve taped on. Priced 50/- (£2.50) 1965

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Book number: 8124

Catalogue: Biography / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe Elizabeth Simcoe

INNOCENTI, ANDREA.

THE DOLOMITES. Mountains of Coral. Origins, History, Natural Attractions.

Leimgruber. Bonechi, c.2000, Can't see a publication date. Large size soft back. with stiff cover. Priced on back 8.26 Euros. 160 pages including index, many colour photographs of some stunning scenery. Describes the scenery, natural history, and geology of the mountains, also skiing. ISBN 8847603315. 2000

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Book number: 5576

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Keywords: Dolomites Italy Trento Bolzano mushrooms skiing