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

AUSTIN, KATHLEEN M. (COMPILED BY) AND CRAIGIE, JOHN R.S. (ILLUSTRATER)

THE FFESTINIOG LOG. Rambles & Scrambles and Matters of Local Interest in the Ffestiniog District.

Liverpool. Merseyside Youth Hostels, Ltd.,1947., Booklet. 40 pages. 8 b./w. scraper-board illustrations, & a "Sketch Map of Ffestiniog" by John R.S. Craigie on centre pages showing roads, lanes, tracks, footpaths, railways, rivers etc., & places of interest. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Card cover is slightly soiled on back, and tip of front bottom corner is missing, otherwise near fine.. 1947

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Book number: 7504

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Blaenau Ffestiniog North Wales Youth Hostel Manod Quarries Dolwyddelan Moel Siabod Rhos-Wen Myn-y-Manod Llyn Cwmorthan Trawsfynydd

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

BAIN, KENNETH.

THE NEW FRIENDLY ISLANDERS.The Tonga of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993., Published to mark the occasion of the seventy -fifth birthday of the King on 4 July 1993." With foreword by the King of Tonga. The Islands of Tonga, named by Captain Cook "The Friendly Islands." are the last surviving kingdom in Polynesia. 205 pages, including glossary. 8 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£17.99) ISBN 034058338X. 1993

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Book number: 5953

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: Tonga Lifuka Polynesia King Taufa'ahau King Tupouto Pacific

BAIRD, DAVID AND BAIRSTOW, LYNNE.

FROMMER'S MEXICO. 2006.

Hoboken, New Jersey. Wiley Publishing, 2005., Ex Library. Paperback. 3 double page maps & 1 page map, 786 pages. 72 maps, and a folded map in back which has been detached. Contents near fine apart from library marks. Cover near fine, priced on back £13.99. 20.5 cm. x 15 cm. ISBN 0764587951. 2006

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Book number: 7033

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Mexico Yucatan Mayan Oaxaca Guadalajara Acapulco Baja Chichen Itza Puerta

BALLARD, SEBASTIAN.

SOUTH AFRICA HANDBOOK 2000.

London. Fontana, 2000, Paperback. 4th edition. 908 pages and 11 pages of maps at the end. 21cm. x 12.5cm. Contents near fine. Cover is near fine but front top corner is slightly bumped, priced on back £14.99. ISBN 1900949431 2000

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Book number: 4901

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Kruger Kalahari Zulu Cape Town Johannesburg Durban Pretoria

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

BARBER, RICHARD.

The Companion Guide To South West France, Bordeaux & Dordogne.

London. Collins, 1977., Limpback. The beautiful wine growing areas of Cognac & Bordeaux and the Dordogne Valley are described in this Guide. It covers southwest France from Poitiers in the north, to Pau in the south, from the sea in the east to Limoges & Sarlat in the west. 288 pages. 39 b.& w. photographs. 12 b.& w. maps & plans. 8¼" x 5¼". Near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0002167735. 1977

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Book number: 1363

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: France Bordeaux Dordogne Cognac Poitiers Medoc Lascaux

BARBER, NOEL

THE WHITE DESERT.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1958., First edition. "Barber's personal story of the Commomwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition." He arrived on an American plane & was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott & his companions in 1912. Fuchs & Hillary arrived from the opposite direction. 205 pages. 31 b./w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but top is slightly dusty. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (16s., or 80p.) but edges & corners are slightly worn & rubbed. 21 cm. x 14.5 cm. 1958

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Book number: 6900

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: 5556 Antarctic Vivian Fuchs Edmund Hillary Shackleton

BARNES, FRED C. (EDITOR)

ONLY IN OAK BAY. Oak Bay Municipality: 1906-1981.

Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada. The Corporation of The District of Oak Bay, 1981., Divided into 14 chapters. 127 pages. Over 80 b./w. photographs, cartoons & drawings. Landscape format. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine dark green cover with gilt lettering. Near fine d./w. except closed tear front bottom edge. ISBN 0969070101. 1981

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Book number: 7977

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Oak Bay British Columbia Canada Victoria

BARNETT, T. RATCLIFFE

The Road to Rannoch and the Summer Isles.

Edinburgh. Robert Grant & Son, 1930., Reprint. First published 1924. 200 pages,including glossary. 15 b./w. photographs. Contents clean but names of 2 previous owners. Cover is slightly rubbed on edges & corners. 1930

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Book number: 8222

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Rannoch Glen Lyon Loch Lomond Loch Rannoch Lewis Highlands Brissay Macgregor's Leap Appin Glencoe Loch Leven Ardgour Ythan Ugie Scotland

BARNETT, T. RATCLIFFE.

Scottish Pilgrimage in the Land of Lost Content.

Edinburgh. John Grant Booksellers, 1942., Hardback. First edition. No d./w. 207 pages. 24 b./w. photographs. Blue cloth cover is very good but top edge & spine are faded, ends of spine & corners are slightly bumped.. Contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. 19.75cm. x 13cm. 1942.

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Book number: 10118

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Scotland Loch Lomond Loch Linnhe Loch Etive Ben Starav Dundarave Kerrera Kilmory Mull Loch Awe Muldonach Loch Trool Kirkudbright Bladnoch Isle of Whithorn Minnoch Galloway Lismore

BARON, STANLEY.

The Road To Barcelona and the Costa Brava.

London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961., Driving from the Channel across France to Spain. Printed on bottom of title page is "Published in association with The BP Touring Service." 223 pages. 33 black & white photographs on 31 pages. 4 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine red cloth cover with gilt lettering. Near fine d./w. not price clipped (21/-) 22cm. x 14.5cm. 1961

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Book number: 7103

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Spain Barcelona Auverne Gorges du Tarn Roquefort Pyrenees Rouen Chartres Chateadun Bourges

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

BARWELL, NOEL. (DESCRIBED BY)

CAMBRIDGE. From the "Beautiful England." Series.

London. Blackie, c.1920, Not dated. 64 pages. Illustrated by E.W. Haslehurst with 12 pleasant watercolour paintings of Cambridge, the colleges, architecture, and lovely scenery. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover is clean but top 1.5cm. of spine is torn. D./w. is rubbed & worn, and top of spine is torn. 22cm. x 15cm. 1920

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Book number: 7098

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Cambridge Clare college Corpus Christi Collage Queens' College St. John's College Peterhouse