BURNLEY, KENNETH AND HUNTINGTON, GUY.

IMAGES OF WIRRAL A celebration in words and photographs of a unique peninsula.

Heswall, Wirral. Silver Birch Press, 1991., First edition. Near fine copy, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover, in near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped, but not priced. 160 pages, with colour photographs throughout, some are doublepaged. 26.75cm. x 21.5cm. ISBN 0951796100 1991

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Book number: 8231

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Wirral Bidston Port Sunlight Mersey River Dee Heswall Birkenhead Hoylake Wirral West Kirby Thornton Hough Caldy Ness Neston Burton Ellesmere Port Cheshire

BURTON, S.H.

EXMOOR.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1969., Ex Library. 192 pages, including 4 pages of plants found on Exmoor, drawn by Audrey Bonham-Carter, with her description on the 4 pages opposite them, also a bibliography & index. Endpapers are maps of Exmoor showing the land in 1968, and the land lost since 1958. 39 black & white photographs on 23 pages, 4 maps showing the park boundaries, the anatomy of Exmoor, the vegetational regions, and the 4 basic routes. Although ex library, with stamps & bits of old label on front endpapers, and a stamp on back of title page, the contents are clean. D./w. is near fine inside a protective sleeve. 9" x 6". ( SBN 340 10817 7 ) 1969

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Book number: 2194

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Keywords: Exmoor Devon Moorland River Exe Porlock Brendon Bonham-Carter Doones Lorna Doone Countisbury Foreland Blackmore Badgworthy Lynmouth Selworthy

BURTON, ANTHONY.

THE SHELL BOOK OF CURIOUS BRITAIN.

Newton Abbot.. Devon. David & Charles, 1982., Some of the oddities & curiosities to be found around Britain. 304 pages including gazetteer, further reading list, & index. Illustrated with 7 colour, and over 100 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., but top edge slightly bumped. 21.75cm. x 15.5cm. ISBN 0715380834. 1982

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Book number: 5452

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: oddities follies mazes gravestone memorial curiosities

CACCIA, ANGELA

BEYOND LAKE TITICACA.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1969., Ex Library. The author's husband, a diplomat, was transferred from Prague to La Paz in Bolivia. She had to get used to the high altitude, the remoteness, and learn Spanish. She started to explore and found a fascinating country of exotic crumbling cities, thatched adobe houses in isolated villages, where descendants of the Incas & Spanish conquistadores farm the land, its a land of high peaks & mountains, valleys & gorges, tropical forests, lakes & rivers. 221 pages. 30 b./w. photographs. Contents near fine except for library labels, marks & stamps on front e./p. D./w. near fine, priced 42s. (£2.10). SBN 340106964. 1969

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Book number: 6001

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Bolivia La Paz Potosi Lake Titicaca Andes

CAMPBELL, MARION.

Argyll. The Enduring Heartland.

Bath. Gateway Books, 1986., Paperback. First published 1977. Foreword by the Duke of Argyll. 267 pages. 20 b./w. illustrations by Frances Walker. Front endpages are a double page map of North Argyll, back endpages are of South Argyll. 21.75cm. x 13.75cm. Priced £6.95 on back. Near fine, no inscription or marks. 1986

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Book number: 9735

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Keywords: Argyll Dunstaffnage Castle Kilberry Castle Dunadd Colonsay Iona Saddell Inveraray Staffa Kilchiaran Glen Orchy Robert the Bruce

CARNE, TONY.

Cornwall's Forgotten Corner.

Plymouth. Lodenek Press, 1985., Paperback. Ex Library. with "Withdrawn"stamps & 20 p. written on f.e.p., & part of old label, page 19/20 is loose o./w. near fine. The extreme south-east corner of Cornwall is Rame Head. Cawsand, Kingsand, Millbrook, St. John, Sheviock, Maker & Mount Edgcombe are some of the parishes & villages on this secluded spot across the Sound from Plymouth. In protective cover, a folding map on back end paper. 143 pages, many old & some new photographs. 8.25" x 5.75" ISBN 946143137. 1985

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Book number: 897

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Cornwall Rame Mount Edgcombe Plymouth Sound

CARTER, GEORGE GOLDSMITH.

FORGOTTEN PORTS OF ENGLAND.

London. Evans Brothers, 1952., 2nd impression, first published 1951. Among the "Forgotten ports" visited are Yarmouth, Blythburgh, Dunwich, Aldeburgh, Orford, Richborough, Reculver, Ebbsfleet, Rye & Sandwich. 206 pages. Frontispiece is a map. 65 b./w. photographs & 3 maps on about 34 pages. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Cover is near fine. D./w. is slightly worn & nicked on the edges, small tear back top corner, spine is darkened, its not price clipped (25 / -, or £1.25). Endages illustrated with a map of "Ancient Rye 1952

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Book number: 6241

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Deal Dover Lydd Margate Orford Dunwich Pevensey Yarmouth Sandwich Aldeburgh

CARWARDINE, MARK.

Last Chance To See." In the footsteps of Douglas Adams.

London. Collins, 2009., Foreword by fellow explorer Stephen Fry.. Published to accompany the BBC's 6 part program "Last Chance to See." In it Carwardine & Fry travelled to the Amazon, to mountains in New Zealand, Central Africa, and the North Pacific, in search of some of the world's most endangered species. 320 pages, including a list of organizations which help protect endangered species around the world. Colour photographs throughout. Cover, contents & d./w. are as new. No inscription or marks. D./w. priced £20.00. 25.25cm. x 19.5cm. 2009

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Book number: 8394

Catalogue: Natural History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: endangered species Stephen Fry Douglas Adams

CATON, A.G.

ROMANCE OF WIRRAL.

Liverpool Philip, Son & Nephew, 1949, Fourth Edition. Small book with card covers. 102 pages. 20 b. & w. photographs & illustrations. Map of Wirral taken from map of Cheshire in 1611. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but cover is slightly stained, the top of spine is frayed, and side of the spine has a 2" split. The front cover is slightly stained. 7¼" x 5".

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Book number: 2849

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Wirral Cheshire Bidston Birkenhead Mersey side Heswell June1078 Bebington Bromborough Wallasey Landican Arrowe Park Neston Ness

CAWKELL, M.B.R., MALING, D.H., CAWKELL, E.M.

THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.

London. Macmillan, 1960., Ex Library. 252 pages including 13 page bibliography. 24 b./w. photographs on 16 pages. 5 maps.. Very good except for library marks, stamps & labels. Laminated cover is marked on spine where library label was once, & is marked in places. 21.5cm. x 13.75cm. . 1960

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Book number: 9080

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Dalklands Port Stanley whaling Montivideo Cape Horn Jason Islands Tierra del Fuego

CHAMBERLIN, RUSSELL.

The National Trust. THE ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWN..

London. Book Club Associates, 1985., Reprint. First published by Web & Bower. Colour & b./w. photographs by Charlie Waite. 208 pages. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1985

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Book number: 8737

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: towns country town England National Trust

CHENG, PEI-KAI, AND LESTZ, MICHAEL, WITH SPENCE, JONATHAN D.( EDITORS)

THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA. A Documentary Collection.

New York. W.W. Norton, 1999, Paperback. China's past history, the dynasties, the People's Republic, Revolution, Communism, World War 2, & Reformation. 531 pages including sources & notes. Near fine except previous owner's name inside front cover, and small address label on half title. Booksellers label on bottom of back cover. ISBN 0393973727 1999

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Book number: 5965

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: Dalai Llama China Japan Chiang People's Republic of China

CLEVELEY, K.G. (GENERAL EDITOR)

British Motor Corporation County Road Map and Gazetteer No.1, CORNWALL Second Edition.

Cowley, Oxford. British Motor Corporation, c. 1960., Softback. A gazetteer with folded road map of Cornwall at end. 68S pages, including b./w. photographs, town street maps, & some advertisments. 50cm. x 50cm. Near fine, but both front corners faintly creased. Priced 3/6 on front 26.25cm. x 12cm. 0.

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Book number: 10161

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Cornwall Truro Falmouth Redruth Penzance St. Ives Lands End The Lizard Helston Bude Newquay Bodmin

CLEVELEY, K.G. (GENERAL EDITOR0

British.Motor.Corporation County Road Map and Gazetteer No. 2 DEVON.

Cowley, Oxford. British Motor Corporation, c. 1960, Softback. 92 pages, 26.25cm. x 12cm., with black & white photographs, town street maps & drawings, plus folded map at end, 50cm. x 50cm. Near fine but side edges of spine slightly rubbed, ends of spine worn, small tear front bottom edge, & top edge slightly dusty.. Contents clean, no inscription or marks.. 0.

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Book number: 10162

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Devon Devonshire Stokenham Exeter Barnstable Dartmouth Torquay Tiverton Plymouth Ilfracombe Dartmoor

CLEVELEY, K.G. (GENERAL EDITOR)

British Motor Corporation County Road Map and Gazetteer, No. 19, CENTRAL SCOTLAND.

Cowley, Oxford. B.M.C., c. 1960, Softback. A gazetteer of Central Scotland, covering the counties of Kincardine, Angus, Perth, Fife, Kinross, Stirling Dunbarton & Clackmannan. " Every Object of Interest in the County at a glance." 136 pages including advertisments, with b./w. photographs & drawings, folded map at end measures 54cm. x 78cm. Main town street maps included. 26.25cm. x 12cm. Priced 5/- on front. Near fine but bottom of spine was once in contact with damp? Tip of front bottom corner creased. o./w. near fine. 0.

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Book number: 10163

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Scotland Dunfermline Dundee Krkaldy Perth St. Andrews Stirling Tay Bridge