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Tribal Dancing On The Gold Mines.

Chamber of Mines, 1111. Soft Cover, Circa 1980 - dated by inserted single - leaf dance programme20pp, softback covers. Colour and b + w photographs. A clean copy. List of the tribal dances of the gold miners of South Africa, and description, and structure of the music etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 5658

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: South Africa, tribal dance

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USSR Living Standards.

APN, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover, 144pp, softback covers. Many colour and b + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. Text in English, giving information about the growth in consumption, education, sport, culture etc. in the USSR... Very Good.

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Book number: 12846

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Communism, Russia, Collective

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USSR Education.

APN, 1969. Soft Cover, 103pp, many colour and b + w photographs of schools and students. Numerals written inside back cover, otherwise VG.Text in English, giving information about the successes of the soviet education system... Very Good.

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Book number: 7643

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Electricity, Communism, Russia, 5 Year Plan

Abbott, Judie

How to Make an Evening Dress Without Tears.

Judie Abbott, 1972. First Edition. Soft Cover, 32pp, illustrated card covers, a little rubbed to the bottom edge. Full page colour illustrations, and b + w diagrams. Signed by the author on the title page, otherwise internallyclean. The author was a singer on cruise ships, such as QE2, who needed a lot of evening dresses - and shows you how to make them using a swimsuit for a base.. Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 15042

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Clothes, Dressmaking, Cruise

Adamson, Joy

Born Free A Lioness Of Two Worlds.

Collins, 1966. Hard Cover, Evergreen edition. 160pp, illustrated dustjacket with one closed tear to edge.. B + w photographs. Gift inscription on flyleaf, a couple of very light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The rescue and rearing of Elsa the Lioness, set in Kenya... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 13150

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Kenya, Animal

Adler, Stephanie and McNeely, Scott (eds)

Fodor's 99 Pocket San Francisco.

Fodor's Travel Publications, 1998. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 162pp, laminated softback covers. Maps. Page edges curved, probably by damp at some time, otherwise very clean. Useful pocket guide - what to see & do if you can't stay long... Very Good.

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Book number: 9742

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Travel, San Francisco

Airne, C W

The Story of the Isle of Man Vol.2 1406 to Modern Times.

Norris, 1964. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: D M Harrison and M Ost. Volume 2 has pp 82 - 184, from 1406 to after WWII, illustrated card covers with light crease to one corner. B + w illustrations. A few light spots of foxing to title page, otherwise clean... Very Good.

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Book number: 11028

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Isle of Man, Manx

Alba, Victor

A Concise History of Mexico.

Cassell, 1973. Hard Cover, 217pp, complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the top of the spine. Colour and b + w illustrations and maps. Internally very clean and Near Fine... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 15803

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: history, Mexico,

Alington, C A

A Short Guide To Durham Cathedral.

Durham, Veitch, Soft Cover, Post 1933. Staped white paper covers. An 8-page guide to the cathedral, with a b and w frontispiece illustration... Very Good.

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Book number: 8286

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Cathedral, Guide, Durham, Travel

D'Ancona, Jacob and Selbourne, David

The City of Light.

Little, Brown, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large, heavy book of 392pp. Complete dustjacket. Endpaper maps and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. David Selbourne has edited and translated the manuscript description of his travels written by the Jewish Italian merchant Jacob D' Ancona to the Chinese city of Zaitun, the City of Light, in 1271, and his description of life in the city in Sung Dynasty China... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 8012

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Zaitun, China, Travel

Andronicus, Manolis

Olympia the Archaeological Site and the Museum.

Athens, Ekdotike, 1995. Soft Cover, 80pp, with laminated illustrated card covers. Many colour illustrations. A clean copy. The finds from Olympia, the buildings and the history of the early Olympic Games.. Fine.

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Book number: 10240

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Greek Art, Archaeology, Olympic

Anson, Lord

A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740 - 4.

Dent, 1942. Hard Cover, Everyman's Library edition, with an Introduction by John Masefield. 384pp, including Index. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title and impressed series logo. Maps. Neat gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise a very clean copy. A classic account of sea service in a man of war in Georgian England and travels in South America and the Pacific, compiled from Admiral Anson's papers by his chaplain, Richard Walter... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 17520

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Travel, Navy, Naval History, South America, Pacific, History, Adventure, Explorer, Sea

Antequera, Marino

The Alhambra and the Generalife.

Granada, Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, 1993. Soft Cover, 91pp and Index. Illustrated laminated card covers. Colour photographs and fold-out map. A clean, tight copy. A guide to these famous buildings in Granada, translated into English... Very Good.

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Book number: 11278

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Spain, Granada, Moor

Ardagh, John

France in the 1980s.

Penguin Pelican, 1982. Mass Market Paperback, 672pp, the edges browning a little with age, softback covers with a couple of creases. Original owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean.The profound changes in France since the war... Very Good.

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Book number: 11689

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: France, World Affairs

Asbrink, Gustav

A Book About Sweden.

Fritze, 1928. Soft Cover, 3rd edition. Softback, published in Stockholm, in English.223pp, beige softback covers, 203 illustrations, maps and diagrams, including fold-out colour map at back. Previous owner's name and inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean. A survey of the country, its people, culture and history. Now rare... Very Good.

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Book number: 5222

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: swedish culture, lappland, Lapland, Sweden