World Geography & Travel

Railway Gazette
£35.00

Railway Gazette, First and Second Special South American Railway Numbers, November 22 and December 6th 1926

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PUBLISHERThe Railway Gazette, London.
BINDINGHalf bound burgundy cloth boards. Presumed both issues bound together at some date after original publication.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general shelf...

Jagmohan
£22.00

Rebuilding Shahjahanabad, The Walled City of Delhi (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERVikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, India.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with orange lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA little scuffing to boards, mainly to edges and around spine. Printed...

Ian Barnes
£20.00

Restless Empire: A Historical Atlas of Russia

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PUBLISHERThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to edges of boards. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little shelf wear to edges, a few faint scuff marks. Preserved in removable book wrap.
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Freya Stark
£20.00

Rivers of Time: Photographs by Dame Freya Stark

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PUBLISHERWilliam Blackwood.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, the boards have a little wear and scuffing to edges. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome shelf wear to edges, and rather faded. Faint scratching and a few small marks to gloss surface. 
EDITION1982.

Indira Chakravarty
£26.00

Saga of Indian Food: A Historical and Cultural Study

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PUBLISHERSterling Publishers Ltd, New Delhi.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general shelf wear around edges and to spine. Slight browning...

George Yeld
£38.00

Scrambles in the Eastern Graians 1878-1897

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PUBLISHERT. Fisher Unwin, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONGenerally worn at edges with a few marks and fading to spine....

Harding McGregor Dunnett
£50.00

Shackleton's Boat: The Story of the James Caird

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PUBLISHERNeville & Harding, Kent.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with barely any noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETGood, a little shelf to very edges. 
EDITION1996.
DESCRIPTIONThe fascinating story of the open boat in which Shackleton and...

William McFee
£22.00

Sir Martin Frobisher

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A biography of the Elizabethan seafarer and privateer, known for his three voyages of exploration to the New World in search of the North East Passage.

Publicity Department, South African Railways and Harbours
£15.00

South African Railways and Harbours

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PUBLISHERSouth African Railways, Johannesburg.
BINDINGSoft covers with cloth tape over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general wear and scuffing, some creasing to edges and frayed at...

Sir Ernest Shackleton
£30.00

South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition

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PUBLISHERWilliam Heinemann, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition. boards are scuffed, corners and ends of spine bumped. Discoloured with various marks. Front hinge is split, two plates are loose and two are missing. Otherwise binding feels reasonably secure. There is...

Alan Cattrick
£45.00

Spoor of Blood

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A story of the impact of European hunting on the wildlife of Africa. Until James Stevenson-Hamilton founded the Kruger National Park and began to change attitudes from killing to conservation.

Thomas Sterling
£20.00

Stanley's Way: A Sentimental Journey Through Central Africa

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An account of the authors Journey through Central Africa following the original routes of Stanley, interweaving the legend and history with the (then) modern day.

William Blasius
£24.00

Storms: Their Classification, Nature and Laws

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PUBLISHERPorter & Coates, Philadelphia.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with scuffing at edges, corners bumped. Several fairly faint marks and a small tear to the cloth on front. The endpapers and the back of the frontispiece fold out...

Edward Allcard
£20.00

Temptress Returns

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PUBLISHERPutnam & Co.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral shelf wear with some scuffing and fading to boards, particularly to edges. Spine discoloured. Some marks and...

Sir Samuel Baker
£20.00

The Albert N'Yanza (two vols)

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PUBLISHERSidgwick and Jackson.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear around edges, corners bumped and a few scuff marks. Browning and foxing affecting block edges, but text and images in both volumes remains largely clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETQuite worn at edges with...

Martin Conway and A.D. McCormick
£40.00

The Alps

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PUBLISHERAdam and Charles Black, London.
BINDINGIllustrated blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and attractive design. Gilt top block edge. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little faded with some wear and scuffing at edges, corners bumped. Hinges have splits but binding feels reasonable secure, no loose leaves. Some browning...

John Masters
£42.00

The Complete Indian Angler

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PUBLISHERCountry Life Limited, London.
BINDINGDark Green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn commensurate with age. Corners bumped and some damage at ends of spine. Scuffing and some small marks. Hinges a little weak, but binding secure. Faint browning and some foxing affecting outer leaves, but text and...

Peter Ritner
£20.00

The Death of Africa

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An American perspective of Africa in 1960, a year of first elections and Freedom days as many formerly colonised nations struggled towards independence.

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