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Last up-date - 17/02/2003 - This up-date - 27/02/2003 |
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All new arrivals to the page will have their Ref number highlighted in - 'ORANGE' |
| REF |
BOOK INFO |
PRICE |
| AFRICA | ||
| KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA - pb - g+ - Geographic - 1st 1984 (141 Pages of text and maps a few colour photo's) | £3.75 | |
| AMERICA (USA) | ||
| T001AM | AMERICA - by Alistair Cook - - hb - f / vg - BBC - 1965 | £6.00 |
| T002AM | THE AMERICAN –Vol. I. - by Henry James - hb - vg -Macmillan - 1883 - (This book and the one below must be purchased as a pair) | £3.50 |
| T003AM | THE AMERICAN –Vol. II. - by Henry James - hb - vg - Macmillan - 1883 - (This book and the one above must be purchased as a pair) | £3.50 |
| T004AM | THE BRIDGES of MADISON COUNTY - by James Robert Waller - hb - f / f - Warner - 1st us 1992 -(there are songs that come free from the blue eyed grass, the dust of country roads this is one of them) | £3.50 |
| T005AM | TWO ROADS to DODGE CITY - by Nigel & Adam Nicolson - hb - Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 1st 86(father and son drove 30,000 miles to meet, Nigel started in Los Angeles - Adam from Miami) | £5.50 |
| ANTARCTICA (South Pole) | ||
| T017AN | SOUTH WITH SCOTT - by Sir Edward Evans. R.N. - hb - g+ - Collins - rep 1952 (spine faded, a little foxing, has 31 photographs by Herbert Ponting F.R.G.S.) | £2.75 |
| ARCTIC (North Pole) | ||
| T1025A | NORTH OF THE CIRCLE - by Frank Illingworth - hb - vg / vg - The Travel Book Club - 254 pages with photographs - no date - not inscribed - price tag clipped | £8.75 |
| ASIA | ||
| T013AS | TRANS - ASIA MOTORING - by Colin McElduff - hb - vg -Willton - 1st 1976 | £6.00 |
| T014AS | FORTH YEARS in CHINA - by Sir Meyrick Hewlett - hb - g - Macmillan - 1943 - dw paper original | £6.25 |
| T015AS | FABULOUS FLEMINGS of KATMANDU - by Grace. N Fletcher - hb - vg /g - Quartet -1st uk 1965 -(a story of two Doctors in Nepal, the background of a country emerging from the middle ages-inspiring) | £3,50 |
| T016AS | TAIWAN - Travel Survival Kit - by Robert Storey - pb - vg+ - Lonely Planet~3rd Aus 1994 (This is a Australian edition July 1994, full of maps and text) | £5.00 |
| T995AS | MOUNTAINS OF THE GODS - by Ian Cameron - hb - f / f - Century Book - reprint 1986 - The Himalayan and The Mountains of Central Asia - In Association with The Royal Geographic Society - not inscribed - price tag clipped | £10.00 |
| T1079AS | HIGH TIME - by Louise Hillary - hb - vg+ / vg+ - Hodder & Stoughton - 1st 1973 - Ex-lib - A family trek in the land of the Sherpas by the wife of the famous conqueror of Everest - not inscribed - price tag not clipped - [0-340-1587-6] | £9.00 |
| AUSTRALIA | ||
| T006AU | WORLD TOUR of AUSTRALIA - by Billy Connolly's - hb ~ f / f ~ BBC ~ 1996 -(Accompanies the TV series - full of photo's colour and B&W good reading too) | £5.00 |
| CANADA | ||
| T017C | BEAUTIFUL CANADA - by Coombe Books -hb ~ vg / vg ~ Colour ~ 1987 - (over 225 brilliant full-colour photo's showing something of the majestic and splendor of Canada's landscapes, towns and cities) | £2.75 |
| ENGLAND | ||
| T1058E | THE DERVISH OF WINDSOR CASTLE - by Alder & Dolby - hb - f / vg - Bachman & Turner -1st 1979 -The life of Armani's Vambery - Born in Hungary of Jewish parents in 1831 or 1832 - became an Explorer, Scholar, Professor, friend of three British Monarchs -Edward VII and a secret agent under six British Prime Ministers, from Gladstone to Asquith - not inscribed - price tag not clipped - [0-85974-045-5] | £10.50 |
| T008E | SOUTH RIDING - by Winifred Holtby - hb - g / g ~ Rep Soc - 1949 | £2.50 |
| T725E | JAMES HARRIOT'S YORKSHIRE - by James Harriot - hb - f / f - Joseph - 5th impression Jan 1980 - 224 pages full of photographs - price tag not clipped - [0-7181-1753-0] | £7.00 |
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Sold |
A PERSON FROM ENGLAND - by Fitzroy MacLean. - hb ~ vg / vg - Cape -1959 | Sold |
| T011E | COUNTRY DIARY - by Enid Wilson - hb - f / f - Holder & Stoughton - 1st 1988 very nice clean book, with photographs by Derry Brabbs) | £3.50 |
| T661E | THE COUNTRYSIDE COMPANION - by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - hb - m / m - Webb & Bower Book - 1st 1979 - 224 pages full of photographs and text- price tag clipped - [0-09-139380-9] | £9.75 |
| T790E | THE BOOK OF PLYMOUTH - Issued to Commemorate the 106th Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association - President: Colin D Lindsay - July 1938 - Published by Executive Committee of the Plymouth Division of the Association 248 pages with photographs and maps of Cornwall & Devonshire | £10.50 |
| T718E | THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY - by Edith Holden - hb - m / f - Michael Joseph / Webb & Bower - 12th impression November 1979 -A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906. Edith Holden recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of British Countryside through the changing seasons of the year - 186 pages - no inscribed - price tag not clipped - [0-7181-1581-3] | £7.00 |
| T958E | THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY - by Edith Holden - hb - m / f - BCA - reprint 1980 - A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906. Edith Holden recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of British Countryside through the changing seasons of the year - 186 pages - no inscription - price tag not clipped - [CN 4234] | £7.00 |
| T849E | COUNTRY DIARY - by Enid J. Wilson's - Foreword by Melvyn Bragg - Line Drawings by Pavla Davey - Hodder & Stoughton - 1st 1988 192 pages no inscriptions - price tag not clipped - [0-340-41522-3] | £6.00 |
| T975E | MIDDLESEX - from old photographs Victorian and Edwardian - Introduction and Commentaries - by Ian Murray hb - vg+ / vg+ - Batsford Book - 1977 - 120 pages with 142 photographs - Ex-Leicester Polytechnic Library - price tag not clipped - [0-7134-0181-8] | £6.50 |
| T1000E | A ROMANY AND RAQ - by The Romany of the BBC Bramwell Evens - illustration by The Author - hb - f - Epworth Press - 17th impression January 1940 - 184 pages with photographs - not inscribed | £7.00 |
| T1001E | A ROMANY IN THE FIELDS - by The Romany of the BBC Bramwell Evens - illustration by The Author - hb - f - Epworth Press - 15th impression December 1946 - 223 pages with photographs - inscribed 'Happy Birthday' | £6.00 |
| T1002E | OUT WITH ROMANY BY THE SEA - by The Romany of the BBC Bramwell Evens - illustration by Reg Gammon - photographs by Romany - hb - f / vg+ - University of London press - 5th reprint 1948 - 167 pages with photographs - inscribed 'this book belongs' | £7.00 |
| T1003E | OUT WITH ROMANY BY MEADOW AND STREAM - by The Romany of the BBC Bramwell Evens - illustration by The Author - hb - f - University of London press - 4th reprint 1949 - 176 pages with photographs - not inscribed | £7.00 |
| T1004E | OUT WITH ROMANY BY MEADOW AND STREAM - by The Romany of the BBC Bramwell Evens - illustration by The Author - hb - f - University of London press - 4th reprint 1949 - 176 pages with photographs - not inscribed | £5.00 |
| T1068E | THE STORY OF THE MIDLANDS - hb - vg - Edward Arnold - no date shown (1930?) - not inscribed | £7.00 |
| T1142E | A GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL TRUST IN 'DEVON & CORNWELL' - by Peter Laws - hb - f / f - David & Charles - 1978 - 176 pages with maps and photographs - not inscribed - [0-7153-7581-4] | £5.50 |
| EUROPE | ||
| T973EU | THE ALPS FROM END TO END IN 1894 - by Lord Conway of Allington - hb - vg / vg - Cape ~ 1933 - (dw paper original, 10mm tear back near spine, otherwise as stated) | £8.00 |
| T016EU | TRAVELS of MARCO POLO the VENETIAN - by Ernest Rhys - hb - vg - J. M. Dent - 1924 - (Everyman's Library No 306.) | £3.00 |
| FRANCE | ||
| T001F | FRENCH LEAVE ENCORE - by Richard Binns -hb - vg+ - Chiltern House - Oct 1992 (Text, Drawings and Maps, Published in Oct 1992, very clean with 480 pages and yet pocket size) (Text, Drawings and Maps, Published in Oct 1992, very clean with 480 pages and yet pocket size) | £5.00 |
| T002F | BEAUTY OF NORMANDY - by Noel Broelec (full of Colour photo's with text and maps) hb - vg+ - Minerva ~ 1993 | £6.00 |
| GERMANY | ||
| T660G | BAEDEKER'S AA GERMANY - The Complete Illustrated Travel Guide - hb - m -AA 1982 - 319 pages with 144 colour photographs, Cities - Landmarks - 75 Maps & plans with 1 Large Road Maps - [0-861-145-056-6] | £9.50 |
| T724G | BERLIN DIARY - by William L Shirer - hb - vg+ - Hamish Hamilton - repainted November 1942 - (The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934 - 1941) - 491 pages - not inscribed | £7.00 |
| HOLLAND | ||
| T001H | HOLLAND - by Bert Van Loo -English text -( 96 pages of full Colour photo's and text to each) -pb - f - no date | £2.25 |
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HUNGARY |
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| T01H | BUDAPEST - AA BAEDEKER'S - pb - vg+ - 1991- ( new updated Edition - The all in one guide to successful travel - includes a free map - in a plastic cover) | £2.50 |
| INDIA | ||
| T974I | LIFE and PHILOSOPHY of 'SHREE SWAMINARAYAN' - by H. T. Dave - hb - vg++ - George Allen & Unwin - 1st 1974 - This is the only English Language work which present the history and philosophy of the Swaminarayan Mission, one of the most influential religious sects of India and East Africa - 174 pages - no inscription - price tag not clipped - [0-04-294082-6] | £15.00 |
| ITALY | ||
| T02IT | FLORENCE - by Bonechi Guide - pb ~ g+ - 1973 - (110 photographs in Colour, Panoramic view of the city with a city plan- book with plastic cover) | £2.25 |
| T01IT | POMPEII - by Bonechi Guide - (126pp with photo's - a practical guide for the visit to the excavations - with a plastic cover) | £2.00 |
| T03IT | VENICE - QUEEN OF THE SEA -by Storti Guide - 83 pages of text and Colour photo's with city map) | £2.25 |
| T004IT | ROME and VATICAN - by Plurigraf Guide - pb / plastic cover - vg / vg - 1978 | £2.00 |
| RUSSIA | ||
| T1014RU | JOURNEY INTO RUSSIA - by Laurens Van Der Post - hb - f / vg++ - The Reprint Society - 1st 1964 -319 pages with maps - Dj a little worn along top and bottom edges otherwise as stated - not inscribed | £7.00 |
| T01RU | ST. PETERSBURG - AA. BAEDEKERS - pb - vg+ - 1st English Edition 1994 - (new updated Edition - The all in one guide to successful travel - includes a free map - in a plastic cover) | £2.25 |
| T02RU | MOSCOW - AA. BAEDEKERS - pb - vg+ - 1st English Edition 1991 ( new updated Edition - The all in one guide to successful travel - includes a free map - in a plastic cover) | £2.25 |
| T03RU | AN EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO RUSSIA -by Greenall Robert - pb ~ vg - 1st - USA - 1994 - (416pp - 230 illustrations - 20 maps - English & Cyrillic glossaries - book plastic covered) | £2.25 |
| SCOTLAND | ||
| T1076SC | IN BED WITH AN ELEPHANT - A Journey through Scotland's Past and Present - by Ludovic Kennedy - hb - f / f - Bantam Press - 1995 Ex-lib - not inscribed - price tag not clipped - [0593-0213269] | £10.00 |
| SPAIN | ||
| T001SP | MAJORCA - by Juan Bonet - hb - g -no dw - Leon - 1973 - 214 pages full of Maps, Colour and B&W photograph's with plenty of text - [84-241-4341-8] | £5.50 |
| T003SP | SPAIN and PORTUGAL 1960 - by Fodor's Modern Guide - hb - vg / g ~ Newman Neans -1960 -(440pp of text with illustration and maps) | £2.75 |
| T631SP | GRAN CANARIA and GUIDE - by Octavio Zaya Vega - hb - vg -Romero - 1973 -(175 pages colour photo's and guide, maps, Telephones No's of Hotels, Restaurants, Airlines, Travel Agencies and a lot more) | £6.75 |
| SWITZERLAND | ||
| T001SW | HELVETIA SOUVENIR - by Doino Sassi - (180 colour photographs and text) | £3.25 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | ||
| T981SM | ALIVE - The Story of the Andes Survivors - by Piers Paul Read - hb - vg / vg - Secker & Warburg - 1st 1974 - (On 13th October 1972 an aircraft carrying a party of Uruguayan rugby players and there friends took off from Argentina to fly over the Andes to Chile Some of the 45 passenger's and crew were killed on impact, This the story of their survival after 72 days, - 308 pages with photographs - price tag not clipped - [436-40975-5] | £6.50 |
| WALES | ||
| T018W | WALES - by Matthews Rupert - hb - vg - Galley Press -1985 - 6 pages of text, 30 double sided pages of colour photo's, no dw) | £2.50 |
| SEA STORIES | ||
| T895SS | THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE - by H. M. Tomlinson - hb - vg+ - Duckworth - 4th impression 1925 - 354 pages 'The voyage of the Tramp Steamer 'Capella' from Swansea to Para in Brazil some 2000 miles - no inscription | £13.75 |
| T711SS | VOYAGE OF THE TAI-MO-SHAN - by Martyn Sherwood - hb - vg+ - Geoffrey Bles - reprint November 1942 - 269 pages with 30 pages of photographs - with two maps | £9.75 |
| TRAVEL MAPS | ||
| T001TM | ROADS of BRITAIN - by Johnston's - hb - vg ~ Johnson - rep 1969 - (Handy Road Atlas of G. Britain and N. Ireland, pocket size, scale GB 10 miles = 1", NI 15 miles = 1"57 Colour maps and 15 pages of Town plans) | £1.50 |
| T02TM | PRESTON & KIRKHAM - by Ordnance Survey - vg - 1977 - (A pathfinder Series - 1:25 000 - sheet SD 43 / 53 -includes rights of way) | £1.50 |
| T03TM | PRESTON & BLACKPOOL - by Ordnance Survey - vg - 1974 - (sheet 102 - 1:50 000 first series) | £1.25 |
| T04TM | NEW RAIL MAP of EUROPE - by Thomas Cook - vg - 1994 | £1.50 |
| T05TM | EUROPA - 1:5 000 000 - Plastic Covered - g+ - no date | £1.25 |
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T06TM |
AA - TOURING MAP of WESTERN EUROPE - p+ - no date |
£0.50 |
| T07TM | NORTH WEST TOURIST BOARD - NORTH WEST of ENGLAND -1:200,000 -g ~ no date | £1.25 |
| T08TM | MANCHESTER & MERSEYSIDE - BARTHOLOMEW -No 28 -1:100,000 - vg | £1.25 |
| T09TM | AA TOURING MAP of DEVON AND CORNWALL - 3 mile to the 1" | £1.00 |
| STREET MAPS | ||
| T01SM |
BURNLEY - HASLINGDON, PADIHAM, RAWTENSTALL- with index and local information. - vg - no date |
£1.00 |
| T02SM | LANCASTER - HEYSHAM and MORECAMBE - with index and local information - vg -no date | £1.00 |
| T03SM | KIRKBY LONSDALE, GRANGE-OVER - SANDS, ARNSIDE, MILNTHORPE - vg - no date | £0.75 |
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Joke: How can you make an apple puff? - Chase it round the garden a few times! |
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Did you know: That India is now the leading tea supplier to Britain |
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Quotation: Love is a little blind; when we love someone dearly we unconsciously overlook many faults [Beatrice Saunders] |