Islands catalogue
Date produced 01 Sep 2011

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The condition of a book is classified as follows: Mint; Fine; Very Good; Good; Poor A book in 'Mint' condition is 'as new', while one described as 'Poor' is a working copy only. p/b is a paperback; c/w is a cardwrap book; p/w is paper wraps. Unless otherwise stated books are hardback.

694140 Bristowe, W.S. 10.00 GB pounds
A BOOK OF ISLANDS 1st ed 1969 Nr F/Nr F B/w photos. A miscellany of travel stories in search of the dream island. Published by: G. Bell & Sons
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821156 Daly, Augustus A. Ill. by Proctor, J. James 35.00 GB pounds
THE HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY 1904 Good/C/w From the Roman Occupation to the Reign of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII. With 90 b/w illustrations by Proctor. Green/blue cardwraps. Corvers worn and marked, 1.5" split to lower front edge of spine and small nick to top edge of spine, a few holes have been made in front cover which carries on through the front of the book to approximately page 11 but still readable. Front hinges are pulled wide and therefore binding is weak. Page missing between title page and first page of preface. Published by: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.
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591047 Gade, Felix W. 18.00 GB pounds
THE POSTAL HISTORY OF LUNDY nd Good/C/w Blue pictorial card wraps. 15 pages. Contents very good but detached. Staples rusted. Also includes 'Postal History Supplementary'. Published by: F.W. Gade
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822539 Gibson, Frank 6.50 GB pounds
A PHOTOGRAPHIC YEAR IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY nd Fine/C/w Square format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. SIGNED by author.
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806726 Grimble, Arthur Ill. by Pomfret, Tom 42.00 GB pounds
A PATTERN OF ISLANDS 1st ed 1952 VG+/Good Green cloth. B/w illustrations. The Western Isles of the Pacific. Wrapper edges worn and creased. Published by: John Murray
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822558 Hawkes, Ken 10.00 GB pounds
SARK 1st ed 1977 Fine/None Blue pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. Islands Series. Published by: David & Charles
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596089 Heyerdahl, Thor & Ferdon, Edwin N. & Mulloy, William & Skjolsvold, Arne & Smith, Carlyle S. 50.00 GB pounds
ARCHAEOLOGY OF EASTER ISLAND VOLUME ONE 1st ed 1961 Fine/None Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. NUmerous b/w diagrams. B/w photos. Folding plates to rear. Published by: School Of American Research Press
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820858 Jee, Nigel 9.00 GB pounds
THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS 1st ed 1982 Fine/Fine Colour and b/w photos. Published by: Phillimore
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813598 Legg, Rodney 14.00 GB pounds
STEEP HOLM AT WAR 1st ed 1991 Mint/Fine The military role of the island in the middle of the Bristol Channel, B/w photos. Published by: The Wincanton Press
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595678 Martin, Martin 50.00 GB pounds
A VOYAGE TO ST. KILDA 1st ed 1986 Fine/Fine A facsimile of the 4th edition of 1753. B/w folding frontis. Dustwrapper: price clipped. Published by: James Thin
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557053 Merrill, Elma D. & Walker, E.H. 25.00 GB pounds
A BOTANICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC 1st ed 1947 VG+/C/w Brown card wraps. Also includes a subject index by Walker. Many pages uncut. Published by: Smithsonian Institution
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822760 Newton, Norman S. 22.00 GB pounds
ISLAY 1st ed 1988 Fine/Nr F B/w photos. Islands Series Published by: David & Charles
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574307 Page, John Lloyd Warden 25.00 GB pounds
THE COASTS OF DEVON AND LUNDY ISLAND 1st ed 1895 G+/None Dark green cloth, gilt titles. Gilt vignette to front cover. B/w plates. Towns, villages, scenery, antiquities and legends. Book: book plate to front endpaper . Front endpaper and 11 plates missing. Corners rubbed. Frontis detached. Some hinges cracked. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Complete with folding map at rear. Published by: Horace Cox
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665129 Payne, Robert 6.00 GB pounds
THE ISLES OF GREECE 1966 VG/Good B/w photos. Wrapper edge-torn with slight loss. Published by: Hamish Hamilton
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594980 Robertson, David 330.00 GB pounds
A TOUR THROUGH THE ISLE OF MAN 1st ed 1794 VG/None Full brown leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 8 aquatint plates. 12 unnumbered pages of prelims + 235 pages. Also includes a Review of the Manks (sic) History. Book: all plates present. Corners worn. Covers scuffed. Contents clean and bright. Published by: E. Hodson
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990120 Sabatier, Ernest 14.00 GB pounds
ASTRIDE THE EQUATOR 1st ed 1977 G+/None An account of the Gilbert Islands. 386 pages. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Published by: Oxford University Press
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597617 Teignmouth, Lord 240.00 GB pounds
SKETCHES OF THE COASTS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN 1st ed 1836 G+/None Two volumes. Purple textured cloth, gilt title to spines. Large folding map of Scotland plus map of the Orkney Islands. Front endpapers have small pieces of some material (paper?) stuck on them. Covers browned. Contents very good. Corners slightly bumped. Published by: John W. Parker
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