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SAINT-QUENTIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 986984
Published by Societe Academique. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the town of Saint-Quentin. Text in French. 2 white card folders, containing 38 plates, many in colour. Cover edges lightly browned.

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THE TRAVELLER VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988989
1901. Fair condition.

Large format. Three-quarter leather binding. Numerous b/w photos. 510 pages. "For Whom The World Is A Playground". A journal very much for the "upmarket" traveller in 1901. Including an ascent by an intrepid lady in her long dress! AS well as toboganning at St. Moritz and "Tours Through Toilet-Land"... Fascinating! Contents very good. Boards detached. Front endpaper creased.

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LETTERS FROM THE STEPPE
Written by William Bateson; Beatrice Bateson.
Stock no. 987241
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Pages: xvi, 222 + 8. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. With a Portrait, Two Maps and Sketches in the text. Front panel from dustwrapper included.

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THE MISADVENTURES OF A TROPICAL MEDICO
Written by H.S. Dickey.
Stock no. 987752
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

304 pages. B/w photos. A vivid personal narrative of a doctor in South America. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped.

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SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Edmund Hillary.
Stock no. 570381
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st USA 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Sir Edmund Hillary's return to the Himalayas to build a school for the Sherpas. Colour photos. SIGNED by author (Ed Hillary). Address label on front endpaper. Dustwrapper: price-cut, corners rubbed.

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HALLE UND SEINE GESCHICHTE
Written by Werner Piechocki.
Stock no. 570535
Published by Fliegenkopf. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Very large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. Text in English, French and German. ISBN: 3910147259.

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TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA
Written by Mungo Park.
Stock no. 667090
Published by W. Bulmer And Co.. 1807. Almost very good condition.

Three-quarters brown calf binding. Marbled boards. One folding map, 3 folding plates and two other b/w plates. Corners worn. Modern red title label to spine. Spine has a little loss to top. Modern endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown and first blank page. Contents generally clean.

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A SERIES OF ADVENTURES IN THE COURSE OF A VOYAGE UP THE RED SEA
Written by Eyles Irwin.
Stock no. 559002
Published by J. Dodsley. 1787. Very good condition.

Vol I only. 2 b/w plates. One map and a View of the Town of Yambo. Half of folding map missing. Some browning throughout. Corner of title page worn with loss. Modern rebind in dark brown morocco with gilt title to spine.

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AN AGROCLIMATOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE NORTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA
Written by Jan M. Kowal; Danuta T. Knabe.
Stock no. 667370
Published by Ahmadu Bello University Press. 1st 1972. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Green leatherette covers. Tables and large folding maps. With explanatory notes. Closed tear to front endpaper. Tapemarks to front board.

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FAIR TOURAINE
Written by Margaret Aulton. Illustrated by Margaret Aulton.
Stock no. 311219
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Stories and Legends of the Loire. Very large format (12.5 x 10.25"). Black cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Beautiful b/w sketches. Corners bumped. Spine worn to head and tail with 1" loss of cloth at base and slight loss at top. Some light foxing but contents generally clean.

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