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A NATURAL HISTORY OF AUCKLAND
Written by John Morton. Illustrated by Ron Cometti.
Stock no. 1824940
Published by David Bateman. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by John Morton. Oblong format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 186953140X. SIGNED by author and artist to title page (no dedication). Light fading to lower edge of boards, light rubbing to board corners, top front corner lightly bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front panel at spine edge, lightly scuffed.

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POLO IN INDIA
Written by Jaisal Singh.
Stock no. 1824823
Published by Roli Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Indian Polo from the earliest incarnation of the modern game in Manipur, India right up to the present day. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9788174364517. Spine & corners bumped. Small knock to top front spine edge of boards. Front joint starting to pull (weight of contents) but binding tight. Free front endpaper has a few fingermarks. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, a little creased and rubbed at edges with a few minor closed tears (no loss), previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear panel.

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U.S.A. THE STORY OF AMERICA
Written by Hazel H. Hallinan. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323951
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 23. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed/lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Front cover is detached and slightly edge chipped. Covers lightly foxed. Light page browning else contents clean.

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THE KAZANLUK TOMB
Written by Lyudmila Zhivkova.
Stock no. 1824052
Published by Verlag Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen. 1st thus 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tomb of a Thracian chieftain, which came to light in 1944, is one of the most valuable treasures of ancient art in the Bulgarian lands. Very large format. Cream imitation leather boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. ISBN: 3764702834. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to base of spine and is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Contained in a thin card slipcase in very good condition.

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CLONTARF: IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS: DUBLIN SUBURBS No. 1
Written by Colm Lennon; et al.
Stock no. 2140960
Published by Royal Irish Academy. 1st IRELAND 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781908997722. Creasing to covers with pencil mark to front cover; bumping to corners. Contents are still excellent!

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SEEING THROUGH COUNTIES: GEOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY IN IRELAND
Written by Patrick J. O'Connor.
Stock no. 2140678
Published by Oireacht Na Mumhan Books. Circa 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w maps. ISBN: 0953389650. SIGNED by author with dedication to a previous owner on title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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RIDING TO THE TIGRIS
Written by Freya Stark.
Stock no. 2140645
Published by John Murray. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning; some chips and nicks.

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THE WALLED TOWNS OF IRELAND VOLUME 2
Written by Avril Thomas.
Stock no. 2140587
Published by Irish Academic Press. 1st IRELAND 1992. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0716524759. Heavy bump along top edge of front cover. Some corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears and chips; minimal loss.

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THE WALLED TOWNS OF IRELAND VOLUME 1
Written by Avril Thomas.
Stock no. 2140586
Published by Irish Academic Press. 1st IRELAND 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0716524740. A few marks to covers. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and tears; one tear hole to front cover, with a little loss.

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COMMON GROUND: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF IRELAND
Written by William J. Smyth; Kevin Whelan.
Stock no. 2140484
Published by Cork University Press. 1st IRELAND 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. Presented to T. Jones Hughes. ISBN: 0902561537. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER: A REAPPRAISAL
Written by Gondker Narayana Rao.
Stock no. 1823756
Published by Asia Publishing House. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A study that was undertaken in early 1964 and completed by May that year. Navy blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 2 fold-out maps. Damage to front edge of spine and also a corresonding loss of the dustwrapper (0.75"). Grubby mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is also edge-worn and chipped, scuffed and a little grubby.

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TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA
Written by Mary Kingsley.
Stock no. 2139465
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition.

Observations of Charles Kingsley's sister of life in Africa in Victorian times. Edited by Elspeth Huxley. Abridged edition. Green, brown & cream decorated covers. B/w photos. Slip case is better than very good.

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