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Features: Land of Nightmare - grim events in the conflict between French Troops and the Viet Minh rebels in the jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave'; Roles Reversed - a female climber aids her male guide to safety from a 9,000 foot peak; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with photos; The "Devil-Leopard"; Jumbies - a tale from Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a westerner has his eyes opened; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases involving the Boston police; Shore Gang - nerve-trying experiences for the author; A couple of Fools - demonstrates how easy it is to become bushed in Western Australia; What Happened at Makene - a very curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
156 pages. A fascinating work which reveals, for example, that when cleaned the inn sign 'Andrew Mack' revealed its older name, 'The Andromache' - a forgotten warship of the fleet. Part detective work and part social history. First published in 1926. Prior owner has affixed (attractive) colour beer mug sticker to half title page. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Attractive illustrated covers. Book
141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 59pp. In the 1850s there were around 150 licensed houses in Middleton between Manchester and Rochdale. By the date of this book, the number had dropped to less than sixty. This study tells the story of some of these. Illustrated. Scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 59pp. With details of the pubs in the Lees, Springhead and Alt districts of Oldham still open in 1996 and of those which had closed already. An even more nostalgic record after the last few years of closures.
pp. 365 + Illustrations. 8vo. Full blue cloth binding, worn. PA 51
365 p. Numerous full page photographs. Tall 8vo. 240mm. Original binding. Original priced dust jacket. First published 1926. Hardbound. Very good. AMER BX 3
365p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; hinges starting
4to., First Edition thus, with decorative title and 69 plates on 32; red buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, upper board unevenly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. A standard reference. Larwood and Hotten's 'History of Signboards' was first published in 1866 by the latter's firm, founded in 1853. At Hotten's death in 1874 the company was acquired by Andrew Chatto who renamed the house Chatto and Windus.
416p. Large 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled. PA PAMPH 20_3 BX2
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage to front cover and no bumping to corners. 704pp. The state of play with pubs which were open in 2004.
135 p. Numerous illustrations. Some in color. Oblong 4to. Gilt brown fabricoid. Science Press Limited edition.**PRICE JUST REDUCED!
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece,and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, red top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SIGNED BY MARTIN ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Blythman 342.
1st edition. 4to,160 pages, illustrated, maps on front and back endpapers. Very good condition hardback, green cloth with gilt writing on spine. No dust jacket.39094. eng
Fine Fine English Original bdg. with original dust wrapper. 4to. [xvi], 416 p. In Turkish. Several color and b/w ills. Urban history of Sivas and Sivas historic monuments. Sivas tarihi ve anitlari.
Vg/Vg (book and dj both no significant fault) octavo 247pp. Informative account of country inns, their histories, their beauties, their curiosities and associations. Illustrated with 46 b/w photographs.
New New English Original bdg. Dusst wrapper. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 310 p., many color and b/w ills. Environment and urbanism in the Ottoman Empire. Contents: Urbanism and environment in the pre-Islamic Turkic peoples, AHMET TASAGIL.; Islam and the environment, EROL ÖZVAR.; Nature, RECEP KARAKAYA.; Animals, M. MERT SUNAR.; Agriculture, FEHMI YILMAZ.; Disasters, SELIM KARAHASANOGLU.; People, EKREM TAK.; Industry and industrialization, EROL ÖZVAR, FEHMI YILMAZ.; Ottoman artisans and the state, MEHMET GENÇ.; Ottoman cities and urbanization, YUNUS UGUR.; The urbanization process in Southwest Anatolia, ZEKÂI METE.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). Edition in Turkish. 411 p., many color and b/w ills. Osmanli Imparatorlugunda çevre ve sehir. [= Environment and urbanism in the Ottoman Empire]. Contents: Urbanism and environment in the pre-Islamic Turkic peoples, AHMET TASAGIL.; Islam and the environment, EROL ÖZVAR.; Nature, RECEP KARAKAYA.; Animals, M. MERT SUNAR.; Agriculture, FEHMI YILMAZ.; Disasters, SELIM KARAHASANOGLU.; People, EKREM TAK.; Industry and industrialization, EROL ÖZVAR, FEHMI YILMAZ.; Ottoman artisans and the state, MEHMET GENÇ.; Ottoman cities and urbanization, YUNUS UGUR.; The urbanization process in Southwest Anatolia, ZEKÂI METE.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to sharp corners. Thirteen double page maps plus 413pp. A companion covering Great Britain and Ireland giving details of a huge range of the literary associations of places and districts with authors from Bede to Tolkien, Sir Walter Scott to Zennor, DH Lawrence and Pepys.
Fine/Vg (light edgewear to price clipped dj and back cover lightly marked, clean orange cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, contents fine, no inscriptions) octavo 160pp. First edition. Maps to endpapers, many b/w photographs.
Near VG hbk reprint in pictorial boards. Illustrated by Kenneth Inns. (Ladybird Series 522 ; 8). 18689. eng
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. History and photographs of inns and pubs and their customs around mid-Cheshire. Includes a suggested pub crawl around the area.
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/Fine. Former public library copy with slight damage to the front endpaper. ISBN 0715355376. 20927. eng
Three volumes. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Three very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Index plus total of 858pp. The business of managing a public house with interesting 1950s prices. Very comprehensive. Photographic illustrations. A heavy set.
