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1896003804London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1896. A detailed history of this missionary 368 pages with a few illustrations and two pullout maps one in colour. Book is bright and clean top edges of pages are gilt which is quite bright outer covers are little rubbed on edges and two corners a little bumped. A pleasing sound copy of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Cloth Covered Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 19 x 13 Cms. Hardcover. Macmillan & Co Ltd. Hardcover
19562445University of California Press Berkley and Los Angeles USA 1956. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition: xxvi 171 pages illustrated b/w plates 6 maps 1 folding. Blue cloth covers in unclipped dust jacket. Personal account of trips by foot boat and dogsled north of the Arctic Circle in the 1930's. Gift inscription on front end paper covers faded on edges dust jacket nibbled and worn some repaired tears holes. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2445. . University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles hardcover
2001009421London: Harper Collins 2001. First edition. Illustrated large 8vo pp 392 a very good new copy in an unfaded dustwrapper. This book gives a comprehensive account of the history of the Broads an area of great interest to natural historians and tourists alike. Broadland is set mostly in Norfolk and partly in Suffolk. The peat deposits in Broadland were dug in many places mainly during the 9th to 13th centuries. The pits eventually filled with water giving us the Broads 190 km of navigable water unimpeded by dams or locks. Before the Second World War Broadland was the epitome of richness of water plants and their associated animals and was of international importance as a diverse wetland. Sadly much of the richness has now gone and the significance of Broadland lies more now in its significance in environmental restoration. The problems faced by the Broads are being experienced world-wide and devising ways in which the Broads may be managed to restore the previous richness has produced a strategy of value throughout the world. This book discusses the history of the Broads the waters in the past and the waters now the people who come into contact with and influence these waterways and what the future holds for this small but important area of the countryside. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Harper Collins Hardcover
1904004198London: George Allen and Unwin 1904. Travel book of the author's trips around Italy in the early 1900s. Book is overall bright and clean just the occasional light foxing spots 217 pages some uncut top edge gold with a little spotting several full page illustrations. Outer boards have a few light marks and spine a little darkened. A pleasing sound copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 9 x 6 Inches. Hardcover. George Allen and Unwin Hardcover
198613376M. Mustafa Muscat 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Oblong 4to - over 9.75 - 12" tall. Text is in Arabic. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding firm. All edges gilt - bright rich condition. Book is in Near Fine condition by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. In Very Good slip case. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: History; Oman; Modern; Arabic Language; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0946653178. ISBN/EAN: 9780946653171. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13376. . 9780946653171 M. Mustafa hardcover
1903hft55London: Edward Stanford. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed and faded. Ink inscripion to fep. 1903. Second Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 258pp ads. Plans and fold out map in rear pocket. . Edward Stanford hardcover
1994020425Dublin: Published by the author 1994. Well illustrated octavo pp viii 181 paperback the slightest signs of use but really a very good copy. Signed by author on title page and inscribed to the botanist and conservationist Gren Lucas - "for Gren at the Linnean Society 15th October 1998". A numbered limited edition of only 500 copies this being number 394. Coulter was an Irish physician botanist and explorer. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a fellow of Trinity College Dublin where he founded the college's herbarium. After taking his medical degree in Dublin Coulter studied botany in Geneva for seventeen months under Swiss taxonomist Augustin de Candolle. Coulter then served as physician with the Real del Monte Company in Mexico during which period he collected plants in the region. He is best remembered for exploration and botanical research in Mexico Arizona and Alta California in the early 19th century. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1834 and became curator of the herbarium at Trinity College Dublin. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Privately Printed. Published by the author Paperback
19223516The Motor Boat Publishing Company New York 1922. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 270 pages illustrated b/w photos diagrams. Original covers no dust jacket. Shelf wear covers fraying covers and end papers grubby. Spotting to page edges hinges splitting previous owners bookplate on verso front cover and pencil owners signature on front end paper otherwise contents clean. The true story of Alexander Graham Bell's genius engineer Casey Baldwin and William Washburn Nutting editor and owner of the yacht departing Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia perhaps on a 'lark' on Nutting's "Typhoon" and arriving in England only seven days later establishing the fastest time across the Atlantic for a sailing vessel for decades to come. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3516. . The Motor Boat Publishing Company hardcover
1999017100Ulverston: Privately published 1999. Revised edition with new appendices. A few illustrations small octavo pp xvi 290 very clean internally green cloth in excellent condition. As new. From the library of the Kew botanist Alan Radcliffe-Smith with a brief note from the editor. Signed letter from editor. Second edition. Cloth. As New. Privately published Hardcover
196121484London: W. H. Allen 1961. Book. Good. Hardback. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 60 pages. For anyone who loves Paris this is so funny! Dustjacket is torn and bumped to top edge. Wonderful illustrations. W. H. Allen Hardcover
19333812John Murray London 1933. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition 2 printing October 1933; xxxiv 301 pages 26 photos 7 in colour including frontispiece 3 maps 1 folding 49 drawings in text. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket original spine label. Shelf wear covers slightly grubby some spotting mainly to page edges and prelims. Previous owners neat inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. Wilson was a physician naturalist ornithologist painter and naturalist on both of Robert Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of three who undertook a winter expedition to the rookeries of the Emperor penguin the subject of Cherry Apsley-Garrard's book "The Worst Journey in the World". On the "Terra Nova" voyage he was one of the group who raced to reach the South Pole only to find that Amundsen had beat the British there. On the return journey he and his companions died a national tragedy in England at the time. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3812. . John Murray hardcover
1948430John Murray London 1948. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition. iv 48 pages frontispiece portrait of Edward Wilson. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear dust jacket fading to spine small splits nibbled prelims slightly browned. Noted artist ornithologist and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Seaver was greatly influenced by Wilson and said "All that I have ever tried to picture of a modern saintliness is realised in the figure of Edward Wilson" so in this book he looks at the religious beliefs of the great Antarctic explorer. It discusses his faith in God as well as his understanding of Darwin's evolutionary ideas. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 430. . John Murray hardcover
19901223E174London: Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1990. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 176. Near Fine/Very Good. 10.25 x 13.75 inches 26 x 36 cm. Dust jacket: Fading to spine. Light marking to rear cover. Unclipped. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Black cloth binding. Excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £19.00; USA £33.00; Oceania £40.00; Rest of World £37.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 10.25 x 13.75 inches 26 x 36 cm. Thames and Hudson Ltd. hardcover
1980257Simper London 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1980 Limited Edition 150 of 1000; xi 220 pages. This is number 150. Original covers no dust jacket as issued. Appears unread. Antarctica Bibliography. A most useful reference for any collector or Antarctic historian enthusiast. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 257. . Simper hardcover
195924374Government Printing Office Kuching 1959. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece plates and 2 folding maps; original pictorial green boards backstrip lettered in black a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Government Printing Office, Kuching, hardcover
1782008641London: A. Millar & J. Hodges 1782. Two volumes 12mo pp 159; 159 a little aging and dustiness throughout the first volume contains an early and probably contemporary indistinct signature on the front endpaper and also the signature of Michael Maguire 1955. Contemporary full calf rubbed spines rather worn and lacking the morocco title-labels joints cracked upper cover of volume one detached. Full-Leather. Fair. A. Millar & J. Hodges Hardcover
1906031209London: T. Fisher Unwin 1906. Book. Illus. by Louise Reusch. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. Small 4to. "with 87 coloured illustrations by Louise Reusch"; xxiii and 444 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering; good with a little general wear and rubbing. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight spotting to endpapers otherwise unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover
1826d2004bLondon: Harris & Son. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed and bumped. Some offsetting. 1826. Third Edition. Quarter-leather cover with paper boards. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". 149pp. Fold out map. 84 engravings 3 to a page plus frontis. Inscribed 'John Foreman 1848'. History for children. . Harris & Son hardcover
1928020886London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1928. Well illustrated with 28 mounted colour plates by Walter Tyndale small quarto pp xvi 204 top edges gilt the other edges untrimmed a little foxing throughout but otherwise extremely clean a tiny pencil signature on the front endpaper red cloth with gilt decoration the spine slightly faded very slight rubbing but overall a very good copy. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Walter Tyndale. Methuen & Co Ltd Hardcover
2004009207UK: Re-impressions 2004. Very bright clean hardcover NO dustwrapper as issued some shallow surface indentations to front board. Light vertical crease to front blank endpaper Many full page sepia photographs accompany the text. HEAVY BOOK 1.4 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 30.5 x 23.5 Cms. Hardcover. Re-impressions Hardcover
18723508Frederick Warne and Co. London 1872. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Early Edition: circa 1872 illustrated 4 photogravures Windsor Castle Hatfield House Warwick Castle Raglan Castle Original covers top page edge gilt very minor spotting to page edges and toning to tissue guards overall very clean and nice condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: History; Architecture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3508. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Frederick Warne and Co., hardcover
20857Reprinted by permission from the "Church Times" 1897 . First edition in book form. Photographic illustrations. 8vo 7 1/4 x 5 inches contemporary purple grained cloth lettered in gilt. Very good.A visit to the missions in German East Africa and Nyasaland. Reprinted, by permission, from the "Church Times" ( 1897 ). hardcover
18634045The "Weekly Dispatch" Office London 1863. First Edition. Map. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original lithographed map. Map dimensions 30.5cm x 43cm Sheet size 34.3cm x 48.5cm. Original outline colour. "Weekly Dispatch Atlas" bottom left of map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4045. . The "Weekly Dispatch" Office unknown
1905g9743London: T. Werner Laurie. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and dampstained with limited impact on text. 1905. First Edition. Blue illustrated hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xv 310pp. B/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . T. Werner Laurie hardcover
1978019658Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1978. Illustrated large octavo pp 231 with six folding charts in the rear pocket very slightly used internally paperback the covers very slightly used and age-toned the spine a little wrinkled. Polish collector of insects and plants in Peru. Woytkowski emigrated to Peru in 1929 where he collected more than a thousand insect species new to science and copious botanical specimens. He together with his new wife Helena was lured to Peru by a settlement company whose advertisements promised free passage and a homestead farm. In reality after landing in Callao he found himself with hundreds of other Europeans in a shanty immigrant camp waiting in vain for their free land. While most gave up and returned to their homes Woytkowski decided to stay in Peru with Helena and their four-year-old son settling in Yamaquezù near Oxapampa where he established himself as a naturalist collecting insects and plants to send to scientists in the United States and Europe. He was for seven years employed exclusively by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm CIBA looking for plants that could be used in medicines and also served on the staff of San Marcos University as a professor of French and La Molina College of Agriculture in Lima. Here he built up an extensive herbarium though he was best known for his entomological collections. He made numerous trips into Peru's mountainous areas and explored all the country's provinces both independently and on behalf of research institutions including the University of California and Missouri Botanical Garden. Although successful in his collecting career his family life was somewhat unhappy due to his constant need to move around which led his wife to leave him in the 1940s. After more than 30 years collecting in Peru he was dealt another blow when he found he could not draw a small pension from the Botanic Garden in Lima as he had never taken Peruvian citizenship. He thus returned to Poland in 1965 by now a strange land to him. Removed from his life's work and suffering in the colder climate he died in Krakow where he had been staying with his brother. Numerous insects are named in his honour including a genus of army ants. The plant genus Woytkowskia Woodson is also named for him. This memoir was published in Polish in 1974. First English edition. Paperback. Good. Smithsonian Institution Paperback
