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188952643New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1889. First American edition 8vo pp. xx 192; 5 chromolithographs 6 etchings 6 wood-engraved plates 2 maps printed in color 1 folding and with a short tear other wood-engravings in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover beveled boards; 2 institutional bookplates pocket removed from rear pastedown accession numbers of spine eradicated; a good copy minimally marked. Dodd, Mead & Co unknown
20072012053Editions Didier Millet KL 2007 Taken from the diaries of Maurice Cotterill who stayed in Malaya when World War 11 broke out and joined the guerrillas of Chinese descent in the jungle of Malaya. The book is both a gripping chronicle of survival and a document of Malaysia's history in a period of chaos and deprivation as it moved gradually towards independence in 1957. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 18 Cm. Editions Didier Millet KL hardcover
190024474London: R.H. Porter 1900. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes only from a six-volume set comprised of four volumes on birds and two on other classes of animals. All bound in original green cloth with gilt spine lettering and vignette on front boards. Bookplate of Arthur Fowler on each front pastedown otherwise unmarked sound and clean. Due to weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. R.H. Porter hardcover
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown
8056WILLIAM MACKENZIE. LONDON. TWELVE VOLUMES WITH MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN MAROON EMBOSSED CLOTH LATE VICTORIAN NO DATE. VOL.1 HAS PAGES 59-61 LOOSE. SOME SPINES FADED SOME WEAR BUT GENERALLY A VERY GOOD SET. WILLIAM MACKENZIE. LONDON. hardcover
0666603308.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
197059575Cambridge MA 1970. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink marks to front cover. 93 p. 28 cm. Illustrations. Cover title. Caption title: Africa retort. "An extensive revision of a pamphlet bearing the same title published in October 1969. " This is an extremely scarce work reflecting the editorial position of anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism. This is not a report about Africa per se but is more "a report about your own country what it is doing to Africa. " It blasts the 'establishment africanists' and their scholarly pursuits. paperback
1904005652London: Adam and Charles Black 1904. 436pp index pull-out map 100 full-page illustrations; the frontis. in colour and the remainder from photographs by the author. A serious travel book. "Perhaps the most accurate vivid and complete description of South African native life ever produced". - Mendelssohn . Apart from a little rubbing. Minimal markings bookplate. First Edition. Library Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Adam and Charles Black unknown
18795888London: Sangster 1879. Gebunden. Sangster unknown
25831LONDON TIMOTHY CHILDE 1714. IN THREE PARTS. GIVING A SHORT VIEW AND CHARACTER OF MOST OF OUR HISTORIANS EITHER IN PRINT OR MANUSCRIPT: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF OUR RECORDS LAW-BOOKS COINS AND OTHER MATTERS SERVICEABLE TO THE UNDERTAKERS OF A GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. SECOND EDITION QUARTO FULL LEATHER RE-CASED USING ORIGINAL BOARDS AND LATER SPINE. BOARDS WORN AND CORNERS BUMPED BUT A FIRM AND CLEAN COPY. VERY GOOD. LONDON, TIMOTHY CHILDE, 1714 hardcover
1995307472Yale University Press 1995-05-18. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 8x1x10. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Yale University Press hardcover
200663048Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 70 p. Serial No. 109-177. The subcommittee felt that not enough was being done to safeguard the endangered children of northern Uganda and that a crisis similar to that in Darfur was occuring but had less attention being paid to it. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
0309160243.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1907241a0580London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Total of 1270 pages in two volumes. Profusely illustrated with line diagrams black and white photographic plates and fold-outs. Heavily worn former library copy with usual library markings. Front free endpaper and half-title removed from Vol. 1. All hinges taped. Gilt lettering and decorations upon front boards worn but visible. First volume missing pages 327-330 which includes a plate. Tissue protector missing from plate at page 502 of v1. All other plates and protectors present. Bibliography. Index. Reading copy only. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
255711826. EDINBURGH. FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. AND LONGMAN HURST AND GREEN LONDON. BOUND IN HALF BROWN CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS FIRMLY BOUND SOME MINOR FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT CLEAN. 1826. EDINBURGH. FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. AND LONGMAN, HURST AND GREEN, LONDON. hardcover
255691815. EDINBURGH. FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. AND LONGMAN HURST AND GREEN LONDON. BOUND IN HALF BROWN CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS FIRMLY BOUND SOME MINOR FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT CLEAN. 1815. EDINBURGH. FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. AND LONGMAN, HURST AND GREEN, LONDON. hardcover
1963012445Berkeley CA: Committee on the Economy of China 1963. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean solid copy in attractive deep maroon binding. 297pp. of small print bibliography. Covers are thick and sturdy but with rubbing to spine edges and corners. Gilt lettering on spine remains very fresh and bright. Oversized and heavy so please note extra shipping may be necessary. <br/> <br/> Committee on the Economy of China hardcover
199375986London: Routledge 1993. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Routledge unknown
195230451London: Hopkins Press 1952. Gebunden. Hopkins Press unknown
181956221841: compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen 1819. Gebunden. compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen unknown
1972005606Evanston Illinois U.S.A.: Northwestern University Press 1972. 454pp/illus/maps. History of Malawi. DJ has lean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Northwestern University Press hardcover
1968303308Cambridge University Press 1968-04-02. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. The jacket is permanently stuck to the book using self adhesive film. Number written on the fly leaf. Previous owner's personal bookplate. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Cambridge University Press hardcover
19133999Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. A physiographic sketch and account of some travels. 564 pp 207 maps diagrams and other illustrations. Large format heavy book. A most important study of the area between the Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers which includes the Altai and Pamir Mountains. Includes the historically important regions of Bohara and Samarkand. A solid vg copt in original cloth. Beveled edges. A really good travel narrative. Cambridge University Press hardcover
189955326London: Methuen & Co. 36 Essex St. 1899. 8vo.xii 255 1 pp. Photogravure frontisp. 3 maps 1 folding. Red publisher’s cloth cover art of of banners in gilt and gilt lettering on front cover minor sunning to spine slight bumping to corners very slight bowing to covers still VG copy. Second edition of the noted war correspondent’s account of the Second Sudan War following the tragic defeat of Gordon by the Mahdi Army at Khartoum. Bennett details the decisive Battle of Omdurman in which Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi successor to Muhammad Ahmad which resulted in 9700 Dervish dead and over 12000 wounded as well as 5000 prisoners. Bennett protested against the killing of wounded following the battle although an inquiry cleared Kirchener. Bennett’s account was considered the most balanced of the war and was used as standard reading until the 1960s in schools. Methuen & Co., 36 Essex St., hardcover
219871974 WESTERHAM PRESS LONDON. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE SLIPCASE. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR. HISTORY OF HIGHLY SPECIALISED DINING CLUB FOUNDED BY PRINTING ENTHUSIASTS. 1974 WESTERHAM PRESS, LONDON unknown