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The Evening Standard Open Road for Motoring, Cycling, and Walking. With separate large coloured linen road map.
London: The Evening Standard, 1920. Hardback book, in fold-over red cover (similar to a Baedeker) which fastens down neatly with a popper. Includes large loose linen colour folded map in a pocket at the back. Revised edition, circa 1920. Several b/w fold-out maps inside, including one entitled: How to get out of London! With 224 pages of advice, routes and advertisements for relevant items - plus the maps. It's a charming item, and we can't find any other copies available. 224 pages + folding map. 145 x 105 mm (5¾ x 4¼ inches).
Book ID: 3004More details Price: £60.00 -
The Journey from Chester to London.
London: Printed For Wilkie and Robinson;...And J. Johnson and Co, 1811. Later edition. Half leather hardback binding. Gilt titles to spine. Complete with six plates - five portraits (including frontis) and one view. Boards are very worn, and the front board is almost detached. Previous owner's name to half title. Only very light foxing. A reasonable copy. [1], viii, 622 pp. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2978More details Price: £40.00 -
The Rudiments of the Chinese Language, with Dialogues, Exercises, and a Vocabulary.
Book ID: 5113More details Price: £90.00 -
The Voice of Asia.
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Stated first printing. Hardback in neatly price clipped dust jacket - now in Mylar. Dust jacket has some light edge wear. Illustrated end papers. Pages clean. Michener had travelled widely in Asia and this book is the result of him having talked to many people he encountered along the way about their opinions of their country's religious problems, economic questions, and social revolutions. A snap shot of mid twentieth century Asia. 338 pages. 215 x 145 mm (8½ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 3222More details Price: £48.00 -
Under the Pole Star.
The Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6
Methuen Publishers London, 1937. First edition. Hardcover in good condition, without dust jacket. Internally clean. Hardback boards, with some fading and a slightly faded spine. Complete, with frontis and 47 other plates, 22 maps and diagrams (colour fold-out map to rear). With ex libris to front stating that it is from the library of Auberon Waugh. 365 pages. 255 x 195 mm (10 x 7¾ inches).
. Édition originale. Reliure cartonnée en bon état, sans jaquette. Intérieur propre. Couverture cartonnée légèrement décolorée, dos légèrement jauni. Complet, avec frontispice et 47 autres planches, 22 cartes et diagrammes. Ex-libris en première page indiquant sa provenance de la bibliothèque d'Auberon Waugh. 255 x 195 mm
Book ID: 5664More details Price: £40.00











