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  • The Evening Standard Open Road for Motoring, Cycling, and Walking. by Automobile Association & Motor Union
    Automobile Association & Motor Union
    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: 3004
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  • The Journey from Chester to London. by PENNANT, Thomas
    PENNANT, Thomas
    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: 2978
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  • The Rudiments of the Chinese Language, with Dialogues, Exercises, and a Vocabulary. by SUMMERS, Reverend James
    SUMMERS, Reverend James
    The Rudiments of the Chinese Language, with Dialogues, Exercises, and a Vocabulary.

    London: Bernard Quaritch, 1864. First Edition. Ex library, with the usual stamps etc. Original brown embossed cloth boards. Yellow endpapers. Complete with the frontispiece folding table of tsz-pu, or 'radicals'. The book block has almost come away from the boards at the spine. The spine has cracking and splitting. Pages clean inside. An ideal book for a repair / rebind. 159 pages. 170 x 110 mm (6¾ x 4¼ inches).

    . Première édition. Ex-bibliothèque, avec les tampons habituels, etc. Original en toile gaufrée marron. Pages de garde jaunes. Complet avec le tableau dépliant frontispice des tsz-pu, ou "radicaux". Le corps du livre s'est presque détaché des planches au niveau du dos. Le dos présente des craquelures et des fissures.…

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    London: Bernard Quaritch, 1864. First Edition. Ex library, with the usual stamps etc. Original brown embossed cloth boards. Yellow endpapers. Complete with the frontispiece folding table of tsz-pu, or 'radicals'. The book block has almost come away from the boards at the spine. The spine has cracking and splitting. Pages clean inside. An ideal book for a repair / rebind. 159 pages. 170 x 110 mm (6¾ x 4¼ inches).

    . Première édition. Ex-bibliothèque, avec les tampons habituels, etc. Original en toile gaufrée marron. Pages de garde jaunes. Complet avec le tableau dépliant frontispice des tsz-pu, ou "radicaux". Le corps du livre s'est presque détaché des planches au niveau du dos. Le dos présente des craquelures et des fissures. Les pages sont propres à l'intérieur. Un livre idéal pour une réparation ou une reliure. 159 pages. 170 x 110 mm (6¾ x 4¼ pouces).

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    Book ID: 5113
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  • The Voice of Asia. by MICHENER, James
    MICHENER, James
    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: 3222
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  • Under the Pole Star. by GLEN, A.R. & CROFT, N. A. C.
    GLEN, A.R. & CROFT, N. A. C.
    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: 5664
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