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The Observer's Book of Devon and Cornwall

by Eric Delderfield

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Used - VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE)
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1980 This is the First Edition 1285-879
Published
1980
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780723216032
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London: F Warne & Co Ltd, 1980. One of the most collectable series of books around this is the rare Devon and Cornwall edition (RARE, even down here everyone wants to keep their copy until death) Slight discolouration to boards 184pp including index A nice tidy clean copy .. Ex Avon Library (one Stamp on Title pg). 1980 This… Read more about this item
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The Observer's Book of Dogs Describing 300 Breeds and Varieties with over 140 Illustrations

by Edited By Sonia Lampson

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Revised Edition of 1966
Published
1966
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Hardcover
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London: F Warne & Co Ltd, 1966. Number 8 of One of the most collectable series of books around this is the Dogs in very good clean condition 218pp including index. Not Signed. Revised Edition of 1966. Red Cloth. VERY GOOD (AVERAGE))/No Jacket. Illus. by E F Linsseen & Others . 24mo - over 5" - 5¾". HARDBACK.… Read more about this item
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Devon's Railway's

by Helen Harris

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NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)
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This is the First Edition Revised 1952
Published
2001
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Paperback
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Langgore Launceston Cornwall : Bossiney Books, 2001. A short history and the modern ( as of 1994 ) lines used ........48pp numerous photos .. This is the First Edition Revised 1952. Glossy Card. NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)/No Jacket Issued. Illus. by Black and White Photographs. Paperback. Thin Paperback.
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The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

by C. Willis Dixon

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VERY GOOD (AVERAGE)
Published
1968
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780714614694
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. 1968 New Impression of 1939 1st Edition...Sir Thomas Maitland, was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from… Read more about this item
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The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

by C. Willis Dixon

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Used - NEAR FINE (ABOVE AVERAGE)
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Near Fine (ABOVE AVERAGE)
Published
1968
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780714614694
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. 1968 New Impression of 1939 1st Edition...Sir Thomas Maitland, was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from… Read more about this item
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A Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas Complete in Five Volumes... Volumes 1 to 5... (5 VOLUMES)

by James Burney

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NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)
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1967
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London,Amsterdam,New York : Frank Cass/N. Israel/Da Capo Press , 1967. Facsimile of 1803 Edition.Bibliotheca Australiana # 3 , 4, 5 , 6, & 7...Original mottled fawn buckram with blue title labels to upper boards and spines. ....This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details, NOT "Signed by… Read more about this item
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A Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas Complete in Five Volumes... Volumes 1 to 5... (5 VOLUMES)

by James Burney

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1967
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London,Amsterdam,New York : Frank Cass/N. Israel/Da Capo Press , 1967. Facsimile of 1803 Edition.Bibliotheca Australiana # 3 , 4, 5 , 6, & 7...Original mottled fawn buckram with blue title labels to upper boards and spines. ....This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details, NOT "Signed by… Read more about this item
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History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa and Travels into the Interior of That Country : Containing Particular Descriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and Interesting Particulars Concerning the SLAVE TRADE.

by Joseph Hawkins

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NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)
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Edition
The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition
Published
1970
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780714618135
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Frank Cass Publishers, 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition. 180pp... Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies, Travels and Narratives. This book is POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . .Please email for further details SPECIAL LOCKDOWN PRICE!. NOT Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red… Read more about this item
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The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers : With 150 Colour Illustrations By Joan Lupton : From the Larger Work THE BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS By G A R Phillips

by David Pycraft

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Near Fine (NEAR NEW)
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VERY GOOD (AVERAGE)
Edition
1974 Edition
Published
1974
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Hardcover
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London: F Warne & Co Ltd, 1974. Number 25 of One of the most collectable series of books around. This is the garden flowers in a dustwrapper that has minimal wear 192pp including index...Please Email for further details. Not Signed. 1974 Edition. Green Cloth. Near Fine (NEAR NEW)/VERY GOOD (AVERAGE). Illus. by Joan Lupton . 24mo - over… Read more about this item
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Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa Volumes I & 2

by Richard Lander

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1967 New Impression of 1830 1st Edition
Published
1967
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Hardcover
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1967. 2 HARDBACK volumes (complete) (xxiv + 310 & vi + 293pp), frontispiece, sketches, list of Hausa words : The Author Lander (his home was in Truro , Cornwall) was the only surviving member of this 1825 expedition along the West coast of Africa and into the hinterland of Kano and Sokoto, from… Read more about this item
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Mendip Country

by Jillian Powell and Julia Davey

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FINE (AS BRAND NEW)
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Edition
This the First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780948158322
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St Teeth Bodmin: Bossiney Books, 1987. In ' Mendip Country ' Jillian Powell with photographer Julia Davey explores these famous Westcountry hills which strecth for some twenty miles. ' these hills are rife with history and legend', the author reflects .'... the rich variety of the Mendip Countryside is matched by its towns and villages .' … Read more about this item
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Drake

by Ernle Bradford

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Used - Reading Copy Only
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Good (BELOW AVERAGE)
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First Edition
Published
1965
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Hardcover
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England: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. An excellent biography 251pp...inc index. Signed by A Previous Owner (comtempary). First Edition. Blue Cloth. Reading Copy Only/Good (BELOW AVERAGE). Illus. by Photographs & Diagrams By the Author Sketches By Robert Gilmor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HARDBACK.
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The Turning Point in Africa : British Colonial Policy 1938 - 48

by R.D. Pearce

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Used - VERY GOOD (AVERAGE+)
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VERY GOOD (AVERAGE)
Edition
First Edition
Published
1982
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780714631608
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1982. This VERY GOOD ORIGINAL HARDBACK book (NOT A BOOK PRINTED TO ORDER!) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the strategy of decolonization inugrated after the second world war. Charting a course through a wide… Read more about this item
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An Account of The British Settlement of Aden in Arabia

by Captain F M Hunter

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NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)
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NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)
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This the First New Edition of 1968
Published
1877
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780714619866
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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography, people, history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government, it is a comprehensive… Read more about this item
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To the Central African Lakes and Back, The Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's East Central African Expedition, 1878-80. Vols 1&2. With a Short Biographical Notice of the Late Mr. Keith Johnston.

by Joseph Thomson

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This is the SECOND Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780714618579
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. This is the first FACIMILE (of the 1881first) HARDBACK BOOK edition Published by Frank Cass and Company known as the SECOND Edition.VERY GOOD because the RED cloth boards are very slightly faded in places.......The CONTENTS are FINE! COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES, over 320pages in each volume plus Portraits… Read more about this item
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Chronological History of the West Indies Volumes I , II & III

by Captain Thomas Southey

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Near Fine (NEAR NEW)
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Edition
1968 New Impression of 1827 1st Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780714619521
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Minor staining to boards , Contents FINE (AS NEW). THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. Facsimile reprint of 1827 edition. From the preface:"This work is a register of events relating to the West Indies, arranged in the only manner suited to the subject, for the plan comprehends the whole of the Colombian Islands, and as they… Read more about this item
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History of Trinidad : in two Volumes, Vol 1, 1791 to 1813 VOLUME ONE ONLY !

by Lionel Mordaunt Fraser

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FINE ( AS NEW)
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FINE (AS NEW)
Edition
New Facisimile Edition of 1971
Published
1891
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780714619378
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1891. VOLUME ONE ONLY....Trinidad, one of Britain's last additions to her Caribbean empire, is also one of the most interesting histories. Emerging from a confused Franco Spanish background and retaining Spanish Law for some period, the island was under populated and underdeveloped at the time of the British conquest in 1797. A… Read more about this item
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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa

by Joseph Corry

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FINE ( AS NEW)
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Published
1968
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780714618005
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. FULL TITLE : "Observations upon the Windward Coast of Africa. The religion, character, customs, etc. of the natives with a system upon which they may be civilized and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country made… Read more about this item
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History of Trinidad : in two Volumes, Vol 1, 1791 to 1813 VOLUME ONE ONLY !

by Lionel Mordaunt Fraser

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NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)
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NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)
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New Facisimile Edition of 1971
Published
1891
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Hardcover
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9780714619378
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1891. VOLUME ONE ONLY....Trinidad, one of Britain's last additions to her Caribbean empire, is also one of the most interesting histories. Emerging from a confused Franco Spanish background and retaining Spanish Law for some period, the island was under populated and underdeveloped at the time of the British conquest in 1797. A… Read more about this item
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Vincent Van Gogh

by Alfred H. Barr and Charles Mattoon Brooks Jr

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Published
1966
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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Vincent Van Gogh with an introduction and notes selected from the letters of the artist and A Bibliography comprising a catalogue of the literature published from 1890 through 1940 with an introductory essay and notes.................................Please Email for further details or Direct Enquiries Tel : 01822 810108. NO EXTRA POSTAGE BEYOND OUR STANDARD RATES!… Read more about this item
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