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Thomas Hardy's England
by Draper, Jo (text) and Fowles, John (introduction and editor)
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- Very Good
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780224029742
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Slight lean to spine. Inscribed to the previous owner by Jo Draper and signed by both Jo Draper and John Fowles on front endpaper. Dustjacket condition:… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice - A Journey through East Africa
by Huxley, Elspeth
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1948
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth impression of the first edition. Orange cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Front inner hinge cracked but holding firmly. The front endpaper bears the inscription "Elspeth Huxley - Correction Copy". The book came via… Read more about this item Item Price
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Red Strangers
by Huxley, Elspeth
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- 1939
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Ochre yellow cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn, with sunning to spine. Some bumping to lower outer cover corners. Foxing throughout, particularly to the first and last few pages. Binding sound. The name Huxley is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proceedings of the Apollo 11 Lunar Science Conference - Houston, Texas January 5-8, 1970 ( 3 volume set - Vol1. Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol 2. Chemical and Isotope Analyses, Vol 3. Physical Properties
by Levinson, A.A.
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- 1970
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Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcovers with titles in silver on front cover and spine. No dustjackets. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Bindings sound. Previous owners name neatly written in red biro at top of front endpaper on all three volumes. Light foxing to top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Africa's Mountains of the Moon - Journeys to the Snowy Sources of the Nile
by Yeoman, Guy
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780241128060
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London: Elm Tree Books, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pale brown hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Inscribed by the author to Elspeth Huxley, the writer on Africa, on the blank page facing half-title. 176pp. Many colour illustrations. Botanical drawings by Christabel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kenya Today
by Huxley, Elspeth
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- 1954
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- Paperback
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London: Lutterworth Press, 1954. Book. Good. Soft cover. Stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light sunning to cover edges. The booklet contains a couple of small spelling corrections by the previous owner. 36pp. This booklet contains a brief overview of Kenya in 1954, in terms of land ownership, industrial development and racial tensions, amongst other… Read more about this item Item Price
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Four Centuries of Portuguese Expansion, 1415-1825: A Succinct Survey
by Boxer, C.R.
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- Good
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- 1961
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Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in black on front cover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and some sunning to spine. 102pp. 6 b/w illustrations and one folding map to rear showing the places mentioned in the text.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portuguese in South-East Africa 1600-1700
by Axelson, Eric
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- 1960
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Johannesburg, South Africa: Witwatersrand University Press, 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beige hardcover with title in red on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light browning to endpapers from dustjacket flaps. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with some light soiling, light foxing and some sunning to spine. 226pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Speke and the discovery of the source of the Nile
by Maitland, Alexander
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- Good
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780094574304
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London: Constable & Co.Ltd., 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Top edge of textblock lightly foxed. Binding sound. Inscribed by the author to Elspeth Huxley on title page. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light… Read more about this item Item Price
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White Man's Country - Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya - Vol.One 1870-1914
by Huxley, Elspeth
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- Good
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- 1968
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Volume One only. Third impression. Emerald green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with a hint of foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light soiling and foxing and a couple of very small nicks… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar from Africa - The Biography of Oscar Ferris Watkins 1877-1943
by Watkins, Elizabeth
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9781850439486
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London: The Radcliffe Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Brown hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Inscribed by the author to Elspeth Huxley (who wrote the foreword for the book) on front endpaper, and dated April 1995. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with sunning to spine and just a hint… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maraini, Fosco
by Secret Tibet
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- Very Good
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9781860466939
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London: The Harvill Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised augmented edition. Navy blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 425pp. Many b/w illustrations.. Item Price
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Geology and Physics of the Moon: A study of some fundamental problems
by Fielder, G. (ed.)
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780444409249
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Amsterdam, London, New York: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Black hardcover with title on spine. Condition: Good, withlight shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name neatly written at top of front pastedown. 159pp. Many b/w illustrations. The book includes chapters on recent (in 1971) exploration of the moon, lava… Read more about this item Item Price
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Speak to the Earth - Wanderings and Reflections among Elephants and Mountains
by de Watteville, Vivienne
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- 1936
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London: Methuen and Co.Ltd., 1936. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third (and cheaper edition) 1936.No dustjacket. Brown cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers are quite rubbed and worn. Binding sound. Half-title bears the name E.Huxley (the African travel writer Elspeth Huxley whose collection this book came from) in pencil. Preface… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mount Everest - The Reconnaissance 1935 - The Forgotten Adventure
by Astill, Tony
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- Fine
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780954920104
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Ashurst, Southampton: Tony Astill, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Navy blue cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Two dustjackets, the top one with titles the one below without. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a faint hint of shelfwear. This book was the winner of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
by Kolb, Ellsworth L.
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1914, this reprint of the 1915 new edition was printed in February 1937. Blue cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine, and decorative image of the Grand Canyon laid onto front cover. Signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Man of the Field
by Sheardown, Frank
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780907827092
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Brookland, Kent: Huddlesford Publications, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Signed by the author on title page. The front endpaper also bears the name Huxley (this book came from the collection… Read more about this item Item Price
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Filibusters in Barbary
by Lewis, Wyndham
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1932
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London: Grayson & Grayson Ltd., 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Light orange-brown cloth with title and an image of a desert island with palm trees in green on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Extreme Oriental Mixture
by Collins, Gilbert
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- 1925
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London: Methuen & Co.Ltd., 1925. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth with title in black on spine and front cover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general shelfwear with sunning to spine. Front inner joint beginning to crack but holding firmly. Light foxing to endpapers. Occasional light foxing within book. The title page has… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trekking in the Himalayas
by Iozawa, Tomoya
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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- 9780947655037
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire: Springfield Books Ltd., 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Rectangular octavo. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 208pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Originally published in Japanese, this edition in English, translated by Michiko and David Kornhauser, was published in… Read more about this item Item Price
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