Geography from Lems Bookshop

The author presents the first rigorously explored Atlantis theory - a site that matches Plato's description of the fabled land but is in the Bolivian Andes, South America. 208 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book in as new condition.

The scenery, history, buildings and culture of the Lowlands of Scotland. 120 pages with 115 black and white photographs and endpaper maps (first map, North East Lowlands, has half missing). Book in very good condition despite missing page.

First thirteen years of publication 1986 - 1998, quarterly magazine each year bound in blue boards except 1998 in special folder. All in fine condition with numerous colour photographs in each magazine. A separate special folder has maps/supplements. These are heavy items per year - two years per post bag so will need 7 bags at $12.70/bag = $89… Read more about this item

For the first time Egyptian culture presented in the form of an atlas with substantial text, photographs and drawings - taking the reader on a journey down the Nile calling at some 90 sites. 240 pages with 36 maps, 530 illustrations, 380 in colour. Book in very good+ condition with some foxing on first page. Dust jacket in very good+… Read more about this item

Some of the most stunning and important maps from five centuries of atlases accompanied by insightful commentary. 160 pages with colour illustrations on nearly all pages. Book in near fine condition with small knock bottom spine, otherwise as new. Dust jacket in very good condition with small tear and knock top spine and small tear back bottom. This is a… Read more about this item

Details the World's 193 nations in over 60 maps of astonishing clarity using unique landscape modelling - key global statistics, time zones, geographical comparisons. 192 pages. Book in very good+ condition with top corner of title page cut out, otherwise fine.

Clear, concise definitions of key concepts in physical and human geography. 456 pages with 47 Figures. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on first page and inside back cover. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Subjects range from immediate practical concerns - using maps, coping with changing weather, understanding cities - to broader issues such as the functions of political boundaries, and the scramble for control of the oceans. 336 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps om endpapers and title page and sticker on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+… Read more about this item

Starting with the Earth's early history when the planet was bombarded by asteroids and comets the author details historic impacts and their geologic aftereffects, examines the formation of caves and major basins, and explains erosion's part in the creation of canyons, and looks at unusual depressions. 200 pages with over 100 photographs, maps and line drawings. Book in very good+… Read more about this item

The origins, structure, and exploration of the eight different types of submarine valleys. 381 pages with 145 Figures and 2 colour fold out maps in sleave inside back cover. Book in very good+ condition with minor mark on first page and publisher note stuck to front endpaper.

Antarctica, a cold, white wonderland of ice fields, glaciers, and bare mountain peaks, its land surface a dry desert with meagre flora of mosses, lichens and algae but it is surrounded by the world's richest ocean - the feeding ground for petrels, skuas, gulls, terns, cormorants, penguins, seals and whales. 171 pages with over 200 colour photographs and artwork. Book… Read more about this item

An engrossing and comprehensive history in four parts; overview, regional variations, politics of specific regions around 1850, and broad look at the transition Africa underwent with the arrival of the colonial powers. 483 pages and an index with 10 maps. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name crossed out on front endpaper and light tanning. Dust jacket in… Read more about this item

Translated from the French by Sian Reynolds in 1972, this the second reprint, In two volumes. Divided into three parts (1) a history whose passage is almost imperceptible, that of man in his relationship to the environment (2) a social history of groups and groupings including the complex arena of warfare (3) the history of events being more individually driven.… Read more about this item

Written before a trained and permanent United States foreign office was established - to help elevate the standards of government on the geographical and historical materials that go into the making of the web of fact, relationship and tradition of foreign policy. 803 pages with 257 maps including 2 colour pull outs. Book in very good condition ex library with… Read more about this item

The author's stories of his great rivers: Nile, Zambezi, Yangtze Kiang, Ganges, Murray, Volga, Danube, Mississippi, St Lawrence, Amazon. 159 pages with 22 black and white photographs. Book in near fine condition, Dust jacket in very good condition with yellow dot on front and minor knocks and wear (see photo).

The main facts about the Atlantic Ocean, how it was discovered and used, how did trade develop and what conflicts arose, what societies and nations have arisen and what are the present prospects and future hopes. 479 pages with 10 illustrations and endpaper maps. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. No dust jacket.

Vol 117 No 4 Northwest Wonderland: Washington State, Seattle, City of Two Voices, Changing Empire of the Northwest, Angkor, Jewel of the Jungle, Diving Saucer Takes to the Deep. Vol 119 No 4 The Civil War, Battlefields Map Traces a Nation's Conflict, Witness to War: British Correspondent Frank Vizetelly, Scotland From Her Lovely Lochs and Seas, Venice, City of Twilight Splendor,… Read more about this item

The environments and the processes that occur along the world's coastline which provide natural laboratories for investigating the physical, chemical and biological processes that produce the rich diversity of coastal landforms. 354 pages with 200 figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with a stamp and reference inside back cover. Cover has sticker on spine and… Read more about this item

Using a replica of a Bronze Age galley, the author and his crew set off on the voyage of Odysseus to discover if Homer's Odyssey could be true and discover a Startling solution. 288 pages with 11 colour photographs, 8 maps and some drawings. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on first page, some tanning and small… Read more about this item

The geography, towns, history and progress of the Australasian Colonies mainly the Australian Colonies. Edition has no date. 480 pages and a large colour map. Book in good condition with previous owners stamp inside front cover, map is loose with some tears but intact, pages 219- 238 are loose but as three double pages, some foxing and some tanning. Cover… Read more about this item