Listed below is my current stock in this subject, sorted in alphabetical order, by author. Please note that it is difficult to categorize some titles, which overlap different subjects; in these cases, the easiest procedure would be use the search box, which covers my entire stock. However, if searching for a particular title on this page only, the simplest method is to use "Control-F" to bring up the "Find" dialogue on screen. I have described the books as accurately as possible but will of course accept returns if a particular item is inadvertently not as described.

11096

The Traveller's Handbook for Normandy and Brittany

4½" x 6¾". 296pp, maps, plans, adverts. Red cloth covered card, gilt, spine very slightly faded, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good

10469

Guide to Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey, Fountains Abbey, York, and the Dales

4¼" x 6¼". 168pp, adverts. Cloth covered card covers, covers faded, occasional light spotting, Very Good. Note: due to the war-time emergency it was not possible to include a full set of maps and plans in this issue, lest they be of assistance to the enemy.

10842

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Torquay, Paignton, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Totnes, and other South Devon Resorts

4¼" x 6¼". [xxviii] + 126pp, 82pp adverts, 6 maps & plans, 50 ills. Cloth covered card covers, covers rubbed and bubbled in places, plan of Torquay chipped at edges, else Very Good

10846

The Highlands of Scotland

4½" x 7". 191pp, adverts, 7 maps & plans, ills. Red cloth in chipped, torn d/j, fep torn, occasional foxing else G/G

11095

The Complete Scotland : A Comprehensive Survey, based on the principal motor, walking, railway and steamer routes

4½" x 7". 448pp, maps, plans. Original cloth, no d/j, ex-library, accession number inked on base of spine, usual stamps, first map torn, a good working copy.

14665

About Tunisia

5½” x 8¾”. 221pp, illustrations. Original blue cloth blocked in black. The covers are lightly rubbed. The spine ends are bumped. There are no internal markings and the text is clean throughout. There is a slightly musty smell. The dust-jacket is scuffed, rubbed and creased around the edges with some minor tears at the ends of the spine panel and at the flap folds. There is a small wrinkled section on the rear panel.

18080

Turkey and Syria Reborn: A Record of two Years of Travel

5¼” x 8½”. [xiii] + 270pp, portrait frontispiece, map, illustrations. This volume is ex-Library, rebound, reading copy only.

11789

Zoo Quest for a Dragon

5½" x 8¾". 174pp, colour frontis, colour and b&w illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a chipped, price-clipped d/j, presentation inscription (subsequently obliterated), otherwise Very Good/G

14905

Nasca : Eighth Wonder of the World?

6¼" x 9½". [xiv] + 257pp, frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in d/j, As New

10719

Thorough Guide Series : Yorkshire (Part I) The East Coast, York and the Country between the N. E. Main Line and the Sea (Part II) West and Part of the North Ridings and all parts of the Country west of the N. E. Main Line

4½" x 6½". 140pp + 149pp, 56pp adverts, maps. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, two maps torn but intact, else Very Good+

18120

Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker : Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria)

4¼" x 6¼". [xxx] + 335pp, 30 maps, 23 plans. Red cloth-covered card gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, frontispiece folding map chipped and torn along edge, otherwise very good.

18121

Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker : Belgium and Holland

4¼" x 6¼". [lv] + 267pp, with 6 maps and 14 plans. Red cloth-covered card gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed with some loss at head, frontispiece folding map chipped and torn along edge, otherwise very good.

13200

Dalmatia

5½” x 8¾”. 223pp, maps, illustrations. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers worn and soiled, pages stained, gutters split, reading copy.

11064

Yorkshire : The North Riding

5½" x 8¾". 198pp, ills. Green cloth gilt, in slightly rubbed, price-clipped d/j with one small tear, else Very Good+/G

18107

Cape to Cowley via Cairo in a Light Car

£125.00

14346

Letters to Henrietta

6¼" x 9½". 356pp, illustrations, maps. Blue cloth gilt, new

13771

The Myth of Shangri-La : Tibet, Travel Writing and the Western Creation of Sacred Landscape

6¼" x 9". [x] + 308pp, map. Blue cloth in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

15125

The Worst Desert on Earth : Crossing the Taklamakan

6¼" x 9½". [xix] + 268pp, map, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in d/j, Fine

10820

Yorkshire Revealed

6½" x 9¼". 259pp, 68 photographs, fold-out map. Red cloth, no d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, spine faded, small stain cover, else Very Good

10549

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery

3¾" x 6". 622pp. Green cloth, no d/j, a few small splashes on spine, else Very Good

16406

Letters From America

5¼” x 8”. [xlii] + 180pp, portrait frontispiece. Original black cloth with paper spine label. The covers are scuffed, marked and rubbed; in particular, there is a prominent circular stain on the front cover, and there is variation in colour overall. There is also a noticeable bump on the top edge of the front cover, near the spine. The paper spine label is chipped and discoloured. There is a previous owner's name inscribed in ink on the second front end-paper. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout; however, there is widespread foxing and the paper has tanned with age. The foxing is heaviest on the end-papers, preliminaries and first and last few pages but does wear off in the actual text where it is mainly confined to the margins. The edge of the text block is dust-stained and heavily foxed. The rear inner hinge is cracked.

10832

North Country Stories

5¼" x 8". 288pp. Green cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, ex-lib, with a few stamps, G

12070

Moorland Tramping in West Yorkshire

4¼" x 6¾". [xiii] + 200pp, frontis, maps. Green cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine dull, previous owner's name inscribed, edges dusty otherwise Very Good

10709

Broad Acres : A Yorkshire Miscellany

7¼" x 10". 210pp, ills. Brown cloth in chipped, price-clipped d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, spotting on fore-edges, else Very Good/G+

16783

Amazing New York

4¾” x 7½”. 133pp. Original blue cloth blocked in yellow, with narrow photographic print laid in. The front and rear covers have extensive old staining, with some variation in colour. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards.

11987

The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire

4¾" x 7½". [xvi] + 352pp, illustrations, publisher's catalogue. Decorative cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and soiled, spine dull, otherwise Very Good

11597

Petra

7½" x 10". 255pp, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Red cloth gilt in a clipped, rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine/Very Good+.

15362

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah

5¼” x 8½”.

17325

First Russia Then Tibet

6¼” x 9½”. [xv] + 328pp, colour frontispiece, illustrations. Original green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and slightly bowed, spine faded, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise Very Good.

14641

The Gobi Desert

5¾" x 9". 303pp, colour frontis, b&w plates, folding map. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed and very faded with significant colour variation from the original. There are a few marks, including two small ink stains. The spine has faded severely with almost total loss of colour. The spine ends and corners are bumped.

14903

30 Days in Sydney : A wildly distorted account

4½" x 7¼". 248pp, map. Laminated hardcover in a rubbed d/j, Near Fine

16201

The Holy City : Athens and Egypt :  Founded on Personal Observation and the Researches of Modern Explorers

5½" x 9". [xv] + 446pp, illustrations. Original pictorial red cloth gilt with bevelled edges (top edge gilt). The covers are rubbed and scuffed with a few shallow scratches, but still reasonably bright. The spine has faded noticeably with marked loss of colour and has a slightly mottled appearance. There is a small snag in the centre of the front spine gutter. The spine ends and corners are heavily bumped with some minor splitting of the cloth. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards. There is a pencilled noted opposite the Half-Title page: "From the Author 30 July 1902" though it is impossible to determine whether this is the Author's hand or that of the recipient. The front and rear end-papers and preliminaries are very heavily foxed. The edge of the text block is also heavily foxed with the foxing extending into the margins. The text, in general, is not affected though the exception is those pages adjacent to the illustrations, where the text is also foxed. A number of pages remain unopened, so a good paper-knife will be required for the study of the complete text

18053

My African Journey

3¾” x 6½”. [xii] + 150pp. Imitation leather, no d/j, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

15718

South America To-day

5¾” x 9”. 315pp, portrait frontis, illustrations.

11132

Free and Easy Land

5½" x 8¾". 339pp, ills.  Blue cloth, no d/j, head and tail of spine bumped, pp313-320 detached but present, else G

15108

Loneliness & Time : British Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century

6¼" x 9½". [ix] + 294pp, illustrations. Black cloth in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, page edges browned otherwise Very Good. "Loneliness and Time" is a pioneering study of travel writing as a literary form and of travel as a cultural phenomenon.

15424

The Man of Egypt

5¼” x 8”. [xvi] +300pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Original decorative cloth. There are two large patches of damp-staining, one each to the front and rear boards. Where this has happened, there is total loss of original colour. There are also remnants of an old paper label on the front cover. The head of the spine is snagged with a half-inch tear in the cloth. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The damp-staining to the covers has affected the first few, and, particularly, the last twenty pages, which are also stained. This is doubly unfortunate as, apart from these pages, the text and illustrations are very clean though the paper has tanned with age.

15926

Such Were These Years

5½” x 8¾”. 276pp, illustrations. This volume is ex-Boots Library. Original black cloth blocked in white. The covers are worn, being heavily rubbed, particularly around the edges, and with the shadow of a Boots Library sticker on the front cover. The spine is dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed with some splitting to the cloth. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards. The only indication of  its Boots Library heritage being the remnants of a label on the rear pastedown and a black mark on the bottom edge of the text block. Internally, there is separation between some of the gatherings particularly at page 144. Page 145 is torn on the inner edge. The edge of the text block is foxed, with the foxing occasionally extending into the margins. The tissue guard to the frontispiece is discoloured.

11128

Southwest Pacific : Australia and New Zealand and their Pacific Island neighbourhoods

5½" x 8¾". 365pp, ills, maps. Blue cloth in chipped, torn d/j, ex-school library with one stamp only, else Very Good/G

13226

Modern South America : A Comprehensive Survey Based on Twenty Years of Intimate Connection with the People, Places, Governments, Industries, Commerce & Changing Conditions of the Growing Nations of South America

5½” x 8¾”. 320pp, frontis, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed with remnants of "Boots Library" sticker on front boards, head and tail of spine frayed, edges & end-papers lightly foxed otherwise Good Plus

17969

The Making of a Frontier :  Five Years’ Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush

4” x 6¼”. 383pp. Original decorative blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and have darkened with age. 

12204

Out With Romany Once More

5¼" x 7¾". [vii] + 168pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed and creased, edges & end-papers foxed otherwise Good

12205

Out With Romany By The Sea

5" x 7½". 176pp, frontis, illustrations. Blue cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, gift inscription on front pastedown, edges lightly foxed otherwise Good

12206

Out With Romany By Moor and Dale

5" x 7½". 176pp, frontis, illustrations. Green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, edges dusty otherwise Good

11929

Out With Romany : Adventures with Birds and Animals

5¼" x 7¾". [vii] + 184pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Green cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, front cover slightly bowed, edges & end-papers foxed, previous owner's name inscribed otherwise G. Signed ("Romany") in ink by the author on the frontispiece.

15579

Exploration Fawcett

6” x 9”. [xv] + 312pp, illustrations. Rebound green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, hinges slack, tanning to pages otherwise Good.

14809

Australian Explorers : A Selection from Their Writings

3¾" x 6". 503pp. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed, chipped d/j, previous owner's name inscribed otherwise Very Good

14639

Brazilian Adventure

5½" x 8". 376pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, page edges browned, spine slightly canted otherwise Very Good

12171

The Enchanting North

6¼” x 8¾”. [xi] + 253pp, colour frontis, colour and b&w plates, folding map. Decorative cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and dull, end-papers browned otherwise Very Good

15697

Five Years in the Sudan

5½” x 8¾”. [xvi] + 327pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, shelf number on spine. This volume is ex-Library. There is a University of Lancaster bookplate on the front pastedown and a "Withdrawn" stamp on the front free end-paper

14408

Top Hats and Tom-Toms

5” x 7¼”. 350pp, illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed but still quite bright. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a previous owner's name inscribed on the front free end-paper. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. 

11856

Winter Journey : Some Account of a Friendly Man's Adventures

4¼" x 6¾". 255pp. Original cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good

17918

Two Vagabonds in the Balkans

6¼” x 10”. [viii] + 236pp, colour frontis, 12 colour plates. 24 b/w illustrations, Publisher’s advertisement. Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt on the spine, no d/j, covers rubbed but still reasonably bright, scattered (and occasionally heavy) foxing, untrimmed, edges foxed, otherwise Very Good.

12324

The Strong Brown God : The Story of the Niger River

6¼” x 9½”. 350pp, maps, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, slight bruise on edge of text block, otherwise Very Good.

15383

'Twixt Sand and Sea

6½” x 9½”. [xii] + 504pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Blind-stamped blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, inner hinges cracked, occasional foxing otherwise Good.

17963

Gone Abroad Again

5¼” x 8”.

11089

A Ward Lock Red Guide : Yorkshire Dales : Harrogate, Ilkley, Ripon, Bolton Abbey, Fountains Abbey

4½" x 7¼". 128pp, colour plates, plans, ills. Red cloth in chipped, price-clipped d/j, else Very Good/G+

16816

The Balkans by Bicycle

5½” x 8¾”. 221pp, illustrations. Original red cloth gilt, Publisher’s File Copy.

12068

Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol

4¼" x 6¼". [xxviii] + 466pp, 32 maps, 9 plans, 9 panoramas. Red cloth-covered card gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, front inner hinge cracked (held by two thin strips of linen), a few maps chipped along the edges where they have been carelessly folded, otherwise very good.

11107

Northern Germany excluding The Rhineland

4¼" x 6¼". 406pp, 165 maps and plans. Red cloth covered card, gilt lettering, marbled edges, spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good

11911

Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria)

4¼" x 6¼". [xxx] + 388pp, 37 maps, 50 plans. Red cloth-covered card gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, previous owner's name inscribed, front end-paper chipped and torn along edge, otherwise very good.

10329

Switzerland together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes

4¼" x 6¼". 618pp, 81 maps, 30 plans, 15 panoramas. Red cloth, gilt lettering, first fold-out map has small tear (as usual), otherwise a very clean and bright copy. Very Good+/-

11936

Yorkshire : North Riding

5½" x 8¾". [viii] + 390pp, illustrations, folding map. Green cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss, edges dusty, folding map torn at stub, otherwise Very Good/G-

12148

Seven Years in Tibet

5½" x 8¾". [xv] + 288pp, colour frontis, illustrations, map. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, edges dusty, covers rubbed, previous owner's name inscribed otherwise Very Good

10409

The Story of York Minster

4¾" x 7¼". 78pp, ills, folding diagram. A 1940s guide book with grey paper covers. The staples are rusting and there is a crease in the back cover, Very Good 

11339

Yorkshire Ditties [second series] to which is added the cream of wit and humour from his popular writings

4" x 6¾". 143pp, publisher's catalogue. Blind stamped green cloth gilt, no d/j, head and tail of spine rubbed, binding cracked between pp112-3 exposing mull, shaken, else G.

17548

By-Paths in the Balkans

5¾" x 8¾". [xiii] + 269pp, frontis. Original green cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed but remain reasonably fresh. The spine is a little dull and slightly mottled. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. The inner hinges are cracked, with the rear inner hinge being very badly cracked. There is an old "The Times Book Club" label on the rear pastedown.  The end-papers are very browned and discoloured. The second front free end-paper is heavily foxed and shows evidence of an old taped repair on the inner edge. The frontispiece illustration is present but detached. A previous owner has stamped the Title-Page with a double-headed eagle motif. There is occasional foxing. The text is clean throughout.

10496

Yorkshire Painted and Described by Gordon Home

5½" x 8¼". 248pp, 32 colour plates. Blind-stamped blue cloth, no d/j, covers marked, spine dull, contents clean and tight, Very Good

10782

Through East Anglia

4¼" x 6¾". 178pp, ills. Original cloth, no d/j, light spotting to fore-edges, else Very Good

11529

The Pool of Ch'Ien Lung : A Tale of Modern Peking

5¾" x 9". 176pp, colour frontis. Blue cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, a few pages creased, otherwise Very Good/G

18030

From the Gulf to Ararat : An Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan

5½" x 8¾". [xv] + 273pp, frontis, illustrations, maps. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine dull, edges & end-papers foxed otherwise Very Good

11854

Afoot in England

4¾" x 7¼". [xiv] + 239pp, two wood engravings by the editor. Green cloth gilt in a in a scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good+/G

16378

Wanderings Before the War

5½" x 8¾". 236pp, frontis, illustrations. Russet cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, pages browned, occasional foxing, otherwise Good Plus.

10849

Companion into North Riding

5" x 7½". 243pp, 15 plates. Green cloth, no d/j, spine dull, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good

11304

Of Tigers & Men : Entering the Age of Extinction

5½" x 8¾". 304pp. Black cloth gilt in d/j, near fine.

11017

Jackson's Handbook for Tourists in Yorkshire and Complete History of the County

4¾" x 7¼". 670pp, ills, adverts. Decorative red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, front bottom corner frayed, one page in the advertising section detached but present, else Very Good

15041

Ghost Train Through The Andes : On My Grandfather's Trail in Chile and Bolivia

6” x 9½”. [xxiii] + 309pp, maps, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine. It was not until long after his grandmother, Sophie, had died, that Michael Jacobs was eventually permitted to read the lengthy and passionate letters that his grandfather Bethel had written her from nine thousand miles away. In these letters, Jacobs discovered a remarkable story of hardship, deprivation and enduring love. His grandfather's work on the railway through the Andes was exhausting and desperately lonely. He had little in common with his fellow workers and became consumed by a mounting despondency, from which only his love for Sophie could save him. But, as the months and years of separation passed, the world in which Sophie was blossoming appeared more and more remote from his own. Michael Jacobs' journey back through time takes him from a rain-swept Hull churchyard to desolate Antofagasta in Chile and to the former silver capital of Potosi. Climbing through ghostly, lunar-like scenery towards the snow-capped summits of the Andes, he follows the route of his grandfather's railway - across giant rocky plateaux, through terrifyingly steep gorges and valleys of tropical lushness, and past grim mining townships buffeted by winds, rain and snow - to reveal an extraordinary love story.

16529

God's Own Country : An Appreciation of Australia

5¼” x 8½”. 246pp. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, ex-Library, reading copy only.

10648

The Heritage of England in colour [a collection of colour photographs by A. F. Kersting with an introductory text and notes by John Bledlow]

7½" x 9¾". 111pp, ills. Red cloth in chipped, grubby d/j, else Very Good+/G

16215

Where Three Empires Meet : A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining Countries

5" x 7½". [xiii] + 528pp, frontis, illustrations, folding map. Red cloth blocked in silver, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine faded, prelimary pages up to Preface all removed otherwise Fair

15951

Peter Lecky by Himself

5¼” x 8”. 349pp. Original blue cloth blocked in white on the front cover. The covers are rubbed with some colour variation and a few small marks on the rear cover near the spine. The spine has faded noticeably, with marked loss of colour and is now very dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The front cover has bowed out slightly.

15663

The Road to Buenos Ayres

5” x 7½”. [xx] + 175pp. Original green cloth blocked in red. The covers are marked and rubbed, with some old staining visible on the front boards and overall colour variation. There is a forward spine lean. The spine ends and corners are bumped.

14129

Roving East and Roving West

5” x 7¾”. 144pp, frontispiece, publisher’s catalogue. Original red cloth gilt. The covers are marked and rubbed with areas of colour loss and fading. There are a number of small stains on the rear cover, colour loss on the front bottom corner and along the rear edge. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. The spine has faded noticeably.

11092

Heroes of the Farthest North and Farthest South [adapted from "Heroes of the Polar Seas"]

4¾" x 7". 240pp, portrait frontis, maps. Decorative red cloth, no d/j, covers marked and creased, end-papers browned, else Very Good

11781

The Yukon and Northwest Territories

5¾" x 8¾". 236pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a rubbed, chipped, price-clipped d/j, otherwiseVery Good/G

12321

The King's England : Nottinghamshire : The Midland Stronghold

5¼" x 8". [ix] + 339pp, frontis, 109 photographs, map as rear end-paper. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good

12099

The King's England : Yorkshire : West Riding

5¼" x 8". [x] + 444pp, illustrations, folding map. Red cloth in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with taped repair, previous owner's name inscribed, edges dusty otherwise Very Good

11273

The King's England : Yorkshire : West Riding

5¼" x 8". 444pp, ills, folding map. Red cloth, no d/j, spine quite faded, small tear in map, else Very Good.

11990

The King's England : Yorkshire : West Riding

5¼" x 8". [x] + 444pp, illustrations, folding map. Red cloth in a torn, tatty d/j with some loss, covers mottled, map torn at stub, otherwise Very Good.

12071

The King's England : Gloucestershire

5½" x 8". 314pp, map, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped, price-clipped d/j, bookplate removed from front free end-paper, edges dusty otherwise Very Good

10852

The King's England : Gloucestershire

5½" x 8". 314pp, map, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in d/j, Near Fine.

14904

Sydney : The Story of a City

6¼" x 9½". [x] + 292pp. Yellow boards in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine. Edge of text-block untrimmed.

11117

The West Riding of Yorkshire

3¾" x 6". 571pp, 26 illustrations, 9 maps & plans. Red cloth in chipped d/j with a few small tears, corners bumped else Very Good+. A bright copy.

17171

I Went to Russia

5¼” x 8”. 299pp, portrait frontispiece. Original cloth blocked in black and red in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j. The cloth has discoloured which is very common with this colour, has darkened somewhat with age and has a slightly speckled appearance with a number of darker coloured spots. The covers are rubbed and the spine ends and corners are bumped. The spine is a little dull and there is a forward spine lean.

12203

Zanskar : The Hidden Kingdom

6¼” x 9½”. 205pp, maps, illustrations. Cream cloth gilt, no d/j, covers lightly rubbed otherwise Very Good Plus

11085

The Buildings of England : York and the East Riding

4½" x 7¼". 416pp, b&w ills, map. Black boards in a chipped d/j with one tear at base of spine, edges dusty, otherwise Very Good/G

10400

History of the Priory Church of Bridlington in the East Riding of the County of York

5½" x 8½". 131pp, 11 uncoloured steel engravings, map of East Riding. Plain boards, quarter bound in cloth. The ffep is missing a small piece, bottom right, and a few pages are creased. However the remainder of the contents are in unusually fine condition with virtually none of the foxing which usually affects this edition.

10800

Coastal Paths of the South West

5½" x 8¾". 212pp, ills. Pale blue cloth gilt in chipped d/j with one tear, else Very Good+/G+

10821

Old Glory : An American Voyage

5½" x 8¾". 528pp, map as end-papers. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, shaken, G.

12269

Bright Paradise : Victorian Scientific Travellers

6" x 9½". [xi] + 276pp, illustrations. Green cloth gilt in d/j, As New

10335

Antique Maps of Yorkshire and Their Makers

8½" x 11". 40pp typescript interspersed with dozens of examples of maps. Blue cloth (front cover spotted) in chipped, stained d/j. Scarce. Very Good+/G

15481

Jungle Pimpernel : The Story of a District Officer in Central Netherlands New Guinea

5¾” x 9”. 239pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Original cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed and very faded, particularly the spine, where there is almost total loss of original colour. The spine is also slightly soiled. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a gift inscription dated 1951 on the front end-paper. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. The edge of the text block is heavily foxed and this occasionally extends into the margins.

11931

British Cities : York

5" x 7½". [x] + 94pp, map, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and torn d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, edges dusty, otherwise Very Good/G

12520

Out With Romany Again

5" x 7½". [vii] + 182pp, frontis, illustrations. Original cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

14485

Chasing the Mountain of Light : Across India on the Trail of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond

6¼" x 9½". 272pp, map. Green cloth in d/j, As New

15729

Beyond the River : Ottoman Transjordan in Original Photographs

9” x 12”. 240pp, profusely illustrated. Brown cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine.

16119

Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya

5½” x 8¾”. 292pp, illustrations. Tan cloth gilt in d/j, Near Fine.

11875

Yorkshire Heritage

5½" x 8¾". 205pp, illustrations, map. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Very Good

11330

Scott's Last Expedition : The Personal Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, RN, CVO, on His Journey to the South Pole

5¼" x 8". 521pp, map as end-papers. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine very dull, inner hinges cracked, edges dusty, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Good

15173

In Search of King Solomon's Mines

6" x 9½". 240pp, illustrations, map. Red cloth in d/j, As New. King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, also possessed extraordinary wealth. He built a temple at Jerusalem that was said to be more fabulous than any other landmark in the ancient world, heavily adorned with gold from Ophir. The precise location of this legendary land has been one of history's great unsolved mysteries. Long before Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines produced a fresh outbreak of gold fever, explorers, scientists and theologians had scoured the world for the source of the king's astonishing wealth. Tahir Shah takes up the quest, using as his leads a mixture of texts including the Septuagint, the earliest form of the Bible, as well as geological, geographical and folkloric sources. Time and again the evidence points towards Ethiopia, the ancient kingdom in the horn of Africa whose imperial family claims descent from Menelik, the son born to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tahir Shah's trail takes him to a remote cliff-face monastery where the monks pull visitors up on a leather rope, to the ruined castles of Gondar, and to the churches of Lalibela, hewn from solid rock. In the south, he discovers an enormous illegal gold mine where thousands of men, women and children dig with their hands. But the hardest leg of the journey is to the accursed mountain of Tullu Wallel, where legend says there lies an ancient shaft, once the entrance of King Solomon's mines.

14640

Blind White Fish in Persia

5½” x 8¾”. 231pp, illustrations. Original cream cloth blocked in black, in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j. The covers are rubbed and slightly marked. The spine ends and corners are bumped. 

17509

To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise : with Historical Notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan

5¾" x 9". [ix] + 421pp, portrait frontis and 5 other plates. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, spine faded, head and tail of spine and corners frayed, front inner hinge cracked at title page, end-papers discoloured, otherwise Very Good

12149

Portrait of North Yorkshire

5½" x 8¾". 240pp, illustrations, map. Green cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, front boards creased, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise Very Good

10495

Switzerland : The Traveller's Illustrated Guide

4¾" x 7¼". 264pp, 192 ills, 40 maps, 16 panoramas, colour folding map in rear pocket. Red cloth, gilt lettering, corners bumped, paper slightly discoloured, Very Good

15604

Southward Journey

5½” x 9”. 320pp. Original green cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed and scuffed, with a few small marks on the spine. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a slight forward spine lean. There is a previous owner's name inscribed in pencil on the front free end-paper. There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. The paper has tanned with age. One corner (page 95) has been folded down. The edge of the text block is foxed and dust-stained.

16212

Reminiscences of Berlin During the Franco-German War of 1870-71

5½” x 8¾”. 335pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, frayed patch on front boards, spine ends and corners bumped otherwise Very Good

11026

The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy Land

5" x 7¾". 718pp, coloured plates, folding maps, illustrations. Marbled boards half-bound in tan leather, marbled end-papers and edges, occasional foxing, leather scuffed, else Very Good

12231

Handbook to Belgium : with Maps of Belgium, the Western Front and the Ypres Salient, Plans of Brussels, Antwerp, Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Liege, Malines, Namur, Spa and Environs, Luxemburg, the River Meuse, etc.

4½" x 6½". 320pp, maps, plans, illustrations. Red cloth-covered card, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded, missing the general map of Belgium, some pencilled annotations otherwise Good

14876

English Journeys. English Folk Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd; Some Country Houses and Their Owners by James Lees-Milne; One Green Field by Edward Thomas; Voices of Akenfield by Ronald Blythe; Through England on a Side-Saddle by Celia Fiennes.

4½” x 7”.

16452

Living Dangerously 37 Stories of Adventure On Land, at Sea in the Air and Investigating the Unknown

4¾” x 7½”. 284pp, illustrations. Green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers rubbed, bookplate on front free end-paper otherwise Very Good.

10708

Handbook to Paris and its Environs with a Map of the Battlefields

4¼" x 6½". 224pp, 70 plates, 10 maps and plans.

10467

A Handbook to Switzerland

4¼" x 6½". 224pp. All 60 plates are intact but 9 of 13 maps are missing. Red cloth, gilt lettering, covers marked & rubbed, occasional light spotting, G

10699

A Handbook to Switzerland

4¼" x 6½". 224pp. 60 plates & 13 maps are called for, however the general map of Switzerland is missing. Red cloth, no d/j, covers quite faded, else G+

11889

South Devon and South Cornwall with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly

4½" x 6½". 320pp, 26 maps and plans. Red cloth-covered card, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges foxed, a few maps repaired along the seam with brown tape, otherwise Very Good

11454

East of Katmandu

5½" x 8¾". 138pp, illustrations. Original cloth in a chipped, price-clipped d/j, end-papers browned otherwise Very Good/Very Good

18085

Across Siberia on the Great Post-Road

5½” x 7¾”. [xii] + 244pp, portrait frontis, folding map, illustrations. Red cloth blocked in black and gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and discoloured, head and tail of spine bumped, otherwise Very Good

10498

The North Riding of Yorkshire

4½" x 6½". 161pp with maps, diagrams and illustrations. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed else Very Good

14906

Grand Tours and Cook's Tours : A History of Leisure Travel 1750 to 1915

6¼" x 9½". [xiv] + 401pp, illustrations. Brown cloth gilt in d/j, As New

11131

Cobbers : A Personal Record of a Journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania and some of the reefs and islands in the Coral Sea, made in the years 1930, 1931 and 1932

5½" x 8¾". 256pp, portrait frontis, ills, map. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, spine faded and stained at head, edges dusty, previous owner's name inscribed, else G+

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