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London: Hamish Hamilton. First UK edition. This is a fine / new copy. It hasn't been read and has only been opened for the author to sign and line it to the title page. It comes with a booker prize book mark for 2019 as well. The joint booker prize winner for 2019 and is rare to find with these attributes. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2019.
South Col + an Edmund Hillary multi signed Order of Service de Noyce, Wilfred; Lowe, George; Gregory, Alfred; Band, George; Westmacott, Mike - 1954
de Noyce, Wilfred; Lowe, George; Gregory, Alfred; Band, George; Westmacott, Mike
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South Col + an Edmund Hillary multi signed Order of Service
de Noyce, Wilfred; Lowe, George; Gregory, Alfred; Band, George; Westmacott, Mike
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
Heinemann. First edition published by Heinemann in 1954. This is a very good copy. The is some chipping to the top of the spine of the jacket. The spine is a shade browned. There is light wear to the corners. The jacket hasn't been clipped. The book has some light wear to the spine and ends. The book has no ink or foxing marks. Overall a presentable copy. The book has been signed by the author and 1953 team member Wilfrid Noyce on the title page without dedication. In addition the book comes with an Edmund Hillary order of service signed by the then remaining expedition team members George Lowe, Alf Gregory, George Band and Mike Wesmacott. The booklet was signed through The Himalayan Trust when George Band was its chairman. It is rare to find the book signed along with the multi signed order of service. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.
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The Plantagenet King
(GB)
- Formato/Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Estado del libro Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta Very Good
- Cantidad disponible 1
- Edición 1st Edition
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Editorial Heinemann
- Fecha de publicación 1954
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Girl, Woman, Other (Signed and Lined)
de Evaristo, Bernardine
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Talking Football (Signed)
de Ramsey, Alf
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 657.36
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London: Stanley Paul. First UK edition published by Stanley Paul in 1952. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is pretty much complete. There is a tear to the top left hand corner of the front panel. The spine has faded by a shade or two. The back panel is marked. There is minor wear along the edges and corners. It is an extremely fragile wrapper and this is one of the better examples we have handled. The book is in very presentable condition. There is no previous owner's ink. The is some foxing marks to the first few pages and to the text block. Overall a very good copy. This copy is very rare as it has the signature of Alf Ramsey on the front free end paper. The autobiography of England great Alf Ramsey where he discusses his playing days for Spurs and England. He would of course go on to reach sporting immortality by managing England to its world cup victory in 1966. A very rare book to find signed. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1952.
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Round the Fire Stories
de Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 418.32
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Smith, Elder & Co.. First edition published by Smith, Elder and Co in 1908. This is a near fine copy. The boards are in excellent condition with very little wear at all. The deep red cloth has an even tone throughout including the spine. There is a faint cup ring mark on the back board. The odd corner tip is rubbed. The book is square and the pages are tight to the binding. The pages are also very clean and white, with no foxing or previous owners marks. Overall rare as it is in near fine collectible condition. 17 short stories by Conan Doyle about, in his words, the grotesque and the terrible. Includes the story - the beetle hunter. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1908.
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The Country Girls
de O'Brien, Edna
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 567.72
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Hutchinson. First edition published by Hutchinson in 1960. A near fine copy. The jacket is in excellent, crisp shape with hardly any wear. It has been clipped. The book is also very presentable with no marks to the boards. There is a previous owner's neat name to the front free end paper. There is no foxing or browning patches and the pages are clean. It is a book in highly collectible condition. A book initially banned by the Irish censorship board and subjected to multiple public book burnings due to the sexual content and how social issues in Ireland were portrayed. The novel divided opinion: it also won awards and was recently added to a list of 100 most influential books by the BBC. A modern firsts classic and rare to find in such nice condition . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1960.
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![The World Crisis: The Aftermath](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/826/505/1592505826.0.m.jpg)
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The World Crisis: The Aftermath
de Churchill, Winston. S
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 597.60
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Thornton Butterworth Limited. Large thick 8vo., navy publisher's boards, embossed with title and author to the lower corner; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; in the original printed dust jacket priced 30 shillings net; pp. [viii], 9-474, [ii]; containing 4 folding maps, and 4 additional in text, both in black and white and full colour; edges lightly spotted, endpapers a touch offset; lightly creased to spine; but else a superior copy, unusually complete with the jacket, which is a touch darkened in places and nicked to spine ends. Near fine. Second impression, published in the same month as the first, in the genuinely rare dust jacket. The fifth part of Churchill's account of the First World War. Aftermath addresses some of the complications and disappointments following Armistice day which ultimately set the stage for the Second World War. In fact, the same year this volume was published, Churchill faced his own complications and disappointments, as the Conservatives lost 10 Downing…
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Dark Avenues
de Bunin, Ivan
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 687.24
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John Lehmann. First UK edition published by John Lehmann in 1949. Translated by Richard Hare. This is a very good copy. The Humphrey Spender dust wrapper is complete and hasn't been price clipped. There is minor wear to the spine ends and corners. There is a smattering of spotting to the text block and to the first and last couple of pages. Overall a very good copy. A collection of short stories by the nobel laureate, mostly of russian life before the revolution. Regarded as Bunin's masterpiece. A very rare book and particularly so with the wrapper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1949.
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![Hide & Seek](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/733/986/1521986733.0.m.jpg)
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Hide & Seek
de Fielding, Xan
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 687.24
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Secker & Warburg. First UK edition published by Secker & Warburg in 1954. This is a very good copy. The notoriously fragile wrapper is better than is usually found. There are small amounts of loss to the corners and some wear to the spine ends. The panels of the jacket are clean and it isn't price clipped. The book has a couple of faint marks to the front boards. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Overall a very good copy. The highly illustrative jacket design is by Anthony Baynes. Fielding's account of his activities as a wartime agent in crete during WW2. A rare book to find in this condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.
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![Reach for the Sky - Signed by Douglas Bader](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/729/1563729393.0.m.jpg)
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Reach for the Sky - Signed by Douglas Bader
de Bader, Douglas; Brickhill, Paul
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 537.84
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Collins. First edition published by Collins in 1954. This is a very good or better copy. The jacket is not price clipped displaying 16s. net on the inside flap. The spine is a shade toned. There is minor wear to the spine ends and corners. The blue cloth boards of the book are in very good shape. The binding is square and tight. There is a previous owner's name and date to the half title page. On the front free end paper, R.A.F pilot Douglas Bader has signed his name without dedication. The life story / biography of fighter pilot and Battle of Britain hero Douglas Bader, written by Paul Brickhill (author of Dam Busters and The Great Escape). A rare copy signed by Bader. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.
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War Horse
de Morpurgo, Michael
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 567.72
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Kaye & Ward. First edition published by Kaye & Ward in 1982. This is a very good copy. Issued without a dust wrapper and rare as quite a few of the first print copies went to libraries. This copy has a small bump to the top corner of the upper board. The back board has two chips to the laminate where a previous owner has attempted to take the price sticker off. The pages are very clean, without marks, ink or stamps. Overall a collectible copy. Cover design by Victor Ambrus. The classic great war story about a young horse called Joey being sent to the western front in France. It was adapted to the big screen by Steven Spielberg in 2011. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1982.
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![In their Element](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/718/1572718809.0.m.jpg)
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In their Element
de Heaney, Seamus
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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EUR 687.24
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The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. First edition published by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1977. Near fine. Signed by both Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon above their portraits. Stiff silver paper covers. Twelve previously collected poems including Death of a Naturalist. An eye-catching production. With its original slipcase. Rare to have both poets' signatures. [Brandes & Durkan B29] . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1977.
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Timeless Treasure,: Exploring Miniature Libraries and their Bookcases (1800-1932).
de Burley, Jason
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- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition.
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- Paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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London, London, United Kingdom
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EUR 11.95
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24 printed pages. 11 colour photgraphic illustrations. Index and Bibliography. 'Introduction', 'The History of Small Antique Bookcases', 'Caring for Your Mini Bookcases', 'Notable Examples', 'Investment Value' and 'Conclusion'. 15 x 21 cm. Perfect bound with colour pictorial card wrappers. Newly published in June 2024. This approaches collectable miniature books through the perspective of their original bookcases and draws from a number of different academic and reference sources, as well as on the author's own current stock. Jason Burley has worked in antiquarian bookselling since 1979, when he joined Francis Edwards, 83 Marylebone High Street, W1 as a Trainee Bookdealer. He opened his first independent bookshop in 1984 in Camden and jointly founded the multiple award-winning Burley Fisher Books in 2015. Jason has campaigned with Lord Bird to reduce Business Rates on UK bookshops and has sold miniature books since the mid 1980s -exhibiting 750 miniature books at Firsts London 2024 in the Saatchi…
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![A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/413/560/1445560413.0.m.jpg)
A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
de DIAS, João José Alves
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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New York, New York, United States
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EUR 22.65
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Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
de Simson, Clive
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 8.96
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Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
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![In Search of Nature.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/752/702/468702752.0.b.jpg)
In Search of Nature.
de Ratcliffe, D.A
- Nuevo
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Edición
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 20
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 10.46
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
de Martell, Charles
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 17.93
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
de Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
- Nuevo
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- Edición
- 1st. Ed.
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 3
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 23.90
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Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
de Martell, Charles
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 28.09
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
de Hart, Ian
- Nuevo
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- Edición
- 1st. Ed.
- Cantidad disponible
- 10
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 29.88
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Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
de Hart, Ian
- Nuevo
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Edición
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 10
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 29.88
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
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Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
de Hart, Ian
- Nuevo
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Edición
- 1st. Ed.
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 8
- Librería
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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EUR 35.86
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Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
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EUR 35.86