Archive for January, 2009

Visitations of Berkshire


Victorian Life at the Cape, 1870-1900

Previous onwer’s details inscribed on front endpaper. Double sided map in back pocket.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: a Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites

Inscribed on back of endpaper. Some minor foxing to endpapers.

Ullstein Fayencenbuch

Dust jacket has some tears at spine and corners, some marking, but otherwise in good condition. Text in German. Porcelain

Twice Captured: A Record of Adventure During the Boer War

Cloth cover is worn. First Edition. Navy blue boards, gilt on front & spine. Previous owners inscription in pencil. Minor foxing to endpapers. Some discolouration to edges of pages

Turner’s Birds

Phaidon 1988. Dust jacket in very good condition. Text and illustrations in good condition.

Tribal Animal Covers from Iran

An exhibition held at the Iran America Society Tehran April 15 - May 13. Some discolouartion to cover. Previous owner’s name stamped in very small letters on the front free endpaper

Transvaalse Gister

No dust jacket. Tan cloth covers in firm condition displaying edge wear and staining, with a sunned edge worn spine. Page stitching has loosened in extreme front part of book. Previous owner’s name inscribed on page 101, with another ownership stamp on verso of title page. Ex-library copy with stamps on front endpapers. A description in Afrikaans of the old Boer South African Republic.

Transhimalaja. Entdeckungen Und Abenteuer in Tibet VOLUME ONE ONLY

With 397 photographs and 10 charts. Previous owner’s name and date on half-title page. Some minor and sporadic browning. In german

Transactions of the Newbury District Field Club, Est 1870

Previous owner’s name on title page.

Thunder on the Blaauwberg

Dust jacket in excellent condition. Good firm copy

Three Years with Lobengula: And Experiences in South Africa

Rhodesia reprint library volume 1. Dust jacket is worn with losses at spine.Water staining to botton of pages. Minor foxing and staining to endpapers. With fold out maps.

The Way to Divine Knowledge

Cover is missing spine and leather is marked with some creasing and staining. Endpapers loose and browned with slight insect damage. Owners inscription in ink. Page 9 of grounds and reasons has a huge chip affecting the text

The Water Supply of Cities and Towns

Leather binding, with gilt title. Cover is worn , especially on edges and has a small tear on the spine. Marginalia in pencil. Wonderful illustrations of waterworks.

The Visitation of Berkshire in 1566 By William Harvey

Inscribed by previous owner on cover. Fraying around edges