LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
Written by Mark Twain; Ron Powers.
Stock no. 2139456
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The river and its history. Introduced by Ron Powers. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt map of the river and its tributaries to front board. Blue endpapers. B/w and colour illustrations. 2nd printing. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few small marks.

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THE SOURCE OF THE NILE: THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by Richard Burton.
Stock no. 2138171
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 604 pages. B/w illustrations. Loosely inserted map. Map still present. Slip case is very good - scuff marks.

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SEVERN TIDE
Written by Brian Waters.
Stock no. 1823669
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the upper part of the tidal estuary of the Severn about Tewkesbury and the mouth of the Wye. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862993814. Spine lightly creased and lightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE RIVER WYE A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Josephine Jeremiah.
Stock no. 2137906
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A concise narrative of the history of the Wye Valley. B/w photos. 134 pages. ISBN: 186077301X. Names in ink to prelims. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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BRADSHAW'S CANALS AND NAVIGABLE RIVERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Henry Rodolph De Salis.
Stock no. 2137783
Published by Old House Books. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of the 1904 edition of A Handbook of Inland Navigation for Manufacturers, Merchants, Traders and Others: Compiled, after a Personal Survey of the whole of the Waterways. Green paper boards with yellow titles. viii and 480 pages plus advertisements to rear. ISBN: 9781908402141. 3rd printing. Page edge browning.

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LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS (NN 15)
Written by T.T. Macan; E.B. Worthington.
Stock no. 1823634
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5". 272 pages. An authoritative work of outstanding interest. Many attractive colour plates - also black and white photo illustrations. Boards unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers. Browning to text block. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.

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THE THAMES
Written by G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 2137559
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

Pale grey/blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. White and two green colour decorations. 75 colour plates/illustrations - 55 full page with tissue-guards and 20 are chapter headers. Plus fold-out map to rear. 248 pages, plus 2 page original booklist to rear. A and C Black Colour Book in the 20 Shilling series. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. A few marks to covers. Joints are cracked. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges, but some also to pages internally. Plate margins also have some foxing, but mostly browning.

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DEATH OF AN OCEAN: A GEOLOGICAL BORDERS BALLAD
Written by Euan Clarkson; Brian Upton.
Stock no. 1823536
Published by Dunedin Academic Press Ltd.. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Scottish Borders, drained mainly by the River Tweed and its tributaries, is famed for its historical legacy and attendant myths and ballads. The authors here tell of how the once great ocean of Iapetus met its end through the inexorable motion of the tectonic plates bringing the continental masses on either side of it onto a collision course. The impact of these continents spelled the death-knell for Iapetus and formed the Caledonide mountain chain. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781906716028. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort.
Stock no. 1823506
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Landscapes of Britain series. This book is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project which aimed to identify and explore the archaeology of the wetlands before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0954557549. Slight bowing of book else contents clean.

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THE RIVER COLUMN
Written by Henry Brackenbury.
Stock no. 2135750
Published by The Battery Press. 1993. Very good condition.

A Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile Expeditionary Force and Its Return Down The Rapids. With maps. Originally published in 1885.0Red cloth with gilt titles on black title labels. ISBN: 0898391849. Some foxspots.

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THE THAMES HIGHWAY VOLUME I: GENERAL HISTORY
Written by Fred S. Thacker; Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1822374
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1968. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of water carriage on the river from pre-Conquest days to the beginning of the 20th century. First published in 1914, this edition has a new introduction by Charles Hadfield. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715342320. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and just slightly scuffed.

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SMALL FRESHWATER CREATURES (POCKET GUIDES)
Written by Lars-Henrik Olsen; Jakob Sunesen; Bente Vita Pedersen.
Stock no. 1822359
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Describing over 500 animals, from spiders to salamanders, that you may meet in the ponds, rivers, and streams of Northern Europe. Grey pictorial boards, black title to spine. Illustrated endpapers, colour illustrations, 229 pages including index. ISBN: 0198507984. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine.

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