JOURNEY INTO RUSSIA
Written by Laurens Van Der Post.
Stock no. 1827663
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book describes one of the longest journeys made in Soviet Russia by a writer without political bias. The story of a journey into the hears of the Russians and into the hears of places visited, from Moscow to Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, Baku and Tbilisi, Kiev, and Moscow to Siberia and back. Blue cloth baords, gilt title to spine. Folding map to rear. Spine lightly browned. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby, edge-rubbed, repaired/strengthend to verso with brown paper tape.

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THE STONES OF VENICE
Written by John Ruskin; Jan Morris. Illustrated by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 1827560
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Stones of Venice was originally published in 3 volumes between 1851 and 1853. Ruskin believed that the best of Gothic architecture was to be found in Venice. This edition is in beautiful terracotta pictorial cloth with colour plates by Ruskin. 350 pages includes index. Edited and Introduced by Jan Morris. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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THE SONGLINES
Written by Bruce Chatwin; Nicholas Shakespeare. Illustrated by Simon Pemberton.
Stock no. 1827511
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Social life and customs of Australian Aborigines. Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).

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SMALL BOAT IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Written by Roger Pilkington. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1827490
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the ninth volume of the author's enterprising travels through the waterways of Europe. The author's boat Commodore surges swiftly down the Rhone towards the marshes of the Camargue and the Mediterranean. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Vertical edge of front board has tape from top to tail folded from front to front pastedown inside. Remains of a bookplate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a minor nick to lower front edge of spine, a small glue stain to publisher name on spine else lovely. Musty odour present.

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OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF MALTA
Written by Carmelina Grech.
Stock no. 1827472
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A record of Malta's many achievements. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0750921889. Corners of covers lightly creased, rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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CHINA THE FACTS
Written by P.T. Etherton.
Stock no. 1326566
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. 257 numbered pages. B/w photos, folding map at rear of book. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.

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PRIVATE GARDENS OF BUENOS AIRES
Written by Janick De Oliveira Cezar.
Stock no. 1827152
Published by Ediciones Lariviere. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A glimpse into eighteen private gardens that are typical of the subtropical climate of Buenos Aires. Pale green cloth boards, dark green title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9879528077. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Written by Giulio Lorenzetti.
Stock no. 1827118
Published by Edizioni Lint Trieste. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint from the 1961 edition. Small format. Cream cloth boards, blue titles and black illustration to front. B/w photos. Folding maps. Text block a little grubby. Tiny crease to tip of top corners, light diagonal crease to top corner of prelims. Else a clean copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a biro mark crossing out to rear panel (price?).

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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Marco Polo; Ronald Latham.
Stock no. 1826967
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reissued. Black cloth spine with gilt title, red cloth sides. Maps to endpapers. Colour plates. Fourth printing. Tiny stain to top and bottom edge next to gilt tooling, spine is a little scuffed. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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ARCHITECTURE OF AN ISLAND: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BAHRAIN
Written by Fiona Clark.
Stock no. 1826753
Published by Miracle. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Embodies both the economic and physical enhancements that are taking place in the Kingdom. Large format. Matt white boards with foil titles. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789990137361. Boards a little scuffed. Top rear corner bumped. Contents clean. Internet directory on CD is MISSING from inside rear cover.

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THE GARDENS OF PORTUGAL
Written by Helena Attlee.
Stock no. 1826701
Published by Francis Lincoln Ltd. 1st 2008. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The gardens of Portugal borrow something from every phase of the country's sea-faring history, bringing together ideas from East and West in a style that is confident, flamboyant, slightly exotic but always distinctly Portuguese. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780711226937. Corners of boards rubbed and bumped. Boards are marked with foxing and damp. Foxing to prelims else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge creased, verso is damp stained at top rear edge and is foxed.

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SPANISH GARDENS
Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes.
Stock no. 1826674
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1987. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Marquesa de Casa Valdes was brought up to love nature and spent part of her childhood and youth in the beautiful regions of north-east Spain, where the pinewoods almost meet the sea. During her travels, she has been able to study the gardens of other latitudes and climsates, giving her a sound basis from which to define more clearly the art and skills involved in gardening. Large format. Green cloth boards, white titles. Colour & a few b/w photos. ISBN: 8485861035. Some light scuffing to boards. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Front joint is broken. Else binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at edges.

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