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MEXICO AS I SAW IT
Written by Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
Stock no. 814550
Published by Hurst & Blackett. 1902. Slightly better than good condition.

Second edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. Colour plates and b/w photos. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by author. All plates present. Endpapers lightly foxed. Joints slightly cracked. Contents very good. Spine faded and rubbed.

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GENNEM DE FAGRE RIGER
Written by Johannes Poulsen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 440819
Published by V. Pios Boghandel. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

Modern binding with 3/4 marbled and red leather spine and corners. B/w photographs. Text in Danish. Front panel of original wrapper, which is illustrations by Nielsen has been bound in as part of the prelims. Edges worn, with a little fading to leather. An unusual item!

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ANASAZI RUINS OF THE SOUTHWEST IN COLOR
Written by William M. Ferguson; Arthur H. Rohn.
Stock no. 810786
Published by University Of New Mexico. 1st 1986. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity. ISBN: 0826308740.

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LETTRES CHOISIES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE
Written by Madame De Sevigne; M. Poujoulat. Illustrated by V. Foulquier.
Stock no. 810363
Published by Alfred Mame Et Fils. 1st thus 1871. Almost very good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Floral patterned endpapers. 18 b/w text illustrations. Text in French. Limited edition of 300 copies. Top edge gilt. Title on spine is Madame De Sevigne. Copy no. 124. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page is very browned and has been reinserted. Last page also very browned and reinserted. Possibly not original binding but looks contemporary. Corners rubbed.

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HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
Written by William H. Prescott.
Stock no. 628351
Published by George Routledge and Co.. 1854. Very good condition.

Two volumes. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands and elaborate gilt decorations to spines. Marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Prelims lightly foxed. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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ATHENS, ATTICA AND THE MEGARID
Written by Hans Rupprecht Goette.
Stock no. 599120
Published by Routledge. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The archaeological treasure of Athens and the surrounding area. B/w photos. ISBN: 041524370X. Book and wrapper fine except for small black mark to lower edge.

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PICTURESQUE GREECE
No author listed.
Stock no. 598421
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1923. Good condition.

Architecture, landscape and life of the people. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Sepia photos. A few pages detached. Top and tail of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned.

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SHADOWS OF THE GALLOWS
Written by Patrick C. Murphy.
Stock no. 598436
Published by The Caxton Printers Ltd.. 1928. Fair condition.

The author was a life prisoner in the Idaho State Penitentiary. Red cloth. B/w photos. Rear board badly dampstained and photos at rear affected by damp.

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FRATERNITY AMONG THE FRENCH PEASANTRY
Written by Alan R.H. Baker.
Stock no. 597891
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley 1815-1914. B/w photos. ISBN: 0521642132.

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ARCHAEOLOGIA GRAECA OR THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE
Written by John Potter; James Boyd.
Stock no. 594984
Published by Thomas Tegg. 1837. Very good condition.

With Numerous Notes and Improved Indices by Boyd. Illustrated by upwards of 150 engravings on wood and steel including folding maps. xii + 818 pages + 2 page booklist. Scattered foxing to page edges. A bright copy.

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ENCHANTING WILDERNESS
Written by Hans Tolten.
Stock no. 592306
Published by Selwyn & Blount. 1936. Very good condition.

Adventures in darkest South America, Argentina. Black cloth, green titles. B/w photos. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots throughout.

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