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THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.

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RACE RELATIONS IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327779
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 136 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat writing to rear free-endpaper (list of further titles to read). Dustwrapper is damp stained to edges of front panel.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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BIRDS OF THE ALGARVE AND SOUTHERN ALENTEJO - AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST
Written by Goncalo Elias.
Stock no. 1326425
Published by Goncalo Elias. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Print on demand by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Cardwraps. 98 pages. ISBN: 9781517497811. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and corners. Lower edge of front cover is very slightly creased. Contents fine.

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AS LIBELULAS DE PORTUGAL THE DRAGONFLIES OF PORTUGAL
Written by Ernestino Maravalhas; Albano Soares.
Stock no. 1326423
Published by Booky Publisher. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Text in Portugese and English. More than 600 photos and maps of the 67 species that are known in Portugal. Cardwraps. 335 pages. ISBN: 9789899861404. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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VOICES FROM THE PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818252
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army 1808-1814. Edited by Ian Fletcher drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853674591. A few minor grubby marks to endpapers and text block. Plates clean but slightly crinkled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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