- A Chart of the Western Coast of Africa, from the twelfth degree of Latitude North to the eleventh degree South, with the adjacent Islands. Drawn from the French Chart of the Western Ocean published in 1738, by order of the Count de Maurepas
Publisher: Barbot, Smith & Marchaise, nd [circa 1750s].
9¾" x 7¾", hand coloured, upper border cropped a little tight, surface rubbed in a tiny spot at top left corner, in Good condition.
Rare early hand coloured map of West Africa.

£30.00

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- A New Map of Africa
from the best Authorities
Publisher: Cadell & Davies, London, 1797.
9¾" x 8½", a little toning, in Very Good condition.
Rare early map of Africa.

£30.00

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- Report by H.M. Government... on the Administration of Togoland under British Mandate
for the year 1929
Publisher: HMSO, London, 1930.
Paperback, 78 pages + large folding map, small inscription to front cover, slightly rusty staples, in Good condition.
Scarce official report. [Non-philatelic].

£12.00

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- Report by H.M. Government... on the Administration of the Cameroons under British Mandate
for the year 1936
Publisher: HMSO, London, 1937.
Paperback, 158 pages + folding tables + large folding colour map, a couple of short tears to edge of map, else in Very Good condition.
Scarce official report. [Non-philatelic].

£12.00

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Redmayne, Paul - The Gold Coast
Yesterday and Today
Publisher: Methodist Book Depot, Cape Coast, 1941.
Hardback, green cloth spine, pictorial paper-covered boards, illustrated, circa 118 pages, covers slightly soiled and rubbed at corners, some browning to endpapers, slight stain to fore-edges, in fairly Good condition.
Scarce book. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos. [Non-philatelic].

£7.50

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McInnes, Ian and Fraser, Mark - Ashanti 1895-96
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1987.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xi + 145 pages, one or two tiny blemishes else in Very Good condition.
A roll of British and West Indian recipients of the Ashanti Star including many details of other medals earned, previous and subsequent service, with diaries, photographs and other previously unpublished material. (Non-philatelic).

£7.50

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Dickinson, Terence A. - Sierra Leone Picture Postcards
Publisher: West Africa Study Circle, 1997.
First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 146 pages, covers and edges a little dust-marked, very slight corner-crease to rear cover, in Good condition.
Useful guide to the types and numbers published.

£10.00

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Cooke, Sholto - The Maiden City and the Western Ocean
A History of the Shipping Trade between Londonderry and North America in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Morris & Co., Dublin, nd [circa 1961].
Hardback, illustrated, 223 pages + plates, page-edges a little tanned else in Very Good condition.
Non-philatelic but with much useful background history of North Atlantic shipping.

£20.00

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- Neunzig Jahre Hamburg-Amerika Linie
1847-1937
Publisher: Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 1937.
Hardback, illustrated, 48 pages + fold-out map, text in German, slight wear at top of spine, previous owner's gift dedication to front endpaper, in Good condition.
Scarce history of the shipping company published to commemorate its 90th anniversary. Very well illustrated with fine black & white photos of ships, etc.[Non-philatelic].

£24.00

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- Anglo-Boer War Centenary Sale
Publisher: Stephan Welz & Co./Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 1999.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 115 pages, some slight shelfwear, slight corner-crease, pages clean, in Good condition.
Catalogue featuring Books, Postage Stamps & Postal History, Commemorative Porcelain, Prisoner-of-War Work, Pictures & Prints, Photographs, Coins & Banknotes, Decorations & Medals. Well illustrated with black & white and colour plates.

£9.50

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[Griffith, Kenneth] - The Kenneth Griffith Anglo-Boer War Collection and Library
Publisher: Argyll Etkin, London, 2006.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 69 pages + colour plates, slight creasing to edge of rear cover and tops of a few pages, else in Very Good condition.
Scarce catalogue of the final portions of the famous collection formed by the late Ken Griffith. This catalogue features a small number of postal history items (the main philatelic collections having already been auctioned), followed by the amazing collection of historical artefacts and books relating to the Boer War, including maps, diaries, photographs, bronzes, paintings, etc. Well illustrated in black & white and with sixteen pages of colour plates.

£15.00

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Duggan, John - Airships in the Arctic
Publisher: Zeppelin Study Group, Ickenham, 2006.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, vi + 302 pages, in Very Good+ condition.
A large, well illustrated book. Mainly non-philatelic but with much useful background history for postal historians.

£36.00

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Marlowe, John - Perfidious Albion
The Origins of Anglo-French Rivalry in the Levant
Publisher: Elek Books, London, 1971.
First edition, hardback, 323 pages, ex-library copy with library pocket to front endpaper and usual library marks, some slight marks to the page-edges but contents clean, in Good condition.
Interesting background history [non-philatelic].

£6.50

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Deighton, Len and Schwartzman, Arnold - Airshipwreck
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 72 pages, with promotional postcard loosely inserted, dustwrapper price-clipped, mild shelfwear else in VG condition.
A history of airship disasters, profusely illustrated with photographs. With the surprisingly elusive promotional postcard still present. [Non-philatelic].

£15.00

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Ruoss, Hugo - 100 Jahre Luftfahrt in der Schweiz
Die ersten Flugmeetings und die ersten Fluggesellschaften
Publisher: Fritz Kirchhofer, 2012.
Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 231 pages, text in German, a couple of the tiniest corner creases to the covers else in Very Good condition.
A fine work on the history of the early days of Swiss flight. Beautifully produced, with superb quality colour illustrations throughout. Not strictly philatelic, but with much of aero-philatelic interest including many flown covers illustrated in colour.

£20.00

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Robinson, P.E. - The Trans-Siberian Railway on Early Postcards
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1999.
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, comb-bound, 50 pages, in Very Good condition.
Describes and illustrates numerous early postcards depicting the Trans-Siberian Railway.

£9.50

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- La TRAPAS 1946-1951
Publisher: Icare, 2000.
Large format, paperback, illustrated, 123 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
Icare No. 175. Well illustrated in colour. [Non-philatelic].

£15.00

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De la Brugere [pseudonym of Arthème Fayard] - Guerre Civil en 1871, Histoire de la Commune de Paris
Publisher: Arthème Fayard, Paris, nd [1873].
Hardback, original green cloth gilt, illustrated, 403 pages, text in French, some wear to spine and covers, front inner-hinge cracked, index-page coming loose, a rather worn copy but contents sound. In Fair condition.
Scarce account of the Paris Commune, illustrated with engravings. [Non-philatelic]

£25.00

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Bertall - The Communists of Paris 1871
Types - Physiognomies - Characters
Publisher: Buckingham & Co., London, 1873.
English edition, large hardback, original green cloth gilt, all page-edges gilt, unpaginated, 40 hand-coloured plates, spine and corners rubbed, head and foot of spine scuffed with slight loss, slight crack to front inner-hinge, repaired tear to title-page, some toning and occasional blemishes to margins, in Fair to Good condition.
Wonderful caricatures of characters of the Siege of Paris and the Commune, with commentary by "An Englishman". [Non-philatelic][click "next" for more images]

£50.00

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Newberry, Peter - The Vectis Connection
Pioneering Isle of Wight Air Services
Publisher: Waterfront, Settle, 2000.
First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 128 pages + xvi colour plates, in VG condition.
Very well illustrated, detailed history. [Non-philatelic].

£8.50

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