British Islands: Articles from the National Geographic Magazine
by Olcott, Charles S.; Graves, Ralph A.; Byrne, Donn; Williams, Maynard Owen; Murphy, Robert Cushman; Hathaway, Sibyl; others
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- Good with no dust jacket
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Chicago, Illinois: Edwin Allen Co, 1941. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Many pages have dampstaining on margins plus handling wear. Buckram over boards has edge wear, overall shelf wear. Outer edges of text block are soiled. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated in color/b&w. ; A selection of National Geographic articles from 1921 through 1940 featuring British islands. Contents: Olcott, Orkneys and Shetlands (Feb. 1921). Graves, Short visit to Wales (Dec. 1923). Byrne, Ireland, the rock whence I was hwen (Mar. 1927). Williams, Unspoiled Cyprus (July 1928). Murphy, The timeless Arans (June 1931). Hathaway, The feudal isle of Sark (July 1932). Hildebrand, Edinburgh, Athens of the North (August 1932). Walmsley, Between heather and North Sea (Feb. 1933). Rogers, Mis and sunshine of Ulster (Nov. 1935). Luke, The Maltese Islands (Nov. 1935). Dunlap, Low road, high road, Dundee (Apr. 1936). Mellor and Stewart, Isle of Man (May 1937). Brown, New map of British Isles (June 1937). Campbell, Guernsey, the friendly island (Mar. 1938). Williams, Pilgrims still stop at Plymouth (July 1938). Lockley, We live alone - on an island (Aug. 1938). Fora, Tristan Da Cunha Isles (Nov. 1938). Moore, The garden isles of Scilly (Dec. 1938). Walker, Old Ireland, mother of new Eire (May 1940). Burg, Britain just before the storm (Aug. 1940). Walter, Wanderers awheel in Malta (Aug. 1940). The Rock of Gibraltar (Sep. 1940). ; Ex-Library; 10.0" tall.
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- Seller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3450008
- Title
- British Islands: Articles from the National Geographic Magazine
- Author
- Olcott, Charles S.; Graves, Ralph A.; Byrne, Donn; Williams, Maynard Owen; Murphy, Robert Cushman; Hathaway, Sibyl; others
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edwin Allen Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- BRITISH, ISLAND, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, GREAT BRITAIN, ARAN, CYPRUS, MALTA, ORKNEY, SARK
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel;
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