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1951; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 67; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

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EUROPE Europe in Photographs. Commentary by Stephen Spender. 12×8 1/2. Pp. xiii+280. 248 photogravure plates. Historical Notes. London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1951. 35s. A Natural History of Man in Britain, Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations between Men and Environments. By H. J. Fleure, f.r.s. 8 3/4×6. Pp. xviii+ 349. 76 line drawings by Alison Birch. 38 colour photographs by Robert Atkinson, John Markham and others. 38 photographs in black and white. [The New Naturalist, 18.] London: William Collins,‐Sons and Co. Ltd, 1951. 21s. The Heart of Scotland. By George Blake. 8 1/2× 1/2. Pp. xii+116. 76 photographs. Line drawings by Brian Cook. [The British Heritage Series.] London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. Third edition, revised, 1951. 12s 6d. Topography of Roman Scotland North of the Antonine Wall. By O. G. S. Crawford. 10×7 1/2. Pp. xii+162. 32 figs. 21 plates. Folding plan. End‐paper map. Cambridge : University Press, 1949. 25s. Scottish Border Country. By F. R. Banks. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. viii+152. 83 illustrations. 2 maps. [The Face of Britain.] London : B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1951. 12s 6d. Geology and Scenery in England and Wales. By A. E. Trueman, D.sc., F.R.S., F.O.S. 7×4 1/4. Pp. 349. 95 figs. [Pelican Books, A 185.] Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1949. 2s 6d. Explorer's England. By Martin Thornhill. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 184. 33 illustrations. List of National Trust properties in England. London : Skeffington and Son Ltd, n.d. 12s 6d. The Inland Waterways of England. By L. T. C. Rolt. 9 1/2×6. Pp.221. Illustrated. Sketch map. London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1950. 21s. Caves and Caverns of Peakland. By Crichton Porteous. 78 1/4×5. Pp.104. 8 illustrations. Derby : The Come‐to‐Derbyshire Association (Derbyshire Countryside Ltd), 1950. 2s 6d. The Forest of Dean. By Brian Waters. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. ix+182. 16 illustrations. Map. London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1951. 15s. Wiltshire. By Edith Olivier. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. ix+356. 49 illustrations. Sketch map. [The County Books.] London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1951. 15s. Devonshire. By D. St Leger‐Gordon. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+369. 49 illustrations. Sketch map. [The County Books.] London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 15s. Cornish Harbours. By Roland Roddis. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+153. 23 photogravures. Sketch map. London: Christopher Johnson Publishers Ltd, 1951. 10s 6d. The Dreaming Shore. By Olivia Manning. 8 3/8×5 5/8. Pp. 20a. 25 illustrations. End‐paper sketch maps. London : Evans Brothers Ltd, 1950. 15.J. The Charm of the Channel Islands. By R. M. Lockley. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.136. 17 illustrations. End‐paper sketch maps. [Windows on the World.] London : Evans Brothers Ltd, 1950. 9s 6d. The Island of Jersey Today. By R. C. F. Maugham, c.b.e., f.r.g.s., f.z.s. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 199. 9 illustrations. London : W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd. Revised edition, 1950. 9s 6d. Paris. Edited by Alan Houghton Brodrick. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xxii+478. 190 illustrations. 20 plans. [The People's France, Vol. 3.] London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1950. 20s. Subterranean Climbers. By Pierre Chevalier. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 223. 9 illustrations. 23 photographs. 10 sketch maps. London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1951. 16s. Background to Sweden. By Terence Heywood. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.332. 69 illustrations. London : Constable and Co. Ltd, 1951. 25s. Land of Lakes: Memories Keep Me Company. By Henry McGrady Bell. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp‐ x+246. 33 illustrations. End‐paper map. London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 15s. Munich and its Environs with Garmisch‐Partenkirchen and Oberammergau. Handbook for Travellers. By Karl Baedeker. 6 1/4×4 1/4. Pp.146. 2 plans. Map. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1950. 7s 6d. Die Glan bei Salzburg. Ihre Landschaft, die Regulierung und deren kulturgeo‐graphische Auswirkungen. By Karl A. Sinnhuber. 9 1/2× 3/4. Pp.45. Maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Salzburg: Amt der Landesregierung, 1949. Walking in the Alps. By J. Hubert Walker. 9×6 1/4. Pp. xi+274. 33 plates. Diagram. 12 sketch maps. Edinburgh and London : Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1951. 25s. Swiss Enchantment. By Monk Gibbon. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 171. 17 illustrations. Endpaper maps. [Windows on the World.] London : Evans Brothers Ltd, 1950. 10s 6d. By Italian Shores—Genoa to Naples. By Eric Whelpton. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 185. 17 illustrations. End‐paper sketch maps. [Windows on the World.] London : Evans Brothers Ltd, 1950. 9s‐6d. ASIA Jungle Journey. By Ethel Mannin. 8 1/2×5 1/2. 41 illustrations. End‐paper maps.. London : Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1950. 16s. Memoirs’ of a Mountaineer: Helvellyn to Himalaya ; Lhasa : The Holy City. By F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O. 8×5. Pp.446. 47 illustrations. Map. London: Chatto and Windus, 1951. 16s. Outer Mongolia and Its International Position. By Gerard M. Friters. Edited by Eleanor Lattimore. Introduction by Owen Lattimore. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xlvii+ 358. 2 sketch maps. End‐paper map. [International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations.] London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1951. 25s. Confessions of a China Hand. By Ronald Farquharson. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp.224. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1950. 12s 6d. AFRICA Many Happy Days I've Squandered. By Arthur Loveridge. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 243. Illustrations. London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 12s 6d. The Year Book and Guide to Southern Africa. Edited by A. Gordon‐Brown, f.r.g.s., for the Union‐Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. 7 1/4×4 3/4. Pp. lx+770+48 (atlas)+163 (advertisements). London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1951 edition. 8s 6d. AMERICA Canada, a Short History. By G. S. Graham. 7 1/4×4 3/4. Pp.187. 5 maps. London: Hutchinson's University Library, 1950. 7s 6d. The British West Indies. By W. L. Burn, m.a., f.r.hist.s. CHV Pp.196. [British Empire History.] London : Hutchinson's University Library, 1951. 7s 6d. Haunts of High Adventure: Sidelights and Cameos on Travels in Venezuela, Panama, Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies. By Colonel P. T. Etherton. 9×6. Pp. 200. 39 illustrations. London : John Long Ltd, n.d. [1950.] 18s. Plant Hunters in the Andes. By T. Harper Goodspeed. 9×6. Pp. xiv+429. 116 illustrations. Maps. London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 21s. The Road to Cuzco. By Ena Dargan. Preface by Salvador de Madariaga. 8 1/2×5 1/2 Pp. 215. 35 illustrations. End‐paper maps. London : Andrew Melrose Ltd, 1950. 20s. AUSTRALIA Brown Men and Red Sand: Journeyings in Wild Australia. By Charles P. Mount‐ford, F.R.A.I., F.R.G.S. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 192. 63 illustrations. Sketch map. London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1951. 18s. The Murray Valley : A Geographical Reconnaissance of the Murray Valley and a New Design for its Regional Organisation. By J. Macdonald Holmes, ph.d. 9 1/2×6. Pp. xv+280. 42 figs. 16 plates. Bibliography pp. 261–274. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1948. 30s. POLAR REGIONS The Antarctic Problem: An Historical and Political Study. By E. W. Hunter Christie. Foreword by Sir Reginald Leeper. 9 1/4×6. Pp. 336. 24 illustrations. 5 maps. London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1951. 25s. METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY New Zealand Weather and Climate. Edited by B. J. Garnier. 9 1/2×6. Pp. 154. Illustrated. [Miscellaneous Series, No. 1.] Auckland : The New Zealand Geographical Society, 1950. BIOGRAPHY James Gordon's Diary, 1692–1710. Edited by G. D. Henderson and H. H. Porter. 9 1/2×7. Pp. vii+204. Aberdeen: The Third Spalding Club, 1949. EDUCATIONAL The Use of Geography. By Frank Debenham, O.B.E., M.A. 7 1/2×5. Pp.206. [Teach Yourself Geography.] London : The English Universities Press Ltd, 1950. 6s. Visual History of Mankind. By Otto and Marie Neurath. Charts by the Isotype Institute. Honorary Editor: Lancelot Hogben. 8 1/2×5 1/2. I. Living in Early Times. Pp. 49. 21 charts. II. Living in Villages and Towns. Pp.49. 20 charts. III. Living in the World. Pp. 49. 20 charts. IV. Notes for the Teacher. Pp. 48. [Max Parrish Books.] London : Adprint Ltd, 1948–49. Sole Distributors : George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. Books I‐III, each 3s. Book IV, 3s 6d. Europe, A Regional Geography. By M. R. Shackleton. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xvi+525. 154 maps and illustrations. London : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. Fourth edition, 1950. 21s. The Study of Local Geography. By Charlotte A. Simpson, b.sc.(oxon.). 8 1/2×5 1/2 . Pp. viii+68. 5 maps. Ordnance Survey symbols. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd. Second edition, revised, 1950. 6s 6d. South America : An Introductory Survey. By E. G. Ashton, M.A. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 272. 55 figs. 34 photographs. [Harrap's New Geographical Series.] London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1950. 8s 6d. About Maps. By Peter Hood. 7×8 1/2. Pp. 31. Illustrations. [Puffin Picture Book 67.] Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd, 1950. 2s. GENERAL A History of Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Brigadier‐General Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G. 10×6. Pp. xiv+426. Illustrated. 44 maps. London : Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. Third edition, 1949. 30s. Modern Colonization. By R. J. Harrison Church. 7 1/2×4 1/2. 12 sketch maps. London: Hutchinson's University Library, 1951. 7s 6d. World Geography of Petroleum. Edited by Wallace E. Pratt and Dorothy Good. 10×6 3/4. Pp. xvii+464. 98 photographs. 11 diagrams. 50 maps. Bibliography: pp. 409–432. [American Geographical Society, Special Publication No. 31.] Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1950. $7.50. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press. 48s. London Essays in Geography. Rodwell Jones Memorial Volume. By 17 authors. Edited by L. Dudley Stamp and S. W. Wooldridge. 6×9. Pp. xiv+350. Sketch maps. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1951. 25s. Whale Hunt: The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan, 1849–1853. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 319. 16 illustrations. End‐paper maps. London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 155. After You, Columbus. By Hakon Mielche. Translated from the Danish by M. A. Michael. 8 1/2×6. Pp. viii+273. Illustrations by the author. Edinburgh, Glasgow, London : William Hodge and Co. Ltd, 1950. 12s 6d. Flight of Fancy. By James Riddell. 9×6. Pp.256. 69 illustrations. 11 sketch maps. London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1950. 255. A Progress in Mountaineering : Scottish Hills to Alpine Peaks. By J. H. B. Bell. Foreword by F. S. Smythe. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xii+424. 34 photographs. Drawings and diagrams. 10 sketch maps. Edinburgh and London : Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1950. 25s.