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Miles Apart New and secondhand books on the South Atlantic islands and the Antarctic Ian Mathieson, Callender House, 90, Callender Street, Ramsbottom, Lancs BL0 9DU, UK Tel: 01706-826467 E-Mail: [email protected] LIST No 39 Ascension Pages 2-3 Southern Africa Pages 20-23 St Helena Pages 4-9 Pacific islands Pages 23-26 Napoleon & St H Please request Falkland Islands Pages 27-30 Tristan da Cunha Pages 9-13 South America Page 31 Voyages, Islands, Shipwrecks Pages 14-17 Antarctica Pages 31-38 Indian Ocean Islands Page 17 Arctic Pages 38-40 UK islands Pages 17-20 Most of my business is by mail order from a private house. Callers welcome by appointment. If you are phoning, evenings and weekends are best. During the day, apologies, but you may often get the answerphone; I will try to phone you the same evening. Numbers marked with a square are newly published titles or new books re-offered at reduced prices. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Postage: Prices include p&p in the UK. For other destinations please enquire by email Payment: New customers payment with order please. Credit cards accepted. CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO IK MATHIESON. Payments can also be made by on line bank transfer. Account Name: I K Mathieson, Bank: First Direct, Sort Code 40-47-83. Account Number: 63832031. Please quote your name as a reference. All items can be returned within one week of sale if not satisfactory. Although I expect to maintain the price of items listed until I issue the next list, I reserve the right to alter prices of items without notice. I buy books and other items related to the content of this list or general travel books. I usually have a stand at Reading Sports, Friends of St Helena AGM and TDC Assoc AGM I am also a member of the Provincial Bookfairs Association and display at fairs around the country PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ITEMS or a COLLECTION FOR SALE. I would be happy to visit and make an offer. Miles Apart Catalogue No 39, October 2018 1 ASCENSION 1. Agnos, Peter The Queer Dutchman True Account of a Sailor Castaway on a 8.00 Desert Island (Ascension) for “Unnatural Acts” and Left to God’s Mercy. 1993, 43pp, softback. 2. Anon Views of Ascension. No date. c1900. Pub. W & J Mackay & Co Ltd, 65.00 Chatham. 11 photographic landscape views approx. 21 x 15 cm. In red cloth with gilt lettering 3. Anon Our Colonies in the War: No 4 Ascension. In complete ed. of The 4.00 War Illustrated no 177 Mar 1944. Approx A4, single illus page. 4. Ashmole, P& M St Helena and Ascension: A Natural History. See under St Helena 25.00 5. Bingeman, John Ascension Island: Inshore Sea Life. Coachhouse 2005. 63pp colour 7.00 & Jane illustrated. A fine account of Ascension’s fish. 6. Brownell, H R Ascension. 1987. 319pp, sl. torn DJ, author signed. Novel about 22.00 Ascension and its horticulturist at the time of Napoleon. 7. Carr, Archie So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles. 1968. 14.00 247pp, illus in VG DJ. Inscription. Strong focus on Asc. 8. Clarke, Ascension Island: An Engineering Victory. Nat Geo May 1944. 7.00 Frederick J 18pp + 21 b&w illus. In complete issue 9. Clements, Rex A Stately Southerner. 1926. 191pp, illus. 1st ed. Sailing the world, 15.00 Chap. on Asc. VG blue cloth, book plate, contents VG. 10. Daly, Reginald The Geology of Ascension Island. 1925. Proc. Am. Academy Arts 35.00 A and Sci. 80pp, 21 plates, map. Fine copy in original paper wraps. 11. Fisher, A C Cape Canaveral’s 6,000 miles Shooting Gallery. Nat Geo Oct 1959. 6.00 51pp illus. article with 6pp on Ascension. 12. Ghione, Sergio Turtle Island: A Journey to Britain’s Oddest Colony. 2002. Turtle 10.00 man’s amusing account of Ascension. 158pp. VG in DJ. 13. Gill, Mrs Six Months on Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific 120.00 Expedition. 1880. 285pp, map. 2nd edition. A VG copy in protected maroon half calf with gilt lettering. Gem of c19 female travel writing. 14. Grossmith, F The Sinking of the Laconia: A Tragedy of the Battle of the Atlantic. 18.00 Watkins 1994. Ascension connections. 236pp, illus. 15. Hart-Davis, Ascension: The Story of a South Atlantic Island. Merlin Unwin 18.00 Duff Books, 2016. 246pp, illustrated. Update of the 1972 ed. By a new publisher. 246pp, index. 16. Hart-Davis, D As above but 1st ed 1972. 244pp, illus, Fine copy in protected DJ. 14.00 17. Hart-Davis, D As above but 1st US ed. Same as above except for cover illustration. 10.00 VG copy in protected DJ. 18. HMSO Atlantic Bridge: The Official Account of RAF Transport 6.00 Command’s Ocean Ferry. 1945. 75pp, endpaper maps, card covers. 19. Hook, Timothy Fishing Ascension Island South Atlantic Ocean. Tightline 2001. 6.00 J 56pp illustrated booklet. 20. Hughes, Henry Through Mighty Seas. 1941. Windjammers out of Portmadoc in the 10.00 1890s - 3 voyages of which third was to Asc with govt stores. Good descrip + 2 photos. 288pp, 13 photos. Travel BC. Worn DJ 21. Huxley, Roger Ascension Island and Turtles: A Monograph. Asc. Heritage Soc, 6.00 1997. A4, 30pp, illustrated, card covers. Miles Apart Catalogue No 39, October 2018 2 22. Islander, The Ascension Today: An Islander Souvenir Guide. 1994. Locally 4.00 produced, 30pp, A4, illustrated b&w, with paper wraps. 23. Keilor, John Memories of Ascension 1929-31. Miles Apart, 1997. 44pp, 12.00 illustrated in b&w. A4, card covers. 24. Large, Tony In Troubled Waters: The Story of a South African at War who 6.00 Survived the Sinkings of Both HMS Cornwall and the Troopship Laconia. Paul Watkins 2001. 194pp, illus. With refs to Ascension. Some water damage to pages without loss. 25. Leonard, John The Postage Stamps of Ascension Island. 1958. 43pp, copiously 15.00 illustrated in glossy green card covers. Large format (A4 ++). VG. 26. Leslie, Edward Desperate Journeys Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways 10.00 and Other Survivors. H. Mifflin, 1988. Inc story of Asc castaway, St Helena coffin escapee etc. 586pp, illustrated. 27. MacFall, Neil Ascension Island: A Visitor’s Guide. Coachhouse 2005. Well 8.00 illustrated guide with strong natural history emphasis. 63pp softback. 28. MacFall, Neill Ascension Island Walking Guide. Coach House 2005. Ringbound 6.00 guide to 22 letterbox walks with maps. 29. Manning, R B & Decapod and Stomapod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South 12.00 Chace, F A Atlantic Ocean. 1990. 91pp, illustrated in card covers. 30. Marquand, John Thirty Years. 1954. 466pp. A oollection of experiences particularly 10.00 P in WWII years. 17pp chapter on Asc in 1944. 466pp. Ex-lib. No DJ 31. More Robert W Green Grow for GI’s on Soilless Ascension. Nat Geo Aug 1945. 7.00 12pp + 12 b&w illus in complete issue. VG copy. 32. Nettleship D.N. Seabirds on Islands: Threats, Case Studies & Action Plans. 1994. 10.00 et al (ed) Inc "Seabird Conservation & Feral Cats on Ascension" – N. Ashmole, + C.Verdes, Madeira etc. 318pp. Softback. 33. Packer, J.E. A Concise Guide to Ascension Island South Atlantic. 3rd ed, 1983. 6.00 Principal guidebook. 54pp, illus. A4 card covers. 34. Packer, J E & L Contributions Towards a Flora of Ascension Island. Asc Heritage 7.00 Soc. 1997. Revised 19/12/98. A4, 53pp illustrated in card covers. 35. Ritsema, Alex A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725. 2006. 145pp, 10.00 illustrated softback, near mint. 36. Schaefer, Kevin Ascension Island: Atlantic Outpost. Coachhouse 2004. Colour 12.00 photos of a very high standard by a well-known photographer – mainly natural history. 96pp softback. 37. Sharp, Sarah Ascension Island. 1997. 22pp landscape booklet, colour illus/text 6.00 alternative pages. Pub by Judges for St Mary’s Church. 38. Stamp, Geoffrey Seasoned Tales. 1993. 14 stories mostly about Asc. 153pp, illus. 7.00 39. Stonehouse, Wideawake Island: The Story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition 15.00 Bernard to Ascension. 1960. 224pp, illus. Worn DJ. A few pencil marks to text. Good + 40. Weaver, B A Guide to the Geology of Ascension Island and St Helena. 2002. 7.00 Illustrated, 44pp. Only digitally. 41. As above but the original ringbound publication. Author signed 10.00 42. White, Rowland Vulcan 607: The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air 15.00 Attack Since WWII. 2006. 410pp, illus. Ascension’s role in the bombing of Stanley airfield is covered both in the text and in pictures. Miles Apart Catalogue No 39, October 2018 3 St HELENA NEW BOOKS 43. Ashmole, Philip St Helena and Ascension: A Natural History. Nelson 2000. 25.00 & Myrtle Compares the flora and fauna development on the two islands. Great detail. Photos, maps, diagrams and line drawings. 478pp, illus. 44. Azzam, A R The Other Exile: The Remarkable Story of Fernao Lopes, The 15.00 Island of Saint Helena and a Paradise Lost. Icon Books, 2017. 340pp, illustrated. 45. Bain, Kenneth St Helena, The Island, Her People and Their Ship. Wilton 65, 1993. 8.00 Softback 198pp, colour illustrations. 46. Brandreth H R A Precarious Livelihood. St Helena 1834: East Indian Company 25.00 and Walpole E Outpost to Crown Colony: The Commissioners of Inquiry Report transcribed/ed. C. Fox and E. Baldwin for FoSH. Foreword by Gov Gurr. 216pp A4, colour illus card covers. 47. Castell, Robin William John Burchell (1781-1863) St Helena (1805-1810).