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Tristan Da Cunha New Books 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 37 June 2017 Ascension Page 2 Misc. Voyages, Islands and Ships Pages 20-26 St Helena Pages 3-8 Picairn Island Page 25 Napoleon & St H Pages 8-13 Falkland Islands Pages 27-32 Tristan da Cunha Pages 14-20 Antarctica Pages 32-40 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. Visa and Mastercard accepted. I can accept payment in Sterling. CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO IK MATHIESON. All cheques not payable in sterling or drawn on a UK bank account have an £8 service charge. Cash payments should be sent registered post. 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. I display at some bookfairs eg Travel Book Fair in London Why not bring items for an immediate sale? Miles Apart Catalogue No 37 June 2017 1 ASCENSION (all books secondhand except where stated) 1. Agnos, Peter The Queer Dutchman True Account of a Sailor Castaway on a 10.00 Desert Island (Ascension) for “Unnatural Acts” and Left to God’s Mercy. 1993, 43pp, softback. 2. Ascension Hist Gallery of Photographs, Old Documents and Other Memorabilia: 12.00 Society Catalogue. 1985. 222pp, ringbound rpt. Detail of items held on Ascension. This is a non-illustrated listing together with repro- duction of some important archival documents with illustrations. 3. Ashmole, P& M St Helena and Ascension: A Natural History. See under St Helena 25.00 4. Bartlett, L S Ascension Island. Author was resident magistrate 1934-36. Copied 7.00 from 1960s typescript. 40pp 5. Clarke, Ascension Island: An Engineering Victory. Nat Geo May 1944. 6.00 Frederick J 18pp + 21 b&w illus. Extracted from magazine with cover page 6. Clements, Rex A Stately Southerner. 1926. 191pp, illus. 1st ed. Sailing the world, 15.00 Chap. on Asc. Blue cloth, marks to front and rear edge, contents VG. 7. Fisher, A C Cape Canaveral’s 6,000 miles Shooting Gallery. Nat Geo Oct 1959. 6.00 51pp illus. article with 6pp on Ascension. 8. Huxley, Roger Ascension Island and Turtles: A Monograph. Asc. Heritage Soc, 6.00 1997. A4, 30pp, illustrated, card covers. 9. Islander, The Ascension Today: An Islander Souvenir Guide. 1994. Locally 4.00 produced, 30pp, A4, illustrated b&w, with paper wraps. 10. Keilor, John Memories of Ascension 1929-31. Miles Apart, 1997. 44pp, 12.00 illustrated in b&w. A4, card covers. 11. McCulloch, Neil A Guide to the Birds of St Helena and Ascension Island. 2004. 12.00 92pp, illustrated softback. New 12. More Robert W Green Grow for GI’s on Soilless Ascension. Nat Geo Aug 1945. 8.00 12pp + 12 b&w illustrations. In complete issue cover page torn with some missing. Contents fine. 13. Packer, J.E. A Concise Guide to Ascension Island South Atlantic. 3rd ed, 1983. 6.00 Principal guidebook. 54pp, illus. A4 card covers. 14. 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. 15. Schaefer, Kevin Ascension Island: Atlantic Outpost. Coachhouse 2004. Colour 15.00 photos of a very high standard by a well-known photographer – mainly natural history. 96pp softback. 16. Stonehouse, Wideawake Island: The Story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition 20.00 Bernard to Ascension. 1960. 224pp, illus. Protected DJ. Slight scuffing to front end paper others VG. 17. Stonehouse, Ascension Island. 14pp illus article in Aug 1960 ed of Geog Mag 12.00 Bernard bound in vol containing six issues July-Dec 1960 18. Weaver, B A Guide to the Geology of Ascension Island and St Helena. 2002. 10.00 Illustrated, 44pp. Available digitally. 19. White, Rowland Vulcan 607: The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air 15.00 attack since WWII. 2006. 410pp, illus. Asc’s role in the bombing of Stanley airfield is recognised both in the text and in pictures. Miles Apart Catalogue No 37 June 2017 2 St HELENA NEW BOOKS 20. 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. 21. Bain, Kenneth St Helena, The Island, Her People and Their Ship. Wilton 65, 1993. 8.00 Softback 198pp, colour illustrations. 22. Boult, Trevor St Helena: A Maritime History. Amberley 2016. 96pp, colour 12.00 illustrated. A5+. Much on the RMS rather less on history. 23. 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. 24. Britt-Gallagher St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha: Bradt Travel Guide. 2015. 16.00 Susan and Softback, 206pp, colour illustrations. Completely revised and Hayne, Tricia updated guide. 25. Bryant, John RMS St Helena: Royal Mail Ship Extraordinary. Ferry Publications, 17.00 2016. 96pp full colour illustrated A4 + softback. Very detailed history of the RMS and its service to St Helena. 26. Cannan, E Churches of the South Atlantic 1502-1991. Nelson 1992. 315pp. 12.00 Illustrated softback. 27. Castell, Robin William John Burchell (1781-1863) St Helena (1805-1810). Castell 20.00 Collection 2011. 328pp, illustrated large format. Transcription of Burchell’s St Helena journal with b&w reproductions of associated water colours and sketches. 28. Creative St Speaking Saint; yarns from the island. 2014. Self-published. 123pp, 8.00 Helena softback. Short stories from islanders and island based writers. 29. Cronk, Q C B The Endemic Flora of St Helena. Nelson 2000. Colour plates by L. 16.00 Ninnes. Endemics, historical ecology, conservation. 119pp, 25 plates. 30. Du Preez, M & Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Times. Oneworld 2016. 18.00 Dronfield, J 479pp, illustrated. New perspective on Barry’s time at time at the Cape and St Helena. 31. Edwards, A Fish & Fisheries of St Helena Island. Newcastle Univ ‘90. Natural / 12.00 historical guide. Colour illustrated softback, 152pp. 32. Evans, Dorothy Schooling in the South Atlantic Islands 1661-1992. Nelson 1994. St 12.00 H/TDC/Asc/FI. 385pp, illus softback. 33. Field, Lady The History of Plantation House, St Helena 1673-1967. Patten 10.00 1998. Photos and preface by D Smallman. 85pp, illus. Softback. 34. Fox, Colin The Bennett Letters: a 19th Century Family in St Helena, England 18.00 and the Cape. Choir Press 2006. 243pp, illus. Genealogical tables. 35. Gosse, Phillip St Helena 1502-1938. Nelson 1990 reprint with new introduction by 15.00 Trevor Hearl. 447pp, illustrated. 36. Hearl, T W (Ed St Helena Britannica: Studies in South Atlantic Island History. 30.00 A. Schulenburg) Soc. of Friends of St Helena, 2013. 341pp, b&w text illus. 30 chaps of Hearl’s writings pub for first time with intro, index, bibliography. 37. Levell, Simon Cycling Across the South Atlantic: An Oceanic Odyssey with a 20.00 Bicycle. George Mann Publications, 2016. 249pp, illustrated throughout. Laminated hardback. Miles Apart Catalogue No 37 June 2017 3 38. McCulloch, Neil A Guide to the Birds of St Helena and Ascension Island. 2004. 12.00 92pp, illustrated softback. Back in stock. 39. McPherson, Britain’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Terri- 30.00 Stewart tories. Redfern Natural History, 2016. 704pp, 1,150 full colour images and 17 gatefold maps. A monumental tomb covering all the UKOTS. Weight approx. 3.5 kg. 40. Mathieson, I & Exploring St Helena: A Walker's Guide. Nelson, 1993. Walks with 9.00 Carter , L history and maps. 88pp, Illustrated softback. 41. Pearson, Distant Freedom: St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 58.00 Andrew 1840-1872. LUP, 2016. Liverpool Studies in International Slavery10. 314pp, illus, maps and tables. Laminated hardback. Unsolicited comment: “MOST impressed even at the price. Interesting but more than that; exquisitely written and with a rare balance. The best researched book on St Helena for years.” 42. Rowlands, Beau Fernão Lopes - a South Atlantic ‘Robinson Crusoe’. G. Mann 2007. 12.00 182pp, illus softback. Lopes was St Helena’s first resident. 43. Smallman, Quincentenary a Story of St Helena 1502-2002. 2003. 171pp, 14.00 David L illustrated, index. Ex-Governor’s account of the island.
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