Hints on the preservation of health in tropical countries (1957)

£81.00

The Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. Hardcover. “A poisonous insecticidal solution has been used in binding this book.” An extremely rare late-colonial classic dealing with solitary drinking & other threats to British administrators. Pp 47, numerous illustrations.

Condition: Used – Good. Spine and boards worn and a bit grubby. Binding good, though one plate coming loose. Inscribed P.A. Tangye inside front cover. ISBN: none. Box MC06

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From the library of the archaeologist Arthur ApSimon (1927-2019). Reminiscences and obituaries in Salon (Society of Antiquaries), Mike Pitts’ Digging Deeper, Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, Cornish Archaeology (paywall).

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A watercolour of Stonehenge by the young Arthur ApSimon.

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