Stark FreyaABAA
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194720956London: John Murray 1947. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Fourth printing. 218 pp indexed with many illustrations from photographs. Bookplate of collector Theodora Duncan on front pastedown else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a small chip at the foot of the spine. Overall a very attractive copy. Recounts Stark's war experiences in Arabia Egypt Palestine Syria Iraq and Persia. John Murray hardcover books
2000120715Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Theroux on the title page. Board corners tapped cloth backstrip ends lightly pushed. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
194925383London: Werner Laurie 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . 8vo. Handsome first edition in dustwrapper. 207 pp travelogue in Italy with decorations provided by Isobel R. Beard. Werner Laurie unknown books
193042942n.p. 1930. Paperback. Very Good. 2p. text plus 19 photos of Osaka Castle printed on one side only with captions above and below in English and Japanese. Tied pictorial wrapper. Oblong 13cm. Title in Japanese our English title is just a guess. Brief text and captions in Japanese and English. <br/><br/> paperback books
49011Paris: J. Morax Imp n. d. Ca 1940s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest signs of use Very Good Plus. One sheet of beige card stock printed in maroon & green folded twice vertically to form a 6 panel brochure. Illustrated with 2 drawings two photographic images & a map. Folded: 9" x 4" <br/><br/>Le Hotel Meurice is a 5-star hotel in the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden between Place de la Concorde and the Musée du Louvre on the Rue de Rivoli. From the Rue de Rivoli it stretches to the Rue du Mont Thabor. The hotel was opened in 1815 and from that day has consistently served society's elite. J. Morax, Imp unknown books
196114387London: The Adventurer's Club 1961. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 186 pp with map photographs. A clean tightly bound copy with no visible wear. Dust jacket is sunned at the spine and has light dust soiling to the rear panel but remains quite attractive; in a new mylar cover. At the age of 17 the author ran away from her school in Rome to join her uncle a member of the White Squadron--a multinational group of men who "battled against the ruthless Arab drug and slave traffickers in the remote areas of the Sahara and Libyan deserts." She remained with the Squaron for 4 years patrolling the desert on camel-back living "the tough life of a trooper" amd experiencing a variety of hardships and adventures which are recounted here. The Adventurer's Club hardcover books
194040983Mexico City: Pemex Travel Club Division of Petroleos Mexicanos 1940. Slim 8vo pp. 111; title page printed in red and black 3-toned maps black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers spine a bit toned general light shelf wear rubber stamp on back cover; a very good copy over all. <br/><br/> Pemex Travel Club (Division of Petroleos Mexicanos) unknown books
1981329Lima Peru: Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 55 pp with two foldout diagrams bibliography. Short 1/2 inch tears at head and foot of spine; light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text in Spanish. A study of migration patterns within the nation of Peru. Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo unknown books
192915008London: George Routledge & Sons 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. vi 356 pp 9 illustrations with map notes index. Edited with an introduction by Mona Wilson. Boards toned and lightly soiled at edges; binding sound text clean. No dust jacket. An English novelist and playwright best known for his gothic novel The Monk Lewis b. 1775 here records his time in Jamaica after he inherited substantial property there. George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
1884WRCAM5413Salem 1884. 4pp. Quarto. Folded slight chipping at edge a few spots else very good. Contains a letter describing a railroad trip from Omaha to Kansas City and on to St. Louis with observations along the way. Apparently part of a series by the same author describing an extensive western trip signed "Peabody." unknown books
1886WRCAM5412Salem 1886. 4pp. Quarto. Folded marginal dampstain else very good. Includes a letter from J. Emerton describing a railroad trip from Boston to California via Niagara Falls part of Canada Chicago into Kansas Colorado New Mexico and Arizona finally arriving in Monterey. unknown books
200533462NY:: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1400040957 . Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
19661780New York: George Braziller 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. xv 240 pp illustrations. Bookplate on front pastedown some offsetting to endpapers; else fine. Dust jacket has some uneven discoloration from sun exposure an old sticker shadow and chipping to head of spine. "The dramatic story of a talented young American composer in the Paris of the early Fifties." George Braziller hardcover books
191125340Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. First edition of this charming 390 pp travelogue through the chateaus of FRance. Illustrated with photographs. Some age spotting to paper else a handsome very good copy. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Laid into this copy is a small card INSCRIBED by the author. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
197629322Boston: Little Brown & Co 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 240 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Stated first American edition. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
193848459n. p. 1938. 1st printing presumed. Self-wrappers now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear & soiling. A few short splits along folds. Very Good. Single sheet printed both sides folded 3 times to form a 6 panel brochure. Illustrated with 8 tinted half-tone photographic images one map and a front panel graphic by Wiley Padan. Folded: 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
186949620Melrose / Edinburgh: Misses S. & C. Cameron / W. P. Nimmo St. James Square 1869. Later edition first published in 1847. Original publisher's purple flexible cloth-covered card-stock covers with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Lacks rear cover. Spine cloth worn away in upper half. Mid-20th C pos with occasional annotation to text. A Good copy. 4 95 1 blank pp. Frontis. 5 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>"The original Melrose was Mailros meaning "the bare peninsula" in Old Welsh or Brythonic. This referred to a neck of land by the River Tweed several miles east of the present town where in the 6th century a monastery was founded associated with St Cuthbert. It was recorded by Bede and also in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle with the name Magilros. This monastery and settlement later known as 'Old Melrose' were long abandoned by the 12th century. <br /> <br />King David I of Scotland took the throne in 1124 and sought to create a new Cistercian monastery on that site; however the monks preferred a site further west called "Fordel". So the monastery now known as Melrose Abbey was founded there in 1136 and the town of Melrose grew up on its present site around it. In the late Middle Ages its name was represented by a mell a mason's hammer and a rose for the Virgin Mary to whom all Cistercian abbeys were dedicated. The Abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation but is still a striking structure. Several Scottish nobles are buried there and a casket has been found which is believed to contain the heart of King Robert the Bruce. The casket has been re-buried in the Abbey. The Abbey ruins are cared for by Historic Scotland. <br /> <br />Nearby is the Roman fort of Trimontium Abbotsford House the home of Sir Walter Scott and Dryburgh Abbey where he's buried. Melrose is surrounded by the small villages of Darnick Gattonside Newstead Lilliesleaf and Bowden." Wiki Misses S. & C. Cameron / W. P. Nimmo, St. James Square hardcover books
191726311Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. 370 pages; limited edition of 570 printed; with a useful index at back. Sepia-toned tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Harriette Story Paige from a painting by Savinien-Edme Dubourjal 1844 and a similar portrait within of Caroline LeRoy Webster also by Dubourjal 1845 and one of Daniel Webster from the portrait by Chester Harding along with a couple more illustrations. Anecdotes of the diarist's travel to Europe in London England Scotland and Wales as touching upon the life of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; original marbled paper covered boards beige cloth spine black leather spine label gilt titles; a little edge tips wear to the boards; no slipcase; contents clean and in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
19271775London: Gerald Howe 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 96 pp. Light offsetting to endpapers light wear to edges contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has internal tape reinforcements and is chipped at corners and spine ends with a small loss along the front joint. Lady Stanhope 1776-1839 was a rather eccentric British aristocrat who grew bored with life at home and began traveling in 1810. She spent a few months in Malta then a year in Constantinople before moving on to tour Syria and the Holy Land. "She travelled in style made lavish gifts to pashas and others in authority and arrogated to herself the right to do very much as she pleased. She was warned that when she reached 'fanatical' Damascus she must wear a veil and conform to convention in other ways but this she refused to do. Unveiled tall and impressive in her Turkish male clothes she entered the city on horseback and made a great sensation" DNB. A few months later she became the first European woman to visit Palmyra. Eventually she moved herself and her entourage to a remote monastery in Lebanon where she lived out her days under increasingly impoverished conditions. Gerald Howe hardcover books
1980247245Bernardoni Di C. Rebeschini E. C. // Arti Grafiche Reina 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Facsimile of the 1881 edition. Bound in quarter cloth over marbled boards. An attractive book printed up as 100th anniversary edition. Some fade to the spine from the publisher's belly band wrapper which is now torn and is laid in the book. Very Good binding. Bernardoni Di C. Rebeschini E. C. // Arti Grafiche Reina unknown books
12679Soft cover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original pamphlet printed in London in 1743. Stapled binding printed on faux-parchment. Clean tight unmarked. "Bitter vindication of Knowles' conduct in the disastrous Cartagena expedition during which he served as surveyor and engineer of the British fleet" Swann. unknown books
1903162Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Company 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 397 pp illustrations with frontispiece. This story follows journey of young Harry from Seattle to the arctic. Accompanied by illustrations from photographs from the arctic. Light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
195614611London: John Murray 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. xi 204 pp indexed illustrated with photographs drawings in the text by the author; title page wood engraving by Reynolds Stone. Corners lightly bumped else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has very mild dampstaining to the upper front panel and small chips at the corners and spine ends. The second of Stark's books recounting her travels in Turkey following Ionia. There is much of historical interest in the book for as Stark writes "In Turkey particularly and in the Levant and the Aegean a journey without history is like the portrait of an old face without its wrinkles." John Murray hardcover books
39679Rio de Janeiro: Empresa de Turismo do Municipio do Rio de Janeiro S. A. printed by Graficos Bloch S. A. n. d. Ca. 1980s. Light wear to edges. Faint vertical crease down left hand edge. An about VG example. Broadside. Two color photographic images of a lit-up Rio de Janeiro at night with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background and of showgirls having a blast on a stage in gold outfits. Oblong format: 20-1/2" x 28" <br/><br/>A large paragraph is in the upper right-hand corner describing Rio in portuguese. Empresa de Turismo do Municipio do Rio de Janeiro S. A., printed by Graficos Bloch, S. A. unknown books
202355Privately Printed. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down endpaper. No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards very lightly soiled. Small bump at top of spine at front board. Cloth and paper-covered boards. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Privately Printed unknown books
