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19822297London: AMS Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Undated facsimile reprint of the 1909 edition. xvi 296 pp illustrations with frontispiece index. Fine copy in black cloth spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Turks from the capital denizens of the palaces country folk holiday life mosques pilgrimage the harem system family ceremonies and other topics. AMS Press hardcover books
1920198Portland ME: Thomas B Mosher 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 215 pp. Limited edition of 700 copies for sale in America. Original green textured paper boards with paper spine label. Corners rubbed uneven sunning to rear board; contents clean and sound. Gissing's journal of travel in southern Italy including Naples Cotrone Catanzaro Reggio and elsewhere. No dust jacket. Thomas B Mosher hardcover books
1793New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Undated; owner's signature dated 1959 on front endpaper. 264 pp illustrations with map index. Light wear to edges top corners and spine lightly bumped; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. The "living world of Athos" described by "an honored guest" who "knew it as few laymen do" dust jacket having lived there for thirty years. Typed letter regarding the condition of the Serbian monestary on Mt. Athos and its collection of Byzantine art laid in. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover books
17419Quito Ecuador: Pan American Society of Tropical Research. Softcover. Fair. Undated but c. 1945 per OCLC. 90 pp in original printed wrappers. Complete but wappers heavily chipped and edgeworn with some staining along the spine small tears. Internals unmarked paper tanned. A vocabulary of the Quichua Quechua language with each word translated into Spanish and English. Pan American Society of Tropical Research paperback books
196425384London: Hogarth Press 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 307 pp travelogue of adventures in Soviet Russia. Folding map tipped in at back of book as called for. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. Hogarth Press unknown books
39677n. p.: Cruzeiro Varig Airlines n. d. Ca. 1970s. Minimal wear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size landscape collage of three color photographic images of the nightlife in Buenos Aires Oblong format: 17-1/2" x 24" <br/><br/>In 1975 Cruzeiro Brazil Airline’s began to be acquired by Varig the largest Brazilian airline and the merger was finally completed in the early 1990s. Cruzeiro Varig Airlines unknown books
39674n. p.: Westours Airlines n. d. Ca. 1980s. Light wear. A VG example. Broadside. Large color photograph of an elk grazing on a grassy hill with snow-covered mountains in the background. Biege/tan border with black lettering. 36" x 24" <br/><br/> Westours Airlines unknown books
191122261Brooklyn N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1911. 64 pages; illustrated with views of European destinations; and noting that ".American travelers in Europe are cordially invited to make the Eagle Paris or London Bureaus their headquarters while abroad. Efficient and willing clerks are ready to render them any assistance."; giving extensive information on each of these locations; including individual country listings for: Austria-Hungary Belgium England France Germany Greece Holland Ireland Italy Portugal Scotland Spain Switzerland Wales and with a page also on Egypt; listing the railway time tables where the Eagle could be purchased in foreign countries "An Automobilist's Catechism"; Transatlantic passenger steamers from New York with some ship details; the information lists town name of house or hotel number of rooms name of proprietor rates season; with a few illustrated advertisements for resorts and travel-related necessaries; approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" size; bound in the original printed & illustrated stapled paper wraps; some edge wear and back cover corner chipped away; a light paper stock; in good condition; interesting early 20th century European resort and leisure guide ephemera with much information regarding amenities directly targeting the Brooklyn native's interests. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Paperback books
191022262Brooklyn N.Y.: Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1910. 48 pages; illustrated with a few views of European destinations; and noting that ".Americans generally find it somewhat difficult to obtain accurate information about the route over which they expect to travel on any tour through European resorts. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle realizing it has endeavored in this supplement to furnish all the necessary pointers."; giving extensive information on each of these locations; including individual country listings for: Austria-Hungary Denmark Norway Sweden small sections on these three Scandinavian countries Belgium England France Germany Greece Holland Ireland Italy Portugal Scotland Spain Switzerland Wales and with information on Egypt also bits on Sicily Russia Servia and Bulgaria Algeria and Tunis India; listing the railway time tables where the Eagle could be purchased in foreign countries transatlantic passenger steamers from New York with some ship details; the information lists town name of house or hotel number of rooms name of proprietor rates season; with a few illustrated advertisements for resorts and travel-related necessaries; approx. 8 3/4" x 12" size; bound in the original printed & illustrated stapled paper wraps; some edge wear and chipping to covers darkening; a light paper stock; in good condition; interesting early 20th century European resort and leisure guide ephemera with much information regarding amenities directly targeting the Brooklyn native's interests. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Paperback books
18871864936Estes and Lauriat 1887. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Boards rubbed with loss from spine & corners front free endpaper removed hinges loosening. Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
2004252558Stanhope: Memoir Club 2004. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 464pp. Slight bumping to edges of dust jacket but dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Memoir Club unknown books
192722322Isle of Man: Not Published 1927. Red-on-white printed baggage label; approx. 2 3/8" x 8 7/8" size; back with gummed surface for application; some soiling closed edge-tear at right margin and part of the corner chipped away at top right edge no loss to text; in very good condition overall and an interesting ephemeral souvenir of the first iteration of this now-longstanding tradition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
37825n. p.: Oklahoma Travel Association n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1940. Blue stiff color illustrated paper wrappers with color photographic image of Miss Oklahoma Martyne Woods to center front wrapper. Mild spine wear. Light tanning to edges of back wrapper. Text block separated from wrapper. Previous owner's signature to front wrapper lower margin. Withal a VG copy. 41 pp. Inserted color map of Oklahoma b/w illustrations to each page. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Oklahoma Travel Association unknown books
189818J & D Editions. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Slipcases. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. J & D Editions unknown books
1968739Mexico City 1968. Very good. 791pp. Printed self-wrappers. Light tanning very minor wear. A nice example of this bilingual guidebook to Mexico with listings of events for a mid-January week in in 1968 and suggestions and advice on travel restaurants sights hotels markets and other attractions and includes information for many smaller cities and towns beyond Mexico City. The cover art promotes Villahermosa in the state of Tabasco. unknown books
19647774Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press 1964. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. NF/VG sp sunned. 230 pp including index illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Hakluyt Society Series II Volume CXXII. Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press hardcover books
38040n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1970s. Some edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image 28" x 22" of tourist in a yellow jacket looking out over the Grand Canyon. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
189044169New York: D. Appleton and Company 1890. "Authorized" edition. Original publisher's light brown cloth binding with dark brown blue & gilt stamping. Pale green eps. General shelf-wear. One proud gathering. Bookplate & booklabel to front paste-down. Evidence of pocket removal to rear paste-down. Withal a VG copy. x 417 5 pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 111 illustrations by Townsend. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
39676n. p.: Producao: Multimagem Fotolito: Quimigrafica Impressao: Grafica Danubio n. d. Ca. 1980s. Light wear. A VG example. Broadside. Collage of 12 color photographic images of Brasil from its beaches waterfalls cathedral and historic monuments. Title is orange and black to white margin at top of poster. 27" x 19-1/2" <br/><br/> Producao: Multimagem Fotolito: Quimigrafica Impressao: Grafica Danubio unknown books
1977962Glorieta NM: Rio Grande Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint of the 1829 edition. 558 pp foldout map with map illustrations appendix index. Fine copy in decorative cloth. "When author Hardy traveled from the mainland to the Baja and around the Sea of Cortes he was confronted with great empty vistas of terra incognita . Lieut. Hardy an Englishman lately an officer in the Royal Navy described Mexico he visited as it was shortly after throwing off the heavy yoke of Imperial Spain. He traveled literally thousands of miles by boat muleback and shank's mare. There were no luxuries for travelers in Mexico in those days" Publisher's Preface. Rio Grande Press hardcover books
192321010New York: Boni and Liveright 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Original red cloth boards. Spine darkened and chipped at head. Binding sound text clean. No dust jacket. Clare Consuelo Sheridan 1885-1970 was an English sculptor journalist and writer known primarily for creating busts of famous sitters and writing diaries recounting her worldly travels Wiki. This book recounts travel in Ireland France Belgium Germany Switzerland Turkey Greece Bulgaria Rumania and Italy in the early 1920s. Boni and Liveright hardcover books
20001200311Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Theroux on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
008193London: A & C Black Ltd. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Attractive illustrated travel book with full color paintings by Forestier. Very good elaborately decorated clothbound volume. <br/><br/> A & C Black, Ltd hardcover books
191531418Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1915. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Cloth octavo with tipped on illustrated photograph on the front panel. 326 pp. With photographic frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Preface by William Frederic Bade. All photographic illustrations present with this copy. Prior owner name to the front endpaper else a clean well-bound copy. General light handling wear. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
188714499Racine WI: Advocate Steam Print 1887. 1st edition. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Beveled edges. VG slt lean/avg wear. iv 148 pp. 5" x 6 3/4" <br/><br/>Miss Mary McMurphy's European trip via the steamer Noordland. Not in Smith. Advocate Steam Print hardcover books
