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20189781786574695-2025Lonely Planet 2018. Paperback. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Clark Gregor Travel writer</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Lonely Planet</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781786574695</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2018</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 352</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet's Switzerland is your passport to the most relevant up-to-date advice on what to see and skip and what hidden discoveries await you. Ogle the glowing Matterhorn and enjoy après-ski in Zermatt stroll Geneva's Old Town streets hike through flower-strewn meadows and hop aboard the Glacier express - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Switzerland and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet's Switzerland:Colour maps and images throughoutHighlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interestsInsider tips to save time and money and get around like a local avoiding crowds and trouble spotsEssential info at your fingertips - hours of operation phone numbers websites transit tips pricesHonest reviews for all budgets - eating sleeping sightseeing going out shopping hidden gems that most guidebooks missCultural insights provide a richer more rewarding travel experience - covering history art literature music architecture landscapes wildlife the Swiss way of lifeCovers Zürich Central Switzerland Northern Switzerland Mittelland Fribourg The Jura Lake Geneva Vaud Geneva Valais Bernese Oberland Ticino Graubünden Liechtenstein and moreThe Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Switzerland is our most comprehensive guide to Switzerland and is designed to immerse you in the culture and help you discover the best sights and get off the beaten track.Looking for wider coverage Check out Lonely Planet's Western Europe guide for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online and in mobile apps video 14 languages nine international magazines armchair and lifestyle books ebooks and more.'Lonely Planet guides are quite simply like no other.' - New York Times'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media Australia</p> Lonely Planet paperback
200713168New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1416935142 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Mary Higgins Clark has ventured away from her usual adult mysteries to write a children's book about a young boy visiting his grandmother on Cape Cod who has a strange encounter with the ghost of a cabin boy from over two-hundred years ago; 4to . Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers hardcover
1820g7123London: J. Souter. G : in good condition plus. Rebound with new eps. Some scattered browning and offsetting. 1820. First Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 110mm 8" x 4". vi 455pp ad. Engraved plates some fold-out. . J. Souter hardcover
1852000363Boston MA: Wright & Hasty 1852. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 1st Edition. First edition 1852 Wright & Hasty's Steam Press Boston. Near fine in original printed wrappers. Light wear some light spotting to wrappers light stain on front wrapper and title page crease to rear wrapper. An exceptionally nice copy. Clarke was employed by the Hampden Mining Company sailed from New York in January 1849 and traveled through central Mexico and Arizona before reaching the California gold region in August of that year. His narrative provides the first printed description of the route from Camargo Mexico through Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gila River of Arizona. The book is also said to contain on page 12 the earliest reference in print to petroleum in Los Angeles. Cowan p. 128; Graff 746; Howes C451; Kurutz 138a; Sabin 13393; Streeter 3169; Wagner-Camp Becker 210. . Wright & Hasty Paperback
1816009909London: T. Caddell & W. Davies 1816. HEAVY. 11 volumes. 1816-1824. First 8 volumes state fourth edition others appear to be first editions. Contemporary marbled boards with leather spine and corners page edges marbled marbled endpapers. Volumes 1 3 & 9 have the front boards detached but present. All other volumes intact and holding firmly. Generally rubbed and edge worn.Numerous plates and maps many folding 1 coloured frontispieces chapter heading vignettes. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout including maps. Some damp stains to margins not affecting plate images. Volume the First: Part the First: Russia Tartary and Turkey 1816. xiii 533pp appendices frontis portrait 3 folding maps 21 title vignettes. Volume the Second: Part the First: Russia Tartary and Turkey 1816. 524pp index appendices 2 folding maps 11 vignettes. Volume the Third: Part the Second: Greece Egypt and the Holy Land Section the First 1817. xxx 453pp appendices 6 folding maps 10 vignettes. Volume the Fourth. Part the Second. Greece Egypt and the Holy Land Section the First 1817. 463pp appendices 1 folding map 11 vignettes. Volume the Fifth. Part the Second. Greece Egypt and the Holy Land Section the Second. 1817. xxxii 460pp appendices 1 folding map 17 vignettes. Volume the Sixth. Part the Second. Greece Egypt and the Holy Land Section the Second. 1818. 647pp appendices folding engraved plate 3 maps 8 engravings. Volume the Seventh. Part the Second. Greece Egypt and the Holy Land. Section the Third. 1818. xxxvii 481pp additional notes folding colour frontis plate 1 folding map 16 engravings. Volume the Eighth. Part the Second. Greece Egypt and the Holy Land Section the Third to which is added A Supplement respecting the Author's Journey from Constantinople to Vienna containing his account of the Gold Mines of Transylvania and Hungary.1818. 462pp appendices plus Index to Volumes 3-8 including the 3 sections of Part the Second folding map frontis 2 other folding maps 11 vignettes. Volume the Ninth. Part the Third. Scandinavia. 1824. xxxi 571pp appendices 4 folding maps 24 engravings. Volume the Tenth. Part the Third. Scandinavia. 1824. 580pp appendices 3 folding maps 22 engravings. Volume the Eleventh. Part the Third. Scandinavia. 1824. 492pp appendices 1 folding map 18 engravings. Complete and scarce thus. Mixed Editions. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. T. Caddell & W. Davies Hardcover
1811j3331cLondon: T Cadell & W Davies. Cover and spine worn with boards detached. Upper board detached at preface page. Text block firm. Scattered browning and some offsetting. Ex.-lib. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with minimal marking. 1811. Second Edition. Leather cover. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 800pp. Illustrated with many full page engravings maps some double page and woodcuts within the text. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . T Cadell & W Davies hardcover
1816j3331London: T Cadell & W Davies. G: in Good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Spines faded. Some foxing. 1816. Fourth Edition. Purple hardback leather cover. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 5663pp indexes. 44 plates and maps some fold out. Published between 1816-1824. . T Cadell & W Davies hardcover
1937g9971London: Heath Cranton Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Yellow hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 232pp. . Heath Cranton Ltd hardcover
1929003440London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd 1929. A history of India and its people from 1866 until the time of publication. 333 pages in overall clean condition just a few occasional light foxing spots inside and on the outer edges of the pages quite minor. Some pencil notes on front endpaper and previous owners name in pencil on half title page. Outer covers have a few light marks and slight fading to spine light rubbing to corners overall a nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Cloth Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 22 X 14 Cms. Hardcover. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd Hardcover
189510495Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1895. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Small moisture stain to the lower right corner of the endpapers & the frontice. Does not intrude into the body of the book. ; Thanks to the DJ the ornate decorated covers are gorgeous. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages . Estes & Lauriat hardcover
189512744Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The spine is domewhat dulled. Mininal wearing to the corners. The interior is fine to very fine with owner's name on the fep dated 1899. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages . Estes & Lauriat hardcover
189412380Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1894. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for a small marginal stain to first few pages of prelims. Heavy linen jacket has some wear to crown and heel of spine which is sunned. The jacket has done its job superbly as the striking gilt stamped cover and spine are exceptionally bright. See additional photos Top edge gilt. 20 photographic plates. A very attractive volume. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover
197098182New York: Burt Franklin 1970. Reprint. Hb. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. lii 453 vg in blue/gilt cloth Burt Franklin hardcover
1921308<p>Cambridge University Press UK 1921. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xii 539 pages illustrated with 26 b/w photos including photogravure frontispiece text illustrations and maps. 2 folding. Original covers no dust jacket as issued. Shelf wear covers stained and rubbed. Some damp staining and slight wrinkling of pages but overall in good condition. This was the final book by geographer and explorer Clements Markham. On 29 January 1916 while reading in bed by candlelight Markham set fire to the bedclothes and was overcome by smoke. He died the following day. Lands Of Silence was unfinished but it was completed by F. H. H. Guillemard and published in 1921 five years after Markham's death. It is a comprehensive account of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions from earliest times to Scott's doomed final journey to the South Pole in 1912. Markham's active involvement in Polar exploration and spanned 60 years ranging from the search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to masterminding Captain Scott's first expedition. Highly acclaimed upon publication it is still regarded as one of the most important contributions on the subject. Markham himself was actively involved in polar exploration for over 50 years. Arctic Bibliography 10939; Spence 755. Particularly valuable because of Markham's personal involvement in many of the British polar expeditions during the late 19th - early 20th centuries. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 308. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Cambridge University Press hardcover
19214275Cambridge University Press UK 1921. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Reading Copy/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xii 539 pages illustrated with 26 b/w photos including frontispiece numerous text illustrations and maps 2 folding. Original covers no dust jacket as issued. Ex Library with usual stamps numbers bookplates etc. Shelf wear. covers heavily worn spine split stained frayed. Inner hinges split and front and rear end papers rubbed. Inner text block shaken but all complete. Sold as a reading Copy. This was the final book written by geographer and explorer. On the 29th of January 1916 while reading by candlelight in bed the bedclothes went on fire he was overcome by smoke and died the following day. The books was finished by his friend Guillemard and published in 1921 five years after his death. This comprehensive account of polar expeditions from earliest times until Scott's doomed final journey to the South Pole in 1912. Markham's active involvement in polar exploration spanned 60 years and ranged from the search of Franklin to masterminding Scott's first expedition. Highly acclaimed upon publication it is still regarded as one of the most important contributions on the subject. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4275. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1969011673Toronto Ontario Canada: The MacMillan Company 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S.-Mexican border troubles from the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe through the Punitive Expedition 1916-1917. 390 pp. Bright and clean copy with minor wear Forward edge of front board has small indentation. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with price intact. top edge shows light curling and red of front panel and spine has two tiny chips.Rear flap fold has minor rubbing. Now in protective cover. <br/> <br/> The MacMillan Company hardcover
192919624Heinemann 1929. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper fore-edges lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco sides with double frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled with gilt lozenge a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes recollections of the Pahang Disturbances of December 1890 - September 1891 and the expeditions into the 'Benighted Lands' of 1894 and 1895. VERY SCARCE Heinemann, hardcover
1927018804London: The Richards Press Ltd 1927. Small thick octavo pp 56 255 the edges fairly heavily foxed the preliminaries and the first few pages of the preface and then the last few pages are a little foxed on the printed surface otherwise clean and tight internally blue cloth just very slightly marked and with a slight bruise to the upper cover; the dustwrapper is complete but a bit age-toned and a little marked with wear to the corners slight fraying at the head and tail of its spine and a tear without any real loss at the upper joint. This second edition contains an autobiographical preface occupying the first 55 pages; the dustwrapper is extremely rare. Second edition. Cloth. Good/Good. The Richards Press Ltd Hardcover
186516525Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Very Good. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages . Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
0428933734.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1822022550183 Fleet Street London: J.M. Cobbett 1822. title continues - "and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and of the institutions of the country civil political and religious. In Three Parts." Third edition. 12mo pp 2 vi 360 a little age-toned a large folding map with one tear age-toned and with some offsetting both to itself and the adjoining pages but in much better than average condition marbled edges in a fairly recent and attractive binding of tan quarter morocco and marbled boards. . Third edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good. J.M. Cobbett Hardcover
1822003929London: J.M. Cobbett 1822. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 360pp. Bound in modern leather over marbled boards paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the country it's culture its agriculture including a discussion of the farming of the Ruta Baga. He criticizes at length Morris Birkbeck's settlement in Illinois. Howes C- 525. <br/> <br/> J.M. Cobbett hardcover
1994021363Camden SC: John Culler & Sons 1994. xviii 354pp charter subscribers list index appendices map bw ills frontis portrait. Full brown goatskin leather with gilt vignette of wild sheep head to front all edges gilt bookmark ribbon in cloth board slipcase. #338 of a limited edition of 500 copies for the Asian Series being a facsimile of the original edition of 1900. Cobbold's classic account of hunting Marco Polo sheep Ovis poli in the Pamir mountains during the 1890s remains very scarce in its earlier printings and is an important documentation of the region by a westerner. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo. John Culler & Sons Hardcover
1930220117-MB26David McKay Company 1930. Very Good Hardcover illustrated with photographs . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. David McKay Company hardcover
193410664Morgan Hill CA: Pacific Science Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First end paper is missing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 381 pages . Pacific Science Press hardcover
