London: G.G. Harrap, 1935. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large red octavo, gilt to spine, 319 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates, b&w illustrations, portraits, 25 cm. Soviet Union -- Description and travel. Photography, Russian Revolution. Communism. Bolsheviks, Bolshevism. More
Hemel Hempstead: Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, 2013. First edition. Paperback. Paperback oblong quarto. ix, 87 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm. Buddhism. Norway -- Description and travel. Svalbard (Norway). Photographs. Memoire. Travel writing. More
Budapest, Hungary: Somerset Ltd., 2001. Paperback. Paperback octavo with red spine. 159 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm. Dubrovnik (Croatia) -- Guidebooks. More
BA: Reunidas, 1941. 1st edition. Paperback. Octavo in off-white illus wrappers; 3 p. l., 9-202 p. 21 cm. Text in Spanish. / Aviation, airplanes; flights; air travel Latin America -- Description and travel. United States -- Description and travel. . More
Buenos Aires: Zagier & Urrity Publicaciones, 2008. first edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo in b&w and light blue wrappers; 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 17 x 24 cm.; very light edgewear; o/w wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight;..... More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Arada Books, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Paperback black octavo. 183 pages, illustrations (some color), 21 cm. Cave churches -- Ethiopia -- Lalibela. Buildings. Guidebooks. More
London: J. Murray, 1989. Paperback. Octavo in glossy white wrappers; xxii, 250 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmbibliographical references (pages 237-240). Excellent guidebook to this historically rich region. Archäologie. Kunstführer. Antiquities ( ); . Aegean Sea Region -- Antiquities. Turkey -- Antiquities. Turkey -- Description..... More
North Sydney, N.S.W. William Heinemann, 2009. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Octavo in yellow and orange pictorial wrappers; maps; 327 p., 24 cm. In English. || Abstract: "Greg Bearup and his partner, Lisa Upton, survived three years living together in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but life with the..... More
Glasgow: Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1991. Second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto in black pictorial boards; color illus., maps; 250 p., 25 cm. More
Milwaukee: The Olsen Publishing Co., 1936. Paperback. Oblong octavo-sized pamphlet in handsome multi-color illus stapled wrappers; 32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 15 x 22 cm. Retouched color photo reproductions throughout (resembling vintage postcards). || Guidebooks. History. Pictorial works. Dells of the Wisconsin -- Pictorial works. Rivers, Native American..... More
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: New York, NY, 1987. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in yellow DJ; 254 p, [16] p of b&w plates, b&w illus, 1 b&w map ; 23 cm. Tuscany (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Guide-books. More
Houston, Tex. Gulf Pub. 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in blue and white DJ; 133 p. illus. 21 cm. Oil well drilling. More
Montserrat [Barcelona]: Abadia, 1976. New rev. ed. Paperback. Paperback white octavo. 75 pages, b/w illustrations ; 20 cm. "A Mountain, A sanctuary, A monastery, A spiritual community"-front cover || Series: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat; || text by Maur M. Boix ; translation Kenneth Lyons. More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1950. Special Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in green cloth; xxi, 558 pages, 50 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), portraits ; 25 cm; index. "Presents the author's birth and youth among the coastal Yaghans in Tierra del Fuego and his adult..... More
New York: Morrow, 1996. 1st U.S. ed. (full number line). Hardcover. Small quarto in color illus jacket; 324 pages : map ; 24 cm. "After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best-sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time..... More
San Marino: Huntington library, 1990. First ? Hardcover. Quarto in dark green map-illustrated paper-backed boards with full-color illus; 109 p. -[1] frontispiece, color illustrations, portrait, 27 cm; bibl. Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890. (Author) Hayman, John; (Editor) Corp Author: Henry E. Huntington library and art gallery (San Marino, Calif.) ; (Editor)..... More
New York: Nagel Publishers, 1960. Hardcover. 16 mo in red boards and gilt titles on spine and cover; map on front paste down and ffep; 434/436 pp., 2 folded, color maps (red, blue, black, green); 17 cm. Red ribbon bookmark. In English. Series: Nagel travel guide series. More
New York: Cincinnati American Book Co., 1905. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in teal cloth boards. 336 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, maps 19 cm. Readers -- Geography. Africa -- Description and travel. More
Nettuno, Italy: Collana Caritas, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo in red boards; 248p, b/w & color photos, maps, bibl. Churches, World War II, Rome. More
San Francisco: The San Francisco News Company, c. 1958. Paperback. Duodecimo in green staplebound wrappers; 149 numbered pages; advertisments; maps; 18 cm. Though there is no publication date, there is an ad for KYA 1260 AM which started in the Bay Area in 1958. More
Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos Bartolomé de Las Casas: Cusco, Perú, 1999. First English language edition. Paperback. Small green-brown color illus octavo, 151 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), map, 20 cm. Scarce. || Peru -- Machu Picchu Site, Travel. More
Amsterdam: Chez Jean Louis de Lorn, 1711. Hardcover. Seven volumes (of ten) only. Small octavo in brown quarter leather and brown mottled (marbled?) paper-backed boards; numerous b&w plates (many folding) ; 18 cm ; Volumes 3,4,6-10 only. In French. A landmark work of its time. Some of the longest (widest)..... More
Bucharest: Alcor Edimpex, 1997. Hardcover. Large octavo in glossy green illus paper baords; xvi, 232 p., 95 p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Numerous color plates; bibliographical references (p. 232). An in-depth guide to Romania writen by Romanians, persumably with much information not found in the usual..... More
Hangzhou: Zhejiang she ying chu ban she, 2012. Paperback. Octavo in black illus. wraps; 368 p., [32] p. of plates: illus. (some color), color maps; 21 cm. Includes map laid in. In English. More
New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press, 2002. First Yale Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo in black boards in black and color illus. dust jacket (black spine); illus. 808 p. In English. || Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides. More