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
Berne: Hallwag, 1939. Hardcover. Quarto in red cloth and gilt titles to cover; 1 volume; illustrations (including plans) maps; 26 cm. In English, German and French. Handsome production. More
Cambridge [Eng.]: Published for the Hakluyt Society, at the University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Octavo in green and blue DJ; xiv, 283 p. illus., maps. (1 fold.) 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 266-271. Drake, Francis, Sir, Journeys, Voyages, West Indies Expedition, 1595-1596; Privateering Caribbean Sea, 1595. More
Leipzig ; London: Dulau and Co. ; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. second revised ed. hardcover. 12mo in usual limp red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine; 579pp. Illustrated with nineteen maps multi-color folding maps and thirty-four plans. Free endpapers lacking (one neatly detached and laid in); rear joint..... More
Nashville, Tenn. Greenwich Publishing, 2014. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Square quarto in primarly blue and green pictorial boards in DJ of same design; 217 pages. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the history of aviation in Hawai'i through the lens of Hawaiian Airlines, from the days when..... 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
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
Boston: Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 1956. Paperback. Quarto in yellow paper wraps ; 172 p. bw photo illus. 23 cm. Uncommon. Series: Bulletin no. 94. Locomotives. 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
Hartford, CT: Hartford Publishing Company, 1869. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto with leather boards and missing spine. 524 pages : frontispiece (portraits), illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Introductions by Colfax, Schuyler and Bross, William. || Abstract: Details the author's journeys and experiences across the North American continent in the summers of 1865..... 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
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
New York: Viking, 1987. 1st American ed. Hardcover. Octavo in beige illus DJ; 293 p. ; 23 cm. A lovely copy of the frist American edition of this important work. / Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs; Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989 -- Travel -- Australia,, Description and travel. Australia --..... 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