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English Hoursby: Henry James/Joseph Pennell

English Hours
by: Henry James/Joseph Pennell

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in gilt, 3 colors. Beautiful gilt and sihouette vignette of the London skyline. 80 black and white drawings by Joseph Pennell. Top edge gilt. A collection of periodical pieces written over a span of thirty years by James, all about his travels in England. Name and date on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383751

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English Village Homes and Country Buildings  by: Sydney R. Jones

English Village Homes and Country Buildings
by: Sydney R. Jones

Hardcover. London, Batsford, 2nd Ed., 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 120 pages. Color frontis., many b&w photos and sketches. Bookplate on inside front cover, small note on half-title page, otherwise clean. A wonderful study of the historical small village house.

Record # 387437

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Etruscan Placesby: Lawrence, D. H.

Etruscan Places
by: Lawrence, D. H.

Softcover. London, Olive Press, Reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages. Softcover. Illustrated in sepia tones, copious illustrations throughout. Light foxing top edge. Toning to covers & spine. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 750716

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Europe from a Motor Carby: Richardson, Russell

Europe from a Motor Car
by: Richardson, Russell

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with illustrated pastedown and gilt stamping. 227 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. Endpapers map. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 412072

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Exeter / Bath and Wells (Beautiful England Series)by: Arthur L. Salmon/Heath, Sidney /E. W. Haslehurst

Exeter / Bath and Wells (Beautiful England Series)
by: Arthur L. Salmon/Heath, Sidney /E. W. Haslehurst

Hardcover. London, Blackie & Son Limited, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon leather stamped with an ornate gilt design. Two titles from the publisher's "Beautiful England" series, here rebound in a single volume. Each 64 pages with 12 color plates by E.W. Haslehurst. Decorative endpapers. ribbon marker. Bookplate on a blank prelim page, spine leather faded to brown, but gilt decorations and lettering are bright. Two related photographic cards laid in.

Record # 384962

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Exotic Postcards: The Lure of Distant Landsby: Beukers, Alan

Exotic Postcards: The Lure of Distant Lands
by: Beukers, Alan

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, color illustrations. Introduction by Paul Theroux. This album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. These haunting postcards and the people they depict strike us with a special force today, vividly expressing a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. Clean, bright copy in a dust jacket.

Record # 351765

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Explorations: 1860 - 1930by: Mongibeaux, Jean-Francois

Explorations: 1860 - 1930
by: Mongibeaux, Jean-Francois

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Place de Victoires, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 599 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This vivid photo-essay on the great adventure of discovery and exploration 1860-1930 is drawn from the collection of The Royal Geographical Society in London. It begins with Stanley and Livingstone in Africa and proceeds through Asia and Oceania, the Americas, and the Middle East. The work of twenty-three intrepid photographers are included.

Record # 350157

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Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Taleby: Almond, Brenda

Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale
by: Almond, Brenda

Softcover. Malden, NA, Wiley-Blackwell, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.

Record # 2230150

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Fabulous Congo by: Bellotti, Felice

Fabulous Congo
by: Bellotti, Felice

Hardcover. London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with uneven sun-fade, 221 pages. Endpaper maps & 60 photographic illustrations. Travels in the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi with excellent illustrations of the people, activities, artifacts, and description of the tribes, animals and natural resources.

Record # 374792

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Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912
by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

New York, Aperture, Rep., 1998 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 162 pages, many B&W & sepia period photographs of China, its people and culture. Very richly illustrated, captions, chronology, list pioneer phiotographers, sources, general bibliography, acknowledgements. Photographs from the archives of Arnold Arboretum - Harvard University.

Record # 303521

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Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912
by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

Hardcover. New York, Aperture, reprint, 1998 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 162 pages, many B&W & sepia period photographs of China, its people and culture. Very richly illustrated, captions, chronology, list pioneer photographers, sources, general bibliography, acknowledgments. Photographs from the archives of Arnold Arboretum - Harvard University.

Record # 361191

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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing Chinaby: Chang, Leslie T.

Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by: Chang, Leslie T.

Hardcover. New York, Spiegel & Grau, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230187

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Far Journeysby: Chatwin, Bruce

Far Journeys
by: Chatwin, Bruce

Hardcover. New York , Viking Adult, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Remainder mark to bottom edge, light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 350595

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Few Streets, A Few People, A: Photographs from the Havana Neighborhood of Cayo Huesoby: Comino-James, John

Few Streets, A Few People, A: Photographs from the Havana Neighborhood of Cayo Hueso
by: Comino-James, John

Hardcover. London, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 156 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Brand new copy still in wrapper. Book in near fine condition. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color and black & white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 470893

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Field of Ice, Theby: Verne, Jules

Field of Ice, The
by: Verne, Jules

Hardcover. New York, George Routledge and Sons, Reprint, NA, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 269 pages. No date - circa 1880's. Gray cloth with decoration on spine and cover in black. Spine title on gilt background. Features 126 black & white illustrations by Riou. Tanning to preliminary, and rear pages. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612263

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Filibusters in Barbary by: Lewis, Wyndham

Filibusters in Barbary
by: Lewis, Wyndham

Hardcover. NY, National Travel Club, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt design on front cover, 309 pages. In 1931, Wyndham Lewis travelled to the part of Morocco, known traditionally as 'Barbary'. He set out for the majestic High Atlas and recorded the rich traditional culture of the isolated Berber tribes. Illustrated with 16 photographic plates and a small map. Clean copy.

Record # 380840

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First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Islandby: Sterngass, Jon

First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island
by: Sterngass, Jon

Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket. 374 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. "At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Saratoga Springs hosted no more than a thousand hardy travelers yearly, Newport floundered in the midst of a fifty-year commercial decline, and Coney Island's beach resembled a wind-swept wilderness. A hundred years later, the number of summer visitors to Saratoga had increased a hundredfold, the antics of high society at Newport transfixed America, and at least five million pleasure seekers visited Coney annually. 'Those who talk of the mushroom growth of our Western cities,' declared an astounded writer for Harper's Weekly in 1878, 'might better spend their wonder and enthusiasm upon our Eastern watering-place.'" -- From the Introduction. Fifty-nine illustrations enliven Sterngass's unique study of the commodification of pleasure that occurred as capitalist values flourished, travel grew more accessible, and leisure time became democratized.

Record # 460431

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First Time I Saw Paris, The : Photographs and Memories from the City of Light (SIGNED COPY)by: Miller, Peter

First Time I Saw Paris, The : Photographs and Memories from the City of Light (SIGNED COPY)
by: Miller, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1999-12-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. SIGNED BY MILLER.

Record # 461932

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Flesh and Spiritby: Edinger, Claudio

Flesh and Spirit
by: Edinger, Claudio

Hardcover. New York , Umbrage Editions, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.217 pages, b&w photos documenting Edinger's travels, some color. Essays by Simonetta Persichetti and Nan Richardson.

Record # 351931

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Florenceby: Hare, Augustus J. C.

Florence
by: Hare, Augustus J. C.

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 5th Ed., 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, flexible black cloth with red and gilt stamping, edges stained red. 343 pages with a 10 page catalogue of Hare's other titles in rear. With 22 illustrations and a double page color map. Detailed information on the history and landmarks of Florence. Clean, bright copy of this vintage travel guide.

Record # 387350

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Flowing Road, The: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South Americaby: Whitney, Caspar

Flowing Road, The: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South America
by: Whitney, Caspar

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, b&w photographs. Maroon cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design; spine slightly faded. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to cover corners. Foxing to edges. Light soiling to first few pages. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851347

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Food on the Rails: The Golden Era of Railroad Diningby: Quinzio, Jeri

Food on the Rails: The Golden Era of Railroad Dining
by: Quinzio, Jeri

Hardcover. Lanham MD, Rowman & Littlefield , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 173 pages, b&w illustrations. In roughly one hundred years - from the 1870s to the 1970s - dining on trains began, soared to great heights, and then fell to earth. The founders of the first railroad companies cared more about hauling freight than feeding passengers. The only food available on trains in the mid-nineteenth century was whatever passengers brought aboard in their lunch baskets or managed to pick up at a brief station stop. It was hardly fine dining. Seeing the business possibilities in offering long-distance passengers comforts such as beds, toilets, and meals, George Pullman and other pioneering railroaders like Georges Nagelmackers of Orient Express fame, transformed rail travel. Fine dining and wines became the norm for elite railroad travelers by the turn of the twentieth century. The foods served on railroads - from consomme to turbot to souffle, always accompanied by champagne - equaled that of the finest restaurants, hotels, and steamships. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 384478

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Forest of Arden, The by: Edwards, George Wharton

Forest of Arden, The
by: Edwards, George Wharton

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A Stokes, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 215 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Very minor wear to spine. Full illustrated plates by Edwards, some with tissue guard. Frontispiece illustration. Illustrated end papers. Top edge gilt. Some pages uncut.

Record # 803465

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Forgotten Shrines of Spainby: Byne, Mildred Stapley

Forgotten Shrines of Spain
by: Byne, Mildred Stapley

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 312 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608546

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Four Guineas: A Journey through West Africaby: Elspeth Huxley

Four Guineas: A Journey through West Africa
by: Elspeth Huxley

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 2nd pr., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. 320 pages, b&w photo illustrations. The Chapters are: Gambia; Sierra Leone; The Gold Coast; Nigeria: The West; The North; The Southern Cameroons; and The East; followed by an index. Clean copy.

Record # 387745

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French Lessons in Africa: Travels with My Briefcase Through French Africaby: Peter Biddlecombe

French Lessons in Africa: Travels with My Briefcase Through French Africa
by: Peter Biddlecombe

Softcover. London, ABACUS/Little Brown, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 434 pages. Having travelled across West Africa for over ten years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account of a long and lingering liaison dangereuse with the sixty per cent of the continent that is French-speaking is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to the je ne sais quoi of French Africa. In countries such as Togo, Mali and Burkina Faso, Biddlecome encounters old-fashioned camel butchers, modern witch doctors who run mail-order companies, gold smugglers and counterfeiters who send their sons to Oxford. He also experiences a delicious foie gras of places: from eerie voodoo ceremonies in the old slave port of Ouidah to Italian ice-cream parlors in the middle of the Sahara desert. And Biddlecombe reveals not only Francophone Africa's politics, often bizarre business traditions and culture, but also provides a mass of practical advice on everything from how to eat a water-rat to talking your way through a road block in the middle of an attempted coup. Clean copy.

Record # 385908

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Freya Stark in Persiaby: Ruthven, Malise

Freya Stark in Persia
by: Ruthven, Malise

Hardcover. Reading, Garnet, 1st UK, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 118 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Freya Stark. 1/2" deep closed tear at top right corner of first 4 pages - appears to be publishers error. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 609387

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From the Himalayas to the Equator: Letters Sketches and Addresses Giving Some Account of a Tour in India and Malaysia by: Cyrus D. Foss

From the Himalayas to the Equator: Letters Sketches and Addresses Giving Some Account of a Tour in India and Malaysia
by: Cyrus D. Foss

Hardcover. NY, Eaton and Means, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 262 pages. An Account of the visitation of Bishop Foss and Dr. Goucher to the Indian and Malaysian Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This book gives the reader new information as to the needs of the different fields which are under discussion, grasps more vividly the magnitude of the modern missionary movement, and gathers fresh confidence in the final triumph of the Messiah throughout the heathen world. B&w illustrations. Old ink price on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 379826

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From Vermont to Damascus: Returning by Way of Beyrout, Smyrna, Ephesus, Athens, Constantinople, Budapest, Vienna, Paris, Scotland, and Englandby: Brown, Adna

From Vermont to Damascus: Returning by Way of Beyrout, Smyrna, Ephesus, Athens, Constantinople, Budapest, Vienna, Paris, Scotland, and England
by: Brown, Adna

Hardcover. Boston, Geo. H. Ellis, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with bright gilt lettering, all edges gilt, 209 pages, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's stamp on front endpapers. Bright original 1895 edition.

Record # 412011

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Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography by: Galen Rowell

Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography
by: Galen Rowell

Softcover. San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1st pbk., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 288 pages illustrated in color. In sixty practical yet inspirational essays drawn from his Outdoor Photographer column, and in 145 stunning color photographs, world-renowned photographer Galen Rowell explains and demonstrates the techniques he uses to transform light and color into vivid, uniquely expressive art. The illuminating essays in Galen Rowell's Vision are grouped into four chapters covering the fundamental aspects of the art of adventure photography as practiced by one of its masters: "Goals," transforming dreams into realities through personal vision; "Preparations," pushing the limits of equipment, film, and technique; "Journeys," merging visions with realities; and "Realizations," communicating one's worldview through photography. Throughout, Rowell includes examples of some of his most memorable images and relates fascinating anecdotes from his extraordinary photographic career. Clean copy.

Record # 396744

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Geographia New Map of England & Wales, showing counties in colours. (ca. 101 x 75 cm) by: n/a

Geographia New Map of England & Wales, showing counties in colours. (ca. 101 x 75 cm)
by: n/a

London, Geographia Ltd., Book: Very Good, Softcover. Linen backed folded map. In the paper sleeve. Nice condition. Early 1900s.

Record # 381436

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar (SIGNED COPY)by: Theroux, Paul

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar (SIGNED COPY)
by: Theroux, Paul

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 496 pages. SIGNED BY THEROUX on title page. In 1975 a young and ambitious writer named Paul Theroux made his literary mark by taking the 28,000-mile intercontinental journey via rail from London to Tokyo and back home again. Thirty years later, an older and wiser Theroux decided to retrace his steps. The result is Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, a fascinating account of the places you vaguely knew existed, yet definitely should know something about. Get on board Theroux's fast-moving travelogue, which features some of the most astute commentary on our distorted notions of time, space, and each other in the age of jet speed, broadband connections, and cultural extinction. A railway journey through Eastern Europe, India, and Asia. Clean copy

Record # 360685

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Glimpses of La Yaguita: Street Scenes and Portraits from the Dominican Republicby: Orozco-Lang, Isaias

Glimpses of La Yaguita: Street Scenes and Portraits from the Dominican Republic
by: Orozco-Lang, Isaias

Hardcover. New York , El Leon Literary Arts, 1st Bilingual, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Preface By Julia Alvarez. 95 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Beautiful, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 810072

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Godstone and the Blackymor, Theby: White/Edward Ardizzone, T.H.

Godstone and the Blackymor, The
by: White/Edward Ardizzone, T.H.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 226 pages, illustrated in b&w by Edward Ardizzone. Blue cloth with an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket. The book is a very good, clean, tight copy. White's account of life on the west coast of Ireland. The author comments on the front flap: "God knows what this book is about. I suppose it's a bit of autobiography really. But it's about living on the West Coast of Ireland, in 'the parish nearest to America' -- they all are, I mean the parishes -- and it is about the people and things there, more than about me."

Record # 371825

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Golden Age of Travel 1880-1939by: Gregory, Alexis

Golden Age of Travel 1880-1939
by: Gregory, Alexis

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 220 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and tanning to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Covers the rise of travel thanks to the development of roadways, railways, luxury ocean liners and trains, and eventually the airliner. Wonderfully illustrated with photos, travel posters, luggage tags, and more.

Record # 464475

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Graciela Iturbide: No Hay Nadie, There is No-Oneby: Iturbide, Graciela

Graciela Iturbide: No Hay Nadie, There is No-One
by: Iturbide, Graciela

Hardcover. Spain, La Fabrica, 1st, 2011, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 63 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Reveals the Mexican photographer`s extended explorations in (mostly) cities in the north of India--Varanasi, Delhi and Calcutta, as well as Bombay--over the past 13 years. Iturbide`s black-and-white images are strikingly at ease with their subject matter, able to locate arrangements of objects, architectural outline and urban signage without ever lapsing into visual tourism. Text in English and Spanish.

Record # 350199

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Graciela Iturbide: No Hay Nadie, There is No-Oneby: Iturbide, Graciela

Graciela Iturbide: No Hay Nadie, There is No-One
by: Iturbide, Graciela

Hardcover. Spain, La Fabrica, 1st, 2011, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 63 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Reveals the Mexican photographer's extended explorations in (mostly) cities in the north of India--Varanasi, Delhi and Calcutta, as well as Bombay--over the past 13 years. Iturbide`s black-and-white images are strikingly at ease with their subject matter, able to locate arrangements of objects, architectural outline and urban signage without ever lapsing into visual tourism. Text in English and Spanish.

Record # 350198

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Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age: The Architecture of Schultze & Weaverby: Marianne Lamonaca

Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age: The Architecture of Schultze & Weaver
by: Marianne Lamonaca

Hardcover. Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. The Breakers, the Waldorf, the Biltmore, the Sherry, the Pierre--these landmark hotels are synonymous with grand luxury and style. When they were built, in the 1920s, their refined elegance and grandeur set the bar for hotels and resorts the world over. Responsible for creating these and countless other hotels throughout the United States, were the partners of a single architectural firm: Schultze & Weaver. Together, this duo--an architect and an engineer--virtually invented the glamorous lifestyle made famous in films like Grand Hotel. Catering to the social elite of which they were themselves a part, Schultze & Weaver synthesized the Old World style of Renaissance Italy, Moorish Spain, and Georgian England with all of the modern amenities that made hotel living luxurious. This book presents portfolios of fifteen of the firm's most spectacular hotels, culminating in the Art Moderne masterpiece of the Waldorf-Astoria. Over two hundred period photographs and hand-colored architectural renderings chart the ascent of the American hotel in all its glory and glamour, before the Great Depression forever changed the lifestyles of America's rich and famous. Essays address the cultural and technological developments that underpin the creation of resort and residential hotels, including the elemental role played by Schultze & Weaver.

Record # 362274

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Great English Housesby: Chamberlin, Russell

Great English Houses
by: Chamberlin, Russell

Hardcover. NY, Harmony Books, 1wt, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages. full blue cloth, silver lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs and reproductions. A visual tour of the great country English houses through the ages. Clean copy.

Record # 372380

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Green Mountains to Sierrasby: Humphrey, Zephine

Green Mountains to Sierras
by: Humphrey, Zephine

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton , 2nd Printing, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 253 pages, gilt titles on green board cover. Previous owner's stamp on front fly leaf and minor edge fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853903

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Greeters' Guide to Washingtonby: N/A

Greeters' Guide to Washington
by: N/A

Softcover. Washington DC, Greeters of America, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled tan wrappers. Compliments of the Arlington Hotel. Giving Location and description of principal points of interest, public buildings, etc., etc., illustrated with reproductions of latest photographs. 72 pages with a foldout map. in rear. In addition there is second, different street map of Washington's streets laid in. Folds out to approx, 20 X 23". All in very good condition.

Record # 383828

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Guide Book to the City of Richmond 1920by: Louise Nurney Kernodle

Guide Book to the City of Richmond 1920
by: Louise Nurney Kernodle

Softcover. Richmond VA, Central Publishing, reprint, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, blue wrappers with rubbing, 128 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1914, this is the revised 1920 printing.

Record # 381439

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Guide to Knole: Its State Rooms, Pictures and Abtiquities, With a Short Account of the Possessors and Park of Knole by: N/A

Guide to Knole: Its State Rooms, Pictures and Abtiquities, With a Short Account of the Possessors and Park of Knole
by: N/A

Hardcover. London, Waterlow and Sons, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. 56 pages, b&w illustrations. Appears to be the original softcover rebound in cloth. Small holes at gutter where staples removed. Small name stamp in blank prelim page. 3 related postcards laid in.

Record # 387727

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Guides Pratiques Conty - Bords de la Loire - Plages nantaises by: N/A

Guides Pratiques Conty - Bords de la Loire - Plages nantaises
by: N/A

Hardcover. Paris, Guide Conty, 2nd Ed., circa 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, now faded. A charming pocket-size travel guide to the Loire/Orleans region. 336 + 56 + 72 + IV pages. No date but presumed circa 1900. Lots of ads, illustrations, several fold-out maps. ALL IN FRENCH LANGUAGE. Nice condition.

Record # 379936

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Gun Rod and Saddle: A Record of Personal Experiencesby: Gillmore, Parker

Gun Rod and Saddle: A Record of Personal Experiences
by: Gillmore, Parker

Hardcover. London, Gibbings and Co., 2nd Ed., 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Hardcover with blue cloth covers with black and gilt design. An ex-library but aside from spine stickers and bookplate, a remarkably clean, tight copy. Doesn't appear to be a circulating copy. Tales of hunting throughout the world, but mostly in America, from snipe shooting to wolf coursing. Includes several fishing chapters; salmon in Japan, black and striped bass, grey mullet, brook trout and muskies, with a final chapter on artificial stocking of lakes and rivers.

Record # 900185

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Havana: The Photography of Hans Engelsby: Engels/ Beth Dunlop, et al., Hans

Havana: The Photography of Hans Engels
by: Engels/ Beth Dunlop, et al., Hans

Hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 104 pages. Ever since Fidel Castro came to power as the leader of Cuba's communist regime in 1959, Havana has remained all but impenetrable to the outside world. The revolution cut Cuba off from the West, but at the same time preserved a century of built substance and style through the accident of fmancial stagnation. Without capital investment, time stood still, and five epochs of architectural style have survived to the present day. From the majesty of colonial city palaces to the half-hearted hope of heroic modernism, Engels' photographs show a city in silent transition, a microcosm of architecture through the ages. All of the structures picttired here were built in the twentieth century, but for the most part they have suffered from neglect in the form of peeling paint and stucco, &M grime, and abandonment. Yet there is utter beauty and dignity here-a sense of being trapped in time-that is no longer evident in America's everchanging cities. Like the structures he photographs, Engels uses a timeless approach to the artistic and technical aspect of his work. He uses a Sinar catnera with a 4 x 5 inch format, standing under a darkening cloth, just as photographers did a century ago. Using a Polaroid image to feel and see the light, Engels takes a single shot of each building. Most of these images were taken during die month of February, in 1997 and 1999 respectively. These photographs of apartment dwellings, office buildings, private residences, and places of worship tell a story on their own. Their haunting images seem to speak about more than just the men who made them or the materials they are made of. The buildings and streetscapes depicted in Havana speak to us of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Record # 351220

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Hello Brother: The World From A Motor Scooter 1964-1967by: Gerry Rooney

Hello Brother: The World From A Motor Scooter 1964-1967
by: Gerry Rooney

Softcover. Xlibris, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 318 pages, b&w illustrations. The author describes his three year around-the-world journey on a motor scooter in the 1960s. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397906

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Here and There in Montreal and The Island of Montrealby: Stokes, Charles W.

Here and There in Montreal and The Island of Montreal
by: Stokes, Charles W.

Softcover. Toronto, Musson Book Company Limited, Revised Ed., 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, original cream paper cover with light green and black lettering and decoration, and color pastedown of a painting. Ad for Chateau Frontenac inside front cover, and one for McColl-Frontenac Oil Co. Limited inside back cover. Interior is clean and free of markings. The book describes historical places of interest in the Montreal area. 96 pages including Index. Size: 6 1/4 x 9 Inches. Mild edgewear to covers.

Record # 374944

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Here On The Island: Being an Account of a Way of Life Several Miles Off the Coast of Maineby: Pratt, Charles

Here On The Island: Being an Account of a Way of Life Several Miles Off the Coast of Maine
by: Pratt, Charles

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 200 plus pages, photo illustrations throughout by Pratt. The story of life on "The Island" in the state of Maine. Although never named, it is thought to be Isle Au Haut, a small island seven miles off the coast of Maine, in Knox County. Rich with both black & white and color photographic illustrations of people, scenery, and town life. Clean copy.

Record # 387209

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Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy by: Arms Dorothy Noyes /John Taylor Arms

Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy
by: Arms Dorothy Noyes /John Taylor Arms

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with 56 reproductions of etchings, aquatints, and drawings by John Taylor Arms, each with a captioned tissue-guard.. A delightful travelogue with exquisite artwork of John Taylor Arms. He specialized in portraying the gothic architecture of France and Italy. Traveling the back roads and visiting the then out-of-the-way towns of northern Italy by car, he visually captures the look and feel as his wife provides a charming travelog. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 379615

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