travel

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.

Hardcover. NY, Sheed & Ward, 2nd pr., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 231 pages. Tales of life in the West of Ireland by Father Leo R. Ward, philosopher and theologian. The Irish "treat every stranger as though they expected him to write about them and wanted to give him plenty of material....But we ... have never seen it put into a book -- not even by Synge--as it has been put into this book" (from the jacket flap). Wonderful travel memoir by a native of Nebraska. Clean copy.

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."

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.

Softcover. Washington CT, Craftsbury Common, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 88 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs by Hubbard, taken while traveling throughout America, reminiscent of the Farm Security Administration photographers of the 1930s. INSCRIBED BY PHOTOGRAPHER on the inside front cover. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Like new. In her twelfth adventure, Ellie Haskell leaves her family at Merlin's Court to travel to her old boarding school, St. Roberta's, at the request of her former headmistress, Mrs. Battle. Someone has stolen the Loverly Cup from St. Roberta's trophy case. The cup is awarded to the winner of the lacrosse championship match, and for the first time in nine years, St. Roberta's has lost the cup and needs to pass it along to the winning school. Ellie returns to St. Roberta's, without her trusty housekeeper and sleuthing partner, Mrs. Malloy, on the pretext of needing some rest. She investigates staff, students, and some former graduates of the school while trying to come to terms with her guilt over her past failure to speak for a fellow student who was wrongly expelled. During the investigation, a beloved teacher, Ms. Chips, dies. Is it an accident, or is it murder?

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Alexandria VA, Art Service International / Yale University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 263 pages. Comprehensive treatment of Grandma Moses, her life, work, significance, and with a Catalogue of her work. Illustrated in color. Designed for a major traveling exhibition of Moses' work, the hardcover copies were distributed by Yale. Clean copy.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Damiani, 1st, 2015, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap, 156 pages. Outside the Studio is photographer Greg Gorman's tenth monograph. This book takes Gorman (born 1949) outside the reaches of his studio portrait and figure-study work, for which he is best known, and onto the streets of Southeast Asia-uncharted territory for the artist. Traveling initially on behalf of Epson, giving symposiums on fine art digital printing throughout Singapore, Malaysia, China and India, Gorman got a firsthand look at these very different cultures at the very beginning of the digital revolution. The transition from analogue to digital cameras was another new experience for Gorman, who had shot film for more than 30 years. For Gorman, being in the studio with the likes of Marlon Brando or Robert De Niro was second nature, but being thrust in front of strangers in China, Kuala Lampur, India, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam was a new adventure.

Hardcover. NY, Skira, 1t, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. The never-before-published wardrobe of a timeless star, for lovers of fashion, photography and film history. Greta Garbo's influence over fashion has transcended time. Her dresses, suits, impeccably-tailored coats with a slightly masculine look and the indispensable accessories (shoes, bags, glasses, foulards) has created a style emulated, imitated, even occasionally reviled, but never fully examined. For the first time a catalogue of great glamour and a travelling exhibition detail this extraordinary wardrobe whose minimalism fits so well with current fashion trends. Edited by Stefania Ricci, the Director of Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence, as the Divine Greta Garbo was a Ferragamo client from the 1920s until her death, and the founder of the Italian maison designed hundreds of original, classical, futuristic, hand-made shoes and sandals exclusively for her, most of them shown here for the first time. A stunning selection of black and white Garbo portraits by celebrated photographers completes the volume.

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.

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.

Softcover. Quebec, Frank Carrel/Daily Telegraph Office, unknown, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages, b&w photographs, folding map in back. Illustrated wrappers with green design and photo of fort, shoreline. Cover title: Carrel's Illustrated Guide & Map of Quebec Showing Electric Railway Circuit. Price 25 Cents. Stapled, a little dusty with faint damp wrinkle to bottom of several pages. Overall, very good

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.

Hardcover. London, Theophilus Barrios, 1821, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather binding with gilt border design and gilt initials "PPP" on upper and rear cover. All edges gilt. Volume published in London and sold in Paris. 460 pages plus a 4 page catalog of English books to be had at the Paris store. Includes a brief life of the author. Solid binding, text pages with some waviness, ink name on title page and dated 1829. Otherwise clean. Edgewear to cover edges, corners.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue boards with gilt titles to front and spine, endpapers decorated with orange monotone illustrations, 4 full-color tissue-protected illustrated plates including frontispiece, 10 full page and 41 small b&w plates, all by De Bosschere. Mild soiling to covers, slight wear to cover edges and corners, previous owner's pencil inscription to front endpaper; overall a very neat, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Rand, McNally & Commpany, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages. Hardcover with gilt decoration on front. Heavy soil and darkening of spine. 33-36 pages ripped in half. Illustrated by Milo Winter.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 344 pages, 10 color plates by Milo Winter. Blue cloth covers with paste-on cover label and gilt decoration.