Washington: Chauncey H. Crosby, 1896. 16mo, pp. 75, [9] illustrated ads; color lithographic plate depicting the flags of the prominent steamship lines; fine in original pebble-grain maroon cloth stamped in black. 6 in OCLC. More
London: John Murray, 1899. 12mo, pp. xlvii, [1] p., 698 columns, 701-712; ads on blue-coated endpapers; 2 folding color maps in cover pockets, 4 folding color maps, plus several plans in the text; spine a little sunned, else very good in original red cloth gilt-lettered direct on upper cover and spine. More
London: John Murray, 1893. 12mo, pp. 51, [1], 181, [1], 48 (Murray's Handbook Advertiser, 1901-1902, containing useful information for travellers, railway and steamboat companies, hotels, and miscellaneous advertisements); ads on blue-coated endpapers; folding color map in pocket; 6 color maps (4 folding); spine lightly sunned, but generally a very good... More
London: John Murray, 1895. 12mo, pp. 41, [1], 291, [1], 16 (index), 52 (Murray's Handbook Advertiser, 1903-1904, containing useful information for travellers, railway and steamboat companies, hotels, and miscellaneous advertisements); ads on blue-coated endpapers; folding color maps in cover pockets, 10 color maps (9 folding), plus 1 plan; spine a.... More
New Delhi: issued on behalf of the Tourist Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications, [1958]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 156; color frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, a number fullpage.; notes of a tourist on flyleaf, else very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920. 12mo, pp. 476; color folding map bound in back; contemporary blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, spine a bit faded, edges lightly scuffed, interior mostly very good. More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, Government Printing Office, 1931. Small 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 405; approximately 29 color plates of maps and charts; original orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, light wear and soiling, else a very good copy. Published by the economic... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library, 1991. 4to, pp. 84; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original green printed wrappers, corners slightly bumped, very good. Contents include Fawzi Abdulrazak's "Librarian on the Road (to Morocco and Beyond) and Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.'s "The Authorship and Purpose of the Histoire naturelle et morale des... More
Columbus: Central States Publishing Co., 1922. One map (701 x 872 mm.) folded down to 220 x 120 mm.; printed in red and black and surrounded by 39 local advertisements in red borders; tears from folds, else a good copy. Not in OCLC. More
Edinburgh: Hay, Gall [et al.], 1821. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 118; engraved frontis and title-p., 7 engraved plates (1 folding); orig. morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards, boards very soiled, front cover loose, text and plates slightly browned; ex-MHS. More
Walthamstow: Joseph Shillinglaw for William Tweedie, 1861. 8vo, pp. viii, 115; colored lithographic frontispiece, map plate; contemporary blue blind-tooled cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, paper spine label, a.e.g., yellow glazed endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, bookplate with withdrawn stamp; bottom 2 inches of spine perished, cloth cracked... More
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1948. 12mo, pp. 24; map printed inside front wrapper, black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original color pictorial wrappers, light wear, very good. An attractive little guidebook printed in "occupied Japan," with special emphasis on angling and diving for pearls off the Bay of Ago. Not... More
Versailles: L. Bernard, n.d., [ca. 1880s]. bound with: Illustrated guide to the Trianon palaces and gardens, their history and description; the order of visiting the apartments; catalogue of the objects of art contained therein; and the carriages and hamlet, etc.16mo, pp. 127, 89, [2, indexes], [5, ads]; illustrated throughout; original... More
Kyoto Orimono Co. Ltd. Woven textile illustration of two people navigating the Hozu Raipids, a popular destination near Kyoto, Japan. Approx 13.5" x 17"; grayscale, a novel piece of advertising for the Kyoto Orimono Co., a local textile company; fine. More
Washington, D.C. Liên Co Quan Ðac Nhiem Chu'o'ng Trình Ty Nan Ðông Du'o'ng = Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, August, 1975. Oblong 8vo, pp. 27, 20; original blue and white printed wrappers, light shelf wear, else fine. Text in Vietnamese and English in separate columns. Additional title: "A Guide... More
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Saigon: National Tourist Office, [ca. early 1960s.]. Tall 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; folding map printed in color, illustrated throughout; staples rusting, else very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
Cairo: Lehnert & Landrock, ca. 1920s. Oblong 8vo, unpaged; 32 leaves depicting 76 black and white photographic views and portraits printed on rectos and versos; original brown pictorial wrappers stamped in gilt, unadorned spine, yapp edges; short tear at bottom upper cover edge, contemporary signature on title page, else fine... More
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Library, 1977. 8vo, pp. 92; origina grey printed wrappers, fine. Contents include "Victorian Drama" by John A. Degen; "General Histories, Guidebooks and Handbooks" and "Picturesque London" by Donald J. Gray; and "Dark London" by Martha Vicinus. More
[Saigon?]: CORDS, July, 1971. Fifth edition, small folio, 20 typescript leaves; pictorial self-wrapper; light wear from handling, else a fine copy. "CORDS MR 3" - bottom of front cover. Not in OCLC. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. First edition, 8vo., pp. [2] iii, [3] 382; folding map; a largely unopened copy in original red blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Spine slightly discolored, else very good and sound. "The true story of the Repulse at the Redan ..... More
Paris: Institute d'Ethnologgie, 1928. 2 vols., thick 12mo, orig. cloth-backed boards, each spine incorporating a sleeve for a pencil; pencil present; covers watersatined, mild dampstain pervades text, else good or better. Pro-forma books for linquistic anthropological study, labeled vol. I and vol. II, each with 4 folding pre-addressed envelopes on... More
Boston: University of Minnesota, 1981. 4to, pp. iv, 493, [1]; text in double columns, blue cloth with gilt title on spine; near fine; publisher's prospectus laid in. A complete inventory of the collection as of 1980. More
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1904. First edition, folio, pp. [100]; illustrated throughout; original red cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, pictorial pastedown on upper cover; front hinge cracked, some wear and soiling, otherwise very good. More
Tokyo: Monbusho, 1929. Text entirely in Japanese; oblong 8vo (8¾ x 11¼ inches); 12 leaves (4 folding), each leaf with printed color maps on one side, and sepia-printed maps on the other; original green pictorial wrappers backed in brown cloth; some spotting, else very good. More
[Saint Paul: designed and printed by Gerald Lange at The Bieler Press], 1982. Edition limited to an unspecified number of copies, small 8vo, pp. [4], 71, [1]; 14 tipped-in photographic plates; original gray printed wrappers; fine. A work done by Gerald Lange for hire, and among the rarest of books... More
