London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., n.d., [ca. 1922]. 12mo, pp. 24; large folding map of London in color (29½" x 39¼"), 2-page large scale map of central London; front free endpaper offset; upper edge of rear cover sunned, else very good and sound in original green cloth, lettered in..... More
Bourges: Ve Tardy-Pigelet and Sons, 1919. 3rd edition, 12mo, pp. 32; folding map at rear, black & white photographic illustrations; extremities lightly creased, small stain on rear cover, else very good in original blue pictorial wrappers. More
Philadelphia: Ostheimer Bros, n.d. 3¼" x 4¾", accordion fold with 16 photo-lithograph panels showing landmarks at the Centennial Exhibition and in Philadelphia, including the Shoe Leather Building, the Japanese Villa, the Sawyer Observatory and a double panel bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds, all captioned in French, German and English..... More
New-York: John Doggett, Jr., Directory Establishment, 156 Broadway, n.d., [1846]. Fourth publication, 16mo, pp. [2], xvi, 268, 24 ads; ads also on pastedown and endpapers; text largely in double column; folding map of Manhattan and Brooklyn by H. S. Tanner (with tear at the stub), tipped-in advertisement leaf at p...... More
New York: T. Nelson and Sons: Toronto: James Campbell and Son, n.d., ca. 1869. 4" x 6½", pp. 45; 11 photo-lithographs printed in color; text in double column and printed in blue, 3 wood engravings in the text; front hinge cracked, extremities worn, else a good copy in original decorative..... More
London: Green and Co., 1874. First edition, large 16mo, pp. 404; original brown cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, blind-tooled borders; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, edges and cloth scuffed, back joint weak. A good copy overall. Illustrated advertisements throughout, including endpapers. At head of title: "To..... More
London: Geographia Ltd., [n.d.]. 12mo, pp. 80, 96; numerous full-pg maps, large folding map in color (approx. 29 x 20 in.), with index of over 13,500 streets; occasional pencil notations, uniformaly toned, folding map has a few small tears along creases, extremities toned at edges and spine with some edgewear..... More
Saint Petersburg: Fd. Bellizard et Cie. 1840. 12mo, pp. [10], 348; color folding map of St. Petersburg and 10 engraved plates; original blue printed paper wrappers, text untrimmed; upper cover detached and reattached with a neat but obtrusive paper strip, covers lightly soiled, map has some shallow tears, text clean..... More
Peiping [i.e. Beijing]: The Peiping Chronicle, 1933. 7½" x 5", pp. [4], v, [5], 88, [2]; folding map of the city and 31 full-page illustrations from photographs; original tan pictorial wrappers, red cloth shelfback; very good copy. With numerous illustrated advertisements, a history of Chinese festivals by Dr. Y. C...... More
Mombasa: East Africa Tourist Travel Assn., under the auspices of the Mombasa Municipal Council, n.d., [ca,. 1949]. 8vo, pp. 68; rear wrapper folds out to display a plan of Mombasa,map inside front wrapper, color and black & white illustrations throughout; near fine in attractive pictorial wrappers. Eighteen sections covering such..... More
Peiping [i.e., Beijing]: The Peking Bookshop, 1946. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 144, [2] ads; 26 illustrations from photographs printed in blue on rectos and versos of 8 plates (numbered I-XVI); original pictorial yellow wrappers; textblock toned, vertical crease an evidence of a small sticker removal on the upper..... 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
[Beijing]: I Ho Yuan, 1935. 12mo, pp. [4], 49, [1]; 24 plates, folding map; stab stitched, blue paper wrappers, title label on upper wrapper; binding string snaped in a couple of places, foxing, pencil marginalia throughout corresponding to penciled grid labeling on the folding map, good. More
Los Angeles: Security-First National Bank, 1929. Third edition, 8vo, pp. 208; numerous photographic illustrations throughout; library stamp on inside of upper cover, lower hinge cracked, covers slightly soiled with small cracks and other wear at extremities; good or better in original pictorial pink wrappers, mss. title on spine. More
Paris: Georges Saulgeot, 1924. 8vo, pp. 64; double-page map, 2 plates, illustrations in text, including illustrated adverts; original printed brown wrappers; some toning of the text; very good. More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 231, [3]; illustrated throughout, map endpapers, 4 maps in the text; back hinge starting, near fine copy in original green cloth, dust jacket with a couple closed tears and with some tape removal on the front flap leaving..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., n.d., [ca. 1930]. 12mo, pp. xvi (ads), xv, [1] ads, 184, 64 (ads); ads on endpapers, folding map printed in 2 colors, 6 (5 folding and printed in 2 colors), 5 sketch maps, and numerous plates from photographs; a very good copy in original pictorial..... More
[Glasgow: William Holmes & Co. Ltd., 1888]. Oblong 4to, 48 unnumbered pages; original pictorial brown wrappers printed in gold and green; half-tone illustrations throughout; staples rusted; title-page and wrappers lightly soiled; otherwise very good. Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. With a very small permanent population..... More
Koln am Rhein: Hoursch & Bechstedt, [1935]. Large "coloured printing" panorama ("No. 7") showing the course of the Rhine and all the sights from Koln to Mainz. Approx. 55" x 10", original blue printed wrappers; generally fine throughout. More
[Paris: printed by E. Plon, Nourrit & Co., n.d., ca. 1892.]. 16mo, pp. 64; contents leaf mounted (probably as issued) on the verso of the front free endpaper; 2 portraits, 2 full-page wood-engravings; tables in the text corresponding to a large color folding map of Paris to which is attached..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1970. First edition, 16mo, pp. 628; map endpapers, 3 folding maps printed in color, a number of plans in the text; near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt, and preserving the original clear plastic jacket. Issued in the publisher's Les Guides Bleus series, published under..... More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1881. Sixth edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 218, 112 [ads]; frontispiece, 3 folding maps, illustrations throughout text, title-page vignette; MHS bookplate, ads slightly browned, hinges cracked, small cracks in spine ends, else good in original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover. Of this..... More
San Francisco, California: H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., [1949]. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. 127, [3]; black & white photographic illustrations, maps in color (one folding); minor edgewear, a very good & bright copy in original blue wrappers, spiral bound. Two early original photograph postcards of Yosemite, a Yosemite National Park Service..... More
New York: Macmillan; London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd., [1968]. First edition, first printing of a notable guide book; narrow 8vo, pp. xii, 464; illustrations and maps throughout text; edges and extremities slightly spotted, jacket slightly stained, else near fine. Organized by neighborhood, this guide highlights the old, new and unique in New..... More
Manchester: printed and sold by Jospeh Aston, No. 84, Deansgate; sold also by all the Booksellers in Manchester; and R. Bickerstaff, Bookseller, Strand, London, 1804. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 290, [2]; unopened; leaf Y2 cancelled; engraved folding map; contemporary blue paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfback; corners rubbed and bumped..... More
