In the Palaces of the Sultan
NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. first. Hardcover. Navy blue library buckram. 492 pp. BW illustrations. More
NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. first. Hardcover. Navy blue library buckram. 492 pp. BW illustrations. More
Philadelphia: T.T. Watts, 1855. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 208 pp. Scarce antiquarian book; author unknown, More
Edinburgh: RIAS, 1992. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with orange lettering. 176 pp. with a few color but mostly bw images. The great ship-building of the River Clyde at John Brown's yard; seaside villas at Helensburgh; Holy Loch; The Trossachs, iron-age forts, Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond. Not like it was in..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Hardcover. Red library buckram. 287 pp. BW plates. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1925. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt lettering. 185 pp. Numerous bw ills. More
Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1906. Second. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 234 pp. plus With 5 maps (foldouts), 10 plans and 17 floor plans. In German. Berlin and its environs. More
Leipsic (Leipzig), Germany: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1892. Fifth. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 392 pp. plus 26 maps, 15 plans and two panoramas. Includes a 42-page, unillustrated pamphlet "Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar" Classic and vintage handbook for travelers. More
Hamburg: Karl Baedeker, 1951. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 424 pp. plus 4 maps and 3 plans;. Text in German. More
Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1905. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 620 pp. plus 25 maps and 32 plans;. Only two editions were printed in French, and this is the second. All maps and city plans are present and in excellent condition, including the one of San Francisco prior to..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1925. Hardcover. Flexible red stamped boards, marbled edges, 406 pp., 165 maps and plans, some fold-outs. Title on cover: Baedeker's Northern Germany. A guide book to the region of northern Germany in 1925, said to be one of the last ones printed for this region before..... More
Leipsic (Leipzig), Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1892. 12th Revised Edition. Softcover. Red cloth stiff wraps with gilt lettering; marbled text block, printed front end paper, map printed end pages; XXXIV, 395 pp, 39 color illustrated maps throughout, several fold-outs and 21 plans. Guidebook of Germany. This copy is signed three times..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1904. 6th edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding on flexible boards. Gilt lettering, blind debossed decoration. Marbled edges. Maps and foldouts in B&W and color. l, 530 pp. 2 ribbon bookmarks. German. A travel guide to Russia, including general travel tips, a cultural guide, and in-depth discussions of..... More
London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1867. Hardcover. Colored paper over boards; Green cloth at spine; 596 pp.; 24 bw plates. An account of the author's twelve-month exploration through the Nile river system, including his encounters with the native people, animals, customs, and more. More
Paris: E. Flammarion, 1893`. Hardcover. French language text. Decorative boards. Red leather 5 raised band spine with gilt lettering. 344 pgs. More
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1836. Hardcover. Three-quarter bound light brown leather boards with marbled covers; xi, 379, 38 pp.; richly illustrated. "AS IS" COPY. More
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1850. Second. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration to spine; Gilt decoration to both covers; Yellow endpapers; 218 pp.; 52 bw plates and figures. Chronicles the author's travels to Egypt in 1845; Wonderful wood cuts and engravings (by various artists) accompany..... More
New York, New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1927. Hardcover. Orange cloth with gilt titling and illustration at front cover; 336 pp.; 32 bw plates. Writings and photos from a trek through Abyssinia, also known at the time as the Ethiopian Empire, which had been hitherto little explored by..... More
Tours, France: Miason Alfred Mame, 1910's. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and marble paper boards, 5 raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; marble illustrated end papers; 280 pp with bw illustrations, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates. Text in French. North-South: America, England, Corsica, Spitsbergen. More
Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 1996. Softcover. Color-photographic wraps with white lettering. 112 pp. with bw illus. throughout and occasional color photos. Another volume in the RIAS series of illustrated architectural guides to Scotland. Caithness is the extreme northeast of Scotland, on the North Sea, where the ferries travel from the mainland..... More
Paris: Grund, 2001. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering and illustration; clear mylar DJ; 336 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in French. More
Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 1940. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering; cloth bookmark; illustrated pastedowns and endpapers; 420 pp.; illustrations, maps (some folded), plans (1 folded). Text in Italian. More
Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers; brown cloth bookmark; 376 pp; maps (some folded), plans (1 double); richly illustrated. Text in Italian. This is part of the series titled, "Guida d'Italia del Touring Club Italiano." More
London: A. & C. Black, 1912. Hardcover. Red leather boards with gilt lettering. xiv, 372 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) plates, plans. Top edge gilt. Consists of historical chapter written by Sir Walter Besant and a street-to-street perambulation by Mr. J.C. Geikie. More
London: A & C Black, 1911. Hardcover. Red leather boards with gilt lettering and design elements. Top edge gilt. txii, 682 pages including illustrations, portraits, map, plates. "Some of this volume has already appeared in print in ... 'The fascination of London' ... With the exception of Sir Walter's own..... More