London Cameos
London: H. Jenkins Ltd., 1930. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with black lettering and illustration;bw frontispiece; 255 pp; many bw illustrations throughout. This is a travel guide concerning notable landmarks in 1930s London. More
London: H. Jenkins Ltd., 1930. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with black lettering and illustration;bw frontispiece; 255 pp; many bw illustrations throughout. This is a travel guide concerning notable landmarks in 1930s London. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardbound. Green cloth with gilt lettering and coats of arms; 296 pp. with no illustrations; TEG;. Contents include the cities of Ravenna, Siena, Parma, and a few aspects of Florence. The bookplate shows previous ownership by well-known American architect Pierre LeBrun. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardbound. Green cloth with gilt lettering and coats of arms; 310 pp. with no illustrations; TEG;. Contents include the cities of Perugia, Cortona, Spoleto, Assisi, Mantua, aspects of Florence, and essays about Raphael in Rome. The bookplate shows previous ownership by well-known American architect..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering; 296, 310 pp. This is an EX-LIBRARY copy. This book is two volumes in one. This book was originally published in 1900. More
London: Mills & Boon, 1914. Hardcover. Green cloth cover, gilt lettering. (xiv), 821 pages front, 19 plates (part photographs). illustrations from scarce old photographs and engravings. Nice reference copy. Previous owner inscription. More
New York / London: Edward Arnold, 1897. Hardbound. Olive embossed gilt cloth with design. 215 pp. frontispiece illustration of the authgor. A most uncommon title. The stories in this book are created from, or represent, extracts from letters written by the author. More
Tucson, Arizona: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1988. Softcover. White pictorial wraps; 64 pp.; 13 color figures; 20 plates, 1 bw and 19 color. Explores the rocks, people, plants, and animals of the Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona; Features wonderful photos by George H.H. Huey. More
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1938. Hardcover. Tan cloth/boards; spring green title and decoration. Matching dj. 111 pp. with occasional bw line drawings by Elmo Jones. Wonderful travel writing about all of Scandinavia plus Estonia and Russia, from the author's cruise of 1937. Boyd's 1938 voyage included much of the..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1964. Hardcover. green cloth boards w/ silver spine printing. 254 pgs w/ bw illustrations. bw illustrated dustjacket w/ copper printed trim, black printing; protective plastic cover. Remains tightly bound. Pages tanned. More
Bangor: Marion Bradshaw, 1941. Hardcover. Black ill. cloth. Unpaginated. 149 bw plates. Signed by the author. More
London: John Murray, 1883. Hardcover. Three-quarter red leather and red cloth boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering and illustration in the compartments; xv, 259 pp.; LVI leaves of plates; richly illustrated. Contains some beautiful plates, some in color. More
Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 1998. Softcover. Color-photographic wraps with red lettering. 220 pp. with bw illus. throughout and occasional color photos. The new, enlarged edition of the 4th volume in the RIAS series of illustrated architectural guides to Scotland. Known for its granite villas and as the Oil Capital of Europe..... More
Stuttgart: J. Scheibles Buchandlung, 1839. Hardcover. German language text. Blue textured cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. 796 pages : illustrations, 48 plates. More
London: Pitkins, 1953. Softcover. Red/yellow stapled wraps with bw photograph. Unpaginated [32] with bw photographs throughout. A typically 1950s tourist booklet chock full of photos of coronations, royal weddings, the State Opening of Parliament, the Sovereign's Birthday Parade, Buckingham Palace, the Crown Jewels, and all the other pomp and circumstance..... More
Paris, France: E. Flammarion, 1900. Hardcover. Half bound in leather and marbled paper. 648 pp. 160 prints in color and 348 in black and white, 13 maps. A very heavy book. Text in French. A lovely book with clean pages and very sharp images of many of the lovely places..... More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1925. Original. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards. Black title block with gilt lettering. 185 pp. with 6 bw plates and fold-out map of Papua and New Guinea. Covers the areas of Mexico (English), Indo-Chine (French, esp. Tonkin), India and Burma (English), New Zealand (English), New Guinea..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. Softcover. Brown suede wraps with gilt lettering and design on front cover, bw frontispiece, xvi, 389 pp, bw illustrations. "Issued under the authority of the world's Sunday School Association, but at the expense of friends" -title page Contains list of illustrations... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with cream spine; gold lettering on spine and figure on front cover; no dust jacket; 137 pp. with 207 bw illustrations and colour plates plus end papers. Subtitle reads as: Containing Sketches of the Manners, Society and Customs of France, Flanders, the..... More
Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1991. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with yellow lettering. 104 pp. with occasional color and numerous bw images. Part of the RIAS Illustrated Architectural Guides to Scotland. From north-west Europe's oldest dwelling to one of Scotland's finest renaissance palaces; the fortifications around Scapa Flow and the obscure sites..... More
Salzburg: Alfred Winter Publisher, 1982. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. 176 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Includes bibliographical references. More
Dublin: J. Potts and J. Williams, 1769. ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Leather bound. Brown leather/boards. Five raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Tooled edging all around. xvi, 174 pp. with 1 bw illustrations and 3 folding bw plates of a plan of the Lake of Kilarny in the..... More
Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2001. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 96 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Paintings by Graham Byfield, text by Marcus Binney; A wonderful collection of sketches of various London landmarks and architecture, including Harrod's, St. Pancras Station, Trafalger Square, the Millennium Dome, Houses of..... More
NY: Facts on File, 1989. Hardcover. Blue cloth/blue DJ. 432 pp. Numerous color photos. More
Calliano, Italy: Manfrini Editori, 1985. Sixth. Hardcover. Color pictorial paper over boards; 373 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text in Italian; A look at castles, manors, monasteries, walled cities, and other buildings in the South Tyrol area of Italy, also called Alto Adige. More
Ancona, Italy: Assessorato al Turismo. Softcover. Maroon wraps with color illustration and gold lettering; 31 pp. with numerous color illustrations. A tourist brochure about The Marches region of Italy. Profusely illustrated and with an essay in Italian, French, Spanish, English, and German. More