Letters from Europe
Philadelphia, PA: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. Sartain. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt embossing. 406 pp + advertisements. 1 bw plate. More
Philadelphia, PA: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. Sartain. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt embossing. 406 pp + advertisements. 1 bw plate. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Gilt decoration and titles to covers and spine. All edges gilt. [30] leaves, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. By Birket Foster, with short descriptions by the artist. More
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1892. Hardbound. Red fine woven library cloth. 435pp. 26 full-page illustrations, hundreds of in-text photos and line-drawn illustrations, many of African artifacts. The true first edition of this remarkable book, published a few short mmonths after the tragic death of the authors husband, to whom she..... More
New York: Alden And Beardsley, 1855. Hardcover. Black embossed cloth. 544 pp. Numerous engravings. More
Baltimore, Md. The Lord Baltimore Press, 1900. Hardcover. Blue cloth, library binding, 262 pp., 28 BW plates. Emma Abbot Gage (1862-1925) was from Maryland. In 1899, she embarked on a four-month trip that led her to Colorado. Here she writes about Denver, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, and Milwaukee, as well..... More
Roma: Tipografia del Popolo Romano, 1876. Hardbound. Dark blue (?) black (?) cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 439 pp. with color gatefold map;. Text in Italian; inscribed to Donna Teresa Colonna-Doria, Duchess of Cesi. The Cesi family was one of two families of prince assistants to the papacy. This..... More
Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 2001. Softcover. Color-illus. and silver wraps with black lettering. 167 pp. with over 600 occasional color and numerous bw images. A volume of the RIAS Illustrated Architectural Guides to Scotland. Explores a rural and traditional area, along with Georgian architecture and the Queen's Balmoral and the dramatic..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1927. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering; bw illustrated frontispiece; xxv, 27-222 pp; bw plates, top edge blue tinted, untrimmed pages. Includes an account of a journey on horseback from Massachusetts to Washington. The latter part of the diary treats of the social life of Washington..... More
Brooklyn, New York: PowerHouse Books, 2006. Hardcover. Brightly-colored boards with magenta spine and lavender lettering; matching dj; 150 pp. with profuse color illustrations. Beautifully and vividly illustrated photo journal of the people of Guatemala and their colorful surroundings. With text, in both English and Spanish, introducing many of the subjects..... More
New York: R.M. McBride, 1931. Hardcover. Forest green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, rough but page edges, illustrated end papers. 201 pp. BW illustrations. Features illustrations by Lester George Hornby. More
Philadelphia, Pa: J.B. Lippincott, 1879. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, gilt design and lettering; 414 pp. Divided into parts: Paris; Central France; The North; and Belgium. More
Leipzig: Der Tempel-Verlag, 1911. Hardcover. Yellow linen boards with with gilt illustration and lettering; text block edges are gilted; yellow cloth ribbon bookmark; [1], 587, [1] pp. Text in German. This is a travelogue written by poet Goethe. More
London, England: Elk Publications, 1980. Hardcover. Slipcase covered in tan cloth; Matching tan cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.;. A book of photos and narratives by Rick Golt, who traveled through Saudi Arabia and captured its people, landscape, architecture, and more; Nice full-page photos; Presentation copy from Adnan M. Khashoggi..... More
Cincinnati: H. M. Ruilson, 1859. Hardcover. Black decorative leather boards with gilt lettering and design elements. marbled bookblock and end pages. 1 preliminary leaf, vii-xxx, 25-879 pages folded color frontispiece, illustrations (including portrait) 7 color plates. Originally published 1848. More
Heidelberg: Charles de Graimberg, 1870 circa. Printed by George Mohr. Softbound. Vellum wraps with applied red/gilt label stating, "Souvenir de Heidelberg" in center. Bw frontis map is engraved with keyed letters to the text description following the title-page. 5 pp text (in English) followed by 12 tissue-guarded steel engravings. The..... More
Paris: Libr. Larousse, 1988. Hardcover. Red cloth covers, white lettering. 160 pages : color illustrations, map. Text in French. Series: La France et ses trésors. More
Cortona: Calosci, 1980. Softcover. White wraps with bw illustration and grey/black lettering; 137 pp. with numerous illustrations and 7 gatefolds. Text in Italian; a guide to Cortona, with information about the town's piazzas, streets, courtyards, and the surrounding area, all arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. Includes a fold-out..... More
Leningrad: Aurora, 1987. First. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with white/green spine lettering. 164 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in English. Includes maps of five areas of Kiev, an index and excellent text about the 156 images of churches, state buildings, museums, folk art, iconography, other works of art..... More
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1898. Hardcover. Green library buckram. 299 pp. BW illustrations. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886. Hardcover. Brown cloth with pictorial front. 572 pp. BW plates, a foldout color map. More
New York: Russel & Russell, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. xxx, 410 pp. with bw frontis; no other illustrations. The first edition of Men and Manners in America was published in 1833. The second, augmented edition was published in 1943. This current volume was reprinted/reproduced from that..... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, [1901]. Hardcover. 2 vols. Black cloth with red stripes, gilt letters on spines; gilt decorations on front covers; 1359 pp. total, BW drawings. A two-volume history and guidebook to the cities of central Italy. Volume one covers The Riviera di Levante, Carrara and Massa..... More
NY: Crescent Books, 1993. Hardcover. Blue cloth/white DJ. 128 pp. Numerous color plates. This volume provides a comprehensive collection of gorgeous photographs that guides the reader through one of the most incredible places on the face of the earth, revealing its beauty and diversity (from the DJ). More
New York: Abrams, 2000. Hardcover. Glossy Dutch blue boards with color-pictorial dj; 96 pp. with mostly color photographs throughout. A delightful little book, part of a series, about the history and merits of Connecticut. The volume contains a vivid gallery of images - fine and folk art, architecture, crafts, photos..... More
London: H.G. Bohn, 1852. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Collection of Color Plates. More