Travel
North Clyde Estuary: an Illustrated Architectural Guide
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
Fair Touraine: Stories and Legends of the Loire
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1925. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt lettering. 185 pp. Numerous bw ills. More
Hamburg und die Niederelbe
Hamburg: Karl Baedeker, 1951. Hardbound. Red cloth with gold lettering; 424 pp. plus 4 maps and 3 plans;. Text in German. More
Caithness: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
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
Italian Cities, Volume I
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
Italian Cities, Volume II
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
Chiricahua National Monument
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
A Travel Carol, Being a Diary-Record of Two Tours: 1937: The Northern Wonderlands and Russia; 1938: The Mediterranian Ports of Call, Egypt and The Holy Land
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
The Maine Land: A Portfolio of Views Taken in Vacationland
Bangor: Marion Bradshaw, 1941. Hardcover. Black ill. cloth. Unpaginated. 149 bw plates. Signed by the author. More
Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
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
The Age of the Grand Tour
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
Orkney
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
London Sketchbook: A City Observed
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
Spectrum Guide to Kenya
NY: Facts on File, 1989. Hardcover. Blue cloth/blue DJ. 432 pp. Numerous color photos. More
Castelli dell'Alto Adige: Torri, rocche, castelli, residenze nobiliart, conventi fortificati e citta murate dell'Alto Adige
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
Marche
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
Brazil, Past and Present
São Paulo: Livraria Saraiva, 1995. Hardcover. Glossy, color-pictorial boards with matching dj; 136 pp. with color images throughout; includes 4 gatefolds. Text in English; the history, legends, curiosities, facts and figures relating to a larger-than-life country; includes the beauties of nature and the glitter of the cities and shows the..... More
Porta Romana: Due Piazze E Un Parcheggio in Oltrarno
Florence, Italy: Loggia de' Lanzi, 1997. Hardcover. Grey cloth/blue DJ. 148 pp. Numerous bw & color photos. Text in Italian. More
A Land Transformed: The Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia and Saudi Aramco
Dhahran: Saudi Aramco, 2006. Hardbound. Black leatherette with gilt lettering and border; illus. dj; 323 pp. profusely illustrated. Full of historical and cultural information. More
Charme de la France : Vezelay
Paris: M.J. Challamel Editeur, 1948. Paperback. Ivory wraps with bw photo. Black lettering on spine. [9] pp. text and 70 bw photos (including cover). 2 bw photo postcards of Vezelay laid in. Text in French. Beautiful, vintage (contemporary at the time) photos of the French hill town of Vezelay, taken..... More
Ayrshire & Arran: an Illustrated Architectural Guide
Edinburgh: RIAS, 1992. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with red lettering. 216 pp. with a few color but mostly bw images. Ayrshire cattle, beaches at Prestwick and Largs, Culzean Castle, Robert Burns, the Isle of Arran and the Dukes of Hamilton - all this and more is part of Ayrshire and Arran..... More
LAND AND LEE IN THE BOSPHORUS AND AEGEAN OR VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
New York: D. W. Evans & Company, 1860. Hardbound. Publishers embossed dark cloth. 366 pp. + 6 pp. ads at rear. Engraved frontispiece. Previous owner's signature. A nice tight copy. More
On Glasgow and Edinburgh
Cambridge, Mass. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013. Softcover. White card wraps with bw illus. and teal lettering. 345 pp., BW illus., 3 maps. "Crawford's lively account, drawing on a wealth of historical and literary sources, affirms what people from Glasgow and Edinburgh have long doubted -- that..... More