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The Costumes of Rural Guatemala; an Exhibit Guide

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Guatemala, Museo Ixchel De Textiles: 1976

Seller ID: 004115

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good +

Text only. No photos.
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China in Perspective

By: N/A

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Wellesley College: 1967

Seller ID: 004178

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

This is the text of a series sponsored by the Barnette Miller Foundation and the Mayling Soong Foundation.
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Guides Diamant Paris et Principales Excursions des Environs de Paris

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Hachette: 1947

Seller ID: 005714

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

This is travel guide with a hard card stock cover. Binding is tight. No writing. All maps are present. Minor foxing.
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Turquuie Orient et Occident (Turkey) text in French

By: N/A

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Pierre Bordas & Fils: 1990

Seller ID: 008406

ISBN: 286311185X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Text in French. Nice Copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Mariner's Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, Such as Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires, and Famines: Also, Naval Engagements

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New Haven, Durrie and Peck: 1836

Seller ID: 014812

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bound in full leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Spine is smooth with sturdy hinges. Leather of boards has craquelure. Contains bookplate of National Trust for Historic Preservation. Ink names to flyleaf - no other writing or markings in the book. Foxing throughout. Binding is tight and square. This is the 1836 edition after the first edition of 1834. Appears to be original full leather binding. 504pp. A beautiful volume. Full refund if not satisfied.
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China Pictorial, 1987/11

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beijing, China Pictorial Publications: 1987

Seller ID: 015108

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Includes articles: Sichuan's Building Boom, Iron and Silk, and Greening the Desert. Oversized magazine with moderate wear to wraps. "Display copy" sticker to front cover. Clean, unmarked interior. Full refund if not satisfied.
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China Pictorial, 1987/10

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beijing, China Pictorial Publications: 1987

Seller ID: 015109

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Articles include The Sunan Model, A Temple's Underground "Time Capsule", and Off the Beaten Track: Huizhou. Oversized magazine with moderate wear to wraps. "Display copy" sticker to front cover. Clean, unmarked interior. Full refund if not satisfied.
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China Pictorial, 1987/5

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beijing, China Pictorial Publications: 1987

Seller ID: 015110

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Articles include: The Open-Door Showcase; Blue Highways; In Splendor Laid; and Riches of the Earth. Oversized magazine with moderate wear to wraps. "Display copy" sticker to front cover. Clean, unmarked interior. Full refund if not satisfied.
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China Pictorial, 1986/8

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beijing, China Pictorial Publications: 1986

Seller ID: 015111

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Articles include: The Lost Civilization; The Right Stuff; Masks of an Opera Star, and Jiangsu's Canal Towns. Oversized magazine with moderate wear to wraps. "Display copy" sticker to front cover. Clean, unmarked interior. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Verona Monumentale

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Verona, Libreria Dante/Remigio Cabianca:

Seller ID: 019511

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good -

Cardstock portfolio with tipped in photographs of buildings and monuments of Verona. Covers are bound with string and hinge is starting from both ends. Covers are quite worn around the edges with one corner missing on back. Interior is clean and unmarked. Circa 1901. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Vatican and Christian Rome (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Vatican City, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: 1975

Seller ID: 023359

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Rust cloth with brown lettering, color illustrations, decorated end-papers, folding architectural plan, xv, 522pp., index, Full refund if not satisfied. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed.
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Bartholomew's Plan of London (Coloured) with Index to Streets

By: N/A

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Son, LTD The Geographical Institute:

Seller ID: 023569

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Cloth folding color map of London (c. 1945) in very good condition, bound in blue cardboard stock wrapper (edges tattered), includes 44pp bound in sewn booklet entitled, Visitor's Guide to London (inside front cover) holding loosely at hinges, no writing in the booklet or on the map, Full refund if not satisfied.
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1989 NRHS Convention Souvenir Book

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Asheville, North Carolina, Asheville Chapter: 1989

Seller ID: 025529

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

This square near fine pamphlet is profusely illustrated with black and white photos, including the railroad's involvement in building the Biltmore House. This rare booklet is filled with railroad history for the Asheville area. This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Nagel's Encyclopedia Guide: Iran

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Geneva Paris Munich, Nagel Publishers: 1972

Seller ID: 025930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth, illustrated, writing inside both covers and marginalia, 391pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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RWANDA: Land of Eternal Spring

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 028666

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial cloth with silver spine lettering. Illustrated end papers. Business card paste-down inside front cover of Richard Mel Adam, Area Manager of the Peace Corps of the United States. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. Illustrated. 180pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Guide Book to Wells Cathedral: The City and the Neighborhood

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Wells, Dowman Woodhams:

Seller ID: 030741

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. Illustrated. Circa 1901. 86pp. Light pencil marginalia on front cover and a few pages. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The "Camera" Series: Views of Edinburgh

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Liverpool, Brown & Rawcliffe Ltd: 1886

Seller ID: 030817

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Foldout photo booklet. Part of the Views of the United Kingdom series. Covers heavily worn. Rear cover detached. Photos in good condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Ciudades de Espana Sevilla (230 Laminas) Cities in Spain Sevilla (230 Sheets)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Spain, Patronato Nacional del Turmismo (National Tourism Board):

Seller ID: 030980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good +

230 full page photographs of Spain and its culture. Probably a tourism advertising publication. Gift inscription on front free end paper. No writing in the book. 230pp. In Spanish and in English. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Pilgrim's Guide to the Royal & Ancient City of Canterbury

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canterbury, Gibbs & Sons: 1929

Seller ID: 031619

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. Original paper wraps with pictorial pastedown on front cover. Illustrated. Folding frontispiece map. 56pp, xxxvii, index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Newfoundland in 1900 (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: St. John, The South Publishing Company: 1900

Seller ID: 034894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This book is a treatise on the geography, natural resources and history of the island. It embraces an account of recent and present large material movements. Illustrated with Maps and half-tone engravings. Plum cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Spine sunned. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. All page edges gilt. Illustrated. 196pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Census of Ireland: General Aplphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co: 1984

Seller ID: 036322

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1984 reprint of the 1861 edition published in Dublin, Ireland by Alexander Thom. Shows the Number of the Street of the Ordnance Survey Maps in which they appear. Navy cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. White residue on bottom of board edges. 968pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Brazil 1966 (Numbered Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Brazil, Ministry of External Relations: 1966

Seller ID: 036545

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good +

Full red leather with raised bands. Marbled end papers. Map is present in rear envelope pocket. Illustrated. 740pp., index. This is #902 of a Numbered Edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Popayán

By: N/A

Price: $200.00

Publisher: 1987

Seller ID: 061814

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Black textured paper cover with title and 450 year stamp blindstamped into front, the stamp blindstamped onto the spine. Glossy dust jacket featuring picture of Belalcázar monument with sunset in background. Gold covered titling on front and spine of dust jacket. End-pages feature colonial maps of South America. Note to previous owner laid in. Color photographs and educational articles throughout, including foldout pages with photographs. 296 pp. Dust jacket and cover very slightly worn around edges, but otherwise, book is in near fine condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Glances at Germany, Poland, and the Euxine

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1845

Seller ID: 061873

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Cloth cover with blindstamped decorative framing, gilt lettering on front. Woodcut frontispiece. 111 pp, illustrated with woodcut images throughout. Covers are a bit sunned, particularly around edges. Binding is tight. Previous owner's signature in front end-page, along with a few scattered notes in pen/pencil/stamp. Previous owner's signature in pen in corner of title page. Some light foxing, particularly near end-pages. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Denmark Delineated; or, Sketches of the Present State of that Country. Illustrated with Portraits, Views, and Other Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Danish Artists (Reprint)

By: A. Anderson Feldborg

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, Rosenkilde and Bagger: 1976

Seller ID: 031776

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Photographical reprint. Handsome crafted binding. Engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates (showing landmarks of Copenhagen and Northern Zealand. Orig. boards. Author was a Dane living in England from the beginning of the 19th century. He made large efforts to open his new countrymens' eyes for the qualities of his native country, despite the Anglo-Danish wars of 1801 and 1807-14. Among the artists behind the plates are C.W. Eckersberg, the founder of Danish Golden Age painting. No writing in the book. vi, 36, 104, 16,4, 74pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Outer Isles (First American Edition)

By: A. Goodrich-Freer

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co: 1902

Seller ID: 036221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Burgundy cloth with black and gold lettering and design. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Folding map at rear is present. xv, 448pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Role of the Deserts (

By: A. J. McInerny

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Channing Press: 1933

Seller ID: 032215

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

McInerny also wrote ?Deserts & The Birth of Civilizations?. Yellow fabric cloth covers showing light soiling. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Distributor's label on title page and Publisher's advertisement page. 43pp., with index and ads. Two plates and maps, 1 folding illustration. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition (First American Edition)

By: A. J. Wauters

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1890

Seller ID: 032154

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Large, folding, colored map at rear is present. Brown illustrated cloth. Gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. Decorated end-papers. Gift inscription on front free end paper. 33 portraits and illustrations. xvii, 378pp., with an index. Publisher's ads. Newspaper article laid in (over half title page). Full refund if not satisfied.
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Adventures in the Near East 1918-1922 (First Edition)

By: A. Rawlinson

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London and New York, Andrew Melrose: 1923

Seller ID: 032407

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. In three parts: Part I: The "Hush-Hush" Army (May to November, 1918). Part II: Intelligence in Transcaucasia (February to August, 1919). Part III: In Kemalist Turkey (October, 1919 to November 1922). Part I describes the account of the author's time serving with Dunsterforce in the campaign in northwest Persia. Part II describes his ?intelligence work? in Transcaucasia. And Part III recounts the time when he was posted in eastern Turkey to observe the operation of the Armistice and try to establish peace terms with Mustapha Kamal. Navy cloth with gold lettering o...
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The Dead Cities of Sicily: A Guide-Book to the Remains of Ancient Art in the Island (First Edition)

By: A. Rivela and H. v. Pernull

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Palermo, Virzi: 1905

Seller ID: 034460

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The book is a guide to the numerous and marvelous remains of Grecian and Roman art existing in Sicily. Red illustrated cloth with black lettering and design on front cover. 144pp. with an Errata page. Index and 4-page advertisements. Rare in hardcover. Map of Sicily (Figure 100) laid in. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Black's Tourist Guide to Derbyshire: Its Towns, Watering-places, Dales and Mansions

By: Adam and Charles Black

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black: 15.00

Seller ID: 030881

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Folding maps (a few closed tears). 272pp., index, with 128pp advertising section. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Outback Heroes (First Edition)

By: Adam-Smith, Patsy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sydney, Lansdowne Press: 1981

Seller ID: 020662

ISBN: 0701815620

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown cloth with white lettering, color illustrations, pictorial end-papers, binding tight, 255pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Print Ad: 1941 Miami Beach: There's Only One Miami Beach

By: Agnes Purnell; R. W. Hamilton

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce: 1941

Seller ID: 014214

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

Stapled wraps with light wear. Numerous b&w and colored photos with cheesey captions and comments such as "Add neon lights and sound effects to the Garden of Eden and you have Miami Beach." Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Himalayas

By: Alain Cheneviere

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Konecky & Konecky: 1998

Seller ID: 035882

ISBN: 1568522401

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

One of a series of four titles by this internationally acclaimed photographer. We feel that these are among the most beautiful travel books we have seen. In addition to his gifts as a photographer Chenevire has advanced university degrees in ancient and modern languages. This training has allowed him to enter into the spirit of different cultures and adds a depth of understanding to his written commentaries that accompany the photographs.It is an almost overwhelming task to try to convey in words the unique majesty of the Himalayas. No traveler who has confronted these awe-inspiring mountains ...
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Travels in the Orient: In Marco Polo's Footsteps

By: Alain Cheneviere

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Konecky & Konecky: 1997

Seller ID: 036051

ISBN: 156852238X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

One of a series of four titles by this internationally acclaimed photographer. We feel that these are among the most beautiful travel books we have seen. In addition to his gifts as a photographer Cheneviere has advanced university degrees in ancient and modern languages. This training has allowed him to enter into the spirit of different cultures and adds a depth of understanding to his written commentaries that accompany the photographs. In Travels in the Orient: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo Cheneviere recreates the journey of the celebrated Venetian traveler, who trekked eastward across t...
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Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

By: Alastair Bonnett

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2014

Seller ID: 061197

ISBN: 054410157X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Perfect for urban explorers, wilderness ramblers, and armchair travelers struck by wanderlust, Unruly Places will change the way you see the places you inhabit (from description on dust jacket). Light blue paper boards. Titled in white on spine. Indexed, 270 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Like new condition. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Adventures of the first settlers on the Columbia River (Great Americana)

By: Alexander Ross

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint of the 1849 Smith, Elder and Co. (London) first edition, with a three-page modern foreword. Red leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Fine condition. xv, 352pp., with ads. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. Decorated end papers. Illustrated. Solid copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A Summer in Syke

By: Alexander Smith

Price: $65.00

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, Ltd:

Seller ID: 037883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Half leather. Attractive binding in fine condition. Original slipcase box in fine condition. No date. Illustrated. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Andaman Islanders (First Thus)

By: Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brow

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Free Press of Glencoe: 1964

Seller ID: 032129

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

An investigation of the physical characteristics, language, culture and technology of a primitive society. A major contribution to the development of modern anthropological techniques. Paperback. Illustrated. No writing in the book. xiv, 510pp., index. Maps. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Above London

By: Alistair Cooke; Robert Cameron [Photographer]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Bodley Head, The: 1980

Seller ID: 027237

ISBN: 0370303687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Navy cloth with gold lettering. Illustrated. Gold leaf end-papers. No writing in the book. 159pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Yankee Surveyors in the Shogun's Seas (First Edition)

By: Allan B. Cole, Editor

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press: 1947

Seller ID: 028805

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Teal green cloth with dark green spine label. Gold lettering and design. Illustrated. Maps. No writing in the book. 161pp. Mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Sea Venture: The Tempest Wreck (First Edition)

By: Allan J & Wingood, Peggy & Adams, Jonathan (compilers) Wingood

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bermuda, The Island Press Ltd:

Seller ID: 032011

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

Recounts the dramatic and fatal tale of the Sea Venture lost off Bermuda in 1609. Paperback. Illustrated. 24pp. Pictorial cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe

By: Andrusia, David; Mroue, Haas; Olson, Donald; Savage, Todd A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Frommers: 1999-06-21

Seller ID: 023974

ISBN: 0028626400

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback. Near fine, light shelf wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
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I Am Going to Italy (First Edition)

By: Anita Daniel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, Inc: 1955

Seller ID: 030711

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

An intimate guide to Italy. Based on real knowledge and love of Italy. Includes all the details not found in any of the typical guidebooks. Green cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. No writing in the book. Illustrated end-papers. 250pp. Dust jacket damp-stained. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Scattered in Foreign Lands: A Greek village in Baltimore (Signed First Edition)

By: Anna Caraveli

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, The Baltimore Museum of Art: 1985

Seller ID: 032284

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

An exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, June 30-August 18, 1985. Oblong paperback. Inscribed by the author on title page. There is no other writing in the book. Not paginated. Illustrated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Scandanavia (First Edition)

By: Annelise Klucks

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Geneva-Paris, Minerva: 1989

Seller ID: 021634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial cover, 96pp., Profusely illustrated incolor. Nice copy. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Wind, Sand and Stars (Folio Society)

By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1990

Seller ID: 039200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine copy in near fine slipcase box (original). xi, 197pp. Illustrated end-papers. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Spell of China (Inscribed by Author) [First Edition]

By: Archie Bell

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Boston, The Page Company: 1917

Seller ID: 034980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Author's gift inscription on illustrated end papers. Illustrated cloth with stained rear board. Stamped Presentation copy on title page. 8 color plates. Many black & white illustrations. Color folding map laid in (uncertain as to whether this was original to book). 404pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Cities of Destiny (First American Edition)

By: Arnold Toynbee, Editor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York Toronto London Sydney, McGraw-Hill Book Co: 1967

Seller ID: 025872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Royal cloth with gold lettering, 542 illustrations (157 in color), 385 photos, drawings, maps, and diagrams. Mylar cover. Dust-jacket is price clipped, 376pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed.
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The Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Work of General Reference for Canada, the Provinces and Northwest Territories 1905

By: Arnott J. Magurn, Editor

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Office of Publication: 1905

Seller ID: 037175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Contains Election Returns, Lists and Sketches of Members, Cabinets of the U.K., U.S., and Canada, Governments and Legislatures of all the Provinces, Official Tables, etc. Written in the 5th year of the Reign of King Edward VIII, and the 39th year of the Confederation of Canada. Extremely rare. Red cloth with gold spine lettering. Corner of rear board is damp-stained at one corner. Gift inscription on front free end paper. 462pp., with advertisements. Full refund if not satisfied.
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