Paris: Printemps, 1931. Hardcover. 516 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Green covers with a faux leather look; gilt spine title: Au Printemps 1932. Gilt decoration and an illustration of a bird on the front cover. All page edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers with a stylized bird and flower illustration in blue. For... More about Agenda des Grands Magasins du Printemps 1932
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1926. Paperback. "Scale: 2 Miles to an Inch." 1 folded color map (76 x 57 cm.), linen-backed; green paper front and back when folded. Hugh Rees, London, bookseller, on front and back. No date of publication; code in upper left-hand corner of map is "A26" meaning printed... More about Bartholomew's "Half-Inch to Mile" Map of England & Wales: Sheet 8 Merseyside...
London, Eng. Edward Stanford, 1900. The Edinburgh Geographical Institute; Copyright John Bartholomew & Co. 1 sheet 53 x 76 cm. Color map, dissected and mounted on linen. Light blue paper attached to front and back, when folded, printed in black. Cover title: Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Small... More about Bartholomew's Four Miles To the Inch Road Map of England and Wales: New Series Sheet 7: Southern...
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1921. Paperback. 1 folded color map (67 x 53 cm.), linen-backed; brown paper front and back when folded. Alfred Wilson, map and bookseller, London, on front. No date of publication; code in upper left-hand corner of map is "A21" meaning printed in the first half of 1921... More about Bartholomew's Half-Inch to Mile Map of Scotland for Tourists, Cyclists, and Motorists: Sheet 27...
Boston: National Publishing Co., 1902. Black pebble-grain cloth covers with gilt-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Attached accordian-style to color, folded, canvas-backed map (91 x 142 cm. [36 x 56 inches]); 13 x 27 cm. folded. Scale: 3 miles to an inch. Includes tables showing the population of Vermont every... More about Complete Map of Vermont Showing Highways & Natural Features with an Index of all Cities,...
Berlin: Paul Franke Verlag, 1930. Hardcover. "61.-70. Tausend." xx, 332 p.: 296 full-page black-and-white photographs; 23 cm. White linen with green spine title, and green-and-red cover title. Top page edges green. Green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket in cover. Printed by Spamer in Liepzig. With: folded leaflet containing publisher's advertisements. Gift... More about Das Deutschland-Buch: 296 Bilder in Kupfertiefdruck nebst Erläuterungen; mit einer Einführung...
Munich: Hermann Lukaschik, 1899. Hardcover. [4], 39, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Leather spine with dark brown pebble-grain paper over boards. Green leaf-pattern endpapers. Austrian Arabist and archeologist Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) was one of the first Europeans to explore South Arabia and is still considered the most important scholar... More about Die Südarabischen Altertümer (Eduard Glaser Sammlung) des Wiener Hofmuseums und ihr Herausgeber...
Innsbruck: Wagner, 1914. Paperback. 54, [10] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Grey paper with color illustrated pastedown on front cover. No date of publication; the lastest date mentioned in the text is 1914. A traveller's guide to Insbruck, Austria, and nearby areas. Entirely in German. Includes a tipped in list of... More about Durch die Stadt am Inn
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (70 x 100 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Centre de la France, Auvergne" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 12: Centre de la France Section Ouest: Berry -- Poitou -- Touraine
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (75 x 53 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Frontiere des Alpes" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 14 bis: Des Alpes: Savoie et Haute Savoie
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (72 x 93 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Centre de la France: Section Sudest" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 15: Centre de la France: Section Sud-Est Auvergne et Limousin
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (95 x 75 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Sud de la France, Section Est" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 17: Midi de la France: Section Est Htes et Bses Alpes, Provence, Cote...
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (66 x 90 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths, canals, and railroads, with captions in French and Italian. Back of envelope has map of France... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 30: Italie: Section Nord
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1910. Map. 1 folded map (94 x 75 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths, canals, and railroads, with captions in French and Italian. Back of envelope has map of France... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 32: Italie Méridionale et Sicile
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (72 x 91 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths, canals, and railroads. Back... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 7: Environs de Paris Section Sud Est
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (72 x 91 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- on front of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths, canals, and railroads. Back of... More about Grande Carte Routiere No. 8: Environs de Paris Section Sud Ouest
Pittsburgh: Gulf Oil Corp. 1948. Paperback. Fifth Edition. [5], 134-250, [6] p., 15 loose leaves intended to be inserted at the appropriate places: maps, illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled paperback with cover illustration. This guide to harbors along the northeast coast of the United States provides "descriptions of services and products... More about Harbors of the North Volume Two: New London, Connecticut to Jonesport, Maine
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Hardcover. Approx. [428] p. in several paginations: illustrations (including fashion), map; 25 cm. 19th-century half calf with marbled paper over boards; gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled endpapers. Leather label on front cover with gilt-tooled inscription: "Maggie From Her Mother." Inscription on blank leaf following front... More about Harper's New Monthly Magazine: Oct. 1856, Sept. 1861, and Nov. 1867 bound together
London: APA Publications; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993. Paperback. Distributed in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Co. 360 p.: color illustrations, maps; 23 cm. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; lower corner of front cover creased; clean and tight. More about Insight Guides: Tuscany; Edited by Rosemary Bailey; Principal photography by Albano Guatti and...
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1955. Hardcover. Revised April 1955. [2], 147 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs: maps; 19 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's catalog on front dust jacket flap. Commercial advertisements on front endpapers and back fixed endpaper. Gift inscription on... More about Japan: The Pocket Guide 1955
Japan: 1910. Hardcover. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the... More about Japanese Postcard Album with Lacquered Cover and Hand-Colored Real Photo Postcards
New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, 1853. Hardcover. 226, [2] p., engraved title page with vignette and 48 leaves of engraved plates; 19 x 28 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine decoration and "1854 Vol. II." Gilt-stamped cover title and illustration of a globe. Blind-stamped decoration on each board. All... More about Meyer's Universum: in Semi-Monthly Parts Illustrated with Engraving from Drawings by the First...
Paris: Pneu Michelin, 1964. Hardcover. 1000 p.: maps; 20 cm. Red cover printed in black. Pages 11-43 are printed in French, English, Italian, and German. The majority of the book is arranged alphabetically by location, with text in French. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; starting to separate at head... More about Michelin France 1964
London: J. Limbird, 1836. Hardcover. Title continued: "Select Extracts from New and Expensive Works; Poetry, Original and Selected; The Spirit of the Public Journals; Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences; New Facts in Natural History &c." viii, 472 p.: frontispiece portrait of Felicia Hemans, many full-page and in-text illustrations; 22... More about The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction: Containing Original Essays; Historical...
Holyoke, Mass. National Blank Book Co., 1930. Hardcover. 39, [approx. 172] p.: 6 full-page color maps, 1 double-page map, 4 full-page photographs of ships and planes; 17 cm. Full calf with gilt-stamped cover title "trip Abroad" and below the title: "G J*P." Metal protection over corners of front cover. Original... More about My Trip Abroad