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
![Bartholomew's "Half-Inch to Mile" Map of England & Wales: Sheet 8 Merseyside [Liverpool to Manchester]](/pictures/thumb/005309.JPG?v=1487977565)
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
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
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
New York: C.S. Francis & Co. 1851. Hardcover. Imprint includes: Boston: Joseph H. Francis. 287, [4], 8-288, [4] p., 9 double-leaf plates (frontispiece included in page count): many full-page and in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Red ribbed morocco-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; gilt-stamped illustration on spine and center medallion on... More
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
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
Munich: Verkehrs-Werbungs-Gesellschaft, 1935. Paperback. 64 p., [6] folded leaves with 12 color maps: black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Printed wrappers with color illustration on front wrapper. Wrapper title. No date of publication; latest date in introduction is 1935. Includes some travel-related advertisements. In Very Good- Condition: creasing at wrapper corners with... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Boston: Geo. H. Walker & Co. 1907. Paperback. Ninth Edition. 142 p., folded map attached to inside of front cover: many black-and-white photographs; 18 cm. Card covers printed in red and green with front cover illustration. The map, "New Map of Boston giving all points of interest; with every railway... More
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
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
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
![The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction: Containing Original Essays; Historical Narratives; Biographical Memoirs; Manners and Cutoms; Topographical Descriptions; Sketches and Tales; Anecdotes Vol. XXVIII [July 2-Dec. 31 1836 (nos. 785-813)] [provenance: Charles Coleman Sellers]](/pictures/thumb/003925.JPG?v=1472082321)
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
![Official AAA Tour Book: New England [with map]](/pictures/thumb/003343.JPG?v=1472082286)
Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1927. Paperback. 120 p.: illustrations, maps, 1 large folded map of New England attached to inside of back cover; 24 cm. Grey paper covers printed in black and red. Contents: Descriptive Section -- Routings -- Tourist Camps -- Customs Regulations -- Ferry Schedules. Outside of... More
![Official AAA Tour Book: New York [with map]](/pictures/thumb/003342.JPG?v=1472082286)
Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1927. Paperback. 140 p.: illustrations, maps, 1 large folded map of New York attached to inside of back cover; 24 cm. Grey paper covers printed in black and red. Contents: Descriptive Section -- Routings -- Tourist Camps -- Customs Regulations -- Ferry Schedules. Outside of... More