Search Results: Travel from Catron Grant Books

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1989 With historical notes. Text is clean, tight unmarked. Cover is clean and bright. 96 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket.

New York: The Literary Guild, 1936 435 pp.The private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle. Text is exceptionally clean, tight and unmarked save for previous owner's name on flyleaf. There is a barely visable strip of moisture staining aprox 1/4 inch deep along top edge of pp. i-xvii . Pictures of Boswell and Johnson and the flaps of the DJ have been pasted on the front and back endpapers. A foldout map of the journey on heavy paper is the frontis. Four B&W photographic plates of the original manuscript ( the listed plate of Rorie More's claymore is not a plate but a line illustration within the text). The tan cloth boards with brown printing are clean and only lightly bumped. This is a large, solid book in overall Very Good Plus condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket.

Italy: White Star Publuishers, 2002 143 pps. printed on heavy-weight glossy pages with 4-color photographs and 4-color 2-page spreads throughout. Text clean, bright, tight and unmarked. Moss green cloth boards with gold stamping flawless. Heavy-weight DJ with 4-color photograph Near Fine.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Southern Pacific Railroad, 1930 3.5" x 16.5" foldout. Mile by mile description of the scenery on the 'Daylight - Northbound.' Clean, yellowed, undamaged. Size: 3.5" x 6". Pamphlet. Very Good.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987 222 pps. with one b/w full-page map spread. Text is clean, tight and umarked. Grey softcover with black title, red graphic treatments and 3-color illustration has minimal wear. This is a paperback edition of Moorehead's 1963 publication.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.5" X 9".

Union Handboger, 1980 96 pps. Full-color art reproductions throughout. Text clean, tight, bright, unused. White softcover with magenta graphics and type plus full color photo is clean and tight but shows some minor wear. Text in Danish.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.75" x 8.25".

Buckinghamshire,UK: Shire Publications, 1989 Ten circular walks with maps and historical notes. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean and bright, no bumps or scuffs, reading crease at spine. 63 pages.. Third Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket.

China Unpaginated. Text i English and Chinese. Full-color phototgraphs throughout. Read from back to front in both American and Chinese. Text clean, tight and bright. Owner's signature on first (last) page. Soft cover has full-page, full-color photgraphs back and front.. Softcover w/ Folds. Very Good. 9.25" x 9.75".

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1930 56 pages. Deckled on top. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Orange softcover with folds tight and bright with a small area of paper loss near bottom front corner and a closed tear on reverse. Cover split at spine but holding. This booklet was # 20 of a series of "Criterion Miscellany" sold for a shilling in gret Britain and written by various illuminaries including D.H. Lawrence. In protective mylar.. 1st Edition. Stitched Softcover w/ Folds. Good. 5.25" x 7.75". Booklet.

1990 Unpaginated. Full-color photographs on every page. Date and signature on front endpaper. Otherwise, text clean, bright, tight and unmarked.Rear endpaper has a cellophane taped closed tear. Has a reinforced softcover with folds - silver with metallic gold stamping and red type. VG with some signs of wear. In Chinese and English.. Reinforced Softcover w/ Folds. Very Good. 10.25" X 9.75".

China, 1984 131 glossy pps. with-color photographs throughout. Owner's identification in ink on the metallic front endpaper. Otherwise text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Beige textured paper-covered boards with gold stamping have some moisture staining on bottom of front cover. Otherwise VG. Heavy DJ with color phtographs and gold stamping shows some wear but is VG.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" x 11.50".

Edinburgh: Kittiwake Press, 1989 Profusely illustrated with maps and B&W illustrations. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Cover is bright and clean with a small area of surface loss. 64 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Glastonbry. UK: "Gazette" Office, 1920 48 pp. B/w photographs and line drawings scattered throughout. Text is clean, tight, unmarked; slightly toned. Pale blue cardstock cover with dark blue type and coat of arms insignia is sunned along perimeter and shows some wear but is tight and bright with no paper loss. This is an early 20th century travel guide published by the Glastonbry "gazette.". Threaded Paper Booklet. Good. 4.75" x 7.5".

China: China Travel and Tourism Press 96 pps. Full-colr photographs throughout. Grey textured endpapers show minor wear. Text clean, tight, bright. Owner's signature on title page. Otherwise unmarked. Softcover with full-page, full-color photographs clean and tight with some wear on backcover. Written in Chinese and English. Beautiful photographs.. Softcover w/ Folds. Very Good. 10 1/4 X 9 5/8.

Which? Books, 1988 Which? Books, 1988 A guide to over 200 circular walks in outstanding surroundings throughout Britain. This guide appears to have been on some walks. Text is clean, tight and no underlining but several hikes have "done!" in ink .Endpapers are a little soiled and curled , as are covers. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1958 288 pp. with 32 B&W plates. Stobart's travels as a footloose photographer have led him to Antarctica, the African jungles, Australia and the Himalayas. He joined with Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay for their memorable first ascent of Mt. Everest. His documentary of the climb, "The Conquest of Everest," is a moving tribute to man's courage and adventurous spirit. Text is tight, clean and unmarked save for a bookplate on the front endpaper and an owner's name on the flyleaf. The DJ is intact but pretty ragged, in a mylar jacket.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Fair Minus.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 2001 243 pp. with B&W illustrations in text.Described as "The Expanded Edition."Translated by Alison Anderson with additional material from William Barr's translation from the Russian. Part of the Modern Library Exploration series. With a preface by Jon Krakauer, Series editor and an introduction and epilogue by David Roberts. text is clean, tight,unmarked. cover has a little bumping at edges otherwise clean and bright.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Published.

Istanbul, Turkey: Net Turizm Ve Ticaret Unpaginated. Map inside front cover. Full-color photographs throughout. Ext clean, tight and bright. Dated in ink by owner on title page. 2 pages loose in front and one in back. Soft cover with full-color photograph of an artifact on a red background tight and bright with some wear.. Softcover. Good. 6 5/8" X 9 3/8".

Interlink Books, 2003 " Exotic nature and the horrors of the slave trade - a candid portrait if eighteenth century colonial life." First published in French in 1773. 290 pps. As new throughout.. 1st Edition Imprint. Trade Paperback. As New. Illus. by Wilson, Jason. 5 1/8" X 8".

New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1972 New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1972 A reprint of the 1885 classic in a Limited Edition of 1000, of which this is number 58.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front and endpapers have a few spots. The red cloth boards with gold-embossed leather spine and corners are slightly warped but clean. The DJ is yellowed, soiled, with chipping at spine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Good +/Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Good +/Good Minus.