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2000. Photography by Art Wolfe, text by Nick Jans Autographed by Art Wolfe on half title page Horizontal 4to size pictorial softcover; 160 heavy weight glossy pages Contents include: Mountain River & Lake Tundra Sea & Coast Forest Island Light wear and edgewear to covers, autographed sticker on front cover. We note a light bend on several pages. . Signed by Photographer. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wolfe, Art. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Smith Novelty Co., 1974. Artist sketches by Heather King Photographs by Sandor Balatoni 8vo size staple-bound booklet. Unpaginated - about 30 pages - with black and white illustrations and color and black and white photographs. Color photo illustrated covers. From booklet: "On this 12-acre chunk of rock where Public Enemies No. 1 lived in cages, there are stretches of arid nothingness, jagged cliffs, gun towers, barbed wire fences, catwalks, drab buildings with paint peeling off... Yet on this same island there are daisies and roses and geraniums and honeysuckle and ivy and succulents. And fig trees and eucalyptus trees. And California's state flower, the Golden Poppy. And songbirds. And seagulls... This is 'The Rock.' " Wear to covers, notably on left side and light band of foxing across top of last two pages. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Good/No… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1913. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Samuel Butler Deep green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine and cover and illustration on cover. 335 toned pages. About 70 black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. This is a revised edition of the 1881 publication. The book's introduction by R. A. Streatfeild details the book's history. The illustrated volume covers the many little churches and chapels throughout the Sacred Mount. Contents include: Faildo Primadengo, Calpiognia, Dalpe, Cornone, and Prato Rossura, Calonico Colonico and Giornico Piora S. Michele and the Monte Pirchiriano S. Michele The North Italian Priesthood S. Ambrogio and Neighbourhood Lanzo Consideration of the Decline of Italian Art Viu, Fucine, and S. Ignazio Sanctuary of Oropa Opopa Graglia Soazza and the Valley of Mesocco Mesocco, S. Bernadino, and S. Maria in Calanca The Mendrisiotto Sanctuary on Monte Bisbino A Day at the Cantine Sacro Monte,… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1913. Ex-library with typical treatments. Deep green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine and cover and illustration on cover. 335 toned pages. Edgewear. Pencilled price on fep. Black and white illustrations and decorations. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Revised. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

F. Watts, 1972. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 80 pages illustrated with black and white photographs of southern Appalachia by Joyce Hoffman Contents are divided into three sections: The Appalachian Mountains Appalachia The Children of Appalachia Ex-library with typical treatments; fep clipped to remove bar code. Fingermarks or light stain in the far margins of pages 56-57. Back cover is sunned at the top and there is some rubbing to covers. . Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hoffman, Joyce. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Argentina: Edifel Libros, 2009. 8vo size trade paperback with interior flaps like a dust jacket; 144 glossy pages most with full color, full page photographs. Some photographs are small and there are some two page spreads. Front flap has a small photograph and biography of the photo journalist. Text in English, French and Spanish From back cover: "Argentina in images generates, by means of an artistic and original look, a different perception of the contrasting features of the country. Landscapes that narrate an imaginary trip through which they reveal the enchantment of patagonian woods and lakes, the aridity of the colorful hills from the north, the thickness of the entangled rainforests... This book reflects in its photographs, an endless combination of stunning images..." Edgewear, crease on front cover, small tacky area on fep where sticker was removed. . First. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Comamala, Martin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Robert McBride & Company, 1931. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with black and white photo illustrated endpapers; 304 pages to this vintage travel guide Contents include: Cornwall and the Scilly Isles Some English Villages Poppy Land and the English Holland Two Rivers of England The Channel Islands Two Castles of the North Some Cathedral Towns Some English Abbeys Some English Homes Some Inland Resorts Oxford and Cambridge In Sherwood Forest The English Lakes The Shakespeare Country Tanned pages; tanned spine, worn and chipped head and heel of spine, worn top corners; some soil to covers; small abrasion on inside front cover where sticker was removed; penciled name and address on half title page. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. The hardcover version was printed in 1973, this softcover edition is a First Edition Thus. 4to size pictorial softcover; 129 pages with black and white illustrations throughout plus two sections of color photographs From introduction: "The purpose of this photographic essay is to convey the visual impact of Boston as it is now; but this leaves, as always, the problem of the pages between the pictures... To understand more fully the distance traveled in the quality of our urban life we might find it profitable to look at how earlier generation of our townspeople lived. For this purpose we are going to avail ourselves of figures like Thomas Hancock, Paul Revere, and others, not to write anything resembling biographies of these august historical personages, but only to make use of them as pivotal figures, and as a framework in which to place a picture of their times..." This is vintage Boston before busing, before condo conversion, before massive… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. 272 toned pages with some black and white illustrations on glossy stock. Blue cloth with embossed decoration on cover and sunned spine. Pencilled price on fep. Edgewear. Faded inscription on fep. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1961. Stated First Edition (however, this is a First Thus or First American, as the book was previously published in England.) Little Brown; Boston; 1961 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 208 pages with sections of black and white photographs. From jacket: "William Sansom is regarded as one of the finest travel writers...whether he is describing the Balearic island of Minorca or a fjord in Norway, Mr. Sansom has an incomparable gift for evoking the atmosphere of each place and for recreating his personal delight in it. With the eye of wonder, the tongue of an enthralling talker and the plate of an epicurean, he enjoys all that each region has to offer - its food and wine, its history, landscape and people - and alluringly transmits his discoveries to the reader." Wear to jacket with rubbing and chipping to head and heel of spine, flap creases are loose. Name on fep along with tacky area where sticker was removed. Abrasion on jacket spine has been mended from… Read More

Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2003. Ex-library with typical treatments; many blacked out. Spine has been reinforced with heavy, clear tape. 63 pages with full color illustrations. Edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Uranus 20 Postcards of Istanbul, Turkey Made from glossy, very heavy card stock, book is about 6.25 x 5.25 inches. There is a performation at the top of each card so it can be separated from the book. From back: "Istanbul, the capital of three great empires (Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman), with its geographical location, historical and cultural heritage, and natural wealth and beauty, debuted on the historical stage as Megara city in 663 BCE, and became known as Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 CE. This name was..." There is a holographic sticker on back cover. Minor edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Tokyo: Asahi Photo Service, 1934. en Francais - Image du Japon Second Edition; 1934. Bilingual English/French book with French translations by Georges Alsot 4to size tan clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and cover; 292 pages. Endpapers are a two page spread of a red Rising Sun on a light colored background. Most pages are full page black and white photographs, there are some pages where two photographs appear on a single page. The photographs are very high quality reproductions. The photographs are captioned in English and French. The book has no Table of Contents and no text other than the photo captions and Preface. From Preface: "(Our) cameramen are constantly exploring the multi-colored life of the people, and their photographs offer fresh sidelights upon Japanese customers and activities, which will afford Western readers glimpses into an unfamiliar Eastern world... (It shows) something of the recent developments, both social and political, that go to make up modern… Read More

Paris: Editions Des Musees Nationaux, 1972. 206 pages with many black and white photographs on glossy stock. Color illustrated cover features The Lady and the Unicorn. Chapters take you through the museum room by room. Creased spine, adhesive residue on fep from price sticker, deeply creased spine is slightly cocked. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. 215 pages. Section of glossy black and white illustrations and photographs. From back: "I find the book on the Eddystone lighthouses a fascinating story of a brave enterprise extended over several centuries.- Samuel Eliot Morrison" Ex-library with typical treatments; jacket covered in mylar and mylar is torn at bottom. Some light soil, spots on page 11. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First American. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Morris, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967. Ex library book with stamps and markings. A description once clipped from the dust jacket is paperclipped to the front flyleaf, the paper clip has marked subsequent pages. Lavishly illustrated with black and white drawings and floorplans. 124 pages including index. From description: "This beautifully illustrated history of English secular architecture provides a comprehensive guide to the subject ranging from the earliest buildings to the most recent modern architecture. Every important type of public and private building is represented, from town halls to office blocks, and the domestic field embraces castles, manor houses, great country houses, as well as town houses, flats and housing estates...With over 400 drawings.". First American. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ison, Leonora. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Ex-library book with typical stamps, markings, pockets. Wear to cover at corners and spine and there is a small tear or blemish in the cloth binding on the spine back cover. Paper label on spine is missing a large chip. Tear or split in endpaper at both back and front spine. FEP is vintage map of churches. 409 pages including index. Illustrated with black and white engravings (photographs) throughout book. This updated edition was prepared by M. Mansfield. 47 illustrations and 6 maps and plans. Weakness to back hinge, but book is intact. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Boston: Typographical Laboratory, 1932. 4to size brown hardcover boards with tan cloth spine and gilt titles on cover; only nine numbered pages to this unique slim volume. The bottom of the pages (not the outside edge) are deckled. Different size engravings on glossy stock are laid in like photographs in an album. There are also black and white decorations and decorated capital letters in red. This unique volume is based on a 1930 visit by the author to Frederic W Goudy and his wife, at their home, called Deepdene, in the Catskills. Goudy (1865 - 1947) was an American type designer. His typefaces include the eponymous Goudy, Deepdene, Kennerly and Copperplate Gothic. Goudy was the designer of more than 100 metal typefaces. This volume is set in Kennerly. Ex-library with only a Dewey marking on spine. Worn corners and head and heel of spine; and two inch tear to bottom of spine with a broken bottom stitch at pages 8/9. Front pastedown split and tissue cover on frontispiece is torn. Covers… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Stated First Edition 8vo size decorative green clothbound hardcover; front cover has a full-page gilt illustrations; 246 tanned pages Very sunned spine with sunning extending onto covers, bumped and worn head and heel of spine and two inch tear to cloth bottom of front cover; pages and endpapers are tanned and there is what appears to be some light foxing on the last four pages and rear endpage. Fingermark in the margin of page 83 and page 238. . First. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cimino, Harry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.