Search Results: Travel from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Paris: Pneu Michelin, 1971. Hardcover. VG, clean, tight interior with some edge wear to tail of spine and a bit of general scuffing to covers.. Michelin red boards with black lettering, red place-holder ribbon, maps, and, of course, the Michelin Man on the back cover. 1188 pp. Text in French. Classic Michelin guide. What else needs to be said?

Edinburgh: Rutland Press, 1998. Softcover. NF. Color-photographic wraps with red lettering. 220 pp. with bw illus. throughout and occasional color photos. The new, enlarged edition of the 4th volume in the RIAS series of illustrated architectural guides to Scotland. Known for its granite villas and as the Oil Capital of Europe, Aberdeen also boasts 2 universities and a vibrant city center.

Italy: Rolo Banca, 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG- (light scuffing and curling to dust jacket mainly along edges). Blue cloth boards with white lettering; color illustrated dust jacket, white lettering on navy spine; 399 pp, chiefly color illustrations, maps. Text is in Italian. Geography and History of the Adriatic Sea of Europe. Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-400).

Philadelphia: John W. Moore, 1856. Hardcover. Good- (front cover missing, spine damaged, age toned pages. Pages are intact. Illustrations are otherwise clear.). Missing front cover, rear cover is black cloth over boards, blind stamped illustration; 517 pp; 6 bw illustrations with protective tissue guardsheets. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. A tour to the River Restigouche. A winter in the South. Occasional records. Illustrated by the author and Oscar Bessau. Appendix by Lieut. Campbell Hardy.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. VG, clean and tight interior but with a few spots to cloth and light fraying to very top/bottom of spine. Yellow cloth with cream spine; gold lettering on spine and figure on front cover; no dust jacket; 137 pp. with 207 bw illustrations and colour plates plus end papers. Subtitle reads as: Containing Sketches of the Manners, Society and Customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland and Italy in the letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820 with descriptions of the most illustrious Antiquities and Curiosities in these countries, Together with the Story of such Traffic by Anthony Burgess and an Appreciation of the Art of Europe in the Eighteenth Century by Francis Haskell and in Addition, decorated with a great variety of engravings, paintings, watercolours and drawings gathered especially for this particular work. Writings mainly by famous British, German, and American… Read More

Berlin: Neue Bucher Verlag, 2012. Paperback. VG. White and color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 47 pp. Color illustrations. Text in German.

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1895. Hardcover. Good- (ex-library with expected marks. binder included acidic endpapers with affected the half title. sunning and wear to cover. ALL PLATES ARE MARKED with a perforation stamp and a blind stamp. finger smudges, particularly at beginning). A.D. McCormick. Green library buckram. 403 pp. 100 bw plates.

Frankfurt am Main: Englert und Schlosser, 1931. Hardcover. G+. Ex-library with usual marks. Smudging, wear, ripping of linen on covers. Minor foxing, smudging on first and last few pages, though not on texts or plates. Tanning on page edges.. Brown linen with black lettering, red illustration on front cover. [12] pp + 135 BW plates. Text in German. Photographs by Paul Wolff and text by Fried Lubbecke.

Firenze: Studie per Edizione Scelte, 2001. Paperback. VG- (has light wear to edges and covers; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid). Patterned teal wraps with French flaps. Cream title block with black/brown lettering. 107 pp. with 8 bw illustrations. Errata sheet laid in. Powel's journal from his visit to Rome, briefly describing 37 different palaces, villas, basilicas, and other wonders of Rome (Coliseum, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Library, Baths of Titus, Nymphaneum Aquae Iuliae, etc.) The book was inspired by Jackson's interest in the number of early American tourists who went to Italy, and specifically the number from Philadelphia who traveled to Rome, of which Powel was one.

Milano: Minerva, 1960. Hardcover. VG/G, covers have wear and bumping; bottom corner especially; small peel on front cover. Light foxing on text block edges. Pages are clean and tight.. Pictorial board covers; no dj. [78] pages : chiefly illustrations. Text in Italian. Introduction by Ercole Patti. Wonderfully romantic title. "Minerva" edition.

BaNGKOK: Asia Books, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated wraps. 232 pages : color illustrations, maps. Includes bibliographical references (page 228) and index.

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1903. Very Good. Cover has general wear, edge damage, damage at cover hinge. Spine has top/bottom damage, fading. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning. Previous owners bookblock on interior front cover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design elements. xi, 211 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Of this volume 500 copies have been printed, including 100 for America and 40 which are not for sale.

Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1995. Hardbound. Good/Good but with last 10 pp. detached. Grey cloth with silver lettering; color-pictorial dj; 173 pp. with color photographs throughout. Text in Portuguese. Photography by Secchin, renowned underwater photographer. Shows the fragile ecosystem on Angra, off the coast of Brazil. Inscribed by Secchin.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Hardcover. good+ (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on title page, pg 3, map and all plates. foldout map has small tears, closed with tape. minor soiling to page margins from use. ). Navy blue library buckram. xix + 188 pp. BW illustrations.

Boston: Shepard and Gill, 1873. Hardcover. good (ex-library with bookplate, call sticker, and circulation pocket. older owner's mark. binding cocked, cracked at pg 146, but still holding. some play in front hinge. wear to cover, with some fraying at corners, spine ends, and hinges. bumped corners. bump to foredge with small chips to page margin through pg 12). Green cloth with gilt embossed design on front. 365 pp. BW map.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Hardcover. G (Much soiling or aging to covers esp. on spne; interior surfaces are clean; some pages remain uncut; both vols. SIGNED BY DUNCAN CLINCH PHILLIPS.). 2 vols. Tan cloth, gilt illus. on front covers, gilt top edges, 676 pp. total, 29 BW photogravures and 95 BW illus., set weighs 4 lbs. A two-volume illustrated Roman history and travelogue.penned by American author Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909). Enhanced by many uncredited line drawings and photogravures. Both volumes are signed on the first pages by previous owner Pittsburgh millionaire Duncan Clinch Phillips (1838-1917), whose art and library holdings established The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., after his death.

Edinburgh: RIAS, 1992. Softcover. NF. Color-illus. wraps with red lettering. 216 pp. with a few color but mostly bw images. Ayrshire cattle, beaches at Prestwick and Largs, Culzean Castle, Robert Burns, the Isle of Arran and the Dukes of Hamilton - all this and more is part of Ayrshire and Arran.

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1906. Second. Hardbound. VG except is ex-library, with stamp on spine and back cover, bookplate inside cover.. Red cloth with gold lettering; 234 pp. plus With 5 maps (foldouts), 10 plans and 17 floor plans. In German. Berlin and its environs.

Leipsic (Leipzig), Germany: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1892. Fifth. Hardbound. Binding copy, ex-library, text block separated from spine and covers. Binding very fragile. Library labels, former owner's name inscribed. Map which straddled the rear hinge (of Sweden and Norway) is in two pieces.. Red cloth with gold lettering; 392 pp. plus 26 maps, 15 plans and two panoramas. Includes a 42-page, unillustrated pamphlet "Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish Grammar" Classic and vintage handbook for travelers.

Edinburgh: RIAS/Mainstream Publications, 1990. Softcover. NF. Color-illus. wraps with orange lettering. 176 pp. with occasional color and numerous bw images. The 9th volume of the RIAS Illustrated Architectural Guides to Scotland. Explores river valleys, fishertowns, remote mansions, Fraserburgh, the spa town of Peterheard, Portsoy, abbeys, castles, and more.