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Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1963. First Australian edition. Silver-grey covers with silver titles on spine. Illustrted with photographs. 163 pages, a clean sturdy copy (perhaps has a touch of mustiness). Dust jacket is tape repaired, but thankfully still present and protecting the book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan, 1967. Hardcover 1st edition. Brown covers with an attractive gilt paste down label on spine. Canaletto illustration on dust jacket. Chronicle of a trip between 1784 and 1787 where the author traveled on her Grand Tour. A luscious romp through times long gone. Edited by Barrows. Minor shelfwear otherwise a… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Hardcover 1ith wonderfully illustrated outer cover. Illustrated endpapers and more illustrations throughout the book, these done by the author. A handsome clean solid copy, 433 pages, indexed. Very minor shelfwear, all else fine. Hard Cover. Very Good.

UK: Panther, 1968. Light edgewear otherwise a good sturdy copy. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Germany: Herausgeber Stadt Braunschweig, 1988. Text in German, English and French - full colour photographs on every page. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1945. Hardcover 1st edition stated. Green covers with gilt titles, brightly illustrated endpapers with maps. Delightfully illustrated in colour throughout. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean bright copy. No dj. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover 1st edition. Contains 8 coloured plates, many half-tones and a multitude of line drawings. Very attractive pictorial cover with a colour paste down flanked by decorative pillars. The colour plates themselves are extradinary, but so is the lively text on places such as Rome Arezzo Cortona Perugia Todi Siena Palio San Gimignano Monte… Read more

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Hardcover 1st edition. Book is clen and sturdy with only minor shelfwear. Dust jacket is a little frayed along edges, otherwise fine. A fascinating account of the Friar's journeys along with accompanying text. Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

UK: Cambridge at the University Press, 1923. Hardcover, 1st edition in this format. Marbled red covers with contrasting black spine and with original pastedown label. Some shelf and edgewear, lightly bumped corners. Interior clean and sturdy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Ca' Giustian, Venice, Venezia : Municipality of Venice Tourist Office, 1950. No stated date, but given the photograhers involved, likely 1950. Staple bound as issued. Back cover has a fold out map. 16 pages of wonderful vintage photographs, both in colour and in iconic black and white. Faint edgewear and a smudge on the lower edge… Read more

UK: Puffin, 1994. Some edgewear and creasing of covers, light age toning of pages otherwise good. Soft Cover. Good.

UK: Thames & Hudson, 2006. A lovely clean fresh copy that presents only a hint of edgewear and sale sticker remnant, otherwise pristine! From the publisher:"A comprehensive picture of the role of merchants and money in the medieval world. It covers the financial revolutions of the 13th century that led to the rise of modern banking, borrowing and insurance,… Read more

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Hardcover, 1st English edition. Some shelf and edgewear otherwise a good sturdy copy. From the publisher:"From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie deepens and expands the historical contexts of… Read more

USA: Ballantine Books, 1981. Still one of the best histories of medieval France. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers, age toning of pages otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good.

USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1970. Some edgewear and creasing of covers and spine, underlining and annotations, otherwise still an acceptable reading and reference copy. Soft Cover. Fair to Good.

UK: Pelican / Penguin Books, 1970. Some edgewear and creasing of spine, age toning of pages otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good.

USA: Time Life, 1962. A clean fresh copy that appears almost unread! Just a touch of edgewear and spine crease. Soft Cover. Very Good.

USA: Doubleday, 1960. No stated date, likely 1960s printing. Some edgewear and creasing of spine, sticker remnant, underlining and annotations - despite flaws still a reasonable reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Fair.

USA: George Braziller, 1979. Hardcover stated 1st edition. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean tight copy. Dust jacket presents a touch of edgewear otherwise it too is fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

USA: Anchor, 1959. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers,a few annotations, otherwise still a good reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Good.