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London, United Kingdom: The Rough Guides, 1998 434 pages with colour maps. Written and researched by Jonathan Buckley with contributions by Rachel Kaberry and Hilary Robinson. Some shelf and age wear especially to cover edges - some slight creases to cover. Text clean no internal markings. At the time of publication this was advertised as the definitive handbook to Europe's most beautiful city. It includes lively accounts of all the museums and monuments, plus the lowdown on the Biennale, Carnevale and other events; critical reviews of restaurants and accommodation in every price range, plus the pick of the bars and shops. Full colour maps plus plans of the major churches and the waterbus system.

London, U.K. : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1952 Collectible. Beautifully illustrated with coloured and black & white illustrations. No dustjacket. Age and shelf wear - edges of boards worn, corners bumped. Spine sundamaged. Sewing of the inside back and front boards loose. Clean text pages, no internal markings. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd - March 1952 reprint (first published 1943). Subject title: "Being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone year". Coloured illustrated endpapers (front & back). Includes a list of people mentioned in the book. Some of the "guests" are: Erasmus; George Washington; Sir Thomas More; Cervantes; Shakespeare; Moliere; Descartes; Queen Elizabeth I; Robespierre; St Francis; Mozart;… Read More