David Mckay Company 1974. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0679301690 David Mckay Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 3311457 ISBN : 0679301690 9780679301691
NY: American Express 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 72pp; text illus from photographs and drawings centerfold map. Color-pictorial stiff wrappers. 9" x 6 American Express unknown
La Dispute 1992. Paperback. Good. Former library book. Different cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. La Dispute paperback
Référence libraire : F-940-914 ISBN : 2209067006 9782209067008
n. p. n. d. Circa mid-18th century reprint. White laid paper black printed illustration. Detached from a bound volume. Two fold lines; very faint toning to edges; slight wear/minor loss to detached edge; faint offsetting from folding. VG overall. Single sheet printed recto only. Closely illustrated b/w map demarcating territorial possessions and marches as well as landmarks towns etc. Sheet: 7-5/8" x 10-1/4". Map: 5-1/2" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>Reprint of a map originally published in "Twenty Four New And Accurate Maps Of The Several Parts Of Europe" 1707. Detached plate likely from a mid-18th century bound volume. (n. p.) unknown books
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 10½". Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning and faint soiling. Delicately colored continental map from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." A nice example with strong floral border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
European Origin: No Publisher Noted 1880. Large-format albumen process photographic images of a monastery; a cultivated inner courtyard & colonnaded hallway bell-towered church in background; and white-robed monks at a well with ornate wrought-iron pulley-surround. Both laid down to cardstock. Images approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; the cardstock mounts make them approx. 13" x 15" overall. No place photographer studio or date noted; circa 1880; courtyard image with the studio number in the print of '831.' Cardstock with light edge tips wear; images clear and detailed; in very good condition. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
Europe: No Publisher Noted 1890. A large-format albumen process photographic image of this site; laid down to cardstock. Image approx. 10" x 14 1/2" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 18" x 22" overall. No place photographer studio or date noted; circa 1890. Cardstock with old discoloration at right margin; closed tear; does not affect image. Some fading in the town and river area; in good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
Edinburgh Scotland: No Publisher Noted 1885. A large-format albumen process photographic image of this site; laid down to cardstock. Image approx. 8" x 11" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 18" x 22" overall. No photographer studio or date noted; circa 1885. Cardstock with old discoloration at right margin; does not affect image. In good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
Paris France.: Garnier Freres Libraires-Editeurs 1853. 480 pages. A 19th century French translation of the Niccolo Machiavelli classic of political philosophy and a discussion of the content. Previous owner small book-number ticket on front endpaper. Volume approx. 4 3/4" x 7" size; Bound in marbled paper covered boards dark green morocco leather spine gilt decorated & titled marbled endpapers. Some edge tips wear to the binding; title page with some spotting; in very good condition. Later Edition. Leather. Very Good. Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs books
Amsterdam Holland: Fund for Central and East European Book Projects 1997. 125 pages; laid-in is a postcard inscribed and signed from the editor Vera Ebels-Dolonova; preface by Timothy Garton Ash; the 'portraits' include: Jelenkor Kiado- Gabor Csordas - Pecs Hungary by Renee Postma; Zeszyty Lierackie - Barbara Torunczyk - Warsaw Poland by Michel Maas; Savremennik - Vladimir Zarev - Sofia Bulgaria by Olaf Tempelman; Baltos Lankos - Saulius Zukas -Vilnius Lithuania by Felix Kaplan; Odjek - Nermina Kurspahic -Sarajevo Bosnia by Postma; Apostrof - Marta Petreu - Cluj Romania by Tempelman; Erasmus Guild - Vesna Pusic - Zagreb Croatia by Postma; Kritica & Kontext - Samuel Abraham - Bratislava Slovakia by Maas; Mlada Fronta - Vladimir Pistorius - Prague Czech Republic by Vera Ebels-Dolonova; also with an report on publishing in Central and Eastern Europe 'State of Affairs' by Ebels-Dolonova; also "The Book Continent" Reflections on the Trias Libraria" by Laurens van Krevelen and list of activities of the Fund list of supported publications funding contributors; approx. 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" size; bound in illustrated stiff cardstock softcovers; light wear; in very good condition interesting intimate details on the lives and struggles of these Central and Eastern European publishers to continue their literary and productive work. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Fund for Central and East European Book Projects Paperback books
France: Paris 1958. 1st Edition in this form. Paperback. Very good paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 158 pages; Physical desc.: 158 p. ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Poetry -- Essays. Language: French. France: Paris paperback
Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Cambridge University Press unknown
Référence libraire : 15167484-6 ISBN : 0521005310 9780521005319
Travel Album of over 225 photos from a tour of Europe North Africa and the Middle East in the 1920s; photos from France Italy Egypt Greece Constantinople Istanbul Monaco Switzerland Germany and England. This album takes us to a world of a century ago with 228 original silver gelatin prints 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. Original brown cloth boards. 7 1/2 x 12 inches. 100 pages last 8 are blank. Pasted in 22 souvenir postcards of monuments from Brussels the Hague and Milan. c. 1921-1930. Album documents the travels of an American couple on an international vacation. Photos begin with journey leaving New York harbor "Aboard the Vallendam" headed towards France. They land in Cologne and their first stop is in Paris where they document their lodging "Our hotel in Paris "Victoria Palace" and include snapshots of famous landmarks including the Louvre Church of St. Genevieve the Trocadero the Eiffel Tower Tuileries Gardens and the Champ-Elysees. They visit Versailles and Trianon Palace and then travel around France to Rheims Nice and Eze a medieval village. They include many charming photos of coastal views and bucolic countryside.<br/><br/>They make stops at Monaco and Monte Carlo making sure to visit the famous Casino in its prime in the 1920's before boarding the next ship which would carry them across the Mediterranean Sea. Large image of a ship "Theophile Gautier" pasted in with the handwritten caption "Our boat on the Med. Sea and our home for more than two weeks." They sail past Stromboli on the way to Alexandria Egypt where they disembark to travel down the Nile River to Cairo. "Old Cairo and the Nile from the citadel." They visit the Great Pyramids and see the Sphinx. They travel to the Middle East. The next stop is Palestine and Jerusalem where they visit many important religious sites including "Garden of Geshsamine sic" Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Wailing Wall. They also take interest Islamic practices in the city as there is one snapshot of the group seated outside a mosque with the caption: "Group waiting to hear the Mohammedan call to prayer." They also tour Bethlehem Solomon's Quarries and Jewish University before moving on to other places: The Jordan River The Dead Sea Nazareth Galilee and Beirut. They travel on various ways during this time and document many markets and street scenes of a century ago. "Meeting a camel caravan."<br/><br/>They visit ancient sites in Greece such as the ancient city of Smyrna and the island of Rhodes home to the Colossus one of the ancient wonders of the world. Caption for a photo of the island's harbor reads "Rhodes showing the sight site of the ancient Colossus". In Athens they visit the Acropolis and even take a photo where they are standing inside the Parthenon no longer allowed for conservation reasons. They document Hadrian's Arch the Temple of Athena Nike "the wingless victor" Mars Hill the Temple of Theseus and Socrates' prison. They go to Constantinople renamed Istanbul in 1930 and take photos of "The Mosque of St. Sophia" Hagia Sophia. They travel up the boot of Italy with photos of Mt. Vesuvius Naples Rome Milan and Venice. In the capital city they visit the "Tomb of the Italy's Unknown Soldier" erected 1921 and visit the ancient forum in Rome. They take many photos in Venice documenting experiences such as a gondola ride and important landmarks such as St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace. The final leg of the trip is an overland journey through the Swiss alps through Lucerne and past the Rhone Glacier. They journey through southern Germany stopping at Baden-Baden Heidelberg and Bonn before making it back to their final destination: England. They go for a tour of Windsor Castle and take in the sights. "Eton College from Windsor." They also visit Oxford University and save two large pages for their photos of Shakespeare's former residences. "Anne Hathaway's Home" and "In the gardens at Stradford on the Avon - Both have Shakespear's sic house". 2 pages are detached. Very good condition. unknown books