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Svizzera, 8vo brossura, pp. 212 con ill.
Svizzera, 8vo cartonato editoriale, pp. 208 con ill.
1977Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 136 pages with color and b&w photos throughout, line drawings, elevations, floor plans, mechanical drawings.
réf. 1016613288.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. B9781016613286Hardback. New. hardcover
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1912réf. 974F54London: The Langham Hotel Company 1912 . Hardback. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The scarce 1912-1913 guide for guests produced by London's Langham Hotel offering a wealth of advice for visitors to the capital. Scarce in all editions this is the 1912-1913 twenty-sixth edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece a folding map and with numerous photographic vignettes throughout. Collated complete.Prepared for the use of visitors to the hotel the work describes major landmarks museums galleries theatres and shopping districts while also providing information on transport etiquette and the conveniences of modern London.Blending travel guide with advertisement it presents the city"s highlights through the perspective of a prestigious hotel.With advertisements to the first forty pages and the final few leaves. In the publisher"s original paper covered boards. Back strip age toned with light handling marks to spine. Shelf wear to back strip tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good The Langham Hotel Company hardcover
1914réf. 974F55London: The Langham Hotel Company 1914. Hardback. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The scarce 1914-1915 guide for guests produced by London's Langham Hotel offering a wealth of advice for visitors to the capital. Scarce in all editions this is the 1914-1915 twenty-eighth edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with numerous photographic vignettes throughout. Prepared for the use of visitors to the hotel the work describes major landmarks museums galleries theatres and shopping districts while also providing information on transport etiquette and the conveniences of modern London.Blending travel guide with advertisement it presents the city"s highlights through the perspective of a prestigious hotel.With advertisements to the first forty pages a small number of pages throughout and the final few leaves.Inscriptions to four of the memorandum leaves which were produced for this purpose. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Back strip age toned with light handling marks to boards. Small loss of paper to head of front board. Front hinge strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Inscriptions to four of the memorandum leaves which were produced for this purpose. Good The Langham Hotel Company hardcover
1964This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear, binding is tight. The spine is lightly sunned. SIGNED by IwaJiro Noda, President of the Hotel Okura and inscribed to prominent American technology writer and philanthropist, and dated 1977 on the title-page. Otherwise completely clean. No slipcase. Illustrated in color with many photographs of the hotel. 12" high X 9" wide, 103 pages. Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
2005réf. Q-8174370188Roli Books 2005-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Roli Books hardcover
2005réf. 50-3H8174370188BRAND NEW. Excellent condition. Never read or opened. 50-3H8174370188 Roli Books hardcover
2005réf. DADAX8174370188Brand: Roli Books 2005-03-01. PCK. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Roli Books hardcover
1883Photos and illustrations include: Sketches at the closing of the Fisheries Exhibition, The Luther Celebration in Germany, Sketches in Yellowstone Park, Sketches at Drury Lane and the Adelphi, The Proposed Courts of Justice Central Hotel, Strand, The earthquake in Asia Minor, Prince Albert Victor at Cambridge University, and more. Two supplements loose but present. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Cover illustration of The Battle of Magersfontein. Photos of: Squad of the Essex Artillery Volunteers, Detachment of the London Scottish Volunteers, Machine-Gun Detachment of the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, the new Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", Prominent officers on active service, Scenes on the Western Line of Communicationsl, The Camp of the Grahamstown 1st City Volunteers, at Cradock, Lord Curzon's visit to Lucknow, A Group of Irish Nurses bound for South Africa, Scenes at De Aar. Illustrations include: "With the Kimberley Relief Column, The Burial of General Wauchope and Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the field of Magersfontein, The City of London Volunteers for South Africa, How Long Tom's Shell Disturbed the Middies' Sucking-Pig, Bursting of the Shell that Passed through the Royal Hotel, Ladysmith, and killed Dr. Stark, Rimington's Tigers, on the Mooi River, Manning the breastwork at Naauwpoort Camp, Arundel Camp, Bluejackets Saving Their Gun (Centerfold), Lovely full-page Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1948Pages 57-84. Features: Front cover photo of model of the new House of Commons; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Tauber, Lord Trefgarne, Dr. Groza, Mrs. Anna Pauker, Sir Arthur Fforde, Sir Miles Thomas, the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, the former ruler of Rumania in exile -ex-King Michael with his mother, Queen Helen, at Lausanne, Maj. Gen. N. Cantlie, Dame Anne Laughlin, Sir Donald Cameron, Salih Jabr; Two pages of photos with map illustrate the daily bloodshed visited upon Jerusalem, including the bombed-out Semiramis Hotel; Book review of "No Dishonourable Name", by D. C. Quilter; Six photos and a map illustrate troubled Greece - the Konitza Battle; Photos of the Surrey house chosen by the Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh as a weekend residence, Windlesham Moor; Two pages of photos of devastated Berlin; Centrefold illustration of construction of one of Britain's newest monster flying boats in the Cowes workshop where the S.R. 45 is now being built; Page of photos and maps illustrate the spread of communism in China, where Civil War seems unending; Page of photos of communist China's leaders and military scenes, including Mao, Lin Piao, Gen. Chu Teh, and General Liu Po-Cheng; Photo of massive crowd gathered to hear Gen. DeGaulle; Photo of crash scene of Vickers-Viking which killed the pilot at Ruislip Common; Photo of tornado devastation in Cotton Valley, Louisiana on January 1; Photo of Japanese payphone operated on the honour system (payment made with banknotes); Photo of "Schwere Gustav's" monster shell - this 7.5 ton shell is said to be the largest in the world - it was used against Sebastopol and Leningrad; Two pages of photos of recent Mayan discoveries at Xochicalco; Colour back cover Johnnie Walker ad compares antique trains to those of the modern day. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1934Pages 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1970Features: Ulster eruption; Watching and waiting in Laos; Background to a millionaire - David Rowland; London's hotel crisis; The Passions of Easter; Irish vote; Putting poetry into pop; who writes Britain's shopping list?; Women on the march; Richard Hamilton - artist; Salamis - Capital of the Kings; Iceland; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1947Features: Construction photos of the Hams Hall electrical generating plant; The German Hotel Ship St. Louis; Blockade running in the Aegean; Attempted destruction of the Flak Tower in the Berlin Tiergarten; a conference on the future of Japan; Photos of the second anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima; Massacres in a divided Punjab; Terrified refugees of the Punjab; Life in Korea; Photos from India - Hyderabad; Two photos of Jewish illegal immigrants aboard the Runnymede Park, due at Hamburg from Port de Bouc - these people had attempted to land in Palestine in the President Warfield; newly found at Amman - Transjordan's finest classical sculpture. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1943Pages 337-364 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of Italy's Naval chief, Admiral Dzara, surrendering the Taranto fleet at Malta; Page of illustrations of Britain's powerful new 5.5 Gun-Howitzer; Full-page photo portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham; Nice photos of Mediterranean naval heroes Sir A.U. Willis, Sir Neville Syfret, Sir James Somerville, Sir Philip Vian, Sir H. Burrough and Sir Arthur L. St. G. Lyster; Great photo of the H.M.S. "Warspite's" big guns in action; Two-page illustration of Allied landings on Salerno beaches; Two pages of great photos document the Battle of Salerno - the Allies first brushes with the enemy after landing on the beaches; Two-page illustration of naval bombardment at Salerno and Eboli; Fantastic centrefold illustrations of Germany's new Tiger tank super-weapon; Photos of Important German bases seriously threatened by the Red Army - Kiev, Smolensk, and Poltava; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Knox and Admiral Stark, Sir Kingsley Wood, Metropolitan Sergius, Sir V.M. Grayburn, Lord Kenmare, Dame Enid Lyons, Mrs. Bernard Shaw, and Mr. Churchill with his wife and daughter Mary; Photo of signing of the Italian armistice; Photos of Mussolini after his release from his mountain hotel prison at Gran Sasso; Photos of the surrender of Italy's navy; Photo of Maltese residents surrounding the fuselage of "Faith", one of the island's three original defenders; Six photos illustrate Nazi demolition at the Hague as they fear invasion; One of the first photos of the R.A.F.'s 8000 lb bomb which is delivered by Lancaster; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
193148 pages. Features: Lovely photo cover of the Empress Hotel Gardens, Victoria, B.C.; Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Great full-page photo of old-timer in hip-waders cleaning his gun; Photo of an amazing and successful tree surgery of a majestic elm on the estate of J.A. Turner in Hamilton, Ontario; Nice full-page ad for Canadian General Electric radios - the 9-tube popular console and the 10-tube de luxe lowboy; A Saga of the Moose - intimate facts of life habits - suggestions to photographers; October in the Outdoors; Watch that Match - true story of Jack Wainrwright's missing match, by Alwin Gissing; Photo of yound doe reared by motherly cow; photo of Mrs. C.W. Gafvert of Tonasket, WI holding her 32-lb winning fish!; Junior Fire Wardens Study the Ways of the Woods; A New Conservation - That of Hunters - safe handling of firearms; North America's Game Bird Problem - by Jack Miner - a plea for consideration, justice and prevention; Indian Legends and Lore, by Grey Owl; ; Panther Hunting with "Cougar" Smith; The Cowboy's Friend; - the working of rawhide is still an art in the west; Dogs of the Labrador Indians, by Frank G. Speck - article with photos; A Boss with a Bird's-eye View - F.A. MacDougall, Superintendant of Algonquin Park, spends much time in the air over his park; What Trees are Doing for Prairie Folk; As Dry as Tinder - a forest fire experience; Park Plans in Western Canada - ambitious scheme under consideration in Alberta; ; Hunting the Lordly Woodcock; Junior Fire Wardens in Word and Deed; Forest and Outdoors in the Classroom; Many nice small ads; Western Super-X Shotgun Shell ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1906réf. C106188Basle Boehm 1906. 11th Ed. Paperback . Good. 11th Ed Small 8vo. pp 206. 700 Hotels con listino prezzi 1 carta turistica della Svizzera. Original publisher's moire bown limp cloth lettered gilt on cover. With the words 'Mountain Views price lists and other details 750 hotels inc prices and Pensions.' Each hotel as a small b/w illustration. Large folding colour map at rear. Slight wear small chip out at lower sine; near very good with clean text. Basle, Boehm, paperback
1984175 pages. Author relates his father's capture by the Japanese in the fetid jungles of New Guinea, the annihilation of his entire squad and how he, the lone survivor, was shipped to live with Australian and British POWs in a squalid, degrading camp in the Philippines that came to be known as The Hotel Tacloban. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Spine leaning. Decent reading copy. Book
1998128 pages. Index. "More than any other hotel in the city, the Hotel Georgia has been the place the people of Vancouver go, not for the necessities of life but for the sustaining little luxuries... For many of us who live here, the hotel was the site of some personal revelation, some first-ever experience, some special, never-to-be-forgotten moment... Many of the voices in this account of the life of a hotel belong to people who lived - and still live - in Vancouver... The Georgia is Vancouvere's hotel." - from Introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. No dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
1916202 pages plus 6 pages of advertisements. Black and white photos in text. "Suggestions for the buying, handling, sale, and service of meats, poultry and fish for hotels, restaurants, clubs, and institutions. An expression of the practial experience of one who has spent thirty years in all branches of kitchen, pantry and storeroom work; Also as steward and buyer." - subtitle. Printed on glossy stock. Above-average external wear. Hinges open. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
