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1989réf. 1000206NY: Ticknor & Fields 1989. First edition first prnt. Faint beginning foxing on the top edge; unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Trillin's tenth non-fivtion book. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
réf. 51314Atlanta: Henderson Travel Service 1973. Resist-dyed images printed on rough Batik-type cloth. 22 by 15.5 inches 56 by 39 cm; 23 by 33 inches 58 by 83 cm. Two banners picturing stylized elephants zebras gazelle and a giraffe with the Henderson logo used in the early 1970s with the slogan 'Does it All' on the larger example. Fraying to edges fold lines from storage with a few small moisture stains and a small tear to the bottom right of the larger banner at the giraffe's legs else both are very good examples. An uncommon piece from a company that was flying African-American travelers overseas in an era where large parts of their own country were restricted from completely free travel. It's not clear whether these were used as in-house advertisements or given away as souvenirs to clients but they're the first we've seen. The Henderson Travel Service started in Atlanta in 1955 by Jake and Freyde Henderson is America's oldest full-service African-American owned travel agency. Henderson Travel Service began in 1955 and by 1957 they had booked their first trip for a client to travel to Ghana to celebrate the country's independence. Out of this grew a full-service agency booking trips for clients to travel abroad including Martin Luther King's trip to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Today Henderson continues to book travel to Africa for many prominent professional and charitable organizations. Henderson Travel Service hardcover books
1940réf. 007276New York: Saml Gabriel Sons 1940 Color printed linen-like paper with soil faint stain and slightly thumbed. Simple text relating to different travel experiences. Illustrated in color on every page. Good. Illus. by Uncredited. Square 8vo. Saml Gabriel Sons unknown books
1838réf. ST19413London: Hodgson & Clark 1838. FIRST EDITION. 560 x 380 mm. 22 x 15". 1 p.l. lithograph dedication and table of contents 1 leaf ads. Apparently unrestored publisher's red quarter morocco over pink watered silk boards flat spine gilt titling on front cover and spine marbled endpapers. WITH 30 VERY FINE SCENIC COLOR LITHOGRAPHS lithograph title and 29 views on 25 plates by T. S. Boys W. Gauci A. Picken and L. Haghe all with original thick tissue guards. Abbey Travel 32; Hardie "English Coloured Books" p. 247. ◆Covers a little soiled and with minor evidence of insect activity corners rather bumped but the original binding without major problems and still surprisingly solid for such a large picture book. Faint stains to free endpapers a few additional trivial defects but VERY FINE INTERNALLY THE PLATES ESPECIALLY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH CONSISTENTLY BRIGHT COLORING. Composed of idyllic renderings of views along the great Belgian and German rivers noted in the title the picturesque illustrations in this book are the work of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield 1793-1867 a self-taught artist and close friend of Charles Dickens who began his career as a scenic painter for dramatic productions. In addition to the dramatic landscapes castles and ruins depicted here the artist also paints a picture of daily life in the region by illustrating in great detail the activities of peasants laborers and other common folk who lived and worked in the area. Indeed the stories suggested by the characters' interactions--for example a group of women taking a break from their labors to gossip two lovers stealing a quiet moment on a hillside a solitary old woman selling her meager supply of fresh vegetables on the road--are as enchanting as the landscapes themselves. The theatrical qualities of these plates are perhaps no surprise given the artist's background in stagecraft. Stanfield worked his way up from volunteering for amateur theater productions to a paid position at Drury Lane in London's fashionable Covent Garden district. During his 12-year tenure with that theater as DNB tells us "he achieved a legendary reputation as a creator of romantic landscape scenery. . . . Stanfield's work especially 'taught pit and gallery to admire landscape art and the boxes to become connoisseurs' according to his friend W. M. Thackeray." Even after Stanfield left Drury Lane to focus on his paintings and published works the artist continued to paint scenery for Dickens and even supplied illustrations for some of his works of fiction including the "Christmas Books." DNB notes that upon Stanfield's death Dickens wrote "a moving editorial tribute . . . which described him as 'the soul of frankness generosity and simplicity. The most genial the most affectionate . . . and the most lovable of men.'" Intact copies of the present work are quite scarce in the marketplace. Hodgson & Clark unknown books
2005réf. 40468NY:: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1400042755 . First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1991réf. 35359Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0395505526 . First printing. Fine in a near fine age toning to flap edges dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
2005réf. 36366Vancouver:: Greystone Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1553651189 . Illustrated. First printing. Upper corners slightly bumped else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Greystone Books, hardcover books
1999réf. 34720Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0226900185 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1990réf. 31872Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0803238940 . Illustrated. First edition. Near fine in a near fine trace edge wear dust jacket. . University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1997réf. 30786San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0152016104 . Illustrated by the author. First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover books
1996réf. 25626NY: Pantheon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0679421343 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Pantheon hardcover books
1999réf. 22322Watertown: Charlesbridge. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1570919607 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Charlesbridge hardcover books
1896réf. 010101No Place: W E Scull 1896 Grey cloth pictorially stamped in two colors and titled in gilt cover soil and spotting gilt slightly dulled foxing to edge of text block Descriptions of countries the people flora and fauna mostly European. The section on Africa touches on slavery but not about Europe's or America's role but rather the contemporaneous slave trade in the Middle East. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. Large 8vo. W E Scull hardcover books
1997réf. 10152Seattle: Sasquatch Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1570610746 . First printing. Faint stain to front board else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Sasquatch Books hardcover books
1991réf. 8953NY: Lyons & Burford. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 1558211187 . First printing. Bottom rear corner is scraped and fore edge is somewhat soiled else near fine in a near fine short closed tear at the bottom rear corner dust jacket. . Lyons & Burford hardcover books
1990réf. 8169NY: Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0394571894 . First edition. Remainder mark on top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
1997réf. 6106Boston: Beacon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0807073105 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Beacon Press hardcover books
1993réf. 250NY: Harmony Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0517588048 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harmony Books hardcover books
1993réf. 2263NY: Hyperion. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1562828789 . With photographs by David Graham. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Hyperion hardcover books
2002réf. 30328Wash. DC: National Geographic 2002. ARC for the first edition. Glossy perfect-bound pictoral wraps. Signed and dated "Cabot VT Jan 3 '03" by Mamet on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. National Geographic paperback books
2000réf. 120715Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2000. First edition first prnt. Signed by Theroux on the title page. Board corners tapped cloth backstrip ends lightly pushed. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1909réf. 010067London Edinburgh Dublin and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1909 1909 per institutional copies. 304 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and two colors with color pastedown to upper cover top corners with loss wear to extremities binding slightly shaken. A book about people flora fauna and cultures from around the world. Text and images of non-white people are often stereotypical. Illustrated with 32 full-page color plates and 5 full-page b&w plates plus b&w illustrations on almost every page. . Pictorial Cloth. Good Only/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo. Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover books
réf. CJW1322Bern: Ertug & Kocabiyuk 2002. No. 46 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES of a total edition of 350. 670 x 508 mm. 26 3/8 x 20". 3 p.l. 10 pp. 63 leaves. Publisher's scarlet morocco by Buchbinderei Burkhardt AG covers with gilt-rolled border cornerpieces tooled in gilt upper cover with gilt calligraphic Arabic centerpiece lower cover with gilt central heraldic device marbled endleaves all edges gilt. With a portrait frontispiece of Emperor Selim III 48 DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES AND THREE DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS. ◆A virtually as-new copy. This is one of the deluxe copies of a modern facsimile of Melling's massive and magnificently illustrated work devoted to 18th century Constantinople a book that provided the earliest interior views and plans of the harems and palaces of Sultan Selim III when it was published in 1819. The illustrations remain the best and certainly most attractive record we have of the city during this era in its history. Our edition was produced from a copy of the elephant folio first printing in the collection of the facsimile's publisher Ahmet Ertug with images faithfully reproduced in their original mammoth size 650 x 970 mm. After his arrival in Constantinople in 1795 architect and painter Antoine Ignace Melling 1763-1831 was appointed imperial architect by Selim III. In the course of his duties he designed and landscaped a seaside palace for Selim's sister Princess Hatice and produced these striking panoramic views of the city and its environs. After completing the palace and a number of other building projects for Selim he returned to Paris and in 1804 issued a prospectus for this work. He established an engraving studio in 1809 to reproduce these drawings and began publishing the completed prints as a series of fascicles that were sent to subscribers. The last one appeared in 1819. The outstanding success of an exhibition of the paintings on which the "Voyage Pittoresque" was based earned Melling the rank of painter to the Empress Josephine. When "Voyage Pittoresque" was originally published booksellers in England sold copies for £84 a huge sum for a book at the time. The original edition in pleasing condition now fetches between $75000 and $100000. Our handsomely bound actual size facsimile offers an attractively priced alternative. Ertug & Kocabiyuk unknown books
réf. 7759Prenzlau: Verlag Von C. Vincent Buchhandlung. Hardcover. Fine. c. 1910. A Fine hardback in original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration front cover. Twelve accordian fold photograhs of various scenes and edifaces at Prenzlau. oblong 12mo. 5" x 3 1/4". Verlag Von C. Vincent Buchhandlung hardcover books
réf. 4056London:: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Not illustrated; iv; 56 8-page publisher’s catalogue: “A Few of Messrs. Methuen’s Publications.” . 8vo white paper-covered boards; dust jacket spine of which is very slightly darkened; text block fore-edge uncut and with some foxing; outer bottom corner of front cover bumped. The “travelling” in this case is confined to travel from Britain to the Continent of Europe and the methods described are cross channel boats and trains comparisons made particularly in food served do not favor British travel. On eating on trains always go for the first sitting—food will be fresher and the car less choked by cigar and cigarette smoke. Accommodations always arrange before leaving home and get written confirmation. Language issues—acknowledging that the British were appalling linguists try to learn a few French and German phrases; French will suffice throughout most of southern Europe and north Africa this was a period when French was the “lingua franca” of the civilized world. Gellibrand suggests a smattering of German would help in the Scandinavian countriesIt is amusing to consider all the details one had to check when preparing to travel that for the most part we can accomplish today with the aid of our smart ‘phones. London:: Methuen & Co. Ltd.,. hardcover books
