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1909réf. 21684London: A & C Black. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minor chipping and fraying to spine ends professionally repaired. Hinges professionally repaired.; The Lake of Geneva - also called Lac Léman in French or Genfersee in German - is the rarest of the 20s series with a printrun of only 1000 copies with no later printings. In comparison many other volumes of the 20 shilling series came in a printrun of 3000 copies including destinations like Burma India or Morocco and often had many later printings. - The hills along the lake of Geneva present not only the most picturesque views in the Romandie the French speaking part of Switzerland that are nicely captured by the illustrations from watercolors. These hills produce also the best wine including the Lavaux region near Lausanne that grows Chasselas grapes. 60 tissue guarded illustrations from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis. Blue boards with gilt lettering. Linear design in yellow and green. Top edge gilt. Rear fold-out map. Inman 30; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages . 1909. A & C Black hardcover
1908réf. 21696London: A & C Black. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest fading to the spine. The most handsome copy we have seen to date.; 20 tissue guarded beautiful illustrations from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis. Dark blue boards with red linear design. Gilt lettering and gilt spine lettering. Two gilt pictorial vignettes of boats. 7s 6d series. Inman 171.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages . 1908. A & C Black hardcover
1908réf. 21697London: A & C Black. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Occasional very light foxing. Binding not tight.; 20 tissue guarded illustrations from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis. Top edge gilt. Sky blue boards with gilt lettering and gilt spine lettering. Yellow linear design and two gilt vignettes with boats. 7s 6d series. Inman 154.; Watercolor; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x 135 pages . 1908. A & C Black hardcover
1933réf. 20970London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. . Very Good. Hardcover. A fold-out map for each city and 51 b&w illustrations. Very detailed history of these 3 Swiss towns.; Mediaeval Town Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xi 338 pages . 1933. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1907réf. 21045Lucerne Switzerland: The Official Committee of Local Development. Very Good. Sixteenth Edition. Softcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; Vintage travel guide. Including 4 maps in color. Profusely illustrated. The author Jakob Christoph Heer was also an accomplished Swiss novelist. His most famous book "König der Bernina" was 1929 made into the movie "Eternal Love" starring John Barrymore and Camilla Horn.; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 192 pages . 1907. The Official Committee of Local Development paperback
1922réf. 19678London: Cassell & Company Limited. Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; The environs of Lac Leman: A wonderful region of Switzerland even if you are not drinking wine. Besides Geneva or Genf it also includes a journey to the Dranse and to the Rhone and to Lausanne. Other places of interest include Chillon Vevey Gruyeres Lutry Ouchy St. Sulpice and Morges Hermance Bauregard Allinges and many more. Small rear fold out map. Profusely illustrated with photographs; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 347 pages . 1922. Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
1900réf. 19698London: Thos. Cook & Son Ltd. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. First and last few pages browned and brittle and with slight chipping. Light marginal wear and occasional tears to maps.; Cook's travel guides were published by the recently defunct travel agency and guided their customers in a very detailed way through their travel destinations. Cook's travel guides are similar to Murray's with many ads maps and plans. Including especially beautiful oblong fold-out map of the Gotthard Railway to Italy.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; x 354 48 pages . 1900. Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd hardcover
1908réf. 19702London: A & C Black. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib with minimal markings only spine label and bookplate. Endpapers browned. Otherwise a very handsome and tight copy; 20 tissue guarded beautiful illustrations from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages . 1908. A & C Black hardcover
1912réf. 19020Boston: Little Brown & Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Light edgewear to boards. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.; Beautiful decorative boards with gilt lettering and color illustration of the Castle of Thun. Top edge gilt. Numerous illustrations from b&w photographs including several winter pictures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages . 1912. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1939réf. 18255Lausanne: Swiss Office for the Development of Trade. Very Good. Softcover. Top spine lightly bumped and with one open tear.; Photogravures and color illustrations. A neat description of the country; 8vo; 76 pages . 1939. Swiss Office for the Development of Trade paperback
1871réf. 006876Zurich: Orell Fussli & Co. 1871. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 40p Illus. woodcuts. Cover title " The Arth - Righi Railway Switzerland. Cogwheel Railway via Zurich - Zug - Arth and Goldau to Rigi - Kulm the highest situated Railway -Station in Europe. " Spine chipped o/w sound. Orell Fussli & Co. Paperback
1908réf. 8090London: A & C Black. Very Good. Hardcover. Unusually well preserved boards. Gilt lettering and decoration as well as gilt top edge are very bold. Bookplate. First and last few pages browned and a bit brittle. Fore edge browned; 20 tissue guarded beautiful illustrations from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis; 8vo; 112 pages . 1908. A & C Black hardcover
1808réf. 8315London: A & C Black. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to spine ends. Boards a bit darkened. Endpapers browned. Hinges started. Bookplate; 20 tissue guarded plates from watercolors by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis; 8vo; x 135 pages . 1808. A & C Black hardcover
1910réf. 4783Aarau: Kommissionsverlag Von H. R. Sauerlaender. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to extremities. Endpapers a bit browned. Former owner's name neatly written on front board; Two large fold-out maps in color. Beautiful Art Deco style front board. Herausgegeben von der Schweizerischen Balneologischen Gesellschaft; 12mo; 356 pages . 1910. Kommissionsverlag Von H. R. Sauerlaender hardcover
1908réf. 5931London: A & C Black. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to extremities especially to spine ends; 20 tissue guarded watercolors; Watercolor; 8vo; x 135 pages . 1908. A & C Black hardcover
1929réf. 192881Zurich Switzerland: Orell Fussli Verlag 1929. Softcover. Good- all wraps have scuffs smudges & light staining. spine's chipped & tattered; large areas of erosion to paper w/ binding visible. majority of volumes have bumping to upper corners w/ crimp/creasing to pg corners. all volumes have multiple splits to textblocks; binding glue & pgs remain intact. brown wraps w/ black printing. various paginations w/ bw illustrations. This set comprises volumes 21 through 30. This remains a nice reading or rebinding set; many of the wraps remain fragile. Highly illustrated. A fascinating study of Swiss luxury architecture. Approximately 18lbs for shipping. Orell Fussli Verlag paperback
1922réf. 192886Zurich Switzerland: Orell Fussli Verlag 1922. Softcover. Fair all wraps have scuffs smudges & light staining. spine's chipped & tattered; large areas of erosion to paper w/ binding visible. majority of volumes have bumping to upper corners w/ crimp/creasing to pg corners. all volumes have multiple splits to textblocks; binding glue & pgs remain intact. volumes 15 & 20 textblock are nearly detached w/ a few threads holding; textblocks rattled & fragile. brown wraps w/ black printing. various paginations w/ bw illustrations. This set comprises volumes 11 through 20. This remains a nice reading or rebinding set; many of the wraps remain fragile. Highly illustrated. A fascinating study of Swiss luxury architecture. Approximately 18lbs for shipping. Orell Fussli Verlag paperback
1942réf. 56470Zurich: Herausgegeben vom Direktorium der Gesellschaft 1942-1943. Two vols. 4to. 9.5 x 12.5 in. 226 4; 278 4 pp. with text illustrations diagrams colour plates throughout. Quarter-vellum over gray ribbed cloth aluminum lettering on front cover & stamping on spine slight bumping heads of spines w/ gray paper & cloth open-backed slipcases w/ rounded head & foot guards for spines minor dustsoiling edgewear bumping to upper corner for vol. II case still VG/VG- set w/ presentation slip on laid paper laid-in. First edition of this lavishly illustrated set describing the first four decades of Alusuisse one of the world’s first aluminum producing industrial groups. They began production in 1889 in Neuhausen at the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen Switzerland. Of special interest are the illustrations and colour plates in this set featuring the artwork of Otto Baumberger 1889-1961 famed Swiss painter and poster artist whose mastery of lithography techniques allowed him to create striking images. Herausgegeben vom Direktorium der Gesellschaft, hardcover
1896réf. 55861London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. 8vo. xxxv 1 480 pp. Frontisp. 154 text illustrations diagrams maps 1 large folding colour map after table of contents. Three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers raised bands gilt lettering & decoration on spine t.e.g. occasional light spotting & foxing minor shelfwear slight bumping to couple corners still VG copy. First edition of this excellent Victorian travelogue of climbing and hiking through the Swiss Alps which also made a significant contribution to modern geology. Lubbock’s work in this treatise and others were noted for understanding the archaeological and geological record in understanding former valley-floor levels and the river terraces in response to geological changes. He was an early proponent in glacial climatic fluctuation which was not widely accepted at the end of the 19th century. David Bridgland John Lubbock’s Early Contribution to the Understanding of River Terraces Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Vol. 68 No. 1 March 20 2014 pp. 49-63. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., hardcover
réf. ria9780470016749_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The first textbook on blood plasma proteins published for ten years this book gives an overview of human blood plasma proteins with special emphasis on their structure and function and if known also in relation to pathological states hardcover
réf. 60609c.1890s. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Fine tonal range in good condition. Title and number in negative; slightly wrinkly card not effecting the negative. Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland Switzerland at an elevation of 1650 m 5413 ft. above sea level and unreachable by public road. c.1890s. unknown
réf. 64290c.1890s. . Folding panorama on three albumen prints manuscript notes to card. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original card; small marginal tears to card. Ink caption on original card: 20-24th October 1893. Monte Bré Monte S. Salvatore. c.1890s. unknown
réf. 61379c.1890s. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Fine tonal range in good condition. Title and number in negative. Val Roseg is a valley in the Upper Engadine in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in Southeast Switzerland. [c.1890s]. unknown
réf. 60783c.1890s. . Albumen print pasted on card. Fine tonal range in good condition title and number in negative manuscript notes on card; corners of the card are slightly torn without affecting the image. The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass is a high mountain pass in Switzerland between Airolo in the canton of Ticino and Göschenen in the canton of Uri connecting the northern German-speaking part of Switzerland with the Italian-speaking part along the route towards Milan. c.1890s. unknown
