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Cairo and How to See It

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cairo, Egypt, Les Editions Universitaires D'Egypte: 1954

Seller ID: 012706

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover, silver advertising for Air France on rear board. Slight fading to cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Small previous owner initials and date 1954 at top edge of front free endpaper. 187 pgs. with clean fold-out map of Cairo at rear of book (excellent condition). Illustrated with photographs of buildings and antiquities. "Welcome to Egypt" pamphlet from Air France in excellent condition also enclosed. Book details history of the area and important sites, architecture; itinerary...
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One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley

By: Alexander, Caroline

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015274

ISBN: 0-394-57455-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 290 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear, no tears. As new book and dustjacket. Jacket enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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Collector's Luck in France

By: Alice Van Leer Carrick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1924

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026524

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in somewhat tattered dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small gold medallion decoration on cover, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 207 pages with Appendix. Dust jacket is clean and bright, upper half of spine is missing, a few short closed edge tears and small chips at top of rear panel, separation at spine fold. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar c...
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Rolling Home: A Cross-Canada Railroad Memoir

By: Allen, Tom

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 2001

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028494

ISBN: 0670884731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean gray boards with blue spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps. 298 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The American Guide: A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States

By: Alsberg, Henry G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949

Seller ID: 005417

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Clean boards with two very small faint white spots to front bottom edge and top rear edge (smaller than a pea). Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking, pages and edges are clean. Maps on endpapers. 1348 pgs. with index. Illustrated with maps. Very small P/O label at inside edge of front free endpaper. History, maps and suggested regional tours of the United States of America. 8vo. Americana.
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The Last Resorts: A Portrait of American Society at Play

By: Amory, Cleveland

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1952

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean Stated First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with black cloth spine, red and white lettering on spine, small white illustration on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean color-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings and eight pages of wonderful photographs of the great resorts across America. 527 pages with index. Clean dust jacket has very slight hint of edge wear, no chips, two very short closed edge tears, not pr...
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Must Britain Travel the Moscow Road?

By: Angell, Norman

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Noel Douglas: 1926

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011040

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Spine is sun faded. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with some intermittent foxing to pages. 190 pgs. This book is from the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and comes with a document certifying that the book is from that collection, signed by the Roosevelt Library Director. 8 vo.. History.
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Himalayan Odyssey: The Perilous Trek to Western Nepal

By: Antin, Parker with Phyllis Wachob Weiss

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Donald I. Fine: 1990

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 011974

ISBN: 1-55611-197-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean dark blue boards with clean pale gray cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers with maps. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front fly leaf. 291 pgs. with glossary. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a major trek around the Himalayas and through the dangerous, remote and largely forbidden country of Western Nepal.
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A Syrian Pilgrimage

By: Ascham, John Bayne

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Abingdon Press: 1914

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028712

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, SIGNED by the author. Gray cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. A few minor faint spots to cloth. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper as follows: "To my critique of pure life, John _____ - J. B. Ascham." Color frontispiece of the Garden of Gethsemane. Additional illustrations throughout (black and white photographs). 203 pages with index.
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Vineyard Tales: Reflections on Wine

By: Asher, Gerald

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 1996

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027436

ISBN: 0811812677

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean hardcover book. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, clean illustrated paper paste-on label on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean burgundy endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 287 pages with index. No dust jacket, as published. A genuinely enjoyable read from one of the world's great wine experts.
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Spring Jaunts - Some Walks, Excursions & Personal Explorations of Town, Country & Seashore

By: Bailey, Anthony

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 1986

Edition: First

Seller ID: 018598

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

"First Edition, 1986" on copyright page. Clean green boards with clean beige cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 239 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A collection which contains some of the best work that Anthony Bailey has done for The New Yorker. His descriptive journeys include the Isle of Wight, a dawn-to-dusk stroll along the New Hampshire coast, and...
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Footprints of Travel - Or, Journeying in Many Lands

By: Ballou, M. M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Company: 1903

Edition: later printing

Seller ID: 026198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean decorated American trade binding - yellow cloth boards with tall palm trees, pyramids and camel riders on cover, giraffe and palm tree on spine. Tiny spots of wear to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks (previous owner name in very light pencil on front free endpaper). Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. Illustrated with many nice engravings throughout. 472 pages. A journey to many fantastic places around the world, from Yosemite Valley in California to the Alh...
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Road to Rakaposhi

By: Band, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton for Travel Book Club: 1955

Edition: Book Club Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Travel Book Club Edition (circa 1955), SIGNED by George Band, in original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fading; slight fading to lower board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; map-illustrated endpapers have some tape shadow marks on front and rear free endpaper. Signed by the author on title page: "George Band". Illustrated with maps, black and white glossy plates. All text pages are clean, but tanned. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is bright, unchipped, very slight e...
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The Duke of Puddle Dock: Travels in the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles

By: Barley, Nigel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Co.: 1991

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011072

ISBN: 0-8050-1968-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean orange boards with beige cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 276 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one tiny edge tear (1/16"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Tracing the travels of Sir Stamford Raffles, colonial adventurer of the British Empire era. 8 vo.. Adventure.
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Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa

By: Bass, Thomas A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1990

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 022933

ISBN: 0395415020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped jacket, SIGNED by author. Clean orange boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright, with slight dust speckling to text block edges. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "11-04-90 - Clinton, New York - For a friend in the Kirkland Art Center - with All My Best Regards, Thomas A. Bass." 304 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (20.95 on front inside flap); small...
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A Breath of French Air

By: Bates, H. E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1959

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean bright original illustrated jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 159 pages. Dust jacket is clean and bright (design by Broom Lynne); price clipped at bottom corner of front inside flap, no chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Readers of "The Darling Buds of May" will need no introduction to the Larkins, the joyful family of country dealers and fruit ...
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To Jerusalem and Back - A Personal Account

By: Bellow, Saul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1976

Edition: First

Seller ID: 018404

ISBN: 670-71729-0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, with "First Published in 1976 by The Viking Press" statement on copyright page. Clean charcoal gray boards with clean turquoise blue cloth spine, unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 182 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip to top corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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To Jerusalem and Back: a Personal Account

By: Bellow, Saul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1976

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027115

ISBN: 0670717290

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in dust jacket. Charcoal gray boards with blue cloth spine, unchipped silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fraying, or wear. Faint water line on rear board, barely visible. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - previous owner name and date neatly penned at top of title page. 182 pages. Dust jacket is clean with slightest hint of age-toning, no wear, no tears, small price clip at top corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A personal account of Saul Bellow's sojourn in Israel d...
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Metro Stop Dostoevsky: Travels in Russian Time

By: Bengis, Ingrid

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, North Point Press: 2003

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027248

ISBN: 0865476721

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean beige boards with beinge spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; small dot (remainder mark) on bottom text block edges - no other marks. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright with clean endpapers. 337 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's fascinating account of her time living in Russia (St. Petersburg).
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Abbayes De Provence

By: Berenguier, Rooul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Paris, Caisse Nationale Des Monuments Historiques: 1960

Seller ID: WARD01696

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean bright softcover book with no chipping or creasing. 46 pgs. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and maps. A guide to the historic abbeys of the Provence area of France. All text in French. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. French.
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Keyword: travel