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Wilson, Lawrence . PORTRAIT OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
London 1965 1st Hale. Hardcover. Octavo, 190pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in fine DJ. (a16647)
$24.00 Winbolt, S. E. . DEVON
London 1929 G. Bell. Bell's Pocket guides. 12mo., 270pp., photos, index. Maps on end papers. VG, no DJ. (a23661)
$40.00 Cartier, Jacques . A SHORTE AND BRIEFE NARRATION OF THE TWO NAVIGATIONS AND DISCOVERIES TO THE NORTHWEST PARTES CALLED NEWE FRAUNCE
NY 1975. Johnson reprint of the London 1580 edition.The English Experience Number 718. Hardcover. Early travel to North America-the explorations described were taken in 1534 and 1535. Octavo, 80pp., glossary, red cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a26106)
$50.00Hakluyt, Richard; Laurence Irving . A SELECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION BY RICHARD HAKLUYT 1552-1616
NY 1926. Knopf . Preface by Laurence Irving. Hardcover. Sm.4to., mounted frontispiece. 293pp., illustrations. Lovely pictorial end papers. VG, light wear, no DJ. no owners marks. (a37979)
$49.00 (travel) . HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN ORDINARY PLACES (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
London 1877 Daldy, Isbister. Republished from the Spectator. Travel in England and Switzerland. 8vo., 332pp., dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Top corner of front blank cut off. Near VG, hinges tender. (a42768)
$85.00 Turner, Thomas . NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY, ASSOCIATED WITH A FLY, FROM GLOUCESTER TO ABERYSTWITH, AND FROM ABERYSTWITH THROUGH NORTH WALES JULY 31ST TO SEPTEMBER 8TH 1837
London 1840 Printed for Private Distribution only. 8vo., 222pp., frontispiece portrait of author, 11 engraved plates plus several other fullpage illustrations, rebound in later wraps. Good. (a51884)
$275.00 (cambridge) . THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE, INCLUDING HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL NOTICES OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES OF THE UNIVERSITY, WITH A SKETCH OF THE PLACES MOST WORTHY OF REMARK IN THE COUNTY
Cambridge 1837 new editions, J. &. J. J Deighton; Thomas Stevenson; and Richard Newby. 12mo., 272pp., foldout map and 32 engravings from drawings by MacKenzie, original maroon leather boards with gilt title on front. Good, new paper backstrip, inner hinges cracked. (a51948)
$75.00 Fairless, Michael . THE ROADMENDER
NY 1922 Dutton. Like a drive through England-photos taken along roadside in central part of Sussex drained by the river Adur with accompanying text. 4to., 121pp., 20 photo illustrations by Will F. Taylor, dark green cloth. Owner inscribed and signed. VG, light spine end fraying, light stain on front cover. (a52007)
$40.00 (travel guide) . TRAVELLERS GUIDE WITH MAPS 10/6
c. 1855. No (lacks?) title page. Detailed travel guide to England and Wales. The title and price appear on the spine in gilt and that is only identifying information given. Latest date in text appears to be 1853. 12mo., 364pp. (double column text), several full page floorplans of major buildings and several double page maps, including railway lines, original pink embossed cloth. Good, hinges cracking, short tear in spine cloth, tiny chip in cloth on rear cover. (a65725)
$100.00Thomson, E.. LETTERS FROM EUROPE: BEING NOTES OF A TOUR THROUGH ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND
Cincinnati 1856 Swormstedt. Preface by Bishop Morris. Edited by D. Clark. 8vo., 299pp., original stamped brown cloth with gilt trim. Owner signed. Good, binding secure; text clean ; hinges not cracked. Spine ends worn down and 2 of 4 extrme cove tips a bit worn. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is nice and bright. (a6818)
$29.00 Van Schaick, John Jr. . NATURE CRUISINGS TO THE OLD HOME TOWN AND THE LITTLE HILL FARM
Boston 1928 1st Universalist Publishing House. Travel in New England. Small octavo, 448pp., blue cloth hardcover. sSigned by Van Schaick. VG, no DJ. (a69216)
$24.00 Moncrieff, A. R. Hope (editor) . BLACK'S GUIDE TO HAMPSHIRE BOURNEMOUTH, NEW FOREST, WINCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, PORTSMOUTH
London 1904 15th Adam and Charles Black. Hardcover. 12mo., 188pp., 112pp. of ads, maps, limp cloth. All maps present including foldout map in rear pocket. Good plus, some foxing. (a70905)
$39.00 Burton, William . A COMMENTARY ON ANTONINUS HIS ITINERARY OR JOURNIES OF THE ROMANE EMPIRE SO FAR AS IT CONCERNETH BRITAIN: WHEREIN THE FIRST FOUNDATION OF OUR CITIES, LAWES, AND GOERNMENT, ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN POLICY ARE CLEARLY DISCOVERED, ETC
London 1658 Printed by Tho. Roycroft and are to be sold by Henry Twyford. Hardcover. 4to., (20), 266pp., (6), errata, title page in red and black, double page map, full leather. Lacks frontis.Small owner bookplate. Good, cover chipped and worn. (a73052)
$500.00 McKinley, Charles . A VOYAGE TO THE BRITISH ISLES BEING THE JOURNAL OF CHARLES MCKINLEY
Mt. Vernon (Ohio) 1940 1st edition, 2nd printing, Author. Prefatory remarks by John Crowe Ransom. 12mo., 94pp., wraps. Owner signed.Good, spine ends and corner of one page chipped. (a74623)
$24.00 Cook, Joel . ENGLAND PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE REMINISCENCES OF FOREIGN TRAVEL - VOLUME II (OF 2)
Philadelphia 1900 1st Coates. Hardcover. Octavo, 412pp., many fine photogravures, large color folding map, green cloth with full gilt decorations and trim. Near Fine in VG plus, matching green linen DJ. Volume II only. (a75594)
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