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Rado, A. . F�HRER DURCH DIE SOWJETUNION
Berlin 1928. Baedeker-like travel guide. 12mo., many large foldout maps, red cloth. Good. cover faded and worn, rear inner hinge cracked, spine ends frayed; toning on initial and final pages. Complete with all maps; no ownership marks. (a10552)
$65.00(japan). JAPAN THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
Tokyo 1959 Japan Travel Bureau. Hardcover. 12mo., 1015pp., foldout maps, original red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a11007)
$22.00 de Figueroa, leslie . TAXCO THE ENCHANTED CITY THE HANDBOOK FOR TOURISTS
Mexico 1950 Fischgrund. Hardcover. octavo, 86pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Owner signed. VG plus, no DJ. (a11524)
$20.00 Hachette . MOROCCO
Paris 1966. Travel Guide. 12mo., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a13644)
$25.00 Underhill, Olive . THE WAYSIDES OF CANNES
Cannes no date ( mid or early 20thc) Lounge Library. 12mo., 125pp., wraps. Several doublepage maps. Travel guide to French Riviera. VG. (a18960)
$32.00 Dremel, Edouard (editor) . GUIDE DE BRUXELLES ET DE SES ENVIRONS
Souvenir des Hotels de Belle-Vue et de Flandre 1891 12th ed. 16mo., one very large foldout map (small two inch tear along one fold line). All edges gilt. Good, hinges cracked, some tears on backstrip. (a26137)
$35.00 Cook, Thomas . COOK'S TOURISTS' HANDBOOK FOR HOLLAND, BELGIUM, THE RHINE AND BLACK FOREST
London 1901 Thomas Cook. Hardcover. 12mo., red cloth with gilt lettering. 460pp., maps and plans, plus 63 pages of advertisements. Good plus, end papers very toned; inner hinges tender and paper starting to break but binding intact and secure. (a27373)
$49.00 Les Guides Bleus . MAROC
1954 8th ed. Hachette. 12mo., 519pp., maps. VG in VG DJ, small chip on front. (a37696)
$30.00 (travel guide) . A GUIDE TO CALAIS AND THE CONTINENT
Calais no date (map has printed date 1828 ). Containing an account of the antiquities, monuments, public and other edifices, municipal laws, etc. of the ancient and celebrated town of Calais, its suburbs and vicinity.....embellished with a planof the town and Basse-Ville. 12mo. (3-1/2 x 5 inches), 154pp., map, original maroon cloth. All edges gilt. Owner signed (Josefa Benita Pratte). Good, map lightly foxed and some light curling on edges, covers unevenly faded. (a44747)
$250.00 Tronchetti, Carlo . NORA
Sassari 1986. Archaeological Sardinia Guide Books and Itineraries No. 1. 8vo., 69pp., color illustrations, map, stiff wraps. VG. (a45663)
$27.00 Mann, Josephine . WAS MAN FUR EINE SCHWEIZER-REISE WISSEN MUSS
Zurich no date (pref 1913) Orell Fussli. Hardcover. In German. 12mo. 139pp., photo illustrations, decorated cloth. Owner bookplate (Wolfgang Furst zu Isenburg und Budingen), small institution stamp on front free blank. Near Good, front hinge tender, cover quite rubbed in places. Guide to Switzerland. (a46125)
$39.00 Barbour, Geo. M. . FLORIDA FOR TOURISTS, INVALIDS AND SETTLERS
NY 1882 (1881) Appleton. 8vo., 310pp plus 12pp of advertisements, foldout map and illustrations, original green cloth. Owner signed on end paper and titlepage. VG, two very small spots of residue where a news articles was glued to front end paper. (a49875)
$190.00 Elston, Roy . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK TO THE RIVIERAS OF FRANCE AND ITALY
London 1927 Simpkin Marshall. Including Rhone Valley, Basses and Maritime Alps and Corsica. Cook's Guide. Sm.8vo., 360pp., foldout maps, limp cloth. Good, cover faded and rubbed, spine ends lightly worn. (a49916)
$43.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. near VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. Hinges not cracked; no ownership marks. Scarce. (a50032)
$220.00 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN INCLUDING THE WHOLE EMPIRE FROM SAGHALIEN TO FORMOSA
London 1907 8th edition, revised and partly rewritten, John Murray. Small octavo, 570pp, 32pp. (ads), plans and folding maps, numerous illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket (this map has one 5 inch closed tear along bottom fold line and one inch closed tear in lower margin not near the map itself), limp red cloth hardcover. Collated complete. Owner signed twice, once on title page. Collated complete. near VG, some light wear overall. (a50042)
$145.00 Avdeenko, Alexander . FROM MOSCOW TO YALTA
Moscow (1968?). 12mo., 201pp., illustrations, map, flexible cloth. VG. (a51229)
$25.00 (brazil) . GARFIELDS POCKET GUIDE TO RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRAZIL 1954
Rio 1953. 12mo., 224pp., photo illustrations, 3 foldout maps - one a street map of Central Rio 12 x 17 inches with a map of Copacobana area printed on verso and 13 x 9 inch map of Laranjeiras, stiff wraps. Near Fine, light wear. (a57295)
$35.00 Monmarche, Marcel . LE PAYS BASQUE FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL
Paris 1926 1st Hachette. In French. 12mo., 303pp., 9 cartes, 7 plans, 76 gravures from photographs, original limp hardcover. Lacks stampsize mounted illustration on front cover. VG, slight browning on page edges, no DJ. (a57776)
$35.00 Luke, Harry Charles . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR PALESTINE AND SYRIA
London 1925 (1924) 2nd Thomas Cook. With appendix by J. Garstang. 12mo., 520pp., frontis folding color map, one very large foldout map in rear pocket, limp red cloth. VG, two inch closed tear on half title, small tear on frontis map. (a58364)
$100.00 Tastevin, A. ete F. . GUIDE DU VOYAGEUR A MOSCOU
Moscou 1897 2-e edition, revue et corrigee. In French with Francais-Russe vocabulaire. 12mo., 194pp., small photo illustrations, large foldout maps, index, limp blue cloth. VG. (a60761)
$225.00 Harleben, A . ILLUSTRIRTER F�HRER DURCH TRIEST UND UMGEBUNGEN
Wien 1886 Harleben. Nebst Ausfl�gen nach Aquileja, G�rz, Pola, Fiume, Abbazia und Venedig, durch Istrien, im Quarnero, auf der Pontebba-Bahn, nach dem W�rthersee, Klagenfurt und Ober-Krain. Zweite, ganzlich umbearbeitete auflage. In German. 12mo., 144pp., 43 illustrations, karten, limp red cloth with gilt lettering. VG plus. excellent condition. (a64854)
$170.00 Bruun, Daniel (editor) . TRAVELLERS GUIDE TO THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
Kjobenhavn 1916 1st Det Forenende Dampskibs-Selskab. In English. 12mo., 195pp., photo illustrations, maps, grey cloth hardcover. VG, light wear. (a64855)
$37.00 Ziock, Hermann . GUIDE TO EGYPT
Cairo 1956 Lehnert & Landrock. 12mo., 367pp., numerous sketches and diagrams, 46 pates, 4 colored maps, yellow cloth. Fine in Good DJ. (a64857)
$25.00 Cook's . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
London 1923 Thomas Cook. 12mo., 428pp., illustrations, maps, original red cloth. One map has tape along two inch tear at fold. Another map wrinkled and torn along one fold. A few pencil notes in text and on rear blank end page. Good.. (a65830)
$38.00(morocco). INITIATION AU MAROC
Paris 1945 Vanoest Les Editions d'Art. In French. Octavo, 399pp., monochrome phot illustrations, original coloful wraps.Wraps. Uncut. VG, lsight marginal toning. binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a67044)
$25.00 Santangelo, Maria . TAORMINA AND ITS ENVIRONS
Roma 1951. Translated by George H Railsback. 12mo., 225pp., photo illustrations, double page map, original wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a67881)
$24.00 Ingram, J. Forsyth . THE COLONY OF NATAL, AN OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK AND RAILWAY GUIDE
London 1895 1st Sir Joseph Causton and Sons. Octavo, 273pp., 20pp. (illustrated ads), phot illustrations, large color foldout map, one foldout chart, original red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, light cover wear, small chip at heel of spine. (a67966)
$140.00 Williamson, Herbert W. Serra (editor) . TOURIST GUIDE-BOOK OF SPAIN WITH TOWN-GUIDES , ROAD AND RAILWAY MAPS.
Madrid 1952 Williamson's Wide-World Green Guides. 12mo., 578pp., foldout maps, limp green cloth hardcover. VG plus in Good DJ. (a68428)
$22.00 Terry, T. Philip . TERRY'S GUIDE TO CUBA INCLUDING THE ISLE OF PINES
Boston 1926 Houghton. 12mo., 460pp., 2 maps, 7 plans, original limp red cloth hardcover. VG, with some uneven fading and spotting, mostly on rear cover. (a68950)
$195.00 Cardozo, Mario . CITANIA E SABROSO NOTICIA DESCRITIVA PARA SERVIR DE GUIA AO VISITANTE
Guimaraes 1948 3rd. In Portuguese. Copy No. 947 of 2000 printed. Octavo, 90pp., numerous large foldout maps, photo illustrations, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a68963)
$75.00 (hungary) . ITTHON NYARALUNK 1948
Budapest 1948. In Hungarian. Sm.4to., 43pp., several photo illustrations-most of beaches and swimming pools, one of a line of peasant women, ads, original pictorial wraps. Seems to be a guide to recreational activities. Good, light wear (a69001)
$39.00 Baedeker, Karl . NORTHERN GERMANY EXCLUDING THE RHINELAND
Leipzig 1925 17th Baedeker. 12mo., 406pp., 165 maps and plans, red cloth hardcover. VG plus. (a69418)
$50.00 Monmarche, Marcel (editor) . ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
Paris 1926 Hachette. Travel guide in English. Small octavo, 340pp., 77 illustrations, 22 maps, 20 plans, original printed orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a70030)
$35.00 Bertarelli, L. V. . GUIDA D'ITALIA DEL TOURING CLUB ITALIANO - ITALIAN CENTRALE SECONDO VOLUME, FIRENZE, SIENA, PERUGIA, ASSISI
Milano 1922. In Italian. 12mo., 420pp., 5 carte geogfrafiche, 5 piante di citta, 15 piante di edifici, flexible red cover. Near Good, some wear, leaves lightly browned. (a70054)
$22.00 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 Zachariah, O. . TRAVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA
1927 South African Railways. 12mo., 332pp., photo illustrations, original stiff wraps. VG. (a71008)
$20.00 Boucoiran, L. . GUIDE AUX MONUMENTS DE NIMES AU PONT DU GARD ET AUX ENVIRONS
Nimes 1876 Baldy-Riffard. In French. Octavo, 144pp., avec Huit Gravures imprimees a deux teintes and one very large foldout map, original wraps with later cloth spine. Good, cover somewhat frayed and chipped on edges. (a73506)
$39.00 (zanzibar) . GUIDE TO ZANZIBAR
Zanzibar 1949 Government Printer. 12mo., 109pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps, one foldout, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7602)
$25.00 Baedeker, Karl . THE MEDITERRANEAN SEAPORTS AND SEA ROUTES
Leipzig 1911 1st Baedeker. Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, The Coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Hardcover. 12mo., 607pp., maps, original limp red cloth. Two marker ribbons. Good, a bit worn, front inner hinge cracking, light chipping on spine ends. (a76248)
$90.00 Hachette . PORTUGAL MADEIRA AZORES
1956. 12mo, maps, hardcover. VG plus, one map folded crookedly. (a76507)
$24.00 Gordon-Brown, A. . THE YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE TO EAST AFRICA 1962
London 1962 Robert Hale. Hardcover. Small octavo, 340pp., 16 color maps, 80p of ads, two large foldout maps in front pocket, red cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a79456)
$22.00 Cairo . CAIRO THIS WEEK 11-17 SEPTEMBER 1965
1965. Tourist brochure advertising hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, shopping, cinemas, maps of city, consulates, much more. 12mo., original wraps. Fine. (a79542)
$20.00Lebanon. LEBANON FORTNIGHTLY LA QUINZAINE DU LIBAN AUGUST 16-31st 1965
1965. Tourist brochure advertising hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, shopping, cinemas, maps, consulates, special events of the week and much more. Small octavo, photo illustrations, original wraps. Fine. (a79543)
$29.00 Baedeker, Karl . SCHWEDEN, NORWEGEN DIE RESIEROUTEN DURCH DANEMARK NEBST ISLAND UND SPITZBERGEN HANDBUCH FUR REISENDE
Leipzig 1914 dreizehnte Auflage Baedeker. In German. 12mo., 524pp., mit 64 katen, 42 planen und grundrissen und drei kleinen panoramen, flexible red cloth with later red paper spine. Plus Danishch Norwegische und Schwedische Sprachlehre booklet of 40pp. bound in. Good. (a79889)
$35.00(soviet union). USSR (U S S R) HANDBOOK (w/ dj)
London 1936 1st Gollancz. "This aims at being a reasonably complete encyclopedia of everything about the USSR" including Industry, art, sculpture, water transport, aviation, architecture , railroads, etc. (jacket). Hardcover. 12mo., 643pp., two color foldout maps and one foldout diagram of government structure, cloth. Near Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn with a few small chips. (a80189)
$45.00 Westcott, Thompson . THE OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK TO PHILADELPHIA A NEW HANDBOOK FOR STRANGERS AND CITIZENS
Philadelphia 1875 Porter and Coates. Hardcover. Octavo, 425pp., 72pp (ads), many illustrations, original limp green cloth with gilt lettering and black picture on front. Originally had 4 maps, this copy has only 2 maps in the pocket: Map of Centennial Grounds and Water Frontage of the Port of Philadelphia (maps are in good, toned but not torn). VG, light wear. (a82472)
$115.00 Cook, Thomas . COOK'S THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR SWITZERLAND INCLUDING FRENCH SAVOY AND ITALIAN LAKES
London 1922 Cook. Hardcover. 16mo., 414pp., foldout color maps (all present), ads, llmp red cloth. VG plus. (a82949)
$30.00Lynch, Bohun. THE ITALIAN RIVIERA ITS SCENERY, CUSTOMS, AND FOOD WITH NOTES UPON THE MARITIME ALPS
New York 1928 First edition Doubleday Doran. Kit Bag Travel Books series. Hardcover. 12mo., 271pp., color frontis, monochrome photo illustrations, green cloth. Owner signed. VG spine lettering fading, no DJ. (a82951)
$23.00 Monmarche, Marcel . PARIS IN EIGHT DAYS AND ONE DAY IN VERSAILLES - THE BLUE GUIDES
Paris 1945 Hachette. Hardcover. In Englsih. 12mo., 215pp., foldout maps, cloth.Good, cover soiled and a bit worn. (a82960)
$22.00 Baddeley, St. Clair . RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE FORUM 1898 - 1904
London 1904 George Allen. Being a handbook for travellers. 16mo., 115pp., photo illustrations, large foldout map, limp green cloth. Good, light wear. (a82962)
$30.00Lumby, Christopher. COOK'S TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK TO PALESTINE SYRIA & IRAQ
London 1934 6th edition Simpkin Marshall. Hardcover. 12mo., maps and plans by Bartholomew, map of excavated sites and two sketch maps on monuments and sites of Palestine by John Garstang, cloth. Amazing condition: Near Fine, tiny tear in outer edge of one foldout map in the very scarce VG DJ, very light wear, spine a bit faded. (a83371)
$195.00 Imperial Japanese Government Railways . AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO EASTERN ASIA TRANS-CONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA VOL. II SOUTH-WESTERN JAPAN
1914 first edition. Limp Hardcover. 12mo., 370pp., color frontis, color folding maps, gilt printed limp boards covered with tan cloth and with endpaper maps. Top edge gilt. Near Fine. No ownership marks. Outstanding condition! (a83463)
$370.00 Hare, Augustus J. C. . FLORENCE
London 1914 eighth edition Kegan Paul. Hardcover. 12mo., 310p., foldout map, plans, illustrations, very dark brown cloth with red horizontal lines and gilt lettering and rouged fore-edges. Bookstore label on title page. VG plus. Excellent condition. (a85346)
$33.00 Williamson, H . HANDBOOK AND GUIDE TO SPAIN (VOLUME 1 OF IBERIAN HANDBOOKS)
Madrid 1949 first edition. Times of Spain. 956p. All maps and charts present. Large foldout map in rear. Good, text lightly toned; inner hinges cracked. Packed with information about postwar Spain. No ownership marks. (a88953)
$45.00Chile. CHILE IS LIKE THIS - A GUIDE BOOK
Santiago 1960 first edition. Chilean North American Cultural Institute. small octavo. Original printed wraps. 145p. In English. Near VG. slight cover toning. (a88957)
$23.00United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. TOUR IN SECURITY
no date. 1919 or 1920. first edition. Brochure with large foldout map of the United States "Official AutoTrails 1919 " for Ohio, Western New York, Michigan, Western Pennsylvania by Rand McNally. Two-color map. Map is Fine. Folder is Good. (a89048)
$25.00 . DINKELSBUHL
no date given, appears to be c. 1930. Albrecht Rothenburg ob der Tauber. octavo wraps. Dramatic cover design in black and red of two-headed bird. about 30p. in German. Two foldout maps of old Dinkelsbuhl, twentieth century photo illustrated postcard of Dinkelsbuhl laid in. Several line drawings in text. Advertisements for local hotels and restaurants. VG, no ownership marks. (a89651)
$35.00 Regel, Fritz . WURZBURG UND UMGEBUNG MIT STADTPLAN UND VIELEN ILLUSTRATIONEN
Stuttgart. no date. c. 1920. 12mo wraps. Double page color map. 120p. Large foldout color map in rear. Photo illus . Book seller stamp on cover. Good, a very few light pencil marks in text. (a89655)
$27.00 (paris guide) . L'INDISPENSABLE PARIS PAR ARRONDISSEMENT NOUVEAU REPERTOIRE DES RUES METRO AUTOBUS
n.d (c.1922). 16mo., 2 large foldout maps, cloth. Fairly Good one map torn along fold lines; text toned and slightly brittle. Complete. Binding secure; no ownership marks. (a9340x)
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