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N. p., (J. T. Moss). 1909. Large 8vo. 235 x 175 mm., [9 1/4 x 7 inches]. 400 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs taken especially for this volume. Original cloth, with medallion of the Red Cross in center of the upper board and the title in gilt surrounding the..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Large 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches]. xxix, [1], 329 pp. Illustrated with one hundred illustrations throughout the text. Bound in original red paper boards, white linen cloth spine, red cloth wrapper; tail of spine with some minor transfer..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1932. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. 200 pp. Illustrated with 20 collotype reproductions. Original black cloth; stamped in gilt, top edge stained black. Original cream dust jacket, plain wrappers. Bookseller's ticket of Paul Elder & Co., San Francesco to rear..... More
Boston: Houghton, Miffllin and Company, at the Riverside Press, 1884. 8vo. 175 x 125 mm., [7 x 4 3/4 inches]. 300 pp., plus 8 pp. of ads for H/M travel books. Original blue publisher's cloth. Very good copy.First edition thus, two of the chapters appeared in The Atlantic in 1881..... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1918]. With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Pascoe and Eight others Illustrations. 8vo. 225 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 1/2 inches]. [xii], 274 pp., plus31 pp. ads for Methuen publications, dated February 1931. Bound in Original blue cloth, title in gilt set within..... More
New York City, N. Y. 1920-21. Collection of 263 photographic postcards documenting a New York City Italian American family’s return to Italy to visit family members and tour the country. The photographs show an enthusiastic family embracing their extended family and the country from which they emigrated. The photos include: ..... More
London: Chatto and Wndus, 1878. 8vo. 195 x 140 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. xii, 283 pp., plus 36 pp. ads dated October 1877. Illustrated with 10 full-page plates and 18 half-page wood engravings by Randolph Caldecott. Original decorated publisher's cloth; edges bumped and showing very minor wear;..... More
London: Nicholas Kaye, 1955. 8vo. 225 x 155 mm., [8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches]. 226 [2] pp. Illustrated with a folding map of Naples and 173 heliogravure photo reproductions. Original cloth , dust jacket; jacket chipped at head and tail of spine and a bit fragile; protected with mylar..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. 8vo. 125 x 160 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches]. 6, 351 pp. Fully illustrated with plates and images in the text. Cloth, dust jacket.First edition. "This wonderful chronicle of Florence is worthy of the City and its lucky inhabitants. Reading it..... More
New York: Book of the Month Club, 1992. 8vo. 235 x 160. [9 1/4 x 6 inches]. xxviii, 682, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout with reproductions for early books and charts, chosen by Joan Paterson Kerr. Cloth with dust jacket; in original blue cloth box; cloth of box showing some discoloration. ..... More
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1927. 8vo. 230 x 160 mm., [9 x 6 1/4 inches]. [xiv], 305 pp. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, 33 photographic plates by Marian O. Hooker and 4 by permission of the Architectural Book Publishing Company. Original blue cloth, decorated gilt cover and..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1925. Folio. 310 x 240 mm., [12 x 9 ¼ inches]. 13 pp. text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 126 photogravures. Original gray cloth, decorated with the title in blue; dust jacket, with a chip at the head of the spine. Very good..... More
ca. 1930. Oblong 4to. 240 x 320 mm., [9 ¼ x 12 ½ inches]. Illustrated with 40 photographic gravure reproductions. Bound in still paper wrappers, sewn with red cord; some discoloration of paper stock but sound and attractive copy. Souvenir of the City of Florence illustrated with the iconic sites..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. xxiv, 603 pp. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and a folding map, and 58 photo reproductions printed on glossy paper in the text. Publisher’s decorated green cloth and spine; showing minor..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, Ld. 1905. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 inches]. 235 pp. Illustrated with a folding map of Southern Italy and a few illustrations in the text. Original green publisher's cloth, title and decoration in gilt on cover; title and author on spine; spine..... More
Boston: Shepard, Clark and Brown, 1859. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm., [7 1/2 x 5 inches]. 336 pp. Bound in original publisher's brown textured cloth. Bookplate of Seton Hall College, dated June 25th, 1862. Excellent copy.First edition, also published under the title My Unknown Chum. Charles Bullard Fairbanks was Boston born and..... More
New York: James Pott & Co., 1907. 8vo. 215 x 155 mm., [8 1/2 x 6 inches]. xii, 323 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 29 half tone photographs. Publisher's decorated terra cotta cloth; spine sunned and a bit soiled, otherwise a very good copy.First impression..... More
New York and Londong: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches]. xxiv, 385 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 48 half tone photographs. Original decorated publisher's cloth, some slight water damage to the upper cover.Account of Sicily at the turn of..... More
Trento, Alto Adige: Travel and Tourist Office, 1927. 12mo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Illustrated with two folding maps and half tone photographs of Trento and its environs. Original printed wrappers; minor wear to the edges, a small stain at the upper corner of the..... More
