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Catalogue: Books and Publications: Travel (8)

Art of the West, Romanesque & Gothic, 2 Vols, Focillon Books and Publications: Art: Pre 1970 item# 1120912
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Beautiful two-volume set of The Art of the West by Henri Focillon, handsomely printed by Phaidon in 1963. Heavily illustrated. Volume I, Romanesque Art, has 159 plates. The previous owner's name is written on the inside cover and there are numerous underlinings and notes on the text pages. That owner apparently did not get to Volume II, Gothic Art, because there are no underlinings. That volume has 165 plates. The plates are very high quality black and white a was typical of the Phaidon art b ...click for details

Appalachian Trail Reader, edited by David Emblidge Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 2000 item# 1106077
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Wonderful anthology includes background and articles about the trail from south to north. Published in 1996 by Oxford University Press, paperback, 382pp., in "like new" condition.

Stained Glass Tours in Germany, Austria and the Rhine Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 1930 item# 1089432
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The author, Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, also wrote books outlining stained glass tours in France, England and Italy. First published in 1927, this is probably a first English edition. Published by The Bodley Head, London, with a price of "Fifteen Shillings Net" on the front of the dust jacket. Eighteen illustrations. The charming jacket is protected in a mylar cover. In very good condition for its age, shows minor wear at top and bottom of spine. Front endpapers have map of German area ...click for details

Useful for Travelers: Book on Spanish Fish & Seafood Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 1990 item# 1087342
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"Guía de Pescados y Mariscos de consumo usual en España" is a very interesting and useful guide to the fish and seafood available in Spain. We used it to good advantage on a six-week drive through the country; we had found it difficult to translate the names of all the menu offerings. This is a laminated hardback, 7 7/8 inches by 4 7/8 inches — pocketable. It contains information on 197 items: drawings, names in other languages, size, distribution and quality of taste. There are also ...click for details

Marine Distance and Speed Table, Waterman Steamship Co. Books and Publications: Transportation: Pre 1970 item# 1031627
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Loads of interesting information in 716 pages in a leatherette binding in very good condition. "RP Operations" written on ffep. Speed table shows how long it takes a ship to travel various distances at various speeds. Most of the pages contain distances between various ports of call. Published by Waterman Steamship Corporation of Mobile, Alabama, whose home building is illustrated in a drawing on the first page. This is Third Printing, with corrections, March 1970. Label on back pasted ...click for details

Columbia SC: Cornerstone of the Carolinas McDonald NEW Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 2000 item# 909304
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Beautiful large (quarto) book loaded with 150 pictures about Columbia, South Carolina (SC)-- architecture, organizations, people. By award-winning journalist Bill McDonald who "serves up South Carolina's handsome -- and neighborly -- capital city." Corporate profiles by Frank Giardina. ISBN 0-9628128-5-4 with $39.50 price on flap of dust jacket.

Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: England - 14 Tours Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 1990 item# 830738
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"14 FASCINATING WALKS THAT FOLLOW THE PATHS OF THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY WRITERS, THEIR SLEUTHS AND CHARACTERS." -- from the cover. Authors are Alzina Stone Dall and Barbara Sloane Hendershott. Walks are: Bath, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Dorchester/Charmouth, Ely, Greenwich/Blackheath, Newmarket, Oxford, Salisbury, Shrewsbuy, Stratford-on-Avon, Thames River trip, and Windsor/Eton/Ascot. Includes maps. Endpapers are maps of England. Like new condition with small bit of residue ...click for details

Baedeker's Great Britain, 8th Revised Edition, 1927 Books and Publications: Travel: Pre 1930 item# 675502
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Revised Eighth Edition, 1927. Good used condition, with panorama and appears to have all the maps. Previous owner's name on first page. These are the classic guides to travel, still fascinating and useful.

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