Brown's New Plan of Hull
Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding.
Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue.
Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.
Europe
The Florence Stories: The English Channel (The Florence Stories, IV)
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1863. Hard Cover.
Small stain on front board, light general wear.
252 pp. 10 pages of publisher ads follow text. Engraved frontispiece, title page and plates. "The Florence Stories is a six volume series written by Jacob Abbott. As with many of Abbott's series, this.....
Viaggio da Napoli a Castellammare con 42 Disegni di Achille Gigante
Napoli: Associazione Napoletana per i Monumenti e il Paesaggio / Tipografia Gennaro D'Agostino, 1965. Limited Edition. Trade Paperback.
Limited edition, #398 of 550. Light wear to corners.
310, [5] pp. Plain wrappers, printed dust jacket. Italian text. 1965 reissue of Alvino's 1845 account of 19th century Naples, with 42 illustrations.....
Viaggio da Milano ai Tre Laghi Maggiore, di Lugano e di Como e ne' Monti Che li Circondano
Milano: Dalla Tipografia di Giovanni Silvestri, 1814. Fourth Edition. Half-Leather.
Fourth edition. Includes fold-out map. Boards lightly rubbed, contemporary owner bookplate (Buri) and modern owner bookplate on front endpaper, lightly foxed.
8, 325, [1] pp. 8vo. Fold-out map follows text. A 19th century travelogue of Milan by the scholar, writer, and scientist who taught ecclesiastical.....
Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1891. Hard Cover.
Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper.
lxii, 401 pp. With 13 maps and 20 plans. CONTENTS: Introduction: A) Belgium, B) Holland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Maps; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations.
Observations on Italy.
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Rebacked with plain brown cloth, new headband, endpapers, and flyleaves. Boards lightly foxed with minor internal chip to paper on rear board, a few text pages lightly foxed.
xii, 331 pp. 8vo. A 19th century Italian travelogue "[o]n.....
Viaggio Storico e Pittorico Ossia Guida Della Toscana
. Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1975. Rosaspina, Bernardino. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
[6], 16, [2] pp. Italian text. 44 leaves of engraved plates. A 1975 facsimile of the 1830s tour of Tuscany featuring engraved illustrations by Bernardino Rosaspina.
Scotland
New York: Fall River Press, 1998. 8th Printing. Large Hardcover.
8th printing. Rear jacket faintly rubbed.
256 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/8. Color photographs throughout. A pictorial journey through the beautiful country of Scotland.
A Panorama of Rural England
New York: Chanticleer Press. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. No publisher date (circa early - mid 1900s). No jacket. A few pages lightly creased.
318 pp. With 48 plates on colour and 137 illustrations in black-and-white. Introduction by Edmund Blunden. Edited by W.J. Turner. CONTENTS: English Villages; English Country.....
The Hidden Serbia
. Karic Foundation, 2003. Large Hardcover.
A nice copy.
149 pp. "A beautiful photographic expose of the eastern European land of Serbia."
Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson (Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, Isham Collection)
New York: The Literary Guild, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Lacks jacket. Bookplate and ink name and address on front endpaper.
xxviii, 520 pp. Edited from the original manuscript, a more informal journal than Boswell's Life of Johnson, and considered by many scholars to be his best.....
Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773 (The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell)
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Jacket corners rubbed, jacket lightly toned, ink name on front endpaper.
xxviii, 520 pp. Edited from the original manuscript, a more informal journal than Boswell's Life of Johnson, and considered by many scholars to be his best work
.....
Ireland
London: Vista Books, 1960. Trade Paperback.
Spine creased, one-and-a-half inch tear to front wrapper along spine, wrappers and pages lightly toned.
191 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Then: When No English Were There - The Agony of the Gaels - The Ireland of Silence - Liberty to Do What? - Foreign Brothers;.....
Strathclyde
Glasgow: Collins, 1985. Large Hardcover.
Price clipped, large tear on right flap.
128 pp. All the varied aspects of Strathclyde have been captured superbly here by Douglas Corrance's camera and Eddie Boyd's pen, but what has, most of all, caught the eye of one and the imagination of the other.....
Highways and Byways in the Lake District
London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Pennell, Jopseh. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. No jacket. Spine lightly faded.
xii, 332. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Woodcut illustrations by Joseph Pennell throughout.
Alla ricerca degli itinerari perduti / In Search of Lost Itineraries
Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 1988. Large Hardcover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Top corner lightly bumped, owner bookplate on front endpaper.
167, [1]; 22 pp. Italian text, with English translation included in a separate paperback supplement. A collection of narratives of Italian voyages by notable individuals, with reproductions of color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.....
Viaggiatori stranieri in terra di Siena
Roma: Monte Dei Paschi di Siena, 1986. Large Hardcover.
Top page ridge lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy.
331, [2] pp. Italian text. A tour of Sienna profusely illustrated with color photographs and illustrations, and reproductions of historical illustrations and documents.
Life on the Lagoons
London: Rivingtons, 1900. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition. Ink name and date on half-title page, owner bookplate on front endpaper.
[vi], 297, 31, [1] pp. 8vo. A history and topography of the area surrounding Venice, by the Scottish historian specializing in Italian history, and best known for his Calendar of.....
Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6)
London: A.C. Fifield, 1913. Hard Cover.
New and enlarged edition. Front matter and page ridges foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper.
335, [16] pp. 8vo. An account of holidays in Italy, by the author of the Utopian satire Erewhon and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. This edition.....
Zig-Zag Journeys in Classic Lands; or Tommy Toby's Trip to Mount Parnassus.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1881 reprint. Edges rubbed.
xii, 318 pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Decorative endpapers. Includes black and white illustrations. Zigzag Journeys in Europe, and its large sale and continued success have led the publishers and the writer to plan a series of entertaining and instructive.....
Dall'Arno al Tebro: Escursioni per la Provincia d'Arezzo
. Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1986. Hard Cover.
Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
346 pp. 8vo. Italian text. 1986 facsimile of the edition published in Pistoia in 1889-90. A guide to the Italian province of Arezzo, including several large fold-outs.
An American Four-in-Hand in Britain
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Bierstadt, E. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Inscribed but not signed on the dedication page by the author to Theodore Fry, a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880-1895, and his wife ('Mr and Mrs. Theodore Fry, with the.....
A Northern Summer; or, Travels Round the Baltick; through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany. in the Year 1804.
New-London. Cady & Eells, 1806. Second Edition. Full-Leather.
Second Connecticut edition. Front board loose, front hinge repaired, 'Milford Library No 270.' in black ink on title page.
x, [11]-330, [4] pp. 12mo. A European travelogue by the itinerant voyager who also wrote The Stranger in Ireland and The Stranger in.....
Some Effects of the Climate of Italy
London: John Churchill and Sons / J.E. Adlard, 1865. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First edition in book form. Presentation copy - 'With the author's compliments' in ink on front endpaper, owner bookplate on front paste-down, faint stain to board edges.
95, [1] pp. 8vo. An examination of the health benefits.....
All the Best in Scandinavia: Revised Notes, 1957-1958
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
1958 revised edition. Jacket edges rubbed with small chips and small tears, price redacted on front jacket flap.
xxv, 413 pp. With updated notes supplement. Maps on endpapers, 16 pages of photographs. Sydney Clark writes with vivacity and charm.....