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Description: "...stupendous mountains that are a magnet for the whole world in summer and winter alike, colourful lakes, lovely old towns, picturesque villages, good food, excellent hotels, a public transportation system as effiecient as a good Swiss watch and a welcome second to none." -- Page 3

Publisher Information: Copyright date - 1979, revised edition date - 1981, Charles Letts, London, England, # Pages - 95, softcover, pocket size, includes illustrations, maps, vocabulary.

Overall Condition: Good: structurally intact and tight, pages still white, minimal overall soil and wear, shows some minor edge and corner wear on cover, owner name inside front

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Frommers, 2004. Wraps are clean, spine unbent. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fodor's. Very Good. 2007. Paperback. 1400017823 . Fodor's Gold Guides; Ex-Library; 1.3 x 7.9 x 5 Inches; 560 pages .

New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. HC. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. The author, who has had the opportunity to know the Swiss as they really are, dusts off most of the familiar Swiss legends, and lightens the dark corners of history with many little-known facts, and much of his own erudite wit. 271pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2003. 1st Ed. PBO. Very light soiling at page edge else near fine. . AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE. A Passport To Peril Mystery.The hills are alive with the sound of murder. Set in Switzerland. Female sleuth.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993, 1993. Paperback. VG+. 337pp. Index, illus, Maps. Sticker back, wear extremities.. Paperback. VG+.

NY: Columbia Univ. Press. Good; Ex-Lib with markins. 1967. Hardbound. 419 pages .

USA: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1909. Hardcover. used-binding inside front cover damaged and starting to come loose, page yellowing, no dust jacket/None. 5.5x8.5. “Switzerland: Described by Great Writers” (1909), by Esther Singleton. A book about Switzerland as a travel destination for Americans touring Europe. Features a collection of articles discussing various cities, landmarks and attractions of Switzerland. Illustrated with many photographic pages. Author Esther Singleton (1865-1930) was a prolific American author and journalist. Her dozens of books included topics such as furniture, European cities, and The Shakespeare Garden.

Bern, Switzerland: Verlag Paul Haupt/ Schweitzer Heimatbucher (Band 67), ©1955. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, faint curl. 3/8" (1.4cm) rip at bottom of spine hinge. 52 pages ( 20 of text, balance full-page, black and white photos), glued binding, 9.5x7.25" (24.1x18.4cm).

London: Headline, 1991. 2nd ed. with complete number line beginning with 2. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st novel. 2nd Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0862995094 . First edition. Very near fine in like, price clipped dust jacket. .

Basel, Switzerland: Christoph Merian Verlag, 2002. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 3856161813 132pp.

New York: James Pott & Co, 1900. HC. good, decorated green cloth (hardcover) faint dampstain bottom. B&W illustrations, map. Nice look at Switzerland. CONDITION NOTE - Faint dampstain at the bottom edge of the book block not affecting text. 371pp.

Bern,Switzerland: Oberpostdirektion, @1930. Oversize Paperback. POOR. Reading copy. Photo's have been cut out of pages: 11,12, 59,61,67 & 79. Touring Switzerland. 1930 Swiss map (Alpenposten Reisekarte der Schweiz) intact but wth small rip on binding edge. Tight, faint age tanning of pages, age soiled covers. Rubbed edges, piece missing from spine cover. Most facing pages have a map or sepia photo. 2 of 3 tipped in watercolor plates still with book. Wonderful period book on the Alps with text in German. Broschiert. 79 pages

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1989. First edition, May 1989, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first novel - introduces 6 ft, red-haired, artist Hanna Andrews. "A fabulous, long-lost triptych made for the last tsar of Russia by the great jeweler Faberge, a wealthy and unscrupulous collector with violent henchmen and a young American artist come together in Basel with predictable results in this mystery/thriller. Successful young painter Hanna Anders arrives in the Swiss city searching for her heritage, hinted at by her dead grandfather, a Russian refugee from the 1917 Revolution. With no real knowledge of what she is seeking, Hanna tries to follow clues about her family's past, then runs afoul of collector Octavian Demopolis, who knows about her connection to the triptych, which he wants to add to his secret collection. Hanna is rescued from Octavian's kidnap attempt by… Read More

1st edition. Very Good softcover in original glassine overwrap. Text in German/deutscher Sprache. Bright, clean covers and spine; tightly bound; gift inscription in pencil on front fly leaf; bright, clean interior with very slight age darkening along page edges. 16mo, 245 pp; many illustrations throughout. See, OCLC #879015224.

Switzerland: Libraire Payot Lausanne, (Undated). Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Text in French. 46 pages (7.25 x4.75") Switzerland described by the Romantics in quotes and landscape paintings (19 color illustrations).

Florence: Stabilimenti Tipograffici R. Bemporad. Good+. 1927. Hardcover. Boards browned and frail. Front board detached but present; A look at the history of Gruyere through the times of noblemen; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 143 pages .

Bern: Verlag A. Francke AG. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. DJ with minuite tears. Former owner's stamp on title page; Laid in is a "Fuehrer-Tarife" brochure, published by the Station Saas-Fee with prices and estimated times for mountain guides in this region. ; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .

Fayard, 1995. TPB. G+. 9x6x1. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. SMALL TO MODERATE AMT OF NOTES IN LIGHT PENCIL; OTHERWISE NEARLY NEW LOOKING