Search Results: Travel, Exploration and Adventure from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Hong Kong, New York: Odyssey Books & Guides, 2005. Paperback. Slight wear to edges, but very clean and tightly bound, great condition. Very Fine.. Octavo, Stiff paper wraps, 768 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 22 cm. Afghanistan -- History; Guidebooks.

Firenze: Rinascimento del Libro, 1938. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Edges and margins mildly foxed in parts; DJ very lightly chipped; a few l small nick and tear (about .25 inches) to spine crown; else Very Good and tight.. Medium octavo in offwhite wraps overlaid with original DJ-like printed paper wraps; 233pp. + toc; sepia photos. Scarce. No copies located in WorldCat. In Italian. Only 1,000 copies printed, as stated in colophon. Numeorus interesting photos in sepia. A history of the Arezzo regione of Italy. Arezzo was an important area of Etruscan civilization, and is the birthplace of Petrarch, Aretino and Vasari -- among others. || Arezzo (Arretium) ; Tuscany.

London: A.C. Fifield, 1913. New and enl. ed. / with author's revisions and index, and an introd. by R.A. Streatfeild. Hardcover. Minor sunning to slightly worn spine, very faint spotting to front cover; thus a nice older copy. Red octavo (reddish gold spine) ; 335 p., [1] leaf of plates : illus, music ; 20 cm. Piemonte (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Ticino (Switzerland) -- Illustrations.

Darwin: Resource Managers, 1986. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Fine with very light rubbing to bottom board edges; in Near Fine DJ with very faint sunning to spine and faint edgewear.. Small quarto in dark purple, photo-illus DJ ; 96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Excellent photography, with much on the floral and faune and geography of Kakadu National Park and Arhem Land. || Native peoples ; indigenous people of Australia ; Aboriginal Australians. Australia -- Description and travel.

Milano: Fratelli Treves, Editori, 1894. 25a edizione. Hardcover. Owner name in pen to title page; else Very Good with mild edge-wear to boards. In a very tight sewn binding. Text block clean.. Octavo in brown quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt lettering to spine; 577pp. Surprisingly scarce in the earlier editions. Edmondo De Amicis (1846 - 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet and short-story writer. His best-known work is the children's novel: Heart (Cuore).

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Smaller octavo in a dark forrest green DJ (grey spine title) ; 296 p. ; 20 cm. Author signed title page // Elephants -- Fiction -- Grandmothers -- Travel -- Adventure -- Forrest -- Nature.

Paris: Nouveaux-loisirs, 2004. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A fine new copy. A white octavo paperback; 1 v, (324 p) : illus ; 23 cm. France -- Maps -- Travel.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Bumped corners, slight wear to spine head and spine foot fold, few wear spots to edge and rear board, bright pages; binding is tight. Very good.. Red brown-cloth quarto; 136 p, b&w illus (some color); 28 cm. Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Select corners bumped, white marks to rear board of volume one, faint marks to boards and fore edge of volume two, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. Two brown-cloth octavo volumes; xviii, 448 ; v, 512 p, [23] leaves of b&w plates, b&w illus/maps; 22 cm. Australia -- Discovery and exploration.; History.

Paris: Éditions Jeune Afrique, 1974. Paperback. Slight wear to edges, clean copy and tighly bound. Near Fine.. Quarto, 227 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm. 88 colour photographs, 14 maps and curcuits. Uncommon guidebook to Lebabon with many interesting color photos. Printed on costed stock. 1970s Lebanon. || Lebanon -- Guidebooks., Pre-Civil War.

Novato, Calif: Presidio Press, 1981. First edition, first printing (presumed; no later printings stated). Paperback. Near Fine. Small octavo in blue, color-illus wraps; vi, 277 p. : illus with b/w photos ; 21 cm; index, bibliography: p. 267-270. Paperback original. Signed and inscribed by the author. A nice copy of an infromativeand now vintage guide to Marin Count in the San Francsico Bay Area of Northern California. || Marin County (California) -- Guidebooks. Marin County (Calif.) -- History, Local.

Sydney: Horden House, 1999. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Negligible rubbing to spine foot and board edges (extremely slight), else fine. A very crisp, bright copy. As new. Multicolored folio (yellow goat-skin spine); 32, [16], 72, [2], 64, [1], [1] double leaf of plates : illus (some color), maps (some color), portraits. (one color); 31 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies. || Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch; History.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Fine in Very Fine DJ. Octavo with speckled yellowish-gold boards ; DJ ; x, 195 p. illus. 23 cm., bibliography. An extremely crisp copy. || Ocean and deep sea treasure || Originally printed in Great Britain || Very nice copy with DJ of First American Printing.

Leipsic [Leipzig]: K. Baedeker;, 1881. 7th ed. "Remodeled and Augmented". Hardcover. A very good+ copy with minor external war. Tight and clean inside. All maps present. Small folding tear to front map.. 12mo in limp red cloth with gilt titles; xi, 392, 28, [1] p. incl. front. (tab.) illus. 10 maps, 30plans. 16 cm. Travel guides, 19th Century. Paris (France) -- Guidebooks.

Seattle, Wash: Sea Script Co, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine bright clean copy, in a fine DJ. Quarto in sky blue DJ ; xii, 204 p : color illus ; 29 cm. Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- Guidebooks.

Big Pine Key, Fla: Litoky, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Very gentle wear to spine head & foot, moderately rubbed & clipped bottom corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).. White octavo; 154 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. Uncommon. || Fiction. Florida. Ocean life. Seashore. Dolphins. Fishing.

Milano: F. Treves, 1899. Paperback. Near Fine thus with light wear to wraps (a few reading creases to spine). Octavo in plain white blank paper wraps (no titles); 455 p. ; 19 cm. In Italian. Scarce; only six copies in WorldCat. || Voyages around the world. Fano, Giulio, 1856- -- Travel. India -- Description and travel. China -- Description and travel.

London: Queen Anne, 1988. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Boards in excellent condition, nice and clean bright pages in tight binding. Fine in Fine DJ.. Quarto in green DJ; [192] p : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Historic sites -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks.

Sydney: Hordern House, 1996. First edition thus (stated). Hardcover. Very faint marks to spine, else fine.. Multicolored octavo (dark blue leather spine); xxxi, 103 p, [7] folded leaves of plates : b&w illus/map ; 22 cm. This edition is limited to 950 copies. || Polynesia -- Description and travel.