Search Results: Travel from Great Expectations Rare Books

Vercelli, Italy: VMB Publishers / White Star Editions, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large folio bound in pictorial laminated boards, in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket with matching cover art. 512 pages, List of Sites, Bibliography, Index. Copiously illustrated throughout with color photographs and large double gate-fold map. Third printing. No previous ownership marks. A square, clean, fresh and unmarked copy in like jacket. Book like new, in very scarce jacket which is near as new, with no tears or chips. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. Due to weight media mail only. .

New York: Zagat Survey LLC, 2012. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback bound in Skivertex Recover flexible binding. 332 pages. Fold out city map at rear. Not ex-library. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine. .

New York: Zagat Survey LLC, 2012. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback bound in Skivertex Recover flexible binding. 364 pages. Fold out city map at rear. Not ex-library. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine. .

New York: Zagat Survey LLC, 2013. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback bound in Skivertex Recover flexible binding. 364 pages. Fold out city map at rear. Not ex-library. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine. .

New York: HarperResource, 2002. Trade paperback, tall octavo. 176 pages. Illustrated with maps. Third edition. The only guide that leads you street by street into the hearts of cities. A clean, square, unmarked copy. No spine crease. No previous ownership marks. Very good.. Third Edition. Softcover. Very Good.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Venice: Edizioni del Leone, 1994. Trade paperback. 71 pages. Signed presentation copy by author. Text in Italian. First edition. A series of diary entries concerning, among other things, trips to Italian lakes. Italian language edition, Mild scuff to front wrapper else as new, A near fine copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Isbister and Company Limited, 1903. Green decorative cloth stamped in red and gold. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings. Black coated endpapers. Signed on prelim as presentation copy by Julio Guardia, to whom Crockett has dedicated the book, writing "in recognition of the unwearied friendship which made this book possible" [from dedication page]. A nice association copy. Inner front hinge just starting and boards lightly shaken, though still a very good copy of an attractive book.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1890. Hardcover, red cloth decorated in black with gold background for title on front cover and spine. 299 pages. Illustrated with numerous full page and vignette engravings. First edition [circa 1890]. Last page of text torn, lacking approximately half of vertical page. Cloth age soiled and lightly worn, private gift inscription on blank prelim. But for torn page a nice example of later nineteenth century true tales of adventure, in publisher's original decorative binding. Book is sound, with strong hinges and no loose pages. Text and illustrations are clean, with only sporadic light foxing. Not ex-library. A scarce title, with only six copies located in World Catalog. Fair. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Viking, 1995. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 304pp. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with number line intact on copyright page. ""After Sorrow" spans an American woman's twenty-five years of experience in Viet Nam. It is the story of the ordinary Vietnamese whom Americans fought against but never had the chance to know... "After Sorrow" centers on the last eight years, during which Lady made repeated visits to thres villages...". No previous owner's name, no book-plate, no remainder mark, etc. A clean , square copy with slight blemish to front board, else fine. A vry good+ copy in a very good+ dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Achorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 27th edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 240 pages. Index. Illustrated with vignette photographs and maps. Includes the wacky wisdom of Mr. Whitekeys. Twenty-seventh edition. The essential travel guide to Alaska. No previous ownership marks, small travel agency sticker on title-page. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine. .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949. Hardcover, gray cloth, no dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs and map. Another in the popular series of travel books by this author. Good or better.. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Koln, Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag/Evergreen, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio sized volume bound in bright red paper covered boards and glossy publisher's dust-jacket. 159 pages. Text by Eliane Faure. Illustrated with 148 evocative color photographs by Christian Sappa and a map. First edition thus [in English]. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Media mail only for this item..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. Cloth hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with numerous monochrome photographs from the author's travels. The story of the people's of modern Russia told as through a travel narrative of some 20,000 miles, extending from the Ukraine and Crimea to Siberia, Central Asia and Georgia. Some of the palces the author visited include Leningrag, Moscow, Kharov, Kiev, Yalta, Tiflis, Barnaul, Siberia, Tashkent and Samarkand. A nice solid copy, internally clean and well bound. Dustjacket edge-worn and showing moderate soiling from age.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Hardcover in non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with drawings by F.L. Jaques. Dustjacket chipped, edgeworn and soiled. Story o f the author's trip up the west coast by rail and on up to Alaska by paddle steamer. Includes travel in Texas also. Good+ copy in worn, fair dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2001. Trade paperback. 304 pages. Index. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and a map. Reprint edition, new and expanded. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy, a near as new copy. Near fine. . Reprint. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. Red cloth stamped in black. Illustrated with numerous photographs and maps, several maps reproduced in color. Edited by Isaiah Bowman. Taylor was a prolific writer on Australian culture and customs, albiet this book is quite uncommon, and rarely found in such good conditon.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

Harow, Middlesex, UK: Michelin, 1992. Paperback, tall octavo bound in stiff green wraps. 258 pages. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Stated first edition [front cover]. No previous ownership marks. Radius covers are clean and text is unmarked. No spine crease. Bulked edges of book block shows mild foxing, else a very good copy. Good. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1973. Black cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with drawings by author. A humorous introduction to the inland waterways of northern Europe and the art of cnal navigation. Dustjacket age soiled at fore=edge, else Fine in very good dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Aurum Press, 1991. Large format trade paperback. 195pp., Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A guide for the intelligent traveller. A very clean, square, unread copy. As new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1951. Yellow cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with drawings by Thonton Oakley. A travel book of the Caribbean, with material on Cuba. Fine in near fine dustjacket.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.