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An Umbrian Love Story : Coming Home to Via Del Duomo

An Umbrian Love Story : Coming Home to Via Del Duomo

by De Blasi, Marlena

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First Edition
Published
2007
ISBN
9781741149944
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy. Summary : After two years in their barely comfortable stable in San Casciano, Marlena and Fernando de Blasi know it's time to move on. They are looking for a home… Read more about this item
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Travels of a Victorian photographer : the photographs of Francis Frith / with texts by various writers, selected by Roger Hudson
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Travels of a Victorian photographer : the photographs of Francis Frith / with texts by various writers, selected by Roger Hudson

by Frith, Francis (photographs) & Hudson, Roger (selected)

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First Folio Society
Published
2001
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First Folio Society edition. Hardback binding in publisher's original British racing green buckram covered boards, printed archive sepia photographs to the front side, gilt back, photographic end sheets. Near Fine condition in slip case. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898 Travel Great BritainGreat Britain History 19th century Great Britain Social life and customs 19th centuryLiterary journeys Great Britain Photography, Artistic
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Four Guineas : A Journey through West Africa.
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Four Guineas : A Journey through West Africa.

by Elspeth Huxley

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1954
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Hardcover. Black Boards with Gilt Lettering in Red Box on Spine. Pages clean and tight. Unclipped DJ now protected in our mylar sleeve. Previous owners inscription removed. Overall a very nice copy. Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE, née Grant (1907 - 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known… Read more about this item
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Bon Appetit: Travels Through France With Knife, Fork and Corkscrew

Bon Appetit: Travels Through France With Knife, Fork and Corkscrew

by Mayle, Peter

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First Edition
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2001-12-01
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Hardcover. 1st Edition.Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy.Gastronomy is a wonderful starting point to study France and the French. As the retired school master from Provence says, "The religion of France is food. And wine, of course." And… Read more about this item
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See Rome and Eat
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See Rome and Eat

by Pepper, Beverly, Hobart, John

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Edition
First Edition First Impression
Published
1960
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Hardcover. Very Good+ 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Clipped Dust Jacket with minor wear : D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy. A gastronomic, historic, and photographic guide to Rome, with selected recipes." Drawings by the author & black-and-white photos by her husband throughout.
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ITALIAN HOLIDAY

by MAIS, S. P. B. & GILLIAN

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Edition
First Edition First Impression
Published
1954
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Condition: VG+. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Blue Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy. Contents: 1). Introduction. 2). Summer in Capri. 3). Summer in Capri - by Gillian Mais. 4). Winter in the Italian Alps. 5). Winter in the Italian Alps - by Gillian Mais.… Read more about this item
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MORBIHAN - Bretagne - Les documents de France - Editions Alépée
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MORBIHAN - Bretagne - Les documents de France - Editions Alépée

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1st Edition
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MORBIHAN - Bretagne Editions Alépée & Cie - Paris Collection "Les documents de France" Printed on high quality papier. Photos B/W et couleurs, Fold out Map, Place Ribbon, Inset card Gaston Villager Paul ?huel President du Conseil General Etat : très correct (petites taches sur la couverture, trace d'arrachage d'une étiquette en 1ère page) Couverture rigide Dimensions :940 grDepartemental du Tourisme
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Dreaming of East

Dreaming of East

by Hodgson, Barbara

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As New
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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2005
ISBN
9781553651185
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No inscriptions and not price clipped. The DJ is bright and clean with no shelf wear. The book itself is very smart with marbled navy blue boards and red letters to the spine. The book is fine - all tight, bright and clean. Decorative endpapers. 184 pages. Copious sepia and bl/wh photography . This book explores the enduring fascination that… Read more about this item
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A Boy's Voyage Round the World
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A Boy's Voyage Round the World

by SMILES, Samuel.

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1871
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Original green decorative cloth with gilt decoration & lettering. Contains twelve black & white illustrations. Book plate with original name plate and previous author's inscription. Very slight rubbing to extremities otherwise a very clean, tight copy. The journal of a sixteen year-old boy who went to sea from Yorkshire to Australia because of an "inflammation of the lungs". Tells of… Read more about this item
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The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt. Tenth edn.
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The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt. Tenth edn.

by WALLIS BUDGE, E.A.,

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Edition
Tenth Edition [Rare]
Published
1902
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A very clean, tight and rare copy in original brown cloth in very good condition. Very slight bumps to spine and covers. Title in gilt lettering on spine and upper boards, incl. gilt tooled hieroglyphs between a gilt border also on upper cover. Red marbled endpapers and marbled edges. (xxi), 955pp. 2 full-page maps as a double frontisp., many plates,… Read more about this item
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Illustrated Library of Travel: Travels in Arabia
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Illustrated Library of Travel: Travels in Arabia

by Taylor, Bayard

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Edition
Revised edition
Published
1892
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Original brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and designs on cover and along spine; very light rubbing along spine and tips. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for previous owners inscription dated 1892.
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Illustrated Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure Central Asia
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Illustrated Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure Central Asia

by Taylor, Bayard

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Revised edition
Published
1892
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Hardcover book with brown coated cloth over boards., gilt-stamped lettering on spine; pp. vi, 294, plus frontispiece and 15 beautifully engraved full-page plates. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed, else a clean, tight copy. Design stamped in black on cover and spine; lettering stamped in gold on cover and spine. Book is in very good condition. Cover has light,… Read more about this item
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A Dweller in Mesopotamia
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A Dweller in Mesopotamia

by Maxwell, Donald

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1921
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First Edition. With 28 fine plates, including 16 in colour and 12 in monochrome, and with 34 line drawings within the text, many of which are quite large, decorated title-page printed in black and red. Publisher's original olive cloth-covered boards backed in buckram and ruled and lettered on the spine in dark green titling to spine. Top edge of pages… Read more about this item
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Equator Crossings-Travelogue Extraordinary
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Equator Crossings-Travelogue Extraordinary

by Paul Huygelen

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As New
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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2008
ISBN
9781860632501
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As New Hardback in unclipped As New Dust jacket, 631 pages 32 Photographs 23.5cm x 15.5cm Equator Crossings: Travelogue Extraordinary is set against a backdrop of nineteenth-century Africa, Zanzibar, Europe and Oman. An upstage American press magnate's single three-letter-word telegram to his British competitor leads Henry Morton Stanley to 999 gruelling days of exploration in a quest to discover and define… Read more about this item
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Girls of Riyadh: A Novel

Girls of Riyadh: A Novel

by Alsanea, Rajaa

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Edition
First Edition
Published
2007
ISBN
9781594201219
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Near Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket in protective mylar. Hardcover first edition - First printing. A debut novel, originally published in Arabic in Lebanon, which discusses frankly the " social, romantic and sexual tribulations of four young women from elite classes of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Translated by Rajaa Alsanea and Marilyn Booth. Includes glossary of names, 286 pp. Originally… Read more about this item
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LUXE World Grand Tour Box Set
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LUXE World Grand Tour Box Set

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As New
Edition
First Fabulous Edition
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Box Set
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These iconic pocket-sized, ultra-savvy concertina guides are housed in this gorgeous World Grand Tour Box featuring a deep purple velvet covering with gilt lettering. Included are Bangkok, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. There are 12 matt-laminated fold out guides that have never been used. LUXE City Guides in this… Read more about this item
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Chateaux de la Loire
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Chateaux de la Loire

by Levron, Jacques

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good+
Edition
First English Edition
Published
1963
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Gilt embossed lettering to the front black boards and spine, top of pages green decoration. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs throughout. Fold out map following the title page. Slight shelf wear to bottom of spine, hidden under the wrapper in mylar protective cover. Slight foxing to end pages only. Clean and tight copy in very good condition.
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Eastern Glimpses

Eastern Glimpses

by Jarman Ethel

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Used - Very Good+
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Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1935
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Orig. cloth. Portrait frontisp. numerous b/w plates and a map. Boards are clean with Dust jacket in protective mylar. Pages clean and age-toned,. Author's signed to previous owners. " To Teddy and Eileen with old-time memories and every good wish, from Ethel Jarman."
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European Journey
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European Journey

by Gibbs Philip

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1934
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Blue Boards in protective mylar. Delightful full page drawings. Clean pages with uncut edges and blue to top slightly yellowed with age. In very good condition for the age. Early observations on Chancellor Hitler who came to power in 1933.
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European Holiday
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European Holiday

by Lawson, Jean

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1949
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Blue boards in protective mylar. Maps and photographs. Pages in good conditions with some yellowing due to age.
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