Search Results: Travel & Geography from Pat Zadina Books

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Bohemia, hungary, lower austria, upper austria, styria, galicia and moravia are all included. 532 pages The book has a full leather cover with raised bands on spine and decorated in gold leaf - title and author. There is wear to the front and back spine where the leather has worn off. Some marks on leather cover. Looks great on the bookshelf. Interior is fine, End pages are marble and all edges are marbled... 1st Edition. Full Black Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is one of the Royal Canadian Editions of the Beautiful Britain series of which 1000 were printed. This is a full Blue Moroccon Leather that has some shelf wear and wear and a tear to the upper spine.. There is a gilt dragon with a coat of arms on the front and TEG. There are 5 raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Blue silk endpapers and 223 pages. Also listed are two more of the same series in the same binding - Beautiful; Britain - Oxford" and "Beautiful Britain - Vanished and Vanishing London". 75 illustrations are as bright as when they were published. Portions of the table of contents are: London as a piece of mosaic; the color of london, the city, great buildings, westminister, the river, great men, commonplace scenes - these are just a few of the chapter headings. Fully indexed. An overall great book for lovers of Great Britain and London in particular. Priced for the wear indicated.. Royal Canadian Edition. Full Blue… Read More

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is one of the rare Beautiful Britain Royal Canadian Edition versions of the A.C. Black series on Britain. of whiich only 1000 copies were published. This one in particular has beautiful illustrations many of whcih were painted by the author. He explored the older portions of London which have since been "improved" away. He hunted up old documents and carefully checked other resources for accuracy of his discriptions. 294 pages. Of the 75 illustrations - whcih are still as bright as when they were published- 60 of the represented buildings had disappeared at time of publication. His breakdown for the contents almost reads as an itinerary - Southwark; The city and east end; the ward of farringdon without; the inns of court and chancery; the western section. This is the London of long ago and the London of English Literature. A godd leather book with gilt title (Vanishing London) with gilt dragons and coat of arms on the front and 5 raised… Read More

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is another of the Royal Canadian Editions of the Beautiful Britain series. This one is in full blue moroccon leather with TEG, gilt emblems on the font along with the title, 5 raised bands with title in gilt on the spine. Thie book has 60 illustrations and 265 pages, This edition matches three others that are also listed, Beautiful Britain, Vanished and vanishing London and Beautiful Britain - Scenery of London. Some of the table of contents are: On entering oxford, the stones of oxford, undergrauates of the present and past, college servants of the present and the past, the oxford day, in a college garden, old oxford days, in praise of oxford. The author states that many of the pages came from a search into his own recollections of Oxford. along with his use of other research materials. There were only 1000 of these books issued. A good looking book with some shelf wear to the leather and a faded spine - blue silk endpages complement the covers -… Read More

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is #39/1000 of the Royal Canadian Limited Edition of this series. This book has the map - (I haven't found any others listed that included the map). The book is covered in a beautiful maroon leather with silk matching endpapers. The spine has faded but otherwise in beautiful condition. There is an engraved castle on the front cover TEG) There are 75 beautiful colored engravings of the Surrey countryside - colors are as fresh today as when originally published. A map of the Surrey area is attached in back - and is in as new condition. Priced according to the fading indicated on the spine. I have listed others in the Beautiful Britain series - (Vanishing London, Scenery of London and Oxford) - all with full blue morocco leather bindings.. Royal Canadian Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Sutton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Paris: Hotel Plaza-Athenee This is a small hotel accessory that was given to guests of the hotel.. It includes a large pullout map of Paris with points of interest along with a few pages describing the amenities that they can use. There is also a small separate booklet regarding the use of the hotel's safe. On the inside cover is the previous owner's name with the apartment number and date of departure (I think it is 8/1 1957.) The map has one tear along a fold line. . Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Florence: Giulio Giannini & Son, 1923. This is a small booklet of 42 pages with some wonderfull illustrations and a great introduction of Sims. In it he mentions that Rossetti stated that Browning had an understanding and knowledge of early italian art that surpassed Ruskin's at the time. There are notes at the end of the poem itself. Browning expresses his love of the Renaissance period. Some have felt that this poem might reflect his own thoughts of his works being lost someday. The Booklet has a yellow and blue starburst decorated cover - with a tear at the top of the booklet. The interior is fine except for natural aging. A nice little find for Browning lovers or those who love Florence, italy.. Decorative Paper. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Borland Press, 1929. This is a limited edition of 2500 copies of which this is no (1). Book has a flexible leather binding with a gilt illustration of a man and a music scale with the words of "should auld acquaintances..." under the notes. Title in gilt - top edges gilt. Overall condition is good with wear to the top and bottom of spine and some wear to the bend in the cover's spine on the front - also some lifting to the cover from the cardboard that can be easily glued. Previous owner's name on inside end page. Many wonderful illustrations. A wonderful addition to a New York collection - and it adds another look at the wonderful New York story. . Limited Edition. Flexible Black Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.