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With illustrations from photographs taken by the author. First edition. 192 pp.+50 photos h.t. R. H. Russell, New York, 1897.
--- Hardcover (publishers binding). Wear at the corners of the covers and the edges of the spine. Discoloration at covers. Top-edges gilt. B&W photographs. Pages bright and clean. Tight binding.

Photographs by G. Hoynegen-Huene, A. Costa, J. G. Tricoglou, H. List. First edition (stated). 116 pp. 25,5x19,5 cm. Country Life Limited, London, 1944.
--- Cloth-bound. Dust jacket has edgewear. Some discolouration on binding. Pages clean. B&W photographs. GOOD-

111 pp. Text in english and greek. B&W ills. Signed by the artist. Ygres Ekdoseis, Athens, 1996.
--- Born in Athens in 1955, he studied at the Athens Technological Organization (Doxiadis School) (1974-1977) and Graphic Arts and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland (1978-1983) under Henryk Tomaszewski and Teresa Pagowska. With a grant from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation he continued his studies in Painting under Nikos Kessanlis (1987-1991). In 1995 he designed one of the twelve sculptures (Art Clock Towers) produced by Swatch for the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta. He has designed posters, participated in international contests and won the first prize at the Polish poster contest in Warsaw in 1982. In 2003 he designed the official poster for the 44th Film Festival in Thessaloniki. Works by him can be found in public and private collections. He lives and works in Athens.

301 pp. 35x24,5 cm. Negri Editore, Milano, 1973. Signed by the author.
--- [Lake Orta - Lago di San Giulio - Italia] Text in italian. Blindstamped cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Richly illustrated. Part of the original box is included.

With 50 plates h.t., 53 text illustrations and 24 maps. xxxii+400 pp. Methuen & Co Ltd., London, n.d. (1939)
--- Cloth-bound (publisher's binding). B&W ills., pages bright and clean.

Illustrations de l'auteur. 63+xiv pp. Éditions Perilla, Athènes, 1954.
--- With 10 ills. of Perilla, 18 photographs and 4 maps. Text in french + 14 pages in english at the end. Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean.

Composé sur l'ouvrage intitulé Thesaurus Linguae Graecae de Henri Étienne, où se trouvent tous les mots des différens âges de la Langue Grecque, leur étymologie, leur sens propre et figuré, et leurs diverses acceptions, justifiées par des exemples. Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée. xii+1280 pp. 23,5x16 cm. Le Normant, Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris, 1817.
--- Full leather, extensive scuffing on binding. Cover are covered with plastic. Tight binding, pages are clean of notes but they have extensive foxing.

120 pp. 32,5x24,5 cm. Maulde et Renou, Paris, 1988.
--- Cloth-bound, gilt lettering on front cover. Some wear at corners. Richly illustrated (colour ills.). Pages bright and clean. Unmarked. Text in french.

70 pp. + 4 photographies de F. Detaille h.t. Photographies dans le texte de P. Pouget. Dessins de St. Lamarche. 33x25 cm. F. Detaille, Éditeur, Marseille, 1921. Ex libris.
--- Three-quarter leather (private binding). Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some scuffings on the bindings, mostly at the edges. Very tight binding, pages and engravings bright and clean.

1ère édition. 121 pp.+40 ills. h.t. 33,5x25,5 cm. Paris, 1932. Édition numérotée, N.296/400.
--- Full leather (private binding). Spine in six compartments, gilt lettering to second and fourth. Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean. Very tight binding. 32 b&w and 8 colour illustrations (photographs and engravings) h.t. (More photos are available)
--- The French historian and journalist René Puaux (1878-1936) worked for the internationally renowned Parisian newspaper "Le Temps" and was a fervent supporter and advocate of the Greek cause during the Balkan Wars. His reports from the front were collected in two publications, "Dans les Balkans" 1912-13, and "La malhereuse Epire", which was translated into Greek. In 1919 he was sent as correspondent to Asia Minor and on his return journey crossed Thrace and reached Mesolongi. In all he made seven trips to Greece, a country he loved passionately.
In this edition (which was also published in Greek in 1995), he records in an engaging and enthusiastic… Read More