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Hartford: Emergency Relief Commission, 1936. Original Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 1935, 1st edition, 2nd printing, xxix, 319pp, pictorial wraps. Some soil/staining on cover and slight chipping along spine. contents clean and tight.VG overall. This Guide was one of the models used in developing the American Guide Series.

London; Thomas Cook & Son, 1923. Original Cloth. VG+. 1923, with maps, plans and vocabulary, xi, 564pp, cloth. Covers rubbed along spine edges; contents clean and tight. A nice copy.

Scarborough: Theakston, 1850. Decorative Cloth. vg-. Theakston's Scarborough Guide comprising a brief sketch of the antiquities, natural productions and romantic scenery of the town and neighbourhood, c1850, Third Edition, 176pp, adverts, original red blind stamped cloth titled in gilt with 2 fold-out maps and illustrated with 38 woodcuts. Maps dated 1845. Cover soiled; binding loose where book apparently was laid flat; spine repaired but complete. Overall the book is VG-.

London: Sherwood & Co, Paternoster Row, 1825. Half-Leather. Very Good. Cooke's Topographical Library, British Travelers Dictionary, Gloucestershire is an undated 1820s Half Leather hardcover book, published in London by Sherwood & Company. The last Gloucester Bishop listed in the book is Edward Rice 1825. It includes a fold out colored map of Gloucestershire and is a 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" with 178 pages. It has wear to the cover, a readable spine, browning and foxing of pages. Pictures available on request.

Paris: Jules Renouard and Aubert, 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Guide pittoresque de L é´tranger dans Paris et ses Environs; Picturesque Guide pittoresque de L é´tranger dans Paris et ses Environs - Guide to Paris and its surroundings. New edition, completely revised and supplemented by Ch. VDSJ Paris, Jules Renouard and Aubert c1852. 8vo. 72 thumbnails on wood cut. Maps of the railway route and a map of Paris and its surroundings. Adorned with 18 vignettes intaglio. XII, 364pp, and supplement. Text in French. Well bound (probable later binding); contents foxed and some minor dampstaining on late pages. Overall condition is still very good.

Washington, DC: Casmir Bohn, 1864. 4th Edition . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Washington, DC, Casimir Bohn publisher. c1864, 132pp, 4th edition revised and enlarged, illustrated stiff wraps (approximately 6" x 3-3/4"), 132pp, with fold-out map to rear. Map measures 14-1/2 x 17". The covers show handling wear, there are 2 old pieces of tape at the top and bottom of the soft spine. The inside front and back covers have foxing, but the pages are tight, clean, and complete. The map is in excellent condition, with only a small tear above and below the adhered area to the back page. I believe this, among many editions, was a smaller version. The title page indicates there are "engravings" of public buildings included, as was in the 1856 edition. These were lithographs, and the only one included in this smaller edition is the frontispiece showing the East Side of the Capitol, depicting it as completed.

Kyoto: Kyoto Exhibitor's Association, 1910. Soft cover. Very Good. c1910, first edition, unpaginated (70 +), original ribbon tied color illustrated wraps with 16 double page colored woodcuts. Wraps are chipped and lightly soiled; several dogearred pages; With compliments inscription on title page; all engravings in very good condition. This edition was likely issued before the hardcover edition of 1910 and it does not contain any photos. Other editions appear to contain only 7 woodcuts while this one has 16. The exhibition took place in London from May to October 1910. Scans/photos available upon request.

Edinburgh: Thomas Allan & Sons, 1924. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Good. The Official Guide to Edinburgh, published by the authority of the Magistrates and Council 1924 (?) with full colour fold-out maps, original photos and illustrations. Likely first edition, 159pp, color pictorial card covers, adverts. Chipped at head and foot of spine otherwise in good condition. Nice fold out map of Edinburgh, period pictures and advertisements