London: Nichols and Son, 1841. Cloth. 8vo. 316 pp. Embossed green cloth. Heavily worn and soiled, spine discolored. Corners bumped. Rear board detached but present, front hinge split but holding. Bookplate to fpd (Francis Fortescue Urquhart) and ink signatures of multiple previous owners to front eps. Errata slip tipped in.....
Roma: Cecami. Boards. 8vo. Souvenir of Rome. Unpaginated, accordion-bound panoramic photos. All text in Italian. Colorful embossed boards, 32 glossy black and white images of Rome circa 1920. Rubbing to boards, bumping to corners, foxing and discoloration to interior boards/pastedown, heavier at spine strip.
London: Parry & Co., No date [1870?]. Cloth. 8vo. 140 pp. Green cloth, blindstamped with decorative corner flourishes, gilt vase emblem to front board and decorative gilt to spine. All edges gilt. Spine sunned, cloth discolored to brown at spine and board edges. Cloth split at joints. Inner hinges split.....
Detroit: Art Process Co., circa 1900. Paperback. Unpaginated, oblong 32mo. Stapled paperback. A nifty pictorial; illustrated w/ b&w photos of Detroit. Some very light soiling & shelfwear to covers. Faint foxing to textblock edges. Pgs basically clean & crisp.
London: Norroena Society, 1906. Cloth Hard Cover. Folio. 176 pp. Green cloth hardcover with silver and brown buckle and chain motif to front board. Spine ends, board edges, and corners lightly bumped, rubbing to bds. Foxing to eps, bottom and fore edge deckled. Reproductions of ancient Norse manuscripts, translated...
London: Sampson Low & Co., 1875. Hardcover. 256 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. Illustrated w/ maps, plans & 68 wood engravings. Bowing w/ bumping/edgewear to boards & spine; indent along spine. Some shaking but binding holding. Light openings to hinges, browning to eps, & light soiling scattered to very clean interior. Sm.....
Grand Canyon, AZ: Kolb Brothers, 1911. Paperback. Unpaginated. 4to (oblong). String-bound booklet. Bumping to edges and spine ends, tears to edges, chips to ends, 1 /2" tear to top of rear joint, bumping/creasing and chipping to cover corners. Slightly soiled. Pages slightly soiled. Illustrated with 12 hand colored photographs.
Boston: Perry Mason Co., 1900. Cloth. 189 pp., 12mo. Cloth hardcover. Puerto Rico, Manila, & Hawaii. The Youth's Companion. Illustrated w/ b&w photos & line drawings. Some light soiling & wear to boards & spine; slight shaking but binding very sturdy. Pencil inscription to ffep, otherwise textblock clean & crisp.....
Chicago: Poole Bros., Inc., circa 1928. Paperback. 59 pp., oblong 32mo. Stapled paperback. A nifty pictorial guide. Illustrated w/ scenic, b&w photos & maps. Light shelfwear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp.
UK: Great Western Railway Co., circa 1924. Paperback. 96 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "For travellers of all nations." Issued by the Great Western Railway Co. of England. Illustrated w/ historical b&w photos & art; also fold-out map attached. List of cathedrals booklet laid in. Edgewear, foxing, & sunning to covers &.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1935. Cloth. Small 12mo (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). 659 pp. Flexible blue cloth boards with gold stamped titling and blind decorative lines. No dust jacket. Bumping to corners. Slight discoloration to spine, rubbing to joints. Blue sprinkled text block edges. Both hinges cracked but binding.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1933. Cloth. Small 12mo (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). 512 pp. Flexible blue cloth boards with gold stamped titling and blind decorative lines. No dust jacket. Scuffing to boards, bumping to board edges. Spine sunned and faded, rubbed at joints and slightly frayed at spine ends.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1933. Cloth. Small 12mo (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). 702 pp. including index at rear. Flexible blue cloth boards with gold stamped titling and blind decorative lines. Blue sprinkled text block edges. Pale blue dust jacket sunned and discolored at spine and edges with heavy chipping.....
New York: Howard M. Smith, 1903. Paperback. 134 pp + ads. 8vo. Paperback. Shelfwear. Bumping w/ chipping to spine ends, closed tear to spine about 1" above foot. Creasing to rear cover. Previous owner's name to half title page. Front hinge starting. Tears to last page at staples. Folded map.....
Montreal: G.W. Clarke & Co., ca. 1910. Cloth. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Green cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Sun fading to spine and partial front board, some soiling to front board. Hinges split, repaired by seller. Ffep chipped and cropped at fore-edge such that textblock extends past it 1/2". Tanning.....
Paperback. 47 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "Combined with This Week in Nantucket, Your Free Pocket Guide August 11 through August 18" Slight soiling, scuffing & edgewear to covers. Light foxing & soiling to textblock edges. Very light soiling scattered to mostly clean & crisp textblock.
1913. Paperback. 48 pp., 8vo. Stapled paperback. A pictorial guide illustrated w/ scenic b&w photos, map, & advertisements. Some light soiling & shelfwear to covers & spine. Foxing to textblock edges. Some faint dampstain wrinkling to otherwise clean textblock.
New York: Viking, 1939. First edition. Cloth. 735 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. First edition. American Guide Series. Illustrated. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey. No map. Mild scuffing, soiling & edgewear to boards & spine. Cocking &.....
Niagara Falls, NY. Cloth. oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped. light soiling to covers, wear to edges, damp staining to back cover. Gilt lettering to cover. No text. Filled with striking full page b&w plates of Niagara Falls throughout the season changes.
Nikko, Japan. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated, 31 color illustrations + 2 maps. String-bound, green and gold patterned paper wraps with lotus leaf medallions. Text in Japanese and English. Light edgewear, corners thumbed, spine nicked head & foot; light foxing to edges. Internally clean.
Boston: John F. Murphy, 1904. Paperback. Unpaginated. 12mo (oblong). Paperback. With tattered and soiled original shipping envelope acting as a kind of dustjacket, p.o.'s pencil writing to front. Light wear to string-bound book, slight soiling to some pages. Illustrated with photographs by Irving Underhill.
The Grand Trunk Railway System, 1896. Paperback. 308 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "W/ Summer routes & fares to principal points, including Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Montreal, Quebec, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Adirondacks, Lake St. John, Mackinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the White Mountains, the.....
San Francisco: Jos. A. Hofmann, 1893. Cloth. oblong 8vo. 3 pp. + 52 plates. Spine and covers sl. soiled, edgeworn, corners frayed. Gilt cover lettering bright. Two tone cloth, brown spine, taupe covers. Hinges cracked. Owner's ink signature, 1/4" chip on ffep. Title page tanned. Plates fine. Monochrome photogravures of.....
Pamphlet. 9" x 4". Folds out to a 12" x 18" full-page b&w map of the North-South highway system. No publication information given. B&w photos of Virginia bridges, travel information included. Light edgewear, very faint yellowing.
Columbus, OH: Ward Bros. 1889. Paperback. Unpaginated, oblong 16mo. Softcover. Presented w/ the compliments of the Contractors' & Builders' Board of Trade, Saint Paul, Minn. Containing fold-out accordian sheet of b&w etchings of Saint Paul buildings (including the State Capitol building, Hamline University, Hotel Ryan, & many more). Light chelfwear.....
