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Nabu Press, 2011-09-04. Paperback. Good. 1.1800 in x 9.6100 in x 7.4000 in. Book a little bent. Good study copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: John Murray. 7th. 1890. good-. Hardcover. 2 VOLS. 6.75" tall; flexible red boards with gilt lettering front & spine; wear to edges & splits along front gutters of both volumes; bindings are shaky; silk ribbon place-markers; free front endpage (half of the map of Spain) of Vol. 1 is detached but present; fold-out b/w & 2-color maps bound in; fold-out map 24" x 30" in pocket on back endpage of Vol. 2 .

John Murray, London, 1878. Maps and plans, some folding, including large folding Travelling Map of Spain in endpocket. However unfortunately 4 plans are missing, i.e. that of Seville, The Alhambra, Malags, & Valencia. That of Zaragosa detached and trimmed on blank inner margin. 8vo (7 x 4 3/4 inches), 568-pages with 66-page "Handbook Adveriser" for 1880-81 at end being partly illustrated. Original red cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Contemporary signature on half-title. Very good.

John Murray, London, 1855. 8vo (7 x 4 3/4 inches), pages: iv:461-995. Original red cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Binding faded & a little marked, vertical crease to backstrip, else good.

London: John Murray, 1890. Two volumes, usual red cloth, lettered gilt. Red silk markers. Vol I xi+80+298pp., plus directory:569-602pp.. Vol. II: pp-299-602, pp52 Murray's Handbook Advertiser. Maps (many folding) and plans. Contemporary Biarritz (Vtor. Benquet) bookseller's label to endpapers. Lacks folding general map in pocket. Otherwise in good condition but some damp staining to cloth especially volume II. A good set, tight and clean. Richard Ford (1796–1858) travel writer known for his books on Spain. Born in Chelsea and educated at Oxford, he moved to Spain in 1830, where he travelled extensively compiling notes and drawings. An account of his journeys "A Handbook for Travellers in Spain" published by John Murray in 1845 is now considered a classic in travel literature

Legare Street Press, 2022. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. A Handbook for Travellers in Spain by Richard Ford. Published by Legare Street Press in 2022. Paperback ISBN:9781015941830. Collectible item in excellent condition.

London, Paris, Gibraltar, and Malta: John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/George Rowswell/Muir, 1855. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf, bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt, 5 raised bands, dentilled edges, marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints, corners, and bands, spine gilt partially rubbed away, publisher label now lacking, minor sticker ghost to lower front board. Firm binding, clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title, interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 3rd edition. 459 pp., (2) folding maps. A respectable copy, quite scarce early edition..

London: John Murray, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, John Murray, 1878. Small octavo, xii, 80, 568, 66 ('Handbook Advertiser, 1880-81') pages plus 11 maps and plans (9 folding), a rear endpaper map and a large folding map in a rear end-pocket. Gilt-lettered red cloth a little marked and flecked, and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; trifling signs of use and age; the end-pocket map has minimal siverfish nibbling along small sections of one fold; a very good copy. Provenance: 'given me from "Manoah" Library' is written in ink on the verso of the front flyleaf; a bookplate ('Words | Words | Words | F A S') is mounted on the front pastedown. 'Manoah' was the name of the Adelaide Hills estate of Sir Josiah Symon (1846-1934); 'F A S' may be a Symon family member. Sir Josiah Symon 'was born in Scotland and migrated to South Australia in 1866. He was called to the South Australian Bar in 1871 and became Attorney-General in a conservative government when he won the state seat… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1869. Fair. Richard Ford's "A Handbook for Travellers in Spain" (1845) marked a defining moment in English travel literature British tourists were traveling through Europe in increasing numbers and the need for guidebooks was beginning to be supplied by publishers like In 1845 Ford, who had gained tremendous knowledge of Spain by extensive travel on horseback, wrote this charming account enlivened by humor and anecdotesIn Ford's obituary, commonly attributed to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, "so great a literary achievement had never before been performed under so humble a title" Ford marked, with George Borrow the eccentric English traveler, an interest in Spain that would continue through the twentieth century on the part of British writers: Gerald Brenan, Norman Lewis and George Orwell were among the most eminent of these successors, with Jason Webster (the author of "Duende," "Andalus" and "Guerra") and Chris Stewart (the author of "Driving Over Lemons") being contemporary As… Leer más