Resultados de búsqueda: TRAVEL from Chilton Books

Seattle, Washington: Published by The Homer M. Hill Co., (1903) .. First edition. A very good quarter leather binding. 8vo. 8.0" x5.5" x 1.0" . pp.365. Tan calf spine over grey textured boards. Spine with 4 raised bands, bright gilt decorated compartments and red leather title and author labels. Corners lightly bumped. Red silk marker ribbon. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Charles Crofton-Atkins". Black & white oval portrait of William C. Agle, laid down to front free-endpaper. printed title-page with previous owner's ink stamp: "H. Y. Bright". Inked dedication to the top of Chapter I. : Henry Yates Wright, Very Respectfully. F. A. Elmore. 23/1/1906." Clean text and maps throughout. VG.

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1995.. 1st edition. "Looking at England in the early months of 1785, covering twenty or even thirty miles a day and making detailed and intelligent notes at night, the two La Rochefoucauld brothers, Francois and Alexandre, and their tutor, saw landscapes still visible today; but the world of momentous industrial invention and optimism that they envied, as patriots, is one we can now only envy them for knowing and admire them for recording." Pp.xx/270, 62 black & white illustrations, signed to title page with gift message to half-title page, maps to endpapers. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London; Sifton Praed, 1947.. 1st edition. "The correspondence, journals and essays of five generations gathered in this volume provide records of home life, travel and study by the families of Kestell, Clapp and the Cornishes of Salcombe Regis." Pp.145, black & white photo portrait frontispiece + 14 further black & white photos. Red cloth, slight fading to board edges, dustwrapper has crease to front and small edge tears. Scarce. G+/G+.

Paris: Iris,1974.. Photo-guide to Corsica. 22cms x 17cms. Pp.86/map to rear, colour photo illustrations throughout with accompanying French text. Stiff card covers, spine scuffed. G+.

Huddersfield, England: Schofield & Sims, 1981.. rep. "Full interpretation of all that the Ordnance Survey map has to tell requires skills of translation and comprehension. This book gives simple explanations and worked examples supported where appropriate by clear diagrams and sketches." Pp.53 with 23 maps and 8 photographs. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1913 .. First edition. Publisher's original navy blue cloth binding. 8vo. pp.xviii/pp.400 . 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.5" . Light rubbing to gilt titles and bumped corners. Otherwise clean throughout with all illustrations and map. VG

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1953.. A modernized version of the 'Egerton Text (British Museum)', the 'Paris Text' (Bibliotheque Nationale)and The Bodleian MS. (Rawl. D.99). The Appendix contains translations from Von Diemeringen's German version (Strassburg, 1484) and the vulgate Latin version (Strassburg 1484) plus extracts from Prester John's Letter and from MS. Brussels 10420. Two Volumes with continuous pagination. Pp.lix/554, colour frontispiece (Shield of Sir John Mandeville, Perigrinator), plus two maps; black & white frontispiece + 2 further black & white illustrations to Volume II. Minor light spotting to endpapers. Blue clot,, gilt title to spines, gilt ship motif to front boards, minor edge wear and bumps to corner tips. VG.

London:John Murray,1955.. 1st ed. A sequel to "The Alleys of Marrakesh", this book tells of Mayne's return to the North-west Frontier in what had become Pakistan. It "...is mostly about Pathans as individuals. It is also in part about cities - Peshawar...Kabul... and about villages...travel..." Pp.264, frontis. maps of authors journey in West Pakistan and Afghanistan and showing the Paktun areas,12 pages of b/w photo plates, gift inscription to fep. Green cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Hohenzollernring: Taschen, 2016.. 1st edition. Travel Guide featuring places and photo images from The New York Times travel pages. Pp.77, colour photo illustrations. Green cloth, illustated number 36 to front board. VG.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975.. 1st edition. "How do you plan and organise an overland journey from England to India or from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska? What is the best type of vehicle? What documents must you have? Is such a journey dangerous? How much will it all cost?...Based on a wealth of experience built up during a total of 100,000 miles of overland travel through Africa, Asia and Europe by the author." Pp.156/11 (ads for suppliers etc), 8 pages of black & white photo illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper. Cream cloth, dustwrapper. Scarce. VG/VG.

APA Publications (HK), 1992.. This Insight Guide details the history, culture, places and features of Pakistan. The team of writers and photographers have gone way off the beaten track in Pakistan to give an insight into a country whose history shines through to the present; along its ancient bazaars and into the darkness of its shrines." Pp.387, with colour illustrations, owner's label to fep. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

South Yarra, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1981.. 1st ed. "A travel guide in the 'Lonely Planet' series." Pp.248 with b/w maps, diagrams and colour photographs. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

London: James Barrie, 1953.. 1st edition. "Pietro Della Valle was in the East for some twelve years. He knew Constantinople well in the sunset of its glory; he visited Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, Aleppo and Baghdad; he explored Ctesiphon and Babylon; he spent seven years in Persia during the splendid reign of Shah Abbas, whom he knew personally; and he visited parts of India reached by few other travellers of his day...Wilfrid Blunt has reduced the complete tale - amounting to nearly a million words - to the minimum. His immense research has produced a scholarly and fascinating book." Pp.xii/320, portrait frontispiece + 29 further black & white illustrations + 1 map, inscribed "For Muffet, with love and gratitude once more for all your help from Wilfrid. Dec.4. 1953" to front free endpaper, newspaer review cutting loosely enclosed. Black cloth, dustwrapper has edge wear with some small losses. VG/G+.** "Muffet" refers to Mary 'Muffet' Harrison (wife of Arthur Harrison of Marlborough school) who… Leer más

Harpenden: Pocket Essentials, 2006.. 1st edition. Psychogeography: the study of the influence of geographical environment on the mind or on behaviour. "Merlin Coverley examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, discussing the theoretical background and political significance of early practitioners such as GuyDebord...." 19cms x 13cms. Pp.158. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Collier Books, 1975.. 1st ed. "A unique guide, opening up whole new vistas of travel pleasure - The Religious Pilgrimage." Pp.529. P/b, slight creasing to spine. G+.

London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1917 .. First edition. Publisher's original dark green cloth binding. 8vo. pp.xviii/pp.440/[4pp. - Adverts] . 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.5" . Light rubbing to gilt titles and bumped corners. Otherwise clean throughout with all illustrations and map. VG

Lonely Planet, 2000.. 2nd edition. Includes coverage of the Trans-Siberian Railway. "This invaluable guide takes you beyond borsch, Bolsheviks and the Bolshoi to unveil cultural treasures, fast-moving cities, and vast, empty landscapes in a region that stretches halfway around the world." Pp.976, 124 maps, many colour illustrations. Pbk. VG.

Newton Abbbot:Wotton Limited (printers), nd. (c.1978).. Autobiography. Memoir of the author's travels and life in Scandinavia. Pp.107, photo portrait frontispiece + 5 further black & white photo illustrations and a map, inscribed by the author to inner front endpaper + a coloured NUH Trondheim, Norway sticker, title page absent. Paperback, creasing to spine edge and rear, scuffing to spine. Good.

London: Picador. 2001.. Between 1990 and 1994 Colm Toibin made a series of trips through Catholic Europe, and then set down his impressions in this book.......Part travelogue, part autobiography, part historical document". Pp 243. P.b, slight crease to corner of front cover, illustrated cover. G+.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1980.. 1st ed. (This ed. by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.). An account of a journey through one of the last remaining wild spots in the world. Pp. 213, 12 b/w photos. Last page stuck to d/w. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, slight chipping to edges. VG/G.