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San Francisco Arcadia, 2004, First Edition. paperback. First Edition. The story is told through historical photographs with captions. SIGNED by author on title page. 114 pages, 9.8x9 inches. Oblong softcover. Condition: very good (corner lightly bumped). ISBN 9780738535241

London Readers Union Heinemann, 1968, hardcover. Reprint edition. Illustrated with photos, drawings, and a map. The author calls this book an "affectionate biography of an island and a tribute to its changeless values." -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (small bump to cover edge) with very good dust jacket (light edgewear and rub; rear panel foxed).

Mont-Athos Sainte Koinotis du Mont-Athos, 1928, hardcover. Plates of the buildings, people, icons, etc. with historical notes of the 20 convents / monasteries of Mont-Athos in Greece. Text in Modern GREEK and FRENCH. Includes map. -- Hardcover, oblong 12x10 inches, AEG all-edges-gilt, plates printed on heavyweight paper and bound as cancels (that is, with stub showing). Condition: very good minus (hinge cracked but holding; metal at inner gutter rusted; outer pages edgeworn, foxed; corner bumped). -- Nice book despite the minor flaws: bright gold decoration on front-cover, the plates are bright and clear.

Calcutta India Superintendent Government Printing, 1919, paperback. The large portion of these specimens were collected before 1875. Each group is described by clothing, dwellings, religion, games, etc. Six plates of photos of artifacts. -- Softcover, 51 pages. Good used condition (corners are curled and chipped; shallow vertical crease; pages and plates are bright).

New York Columbia University Press, 2005, hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: very good, with very good dust jacket.

New York Hastings House, 1941, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- Many photographs. Key to tours map on front endsheets, and transportation map on rear endsheets. -- Hardcover, black covers. Condition: very good minus (covers very slightly warped; cover lettering a little dulled; no jacket).

London Britain in Pictures Limited, 1940, hardcover. New York publisher Hastings House on dust jacket flap. Includes 12 color plates and 23 black-and-white illustrations. -- Hardcover, spine gilt as is image of kangaroo on front-cover, 47 pages. Condition: very good minus (light-color splotches to cover; bookplate; rear endsheets foxed) with very good minus dust jacket (bright but with small tape remnants).

New York Prager, 1972, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. 1972. -- Foreword by W. H. Auden. Maps and plates. -- Attractive hardcover, with vintage Chicago bookstore label. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). -- Complete examination of Austria "for lovers of scenery, of myths and legends, or art and architecture including peasant farmhouses.

Paris Librarie Hachette, 1960, hardcover. This is the 1960 third edition of the Blue Guide for Austria. Text in FRENCH. Includes city plans, 4 fold-out color maps, and other maps. -- Hardcover, dark navy blue cover, ribbon placemarker. Condition: very good plus (page margins lightly tanned; one page wrinkled). -- Pages and maps are bright and clean, binding is tight.

Munich Wilhelm Andermann Verlag, 1960, hardcover. The islands include Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza, off the coast of Spain. Includes 30 color photographs. -- Hardcover, 7x7 inches. Condition: near fine in near fine dust jacket. -- Lovely historic travel experience before the Islands became a popular tourist destination.

Paris Librarie Hachette, 1963, hardcover. New edition of the Blue Guide for Belgium and Luxembourg. Text in FRENCH. Includes fold-out color maps, and other maps. -- Hardcover, dark navy blue cover, ribbon placemarkers. Condition: very good (cover lettering is a little dulled). -- Pages and maps are bright and clean, binding is tight.

Leipsic Karl Baedeker, 1899, hardcover. Thirteenth edition in English, revised and augmented. With 14 maps and 22 plans [many are fold-out]. -- Custom bookplate of Thomas W. Lawson (1857-1925) author, entrepreneur, shipbuilder. -- Limp hardcover, a uniform personal fine binding, black leather with raised spine bands, ruled edges, gilt dentelle border around blue marbled endsheets, AEG all-edges gilt. Condition: near fine (couple tiny rub spots).

Zagreb Turistkomerce, 1974, paperback. In the series: Pocket Guides for Tourists. Of historical interest: "largest city in Yugoslavia and of the Socialist Republic of Serbia." Color photographs. -- Softcover, 144 pages, 4.5x6.5 inches. Condition: near fine.

No place No publisher paperback. A bound group of lovely watercolors, without identifying publication matter. -- Softcover, plastic comb binding, oblong 9.5x6 inches. Condition: fine.

New York Riverhead, 2000, paperback. One of the "few places left in the world so strange and wondrous that a journey there has the power to transform the traveler." . -- Softcover. Good used condition.

Singapore Times Editions, 1987, hardcover. Lovely color drawings of each bird, accurate in features and behaviors. Descriptions of 295 species. -- Hardcover. Very good used condition, with very good dust jacket.

New York William Sloane, 1948, hardcover. First Edition. Novel of a sleepy Oklahoma town in an oil boom, the locals are overwhelmed by gamblers, wildcatters, prostitutes and quick money. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (spine dulled; owner name) with bright but worn dust jacket.. -- Author "part Choctaw ancestry," Native American writer.

Hamm Artcolor, 1994, hardcover. Pilgrimage town and resort in the Julian Alps, in Slovenia. Color photographs by Christian Prager. Introduction and picture captions text in English, German, and Italian. Brochure in Slovenian is laid in, also news clipping in English. -- Hardcover, glossy printed boards, 80 pages, 9x11 inches. Condition: fine, no jacket. ISBN 3892611378

London A. & C. Black, 1912, hardcover. Early 20th century lovely guide to Scotland's "history, national character, customs, literature" accompanied by 75 color plates by Sutton Palmer. -- Hardcover, decorated cloth covers, 7x9x2 inches. Condition: very good minus (cover colors bit dulled; short cloth tear; bumped corner; lacks endsheet). No jacket. Pages and plates are bright and clear, binding is tight.

Tiverton, Devon Halsgrove, 2001, hardcover. Community in West Somerset, England, its history, well illustrated with photos, documents. -- Hardcover, 159 pages, 8.5x12 inches. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 1841141151