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The Beauties of Portland and Scenic Gems of Casco Bay
Portland, Maine, G.W. Morris, 1895. 1st Edition, Oblong 4to. Hardcover. 92pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners worn, edges rubbed, gilt partially worn, front endpaper corner chipped, rear endpaper vertically creased, small amount of scattered foxing and margin thumb prints, binding is sound. Wonderful documentation with photos and commentary of Portland in the 1890s. Good/No Jacket.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004768
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Illustrated, Regional
Keywords: Maine Tourism Sightseeing Sights "Casco Bay"
Burke\'s Descriptive Guide; or, the Visitors\' Companion to Niagara Falls: Its Strange and Wonderful Localities.
Buffalo, Edson C. Eastman and Company, 1850. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 107pp. Printed wraps, engraved frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper missing, text is lightly foxed, rear cover spotted, folding map in very good condition. Rare 1850 first printing ot ths early travel guide. Complete except for front wrapper. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004084
USD 225,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 195 | £UK 171.25 | JP¥ 34695]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography
Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing Guidebook
Dickens\'s Continental ABC Railway Guide
London, Macmillan & Co. 1880. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 320pp. No date c 1880. Brown pebbled boards. Spine missing, front hinge tender, front endpapers corners chipped, library stamp and numberon title page and contents page and 2 other pages, contents otherwise claean and text block is tight. Train schedules and fares of European cities. An uncommon publication by the eldest son of Charles Dickens. Fair.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003446
USD 75,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 11565]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Transportation
Keywords: Railroads Trains Travel Europe "Charles Dickens" P
A Family Tour Through South Holland; Up the Rhine\' and Across The Netherlands, o Ostend.
London, John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son, 1836. Second Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine, leather spine label. Folding map and 7 of 10 engravings. Front cover detached but present, ex-library label on front pastedown, edgewear and scuffing, half-inch circular chip to spine, contents mildly age-darkened. Despite the foregoing imperfections, thiis is still an attractive little book. Fair.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003939
USD 20,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 17.5 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 3084]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, European History
Keywords: Sightseeing Netherlands Europe Rhine Amsterdam Antwerp Rotterdam
The Fashionable Tour, In 1825. An Excursion to the Springs,Niagara, Quebec and Boston.
Saratoga Springs, G.M. Davison, 1825. Second Edition, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 169pp. Brown marbled boards, black leather backing, gilt lettering to spine. Cover is moderately worn, contents are foxed, front endpaper missing, binding is tight. A compact little tour guide. Howes D-143. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003992
USD 100,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 86.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15420]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography
Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing
Men and Manners in America. By the Author of Cyril Thornton, etc.
Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 410pp. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed, superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly, binding is sound, former owner\'s bookplate and bookseller\'s small label on front pastedown, owner\'s name on front free endpaper, contents are mildly toned and there is a very occasional marginal note. A fascinating and often witty critique of American society in the 1830s. Howes H-138. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003909
USD 125,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 108.5 | £UK 95.25 | JP¥ 19275]
Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography
Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing "Social Critique"
A Picture of New York in 1848
New York, C.S. Francis & Co. 1848. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 172pp. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Cover is faded, worn at extremities, spliting along spine, gilt lettering still fairly bright, contents are age-toned and foxing to first and last few pages, some signatures loose, former owner\'s name on front pastedown. map not present. A compact "guide to citizens and strangers" with 36 engraved full page plates of prominent New York and vicinity sites. Fair.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004241
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Regional
Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing
Ricordo Di Pompei
Unknown. Oblong 8vo. Soft cover. 32p. No date, circa 1890s. String-tied stiff wrapper, photo paste-on. Slight fading and light wear to cover, contents are clean. View book with 32 photos of th eruins of Pompei, captions in Italian, French, English and German. Very Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 002283
USD 15,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 2313]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Photography
Keywords: Italy Ruins Views
Thirty Two Scenic Views of Western Canada
Canadian National Railways, 1930. Soft cover. Undated but circa 1930. Grey wraps, silfk string tie, brown lettering and illustration. Unpaginated but 32 leaves with full-page sepia photos on one side only, plus title page. Light soil and light wear to cover, contents are clean and photos are bright. Very Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 000847
USD 20,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 17.5 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 3084]
Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera
Keywords: Albert "Britiish Columbia" Rockies Ontario Manitoba Vancouver Saskatchewan Canadiana Collectible
Trolley Trips Through Southern New England
Hartford, Connecticut, White & Warner, 1905. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier. 104pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. A bit of light wear and soil to cover, mild foxing to first few pages, contents overall clean and unworn. A compact little booklet (6 1/4 x 4 inches ) listing both long and short trolley trips throughout the region with descriptions of the local sights, distances covered, and fares for each trip. Photo illustrations throughout, maps, and local ads. Very Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004671
USD 30,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4626]
Catalogue: Regional, Travel and Geography
Keywords: Travel Tourism Rail "New York" "New England" Massachusetts Boston Bridgeport Stamford Worcester
Views of the Granite City
Aberdeen, Aberdeen Daily Journal and Evening Express. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover. 48pp. No date, but circa 1910. Red cloth, grey granite-like design paste-on to front cover. Moderate edgewear and light soil, endpapers toned,some splitting to front hinge but binding is tight and contents sound. Photos with descriptions of various sites in and around Aberdeen. Good/No Jacket.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 001780
USD 12,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 10.5 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1850]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Collectible
Keywords: Scotland Aberdeen Tourism
Washington Album
Portland, Me. Chisholm Bros. 1895. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover. Green cloth, gold and black decoration. No date, circa 1895. Accordion fold format, 30 panels of Washingt views in sepia tone. Edgewear and scuffing to cover, 1/2 inch abrasion to corner of front cover, illustrations are all in sound condition, some chipping to rear endpaper gutter. Over 100 views of Washington, plus portraits of all Presidents through Benjamin Harrison\'s term 1889-1893, and a centerfold chromolithograph of the Capitol dome. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003155
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Keywords: "District of Columbia" DC
The Western Traveller\'s Pocket Directory and Stranger\'s Guide
Schenectady, Printed at the Reflector Office, 1836. 2nd Edition, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hardcover. 93pp. Orange paper over boards, buckram backing, title label on front board. Edges rubbed, boards spotting and soiling to cover, front endpaper darkened, rear free edpaper not present, traces of light foxing to text, binding is sound. Contains listings of the "Distances of the principal canal and stage routes in the state of New York and the western states, Lower Canada, &c." In addition it contains descriptions of proposed railroads, a "List of Broken Banks" and canal tolls. A compact little book measuring 4 1/2 x 3 inches. Howes T-331. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004868
USD 195,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 169 | £UK 148.5 | JP¥ 30069]
Keywords: "Western States" "Travel Guide" Tourism
America and the Americans From a French Point of View
New York, Charles Scribner\'s Sons, 1897. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 293pp. Pictorial cloth boards. Light wear and darkening to cover, contents ar mildly toned, former owner\'s name and date (1897) on front free endpaper. A review of of America after the author\'s visit to the U.S. The author is unsparing of his criticism of the American people and their institutions. Good/No Jacket.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 004042
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography
Keywords: Customs Eccentricities
Stories of Popular Voyages and Travels; with Illustrations. Containing Abridged Narratives of Recent Travels of Some of the Most Popular Writers on South America. With a Preliminary Sketch of the Geography of that Country.
London, Effingham Wilson, 1829. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Light spotting along edges, spine slio. 278pp. Half calf marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, 4 full-page lithographs (including frontispiece), plus one title page lithograph. Wear to cover and spine, some loss of lettering on spine, cracking to joints and hinges but binding is holding firmly, and text block is tight. Contents are age-toned and have very little foxing, previous owner\'s names on front endpapers (one dated 1834.) Overall in sound condition. Includes accounts of Basil Hall, Charles Waterton, a Captain Head, and a Mr. Ward. Good.
Old Bookshelf Professional sellerBook no.: 003799
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: Travel and Geography
Keywords: "Latin America" Mexico Pero Chile Andes
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