Travel And Exploration from JWMah

NY: Park Lane, 1974. (USA) 3rd printing of the first American edition. No markings Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with a 1/2" tear to the bottom corner of the front flap. Hardcover, patterned end papers, 398pp, 410 colour photos and illus.This is an excellent book on the Vatican buildings and palaces including the Borgia apartments, the library and… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2009. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, slight easing of cover corner tips, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, 228pp, no illus. Dregni ia Assistant Professor of English at Concordia Univeristy in St.Paul MN and dean of the Italian Concordia Language Village , Lago del Bosco. This is a book centered on Modena. What began… Read more about this item

London: The Medici Society, 1924. (UK) First edition 1924. Owner's name to end paper, owner's inscription to front fly dated 1927, no other marking, but a brace of faint small spots to the front cover, mostly noticeable when the book is held up in slanted light, a touch of rubbing to spine extremities and cover corner tips, thus Good… Read more about this item

Peru: AFP Integra, 2001. (PERU) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [398]pp, lots of colour photos of the site, the surroundings, the bitds and other wildlife, and the tourists. This is a beautifully photographed work which gives a complete wider sense and appreciation of Machu Picchu : the Sacred Kingdom; The… Read more about this item

Italy: Consorzio Conegliano Valdobbiadene, 2017. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine, no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, no page numbers [about 112pp). The book presents colour photos of the lovely countrysides of the prosecco regions in the Veneto. There are messages from Luca Zaia, president of the regione del Veneto, and from Innocente Nardi, President of the ATS,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: The Kyoyekishosha, 1899. (JPN) May 17 Meiji 32 Tokyo (1899). No markings, tiny faint spot to spine, Very Good; no dust jacket. Dark red cloth with blind embossed borders, page 253 to 596, then appendix I i-xlii, then Appendix II xliii-lxiii, then Appendix III lxiv-lxvi, then Index lxvii -xcviii, then a fold-out map in excellent order. one small… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, hinges solid, Very Good in about Very Good unclipped dust jacket which has been laminated in clear film and taped to covers; there is a hit of residue to the covers from the tape. Hardcover, photo end papers, 224pp, ;ist of plates, 105 tipped-in colour photographic plates, including 72… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover,243pp, no illis. Hunter is here described as Canada's first hippie columnist, fiunder ten president of Greenpeace. This is the craziest travel book where Hunter seems to get into trouble whenever he leaves his Vancouver home to visit places like Germany, Cuba,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2009. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to the title page,: To C------/ Best wishes on your own adventures/ Julie Angus, Colin Angus", no other markings, Fine unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 369pp. Colour photos. (1.9 JM HOJ 302/1. Inscribed By Author(s). 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".… Read more about this item

London: Duncan Baird, 2001. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Hardcover, 144pp, index, colour photos mostly of the Scottish landscape assoicated with the great distilleries. This book take sus on a journey from Glasgow to Arran to Campbeltown, Isay,Mull, Skye, Orkney, Wick to Inverness, visiting the Spreyside Rivers of Whiskey, Aberdeenshire, Dalwinnie to Perth to… Read more about this item

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981. (IND) First of this edition; the book first appeared in English in London in 1884. No markings, small bookseller's label to the endpaper, slight foxing to top and eading edges of pages, thus Very Good used copy in unclipped Very Good dust jacket. Red cloth hardcover, cviii, 369pp, index, foldout map to back of the… Read more about this item

Northern Ireland: Clenagh Publishing, 1991. (NIRE) Revised (2nd ei=dition) of 1991. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no othe rmarkings, Fine; no dustjacket perhaps as published. Hardcover, 157pp, index, pen and ink drawings. This is a survey of monuments, locales. tombs, ritual sites, and buildings of interest on the North coast of Ireland. The book originally appeared in 1987.… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N Abrams, 1998. USA) Presumed 1st eidtion No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 220pp, lovely colour photos augmented with small B&W illu and photos. Marella Agnelli was an Italian noblewoman, art collector, socialite, style icon,and wife of Fiat S.p.A. chairman Gianni Agnelli. She died in 2019. The family estate is located in Villar Perosa, some… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1992. (UK) Presumed 1st Folio edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published in Fine slipcase. Hardcover with image of old maps to front and back covers, 279pp, colour frontis and 6 colour plates; B&W plates, maps. Early life, fragments from the first voyage; letters, the Torres memorandum; the third Atlantic crossing, the last… Read more about this item

Germany: Konemann, 2005. (GER) 2nd printing No markings, Fine in Fine(-) dust jacket. Hardcover, 560pp, index, map endpapers, lots of colour and monochrome pjhotos and illustrations. This is a well-illustrated cultural guide to Florence arranged by geographical areas. The book weighs over 2 pounds so it is a bit too heavy to be called compact, but it is… Read more about this item

Chicago & Boston: George L. Shuman & Co, 1915. (USA) Edition of 1915 with the black pigskin (?) flexible full leather covers with the three gold borders to the front and back covers and spine titles with gold floral motif to the spine. Ownership stamps to chapter headings and to half-title, no other markings, slight rubbing to spine extremities… Read more about this item

Chicago & Boston: George L. Shuman & Co, 1915. (USA) Edition of 1915 with the black pigskin (?) flexible full leather covers with the three gold borders to the front and back covers and spine titles with gold floral motif to the spine. Ownership stamps to chapter headings and to half-title, no other markings, slight rubbing to spine extremities… Read more about this item

NY: Rizzoli, 1989. (USA) presumed 1st edition. No markings, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with touch of rubbing to panel gloss and to spine extremities. Cloth, 239pp, index, many colour photos augmented with B&W illus and some garden plans. Intro by Ileana Chiappini di Sorio. Features Casanova's vineyard, Napolean's pubic garden, Peggy Guggenheim's courtyard, landscapes… Read more about this item

Germany: Konemann, 2005. (GER) 1st printing No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 626pp, index, map endpapers, lots of colour and monochrome pjhotos and illustrations. This is a well-illustrated cultural guide to Tuscany arranged by geographical areas. The book weighs over 2 pounds so it is a bit too heavy to be called compact, but it is small… Read more about this item

Germany: Konemann, 2005. (GER) 2nd printing No markings, Fine in Fine(-) dust jacket. Hardcover, 560pp, index, map endpapers, lots of colour and monochrome pjhotos and illustrations. This is a well-illustrated cultural guide to Florence arranged by geographical areas. The book weighs over 2 pounds so it is a bit too heavy to be called compact, but it is… Read more about this item