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Alden, Edward C.
Alden's Oxford Guide, with Key-Plan of The University and City,
and Numerous Engravings.
Originally compiled and annually revised by Edward C. Alden. Oxford: Alden,
1906. Enlarged edition, with Appendix, 'Old Oxford'. Small 8vo (regular size).
148 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Plans. Folding map.
Brown cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good. #16766. $30
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Allen, Grant.
Cities of Belgium: Grant Allen's Historical Guide Books to the
Principal Cities of Europe Treating Concisely and Thoroughly of the Principal
Historic and Artistic Points of Interest Therein.
Edited by Jared Grant Allen. New York: A. Wessels Company, 1905. 16mo (small
book). 230 pages. Index.
Good hardcover, lower spine and corners and edges slightly rubbed and worn.
#27596. $25
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Anthon, Charles Edward.
A Pilgrimage to Treves, through the Valley of the Meuse and the
Forest of Ardennes in the Year 1844.
New York: Harper, 1845. 128 pages, 4 pages advertisements.
Brown blind stamped cloth-covered hardcover binding. Edges worn, top and bottom
of spine slightly frayed, foxing throughout, else good, tight copy. #16141.
$75
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Arnold-Forster, Mary.
Basset Down: An Old Country House.
Foreword by Charles Morgan. London: Country Life Limited, 1950. Small 4to
(medium-large book). 175 pages. Photographs. Folding appendix. Appendix I:
Masekelyne Pedigree. Appendix II: Booth and Proger Pedigree. No publication
date, but a 1950 newspaper review laid in.
Good hardcover, spine title faded, dampstains on lower inside corners of some
pages. #25773. $25
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Baudson, Francoise, editor.
La Bresse Savoyarde, 1272-1601. Exposition organisee par la
Ville de Bourg-en-Bresse, 6 Juin-15 Octobre 1972, en commemoration du Septieme
Centenaire du Rattachement de la Bresse a la Maison de Savoie par le mariage de
Sibylle de Bage avec le future Ame V. Catalogue.
Hommage de Paul Barberot. Brou: Musee de l'Ain, 1972. 1st printing. 84 pages,
xlvi plates.
Text in French. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #27339.
$40
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Begbie, Joan.
Walking in Dorset.
London: Alexander Maclehose & Co., 1936. 1st printing. xiv, 367 pages. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations. Folding maps. Frontispiece. Pictorial endpapers.
Very good hardcover. Unrelated gift inscription on front flyleaf. #24842.
$17.50
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Beitz, Egid.
The Holy City of Treves.
Translated from the German by L. B. Ellis. Augsburg: Benno Filser, 1928. Small
4to (medium-large book). 60 pages of text, 88 pages of plates. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations. Treves is the French name for the German city of
Trier.
Very good stiff pictorial self-wrappers (soft cover); covers slightly foxed and
stained. #24444. $35
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Brekne, Peder M., redaktor.
Vanse kirkejubileum 950 ar.
Vanse, Norway: Lista Menighetsrad, 1987. 120 pages. Photographs. Illustrations.
Text in Norwegian. Very good pictorial stiff wrappers (soft cover). #27852.
$30
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Butler, Charles J.
A Yankee Bachelor Abroad: A 'Wee Bit' of Wit and Fun and Some
Sober Facts Gathered during My 14 Months' Sojourn in The British Isles and Some
Parts of The Continent.
Camden, New Jersey: Butler, 1901. 367 pages. Photographs.
Good hardcover, edges worn. #10543. $12.50
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Cardoso, Alberico.
Chiado: Meu Amor.
Direccao Redactorial: Teresa Quintela. Direccao Grafica: Garizo de Carmo.
Lisboa, Portugal: Lucidus, 1989. 4to. 94 pages. Photographs. Illustrations.
Plans. Colaboraram Nesta Obra: Eng. Nuno Kruz Abecasis, Rui da Palma Carlos
(Manuel do Chiado), Duarte do Cannavial, Paulo Nogueira, Teresa Quintela,
Adelino Gomes, Carlos Madeira, Miguel Sousa Tavares, Arq. Alvaro Siza Vieira, e
ainda: Gabinete de Estudos Olissiponenses, Gabinete do Chiado, Camara Municipal
de Lisboa, Servico de Documentacao do 'Diario de Noticias'.
This book documents the history of Chiado, a neighborhood in downtown Lisbon
and includes some architectural sketches and drawings for reconstruction
after the August 25, 1988 fire. Text in Portuguese. Very good stiff
pictorial wrappers (soft cover); crease on lower right-hand front cover, edges
slightly rubbed and worn. #28503. $100
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Chagny, Andre, Texte, G. L. Arlaud,
photographs.
Talloires et le Lac d'Annecy.
Lyon, France: G. L. Arlaud, 1928. 66 pages. Index. Photographs. '60
illustrations en heliogravure d'apres les cliches originaux de G. L. Arlaud.' -
Title page.
Text in French. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover)'; upper part of
front cover slightly stained, upper part of spine paper torn off. #29292.
$20
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Culbertson, Judi, and Tom Randall.
Permanent Italians: An Illustrated, Biographical Guide to the
Cemeteries of Italy.
New York: Walker and Company, 1996. 1st printing. Tall, narrow 8vo. x, 240
pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Plans. Dated, inscribed and signed by
the authors.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0802774318. #27136.
$15
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Dempster, Charlotte L. H., by the
author of 'Vera,' 'Blue Roses,' etc.
The Maritime Alps and Their Seaboard.
London: Longmans, Green, 1885. 384 pages. Frontispiece. Illustrations.
Advertisements for Alpine Guide books and maps in rear.
Decorated hardcover. Good, corners and edges bumped, rear cover creased. Some
foxing. Unopened. #10950. $70
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Dupont-Nivet, Jean.
Sarah Bernhardt: Trente ans de passion pour Belle-Ile-en-Mer.
Preface de Lysiane Sarah-Bernhardt. No place: Dupont-Nivet, 1973. 221 pages.
Photographs. Illustrations.
Text in French. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Unrelated gift
inscription on half-title page. #24568. $35
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Firth, J. B.
Highways and Byways in Derbyshire.
Illustrations by Nelly Erichsen. London: Macmillan, 1905. 500 pages. Index.
Illustrations. Maps. Frontispiece.
Very good hardcover, edges slightly rubbed. Former owner's name on front
flyleaf. #13889. $15
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Fletcher, Geoffrey S., writer and
illustrator.
The London Nobody Knows.
New York: Arco Publishing, 1964. Small 4to. 124 pages. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #29123. $40
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Frogner, Kjetil Thorbjorn.
Fjaere: Some Engang Var.
Birkeland, Norway: Fjaere Historielag, 1990. Small 4to (medium-large book). 392
pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Photographs inside front and rear
cover. Innhold: Forord: Om bakgrunnen for boka. Fjaere Omkring 1970. Forste
Del: 8000 f.Kr.-1050 e.Kr. Oldtid og fornminner; Andre Del: Bringsvaerd--et
hovedsete gjennom tusen ar; Lendmannssonnen som ble jarl pa Orknoy; St.
Magnuskatedralen grunnleges; Fjaere--Orknoy. Den historiske traden tas opp i en
ny tid. Tredje Del: Fjaere Kirke.
Text in Norwegian. Very good hardcover. #23975. $80
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