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Pfeiffer, Gerhard.
Im Zeichen der Waage: 425 Jahre Nurnberger Handelsvorstand,
1560-1985. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Begleitet von Organen der
wirtschaflichen Selbstverwaltung.
Nurnberg: Industrie-und Handelskammer Nurnberg, 1985. Small 4to (medium-large
book). 119 pages. Illustrations.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #23244. $17.50
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Poczy, Klara Sz.
Scarbantia: Sopron in the Roman Period.
Translated by Laszlo Boros. Translation revised by Judit Szollosy. Photographs
by Kalman Konya. Drawings by Zoltan Kemeny. Kecskemet, Hungary: Petofi Printing
House, 1977. 1st printing. 16mo (small book). 59+42 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. 'List of
Plates,' identifying the 42 pages of photographs, laid in.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers. ISBN 9631347479. #22754. $35
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Redfern, Roger A.
Rambles in Peakland. Drawings and a map by the author.
London: Robert Hale, 1965. 1st printing. 179 pages. Index. Illustrations. Map.
'The Peak District National Park was the first British National Park to be
formed, in 1950, and it has the advantage over most of our National Parks in
that it stands near the centre of England, approachable from any direction, not
hemmed in by the sea.' - Introduction. Very good hardcover in slightly worn
dust jacket. #24840. $15
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Rothery, Agnes.
Iceland: New World Outpost.
New York: Viking Press, 1948. 1st printing. vii, 214 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Photographs.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #20806. $17.50
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Rouse, Michael.
Ted Mott's Cambridge: A Portrait of the City in Old
Photographs.
Shropshire, U.K.: S. B. Publications, 1991. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo. 88 pages.
Photographs.
'A nostalgic tour of the city of Cambridge [England] and its suburbs
illustrated from the photographs of local photographer Ted Mott, and selected
from the extensive collection of negatives in the Cambridgeshire Collection.
The photographs include street scenes, transport, social history and every life
in the 1920's.' - Rear cover. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover).
ISBN 1870708768. #23845. $25
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Royal Automobile Club.
Royal Automobile Club Guide and Handbook, 1956.
London: Royal Automobile Club, 1956. 1st printing. xvi, 626 pages, 202 pages of
advertisements), 64 pages of road Maps of the British Isles. Maps.
Good hardcover, covers worn; internally very good. #16988. $20
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Salvadori, Massimo.
A Pictorial History of the Italian People.
New York: Nelson-Crown, 1972. 4to (large book). xviii, 396 pages. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations.
'Over 800 illustrations, art, architecture, politics, science, music, religion,
exploration, and all other achievements of the Italian people throughout the
world.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in worn and frayed dust
jacket, chipped in upper left rear dust jacket and rear jacket partially
repaired with tape. ISBN 0171400828. #21965. $80
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Sandison, Bruce.
The Heather Isles: A Journey through the Outer Hebrides.
Photographs by Michael Hockney. London: Unwin Hyman, 1990. 1st printing. Oblong
4to (large book). 159 pages. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white
photographs.
Travel, exploration and history in the Outer Hebrides, or 'Heather Isles,' the
Western Isles of Scotland. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket with 2 small
chips in rear jacket panel. ISBN 0044404247. #25189. $40
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Schaefer, A. T.
Das Waldhaus: Insel mit Brucken, Sils-Maria.
Prolog [von] Urs Kienberger [und] Felix Dietrich. Monchengladbach: A. T.
Schaefer und B. Kuhlen Verlag, 1998. 4to (large book). 143 pages. Color
photographs. Laid in a pamphlet with English translations of the articles.
Contributions by Luc Bondy, Iso Camartin, Claude Chabrol, Irene Dische, Remo
Fasani, Alexander Kluge, Donna Leon, Jacques Pilet, Daniel Schmid, Albert
Ziegler.
Published in celebration of the 90th anniversary of an old and lively hotel (it
opened in 1908), bringing together in a unique way a special place and an
extraordinary photographer, located in Sils Maria, Switzerland. Text in German.
Very good pictorial hardcover with original clear wrappers.
ISBN 3874481921. #25129. $30
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Siebenhar, H., Coln.
Neuestes Rhein-Panorama von Mainz-Coln. [Newest/Latest Rhine
River Panorama from Mainz to Cologne].
Koln, Germany: H. Siebenhar, No date. Probably late 1800's. Oblong 12mo.
Accordion-fold showing a continuous color photo-lithography view of the river
Rhine in postcard-size folded panels. Publisher's name is blindstamped on rear
cover. 'Photo. Lithogr. v. Wilh. Schutz Grossn. S. Hofbuchbinder u. Albumfabrik
Eisenach' printed on last picture panel.
Very good red pictorial hardcover covers, with some wear on rear cover. #22328.
$55
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Stedman, Edmund C.
The Complete Pocket-Guide to Europe.
Edited by Thomas L. Stedman and Nathan P. Stedman. New York: Robert M. McBride
& Company, 1924. 24mo (very small book). xxxvi, 592 pages. Index. Folding
maps.
Very good hardcover. Former owner's name on blank front flyleaf. #24818.
$25
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Steven, Campbell.
The Island Hills.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1955. 1st printing. 190 pages. Photographs. Maps.
Endpaper maps.
Description and travel of the island of the west coast of Scotland. Good
cloth-covered hardcover in slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. #17239. $20
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Suffolk County Council [Ipswich,
England].
Suffolk County Handbook.
Ipswich, England: Suffolk County Council, 1982. Small 4to (medium-large book).
104 pages. Photographs. Advertising.
Very good pictorial softcover. #19935. $20
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Thomson, William.
Letters from Scandinavia, on The Past and Present State of The
Northern Nations of Europe. (2 volumes).
London: Robinson, 1796. 2 volumes.
Contemporary calf. Very good. Both volumes have been rebacked. The original
gilt title labels have been restored on the spines, and the spines each have
seven horizontal gilt double-rules. The corners and edges on both volumes are
slightly worn. On the lower back cover of v. 2 there is about a small 3-inch
scratch, which appears to have been taken care of in the restoration. Both
volumes have their original endpapers. Very slight foxing. Volume 1, pages
385-400, show some water stains along the blank margins. #11688. $225
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Turner, W. J., editor.
British Adventure.
Introduction by Nigel Tangye. London: Collins, 1957. 1st printing. 324 pages.
Index. Color and black-and-white illustrations.
Contents: 'British Merchant Adventurers,' by Maurice Collis. 'British Polar
Explorers' by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. 'British Mountaineers' by F. S. Smyth.
'British Seamen' by David Mathew. 'British Soldiers' by S. H. F. Johnston.
'Britain in the Air' by Nigel Tangye. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust
jacket. #23852. $10
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Vanderbilt, W. K. (William Kissam),
Jr.
A Trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and Southern
France.
New York: Privately Printed, 1918. x, 120, [2] pages. Photographs. Maps,
including folding maps. Top edge gilt and gilt title. Blind-stamped car and
driver on lower front cover.
Very good hardcover. Exlibrary. No labels or marks on outside covers; stamps on
front flyleaf, Foreword page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. A
few very small punches on rear cover. #24363. $3500
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Wace, A. J. B. (Alan John Bayard),
and Maurice S. Thompson.
The Nomads of the Balkans: An Account of Life and Customs among
the Vlachs of Northern Pindus.
New York: Biblio & Tannen, 1973? Facsimile reprint. x, 332 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Vocabulary. Photographs. Map. First published London: Methuen,
1914.
'A unique description of the least known of the Balkan peoples, the mysterious
Kutso-Vlachs of Macedonia. The authors spent several years travelling among
them under the Turkish regime, and the result is the most intimate account ever
written of their hill villages on the edge of Albania.' - Inside front cover.
Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Unrelated gift inscription on half-title
page. ISBN 0685306135. #25198. $35
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Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) &
A.M.
The Lure of Monte Carlo.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1924. 1st edition. Small 8vo. xi, 189 pages.
Illustrations.
Good hardcover binding, spine slightly sunned. #12777. $12.50
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Wilson, Mary Lena.
Ladies Third: Six Weeks in Europe for Six Hundred Dollars.
With 16 sketches by W. P. Trent, Jr. New York: Duffield, 1928. 304 pages.
Illustrations.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good. #13366. $22.50
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