Search Results: Travel from Trevian Books

Woodstock: The Overlook Press, (1986), 1986. First American edition. 8vo; 274 pp. A fine copy in cloth in a fine dust jacket. The author's account of her 1300 mile journey throught the Peruvian Andes with her nine year old daughter and a mule..

London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, (1949), 1949. First edition. 8vo; pp. viii, 128; color frontispiece and 131 illustrations from photographs. Owner's name, else a very good copy in red cloth in a good dust jacket. A survey of the wide variety of craftsmen - potters, gunsmiths, instrument makers, bookbinders, etc. - who practiced in English towns from medieval times and into the mid-twentieth century..

London: Thames & Hudson, (1968) First edition. Oblong 4to; unpaged [ 72 pp.]; illustrated. Ex-library with pocket, plate, call numbers, etc.; wear to corners; else a good copy in original cloth-backed laminated boards. The story of the Euston Arch and the fight against its demolition..

Nantucket: The Inquirer and Mirror Press, (1954), 1954. Reprint edition. Oblong 12mo; 50 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in original printed wrappers. A reprinting of Hussey's book on the Nantucket Island community of Siasconset, also known as 'Sconset, originally published in 1912. With an appendix of current [1954] owners of houses mentioned in the text. (Introduction notes that this is a faithful reproduction of the original except for one missing photograph which has been replaced by a photograph of Codfish Park.). Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., (1926), 1926. First American edition. 8vo; pp. ix, 354; photographic frontispiece; bibliography. A good copy in cloth-backed boards. An account of the author's travels across Morocco in the early twentieth century..

New York: Robbins, Royce & Hard, 1859 Pocket memoranda book presented by Robbins, Royce, & Hard, dry goods merchants at Duane & Reade Sts. in Manhattan. With calendars for 1859 & 1860, "Information for Strangers Visiting New York" with fares, ferries, hotels, telegraph offices, etc., and folding map of City of New York Below 27th St. 13.5 cm; 90 pp.; folding map. Approx. 14 memoranda pages removed; penciling to one memoranda page; else a good copy in bright gilt-stamped brown embossed boards..

New York: Hastings House, (1940), 1940. First edition. 8vo; unpaginated (150 pp.); more than 200 illustrations from etchings, lithographs, sketches and photographs. With his pen and with his camera, the artist portrays France at peace between the two World Wars. With and introduction by Donald Moffat..

Paris: Cie GLE Transatlantique: N.d. [c.1954] First edition. Oblong 8vo; unpaged [20]; illustrated from photographs and from drawings by German/American artist Richard Lindner.Agency stamp to front wrapper; else a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. Promotional brochure for the redesigned post-war liner, promoting decor by Leleu and illustrative panels by Pougheon and Dunand; restaurants decorated by Le Bucheron, Spade, Muller, Rigollet, Alavoine; with 4 double-page spreads illustrated by Lindner. Lindner was a successful illustrator and teacher whose paintings enjoyed a brief vogue in the 1960's..

London: John Murray, (1955), 1955. First edition. 8vo; 213 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy in blue cloth in a good dust jacket with light rubbing. Vare's own memoirs intertwined with a history of the Spanish Steps in Rome and a discussion of the historic figures associated with the steps..

Nantucket: Information Bureau. N.d. A collection of four clam recipes with a listing of restaurants in Nantucket and other parts of the island. Listings with specialties, some prices, etc. 20.5 cm; 16 pp. A very good copy in wrappers. c. 1946..

Pittsburgh: Gulf Oil, N.d. [c. 1938] Aviation atlas with six maps and other mateerial relating to the history of aviation, current models of planes; aeronautics, today's leaders, etc. Fifth edition and final pre-war edition. 30.5 cm; 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs, drawings, and six maps of airways from Rand-McNally. Ink date to front cover and to first page; edgewear to covers; else a good copy or better in wrappers..

Atlantic City: Leeds & Lippincott, N.d. [c. 1897] Promotional booklet for the recently opened Haddon Hall hotel on the ocean at Atlantic City. With information on the hotel and Atlantic City, and a colored photograph of a golf game at the recently opened Country Club of Atlantic City. Other illustrations are slightly unusal promotional art work, colored, patrons in beach chairs, mother and daughter in the lobby, colored photograph of the Boardwalk, colored drawing of the hotel's farms. Haddon Hall, successor to Haddon House, was redeveloped in the 1920s to become the Chalfont-Haddon Hall Hotel. 15.5 cm; 16 pp. printed recto only; illustrated in color from photographs and drawings. A very good copy in embossed wrappers..

Boston: Little Brown and Co., (1968) First American edition. 8vo; pp. xi, 179; illustrated from twenty-seven photographs by the author; bibliography. A very good copy or better in gilt-stamped green cloth in a very good dust jacket. The account of Thubron's five-hundred mile trek through Lebanon in the mid-sixties..

Walburg Pers, 2004 Catalog for an exhibition on the history of the legendary shipping line. Showing posters, models of ships, harbors in Rotterdam and New York, interiors, etc. First edition. 21 cm; 117 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers..

London /New York: Queen Anne/British Book Centre, 1953 Waugh's visit to the Holy Land. With wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. First American edition, #265/950 copies. 23 cm; 37 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in gilt-stamped red buckram, in a very good dust jacket with short tear to bottom of spine..

Chicago: Hotel World, 1927. Special supplement devoted to the recently opened Stevens Hotel on South Michigan Ave. in Chicago, with the dubious merit of being the largest hotel in the world. With architectural appreciation by Gibson, other more hotel oriented articles, interior and exterior photographs, construction photographs, and a large folding sheet showing floor plans for the sub-basement through the fifth floors. Designed by Holabird & Roche. Now a Hilton hotel. First edition. 4to; 96 pp.; illustrated from photographs and folding plan. A poor copy; complete but stained. with slight loss to folding floor plan; ink scribbling to cover; wear to covers; a fair reference copy only in original embossed wrappers..

Bangor: Bangor & Aroostok Railroad, 1921, 1921. First edition. 4to; 160 pp.; illustrated from photographs and maps, including folding color map of Maine tipped to title page. Light wear to top of spine; else a very good copy in original colored photographic wrappers. Classic railroad guidebook, published annually..

Bangor: Bangor & Aroostok Railroad, 1923, 1923. First edition. 4to; 160 pp.; illustrated from photographs and maps, including folding color map of Maine tipped to title page. Light wear to top of spine; else a very good copy in original colored photographic wrappers. Classic railroad guidebook, published annually..

White Sulpher Springs: Greenbrier, N.d. [c. 1952] Information booklet for guests at the Greenbrier, perhaps the world's whitest establishment. With information on all seasonal leisure activities and services available to guests. A few pieces of ephemera to rear pocket. 25.5 cm.; 32 pp.; illustrated from maps and drawings. Uneven fading to covers; else a very good copy in stiff paper wrappers..

Miami Beach: Lincoln Road Foundation, 1958 Booklet promoting the virtues of Lincoln Road for retail relocation. Lincoln Road is deemed desirable for its location, reputation, and access to the permanent population, to tourists, and to conventioneers, for whom a giant new convention hall is being built nearby. First edition. 28 cm; 60 pp.; illustrated from photgraphs and drawings. Owner's name; creased corner to rear cover; else a very good copy in plastic comb bound wrappers..