Search Results: Travel and Geography from Sweet Beagle Books

Readex Microprint. As New. 1966. Facimile. Hardcover. No defects. Book is As New. Bound in brown faux leather with bright gilt titles to front cover and spine. . Marquette's original French and its English translation on facing pages. This volume describes travels in Lower Canada, Illinois, Ottawas 1673-1677. This is a handsome facsimile reprint of the 1900 edition. . Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France 1610-1677 Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 127 pages. T6 .

E. Claxton & Co.. Fair. 1883. 11th Edition. Leather Bound. All pages are present, pages clean and lightly yellowed. Binding is tight. Leather covers are extremely worn, front cover is attached to the text block by a single thread, spine is lacking pieces at head and foot. All edges heavily rubbed gilt, gilt on spine is bright. Full leather cover with extended rear cover formed a belt to slide through missing belt loop on front cover. The cracked flap is detached but present (see image) : a beautiful gilt vignette of two sides and front of a steam locomotive. The book could use a new binding. . Includes 324 pp + 70 additional pages of ads, reviews, Contents. This is a classic work on the early locomotive. An early printing, NOT a modern reprint. . 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 324 pages. F4 .

Seoul, Korea. Seoul, Korea: Office of Public Information, Republic of Korea. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1956. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Bumped corners to red cloth covers, a few small spots to red cloth cover. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . An early handbook to South Korea, written just after the end of the Korean War (or Police Action, as it was known officially). A full treatment of (South) Korea, in all aspects, circa 1955. 360pp. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 360 pages. L2 .

Bobbs-Merrill Co.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in VG- dust jacket. Jacket has shallow chipping to corners, also head and foot of spine, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has been read but no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on second endpaper. Description of Australia and Australians, as seen by a traveler in the mid-1950s. Includes 24 plates. Nice copy of a signed first edition (stated). . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 400 pages. Signed by Author. F6 .

NY. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very slight soil to white rear panel of jacket, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Owner name neatly written on flyleaf, no other defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Author revisits the South of his youth in search of his black boyhood friend. Book was published in the middle of the American civil rights decade of the 1960s. A beautiful copy, in polyester film cover. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 219 pages. L3 .

Bloomington. Bloomington: Lilly Library, Indiana U.. Very Good+. 1995. 1st Edition. Softcover. Narrow strip along bottom edge of front cover and spine is faded, no other defects.. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. . An exhibition catalog of 71 items held by the Lilly Library related to H. Rider Haggard in Africa. A solid copy. . Lilly publication Series. Trade PB. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 74 pages. J5 .

Indiana Historical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Reprint. Softcover. Creasing to spine, light wear and rubbing to card covers, half-title page has large hole above the book's title. There are 3 or 4 dog-eared pages. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Reprint of a book originally published in 1826. Place names are arranged alphabetically. Descriptions range in length from a sentence to a paragraph or two. According to the book, Indianapolis had a population of around 800 at this time, with 4 taverns, a library, several lawyers, and much more. . Indiana Historical Society. Publications Series. Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 129 pages. I2 .

International Labour Office. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. Bound in gray buckram. . A major study of the living and working conditions of the indigenous peoples of the world, circa 1950. Includes 24 photographic plates, 49 tables, ten maps and extensive bibliographies. A beautiful copy. . Studies and Reports, New Series No. 35 Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 628 pages. C1 .

Julian Messner, A Division of Pocket Books. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine book in VG- dust jacket. Book spine is bumped at extremities, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Jacket has small chips and tears, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 480 pages. C4 .

None Identified. Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. Softcover. No defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . This is a pictorial introduction to the city of Kaliningrad, a seaport on the Baltic, at the turn of the century. A high-quality production, the photos are in full-color and printed on coated paper. A one-page introduction is given in German and English; captions are in German, and a list in the back of the book translates them to English. There is also a long piece of text in, I believe, Polish. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 64 pages. S2 .

Leipzig. Leipzig: Georg Kummers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Bound in original blue cloth covers with bright gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine; a small amount of gilt has flaked off of the front cover; two tiny holes to top of backstrip. No fading to spine or covers. Both hinges are cracked but book remains tight and solid. . Printed on coated paper, this book features hundreds of spectacular b/w photos of Italy and its wonders. Text is in German. An invaluable source for photos of Italy prior to World War Two. Large and heavy with shipping weight of 6 pounds. 12.5 x 10 inches. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 568 pages. J5 .

Fairfield, Washington. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press. As New with no dust jacket. 1999. Softcover. No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book is unread. . Homesteading on 160 acres in southwest Oregon in the 1940s. Illustrated with b/w photos. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 214 pages. H4 .

Ellert + Richter Verlag. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. No defects in book or dust jacket, Like New. This is a large coffee-table type book of 128 pages. . Profusely illustrated in full color. In German, French and English. Laid in is a folding map of Leipzig and a brochure describing St Thomas church. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. S7 .

Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects. Fine book and dust jacket, As New, appears unread. . Travel book by this Nobel Prize-winning author, focusing on African beliefs. This is the First North American Edition. . Borzoi Books Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 256 pages. J2 .

Hoffmann Und Campe Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Softcover. Yellowing to some pages, dings and light creasing to paper covers. . Eighteen short articles about Germany's Black Forest in the mid-1950s, accompanied by many spectacular b/w photos. Text is in German. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 96 pages. J6 .

Heinävesi. Heinävesi: Valamo Monastery. Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Pamphlet. No defects. . Stapled pamphlet. This guidebook tells the story of historic Old Valamo at Lake Ladoga in the parish of Heinävesi, Finland, where Finnish orthodoxy flourishes. 64pp. . 16mo - 6" to 7" tall. 64 pages. B3 .

International Foundation Mozarteum. Very Good+. 1950. Hardcover. Thin decorated, paper-covered boards are somewhat warped, sunned at extremities. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. . This is a tourist guide to Salzburg, Austria, and the many Mozart memorials to be found there. In English, illustrated with photos of artifacts, buildings, and the like. Undated, but around 1950.. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 59 pages. k3 .

Beacon Press. New with no dust jacket. 1986. Reprint. Softcover. No defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Facsimile reprint of the original 1927 edition with a new introduction by Peter Hopkirk. An epic journal to Tibet's forbidden city of Lhasa. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 310 pages. K1 .

University of Michigan Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book has warm inscription on first endpaper to former owner, no other defects. Dust jacket has a small scraped spot to back panel, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . A beautiful copy. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 344 pages. S3 .

NY & Indianapolis. NY & Indianapolis: Geo. H. Adams & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with red leather corners and spine. Covers are heavily worn, stained, lacking top inch of backstrip. Book is shaken, but binding is still fairly firm except at the top three or four inches where it is loosening. Pages are all present and attached, but soiled, varmint-gnawed at extremities of first several pages, small chips and tears. The pastedowns are loosening from the boards, and the last endpaper has a long tear. Some pages have owners' names and other marks and doodling, foxing, some creasing. Most of the soil, staining, and foxing is at the margins of pages. All pages are present and all text and illustrations are easily readable. Page 30 has been clumsily removed by someone and pasted to p. 13 (the blank verso of p. 12). . The title continues: "Gazetteer, giving a concise description and the location of cities, villages, post offices,… Read More