NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1936. Later printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 204; frontispiece, 14pp illus from photographs. As a child in the 1920s, the American author and her two brothers lived like gypsies, residing here and there in France, Austria, and Germany -- then on to Moscow where "papa had photographed Stalin," back to Germany where they witnessed the rise of Hitler and the Youth Movement, and finally to England and then America, where they wound up in Denver. Among other notables, they had hobnobbed with the Gish sisters, Marc Connelly, Georges Clemenceau, Thomas Mann, Anna Pavlova, Alexander Woollcott, et al. Includes long lists of "People We Like" and "Animals We Like.". 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Posadas, Argentina: Melot, 1942. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Covers show signs of light use. 40pp; charts in text. Laid in are four related handbills, printed on tissues of various colors, and the Aero Club's presentation announcement. 8.5" x 6.5". (more information)

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Delhi: Jain Sons, 1961. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 92pp; illus from photographs, double-page map, full-cover colored view of the Taj Mahal. This guide to Agra the City of Taj includes a brief history of the Moghul Empire as well as views and text relating to the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and other local sites. Also given is information on hotels and hostels, travel connections, &c. 7" x 4.75". (more information)

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New Amsterdam, British Guiana: Popular Printery, 1960. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 64pp in all; illus from photographs. This is a very scarce collection of the first eight issues of this grass-roots church bulletin, containing: messages from the parish priest; discussions of finance and gifts; notice of club meetings; Saint Clements Infant School news; religious messages; news of parishoners; holy days; a "devotional alphabet" (A for Adoration, B for Blessings, &c.); church history; and many advertisements for local businesses. Bound in printed wraps of various colors. Text in English. 11" x 5.5". (more information)

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Gordonville, PA: Printed by Pequea, 1981. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 76pp; 3pp illus from photographs. The author and his uncle made the trip in a Conestoga wagon drawn by two Morgan horses, a journey of 970 miles. They traveled with a dog and a cat from home in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, to an Amish settlement 10 miles north of Marion, Kentucky. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Israel: Palphot, 1975. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 36pp; illus from color photographs. Text in English & French. Shows & describes a typical Israeli kibbutz as a social, educational, and economic farm unit. 8.5" x 6". (more information)

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Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1928. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xviii, 214; map, 48pp illus from photographs. This is a readable account of cruising Cuba, Panama and South America, written for tourists by a prolific author of travel books. 9" x 6.25". (more information)

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Washington: USGPO, 1965. Revised Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: iv, 56; illus, some color. Has sections on Turkish history, lifestyles, customs, culture & religion as well as tips on sights, foods, common phrases, etc. 5.25" x 4". (more information)

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London: E. Marlborough, 1942. Fifth Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: xiii, 185. "Teaches you the essentials of a language (for travel and enjoyment) without the drudgery of prolonged study." 7.25" x 4.75". (more information)

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London: Johnston & Bacon, 1954. not bound. Good. Separations at several folds, some old tape. Broadsheet , folds to 10" x 4.5". Canvas backing is sandwiched between the two maps. 30" x 40". (more information)

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NY: Scribner's, 1904. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (xii), 224, index; 18 plates. Elizabeth Davis Bancroft was married to historian-statesman George Bancroft who became America's Minister to England in 1846. This work contains extracts from her letters home, including accounts of the Bancrofts' dealings with major English figures of the day--Queen Victoria, Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lady Byron, and many others, 1846-1849. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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Philadelphia: Bartlett, 1922. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 28pp. Has itineraries and prices for various tours, ocean travel tips, brief descriptions of foreign sights, etc. 9" x 5.25". (more information)

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Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1958. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 64pp; 29 stamps on plates. This treatment of the geography and culture of Iran is in the American Geographical Society's Around-the-World Program. Includes a double-page map as well as treatments of Iranian history and modern culture, including art, calligraphy, rugs, tribal lifestyles, recipes, &c. of the Kurds, Lurs, Bakhtiari, and Quashquai. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Press, 1920. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 448; 40 plates from photographs. The author recounts her trip through Spain in 1899, visiting Seville, Toledo, Madrid, Andalusia, &c. Included are chapters on bullfights, gypsies, &c. Bates (1859-1929), a Wellesley professor and poet who wrote "America the Beautiful," here gives an educated view of Spain at the turn of the 20th century, including historical and sociological insights. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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Reading, PA: Daniel Miller, 1875. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Inner front hinge mended. pp: viii, 464. Bausman spent a year of travel and study in the UK, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. [Smith, American Travellers Abroad, #B53.] 8" x 5". (more information)

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NY Brentano's (1924)., 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth binding and contents in very good condition. 7.75" x 5.25" 262pp Photographs by the author. The cover, by the Decorative Designers, shows an old car at a campsite in the mountains. The author and her husband, who lived and worked in upstate New York, drove and camped their way through Florida, the Gulf states and Mississippi Valley, the desert, southern California, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier and Glacier Park, and Yellowstone Park. Illustrated by 34 plates from photos, map. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Boston: Murray Press, 1911. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 370; plates and text illus from photographs. The author and nearly 200 other Americans sailed on the "Devonian" from East Boston to Berlin to attend the 1910 World Congress of Free Christianity and Religious Progress. He tells of their extended tour of Europe, including England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. 7.75" x 5". (more information)

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Chautauqua, NY Chautauqua Press 1919., 1919. Hardcover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 8" x 5.25" 274pp w/index The author toured Mexico in 1911. His narrative is updated here with political comment regarding the Madero revolution. Illustrated by 33pp photo-illus, double map. Second Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1935. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 287pp; 16pp illus from photographs. The author recalls travels with fellow missionaries in Lagos, Bombay, Colombo, Mombasa, Singapore, Saigon, Capetown, etc. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Boston, MA: Boston & Maine RR, 1954. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Broadside, one page; view of St. James Cathedral. Printed in red on white. The route also used the Central Vermont Railway, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway. 17.5"x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. pp: x, 321, index; frontispiece, 16 plates from photographs. Discusses the Flemings and the Walloons, burgher life, mining, education, amusements, legends, military, etc. 7.25" x 4.75". (more information)

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Cairo, Egypt: not published, 1920. Original. not bound. Very Good. Card; vertical fold. On the back is written: "Galabiah, cloth." 4" x 5". (more information)

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Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 184pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Bowen studied at Jerusalem's American School of Oriental Research and collected "several tons" of antiquities. She also conducted many interviews with Jerusalem residents. Here, she presents a handbook of several hundred entries on the life, scenes and customs of Biblical times, grouped by types of antiquities (charms, ossuaries and utensils, agricultural tools, drinking vessels, musical instruments, alabaster, carvings and heads from Egypt, models of tombs, medicines of the primitive Arabs, caravans and legion tiles, jars, etc.). 8" x 5.25". (more information)

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Rio de Janeiro: Pap. Moderna, 1926. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. Few signs of use. pp: 16, (1); illus from photographs. Text in Portuguese. 9" x 6.25". (more information)

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Cologne, Germany: Karl Bremer, 1950. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Strip map and 30 views in color, folds into paper covers. Descriptive text. 50" x 8". (more information)

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NY: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rudolf Freund. 149pp; color frontispiece, b&w text illus. This copy is inscribed for a friend and signed by the author, Ambassador to Brazil. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1904. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xiii, 289; portrait. Neat gift inscription on title-page. On the front pastedown, the recipient of this copy pencilled a bold note: "Geo. T. Bromley was at one time Capt. & Mate of one of the Steam Boats of Norwich Line running between Norwich & New York. I knew him with a good main--one of us. / H.M. Witter." Bromley's autobiography, written at the age of 87, comprises stories of his steamboating days, a railroad trip to China, packet and merchant ship service, travels in the western states, a trip to Hawaii, &c. (Not in Toy's, Adventures Afloat.) 7.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Aguascalientes, Mexico: Eugenio Alvarado, 1939. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, small piece torn from top margin (no text loss); 17 illus from photographs. "Grandiosa Reaparicion de los Maravillosos Pequenos Toreros. Juanito Vela, Pepe Vela y Manolo Torres." Text continues in Spanish. Admission prices are in dollars and cents: for women and children, $1.00 in the shade or 75 cents in the sun. The photographic illustrations include eight views of bulls, captioned by name and number, and nine portraits of matadors, pecadors and bandilleros. 23.5" x 7.75". (more information)

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London British Library 1993., 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.25" x 5.75" 23pp This is a presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author (as Bob) on the cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1942. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 230pp w/index; maps, 20pp illus from photographs. First published shortly before Japan's entry into World War II, this second edition was issued eight months into the war. The author was a rising star of Australian journalism, and here writes of his travels through New Caledonia, describing the island's history, people, &c. Burchett is well-known for his later books on Vietnam. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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