Viaggi e geografia

Where Land Meets Sea: the enduring Cape Cod.

Leighton, Clare, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, David R. Godine, (1982). 1st ptg thus. G PB. ".fully to love the Cape, we must live with the loneliness, and be fearless against the assault of a northeaster. We must. know it in the setting of wind and storms and implacable fog, and be willing to take months of damp g...

New England Tourist: Penobscot Bay (volume 2, no. 2).

New England Summer Resort Association, · 1896 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, MA, T, J, Walker, August, 1896. Fair. Photos of Yachts Camden Harbor and the Entrance to Penobscot River on front cover, Picturesque Penobscot dwellings & hotels. on page 5, Some Camden Views and Camden Cottages on pages 8 & 9, The Mountain View House. Edges of outer p...

My Own Cape Cod.

Taber, Gladys, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Yarmouth Port, MA, Parnassus Imprints, (1998). VG PB. Taber writes about the Cape Cod she loves where her other home, Still Cove, is located. "Still Cove" is exactly my idea of. heaven." Nestled on a cliff overlooking the sapphire waters of Mill Pond inlet, it is a low, one-st...

Our American Wonderlands.

James, George Wharton, · 1915 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. VG. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering and illus on front cover. Spine rubbed, slight edge wear.

Places.

Crosland, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1971). VG in G DJ. A collection of reminiscences never before published in English about some of the places Colette lived and visied. She chats. about her friends, cats, travels, esp. to her beloved France. Her preoccupation with the human heart, ...

Maine Lingo: boiled owls, billdads & Wazzats.

Down East Magazine, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Camden, ME, Down East Book, (1975). 1st ed. VG in Fair DJ. The only way to keep the vernacular is to avoid the corruption of travel but Gould wandered widely so he felt the. need to write down the terse expressiveness of his mother tongue from lobstermen, seafarers, farmers & ...

Rude Awakenings: two Englishmen on foot in Buddhism's Holy Land.

Sucitto, Ajahn and Nick Scott, foreword by Stephen Batchelor, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Wisdom Pubs, (2006). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB ex-librarya. Buddhist pilgrims in India, one a naturalist the other an austere Buddhist monk spend 6 months retracing Buddha's steps. Library markings.

Maximum City: Bombay lost and found.

Mehta, Suketu, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Knopf, 2004. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ ex-library. Author is a native of Bombay and gives us a true insider's view including the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu. gangs who wrest control of the city's byzantine political and commercial systems, the life of a bar dan...

Trolleys of New England: Northern New England volume one.

Seashore Trolley Museum, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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np, Seashore Trolley, (2000). VG video enclosed in plastic slipcase with pictorial cover. Begins with Springfield, Vermont, Terminal Railway for a look at travel and passenger operations of the railroad. Then to. Claremont, NH, then Manchester, NH.

Campobello the Outer Island.

Nowlan, Alden, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Toronto, Clarice Brown/Stoddart, (1993). VG lg sz PB. Photo of FDR on back cover June 1933 aboard Amberjack off Campobello Island. Color photo inside of Campobello, summer. residence of FDR.

Six Years in the Malay Jungle.

Wells, Carveth, · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Garden City, (1925). VG. Bright orange cover, slight soil and crease to spine. Wells was sent to the Malay Jungle in 1913 to survey a route for a. railway for the effects of WWI on this British possession. He tells the truth abaout it so well it would thought to be a lie. ...

Geneve Geneva (in French and English) 105 Photographies en Couleurs Texte Francais-Anglais.

Pierre Jaeger & Fils, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Geneva, Editions Coloris, nd. G lg sz PB. Front hinge cracked.

Heritage of the Desert: the Arabs and the Middle East.

Ellis, Harry B., · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Ronald Press, (1956). VG. Inscribed by author Ellis to former book owner, dated December 1956. "I have tried to explain the Arabs as I grew to know. them duriing nearly three years spen as Middle East correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. I have also tried to tel...

A Stern and Lovely Scene: a visual history of the Isles of Shoals.

University Art Galleries, UNH, edited by Susan Faxon, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Durham, NH, University of New Hampshire, (1978). VG lg sz PB. Tanning along spine edge, owner inscription.

Away to Cape Breton.

Brinley, Gordon, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1936. G. Conversation reminiscent of William Powell and Myrna Loy, Alexander Graham Bell and his wife spoke of islands and. peninsulas such as Cape Breton Island. Red binding, gilt lettering, map illustrated endpapers, illustrated scenes along the Island. Owner ...

Views of Malden, Mass. and vicinity.

Unknown, · 1920 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Portland, ME, Nelson Co., nd (ca 1920). G PB. Malden was incorporated as a town on May 11, 1649. The name was derived from Maldon, the English province from which came. Joseph Hill and John Wayne, who were the honored founders. The first city government was inasugurated in 188...

Switzerland land of peace and liberty.

Traz. R. de, text by, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Lausanne, Geneva, Swiss Govt for Dev. of Trade, nd (ca 1949). VG. Wonderful full page photos of Switzerland. Gray binding, blue lettering. Tanning on edges.

Cape May to Montauk.

Falorp, Nelson P., · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Viking in assn w/Exxon, (1973). VG in Fair DJ. Of all America's shorelines, the area between Cape May and Montauk may be the busiest. Behind the beaches lie countless. bays, strems, and forests that harbor a host of wildlife that is continually being threatened by the encr...

The Portable Curmudgeon: irreverent notes, quotes, and anecdotes on dismal destinations, excess baggage etc..

Winokur, Jon, compiled & edited by, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Seattle, Sasquatch Books, (2003). 1st ptg. VG. Yellow biding showing traveler with suitcases on top of elephant.

Route 66: ghost towns and roadside relics.

Wexler, Bruce, · 2016 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Chartwell Books, (2016). VG in VG DJ. Large size book with views of the famous Route 66 for 2,451 miles through the history and culture of America, named the. "Mother Road" by John Steinbeck, it drew a nation together and helped put the economy back on its feet after the G...