The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

THE LOST CITIES OF CEYLON

Mitton, G. E. · 1917

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Very Good John Murray Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight fading to spine. A bit of browning to first and last few pages.; This book discovers the archaeological wonders from the past, including Anuradhapura, Lankarama District, Isurumuniya Monastery, Sigiriya, Po...

THE GAY CITY; Being a Guide to the Fun of the Fair in Paris

Phillips, Arthur · 1925

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good Brentano's Publishers First Edition Paper spine label a bit darkened.; This is a guide to Paris for visitors to the 1925 World's Fair, officially called "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes". This was the birthplace of Art Deco. Incl...

CARTHAGE THEN AND NOW; Description and Guide with Illustrations and Plan of Carthage

[Bascone & Muscat] · 1945

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good Bascone & Muscat 8th Revised Edition Light edgewear to covers. Former owner's name on back cover. Small stamp and very slight foxing to front cover. Outer hinge a bit weakening.; A detailed guide of what is now an UNESCO world heritage site right outside of Tunis. In...

THROUGH GASA LAND, AND THE SCENE OF THE PORTUGUESE AGGRESSION; The Journey of a Hunter in Search of Gold and Ivory.

Gillmore, Parker [Ubique] · 0

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Very Good Harrison and Sons ex-library A bit of browning and dampstaining to first and last few pages. Small bear spot on front board with a bit of minor wear to the pictorial design. Rough spot on rear endpaper from removed library marking.; Dark red boards with black letteri...

LETTERS FROM THE HOLY LAND

Butler, Elizabeth · 1906

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Very Good A & C Black Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. Slight browning to front free endpaper. Last few pages with very light foxing.; 16 tissue guarded plates from watercolors by the author. 7s 6d series, 1906 reprint. (The first edition was published 3 ye...

HISTORIC PRINCETON; The Story of a Revolutionary Town and a Guide to Princeton University and Sundry Landmarks of Interest

[Princeton Municipal Improvements, Inc. ] · 1940

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good Princeton Municipal Improvements, Inc. Light soiling to back boards, not affecting interior of book.; The History of Princeton. The endpapers are decorated with maps.; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 123 pages Princeton, NJ

ILLINOIS; A Descriptive and Historical Guide

Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] · 1939

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good A. C. McClurg & Company First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight browning and foxing to endpapers. Former owner's name on half-title page. Else a handsome and tight copy with slight sunning to spine.; The first edition of the WPA Illinois volume...

GREAT RIVER OF THE MOUNTAINS: THE HUDSON

Bowen, Croswell · 1941

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good in Good+ dust jacket Hastings House Boards a bit worn and with moderate rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket torn and chipped.; Introduction by Carl Carmer. Photographs and prose by Croswell Bowen. An early coffe-table book with stunning photogravures.; 4to 11" - 13" t...

THE ESTATE OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS; April 23-26, 1996

[Southeby's] · 1996

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Very Good Sotheby's Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; The profusely illustrated auction catalogue, a hefty volume, for everything that was auctioned. 1195 items. Originally priced at $ 45.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 584 pages New York

ACROSS COVETED LANDS [TWO VOLUME SET]; A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland

Savage Landor, A. Henry · 1903

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Very Good Charles Scribner's Sons Boards with light rubbing to extremities. One corner slightly bumped.; A mighty long trip on a horseback with two cats, illustrated with drawings and photos. The trip went through Persia (Iran) and through Balochistan, a mountainous part of Pa...

WELCOME TO POLYNESIA; Authentic Native Dancers and Pearl Divers Direct from Pago Pago to You At the New York World's Fair

Stocker, Paul · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good+ Poly Trade Soc. , Inc. Nd. [1964]. A Fold-out in color that was given to out at the Polynesia stand at the New York World's Fair 1964-1965.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall Seattle, WA

PLYMOUTH AS A TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORT

Williams, F. M. · 1898

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Good+ James H. Keys, Printer Boards darkened and a bit worn. Slight foxing to endpapers. Inscriptions by previous owners on front free endpaper. Hinges a bit tender and with binding slightly gapping in places, but still holding strongly.; The booklet was circulated by the Merc...

BEAUTIFUL BERMUDA; The Standard Guide to Bermuda

Bell, Euphemia Young; Bell, Susanne E. ; Bell, William E. · 1947

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Company Tenth Edition DJ with one small, open tear.; A very detailed guide with numerous illustrations from b&w photographs. With many ads. Rear fold-out color map.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; lxiv, 736 pages Hamilton, ...

VUES THE PARIS; Photogravures De N. D. Phot.

[Phot, N. D. ]

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good+ N. D. Phot First illustration a bit darkened.; A beautiful album of 18 photogravures (with a couple of illustrations missing) including the most major sights of the city. Bound in cloth boards with blindstamped alligator pattern. Front boards with silver linear art ...

PICTORIAL CHICAGO IN COLOR

[Curt Teich & Co. , Inc. ] · 1949

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Very Good+ Curt Teich & Co. , Inc. Slight wear to covers.; A booklet with postcard-like illustrations in color of the main sights of the Windy City. Nd. [1949]?; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 32 pages Chicago

MAROC; Tierre Et Ciel

Mercanton, Jacques; Rouget, Bernard · 1954

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Very Good+ La Guilde Du Livre A few small tears to the glassine wraps. Else a very handsome copy.; In original glassine wraps. Limited edition # 138 of 10,000. This early coffetable book is a great example of excellent craftmanship. The heliogravures are of an amazing quality ...

MAURESQUES; With Some Basque and Spanish Cameos

Hawkes, C. P. · 1926

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Very Good+ Houghton Mifflin Company First US Edition Impressions from North Africa, Spain, and the Basque country. The author was a British author, journalist, and travel writer. 21 illustrations from b&w photographs.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; x, 248 pages Boston And New York

CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL; The Low-Down on the Big Town!

Lait, Jack; Mortimer, Lee · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Covers a bit dog eared. Light creases to spine. Usual browning to pages.; "A cheeky, impudent, uncensored, shocking account of the fast, fabulous, fascinating city."; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages New York

TREASURE SEEKER IN CHINA

Karlbeck, Orvar · 1957

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket The Cresset Press First British Edition DJ with light chipping. Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; A detailed travel guide from a Swedish Railroad engineer, who turned into a hobby archaeologist and later to a art specialist and anti...

ALASKA; Last American Frontier

Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] Colby, Merle · 1939

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Good+ The MacMillan Company First Edition Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Gilt spine lettering faded. Slight browning to endpapers.; The definitive source on Alaska, before it became a state. The only book in the American Guide Series to credit a sole author (the Ida...