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HAMILTON, Dominic, photography by Anthony Cassidy; Traveler's Venezuela Companion. Guilford, The Globe Pequot Press, [2001], First edition, 8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; 312 pp, hundreds of colored illus from photos by Cassidy, many colored maps including double-page, index, orig heavy pictorial paper wraps with front and rear flaps, pictorial endpapers, fine and clean (as new).
A valuable reference for any traveler, beautifully illustrated and mapped, covering all parts of the country and highly useful for planning and traveling in this amazing country.
US$4. bookID # 12283
WATKINS, Frederick Henry; Handbook of the Leeward Islands. London, The West India Committee, 1924, First edition, 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [viii], 308 pp, 15 plates from photos including one plate not in list, folding panorama frontis of St. John's, Antigua, folding map with insets, tables, index, orig cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, spine lightly faded, near fine, quite clean interior.
A very detailed description of the Virgin Islands, Santa Cruz, Anquilla, St. Martin, St. Bartholomew, Barbuda, Antiqua, St. Kitts, Dominica, Montserrat, Saba, etc, with history, government, populations, climate, settlements, estates, departments, agriculture, finance, customs, transportation, banks, clubs and societies, institutions, and much more.
US$120. bookID # 12431
MARTINEAU, G. R.; Nagel's Guide Books; Italy in One Volume. Paris, Nagel Publishers, [1949], , 12mo [16 x 11 cm]; liv, 516, [iv], xlviii pp, 64 colored maps and plans including many folding and double-page, endpaper map, orig cloth faded, orig ribbon bookmark, but very good copy.
There are detailed street plans of 42 cities and town and detailed listings of sites, historical, artistic and tourist related.
US$25. bookID # 7537
PETERSON, Roger Tory; A Field Guide to the Birds; Giving Field Marks of all Species Found East of the Rockies. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947, Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, 12mo [19 x 11.5 cm]; xxiv, 290 pp, illus, 60 plates, almost all in color, other illus in text, index, orig cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial endpapers showing silhouettes of 54 birds for identification, dj (worn, chipped, not price clipped), interior is clean and near fine in worn dj.
This was the revised and much expanded of the classic field guide series which made Peterson famous. His works became the bible of bird enthusiasts and revolutionized bird-watching. Only more recently has his bird art come to be appreciated. Ripley 225. The first edition of 1934 had only 167 pages
US$8. bookID # 11306
TERRY, T. Philip; Terry's Guide to Mexico, the New Standard Guidebook to the Mexican Republic with chapters on the Railways, Airways, Bus Lines and Ocean Routes to Mexico and the Automobile Roads to the Republic. Hingham, Massachusetts, [Robert C. Terry], 1947, revised by Robert C. Terry, thick 16mo [17 x 12 cm]; [x, ads], 932, [ii], [xxxvi, ads with illus] pp, 26 colored maps and plans, mostly folding and double page, index, orig red cloth with gilt title lettering, orig ribbon bookmark, cover slightly rubbed, blank page with previous owner's notes, else a clean fine copy.
The standard guide to Mexico with sections on each region in considerable detail and details on all aspects of Mexico and customs, etc. 'The circumspect treat Mescal with due respect and imbibe it in prudent quantities' (p. 91). The maps include street plans of most major towns and cities.
US$15. bookID # 7869
VINCENT, Tom, Dusty Hind, Peggy Adams, Jim Chin, etc; The Bermuda Book; Almost everything you need to know for the time of your life on the most-loved island of them all. Hamilton, Aardvark Publishing, [1980], First edition, 8vo [ 21.5 x 13.5 cm]; 336 pp, numerous illus from photos and drwgs, maps including large colored folding map with folding index, street maps of cities, tables, orig pictorial heavy paper wraps, fine and clean.
A detailed travel guide with attractions described in detail, tours, events, shopping, history, good maps, etc.
US$18. bookID # 11922
VILNAY, Zev; The Guide to Israel. Jerusalem, Sol Agency, [1971], , 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; 708 pp, over 650 illus from drwgs, endpaper map, other maps, plans, index, orig red vinyl covers, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, library withdrawal stamp on cover and endpaper, but no marks on cover or interior, very good with the original ribbon bookmark.
A detailed travel guide to all places, cities, towns, places including those areas gained in six day's war, with much on history, archaeology, people, etc. The first edition was 1955, each update providing a picture of the country at that time.
US$5. bookID # 11949
VILNAY, Zev; The Guide to Israel. Jerusalem, Sol Agency, 1960, , 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; 521, [xxx, ads], [ix, index], [i, ads] pp, 619 illus from drwgs, maps, plans, index, orig red cloth covers, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, library withdrawal stamp on cover and endpaper, but no marks on cover or interior, very good with the original ribbon bookmark, dj (small chip at edge, jacket taped to cover).
A detailed travel guide to all places, cities, towns, places including those areas gained in six day's war, with much on history, archaeology, people, etc. The first edition was 1955, each update providing a picture of the country at that time.
US$5. bookID # 11950
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