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Pestalozzi, Rudolf.
Tessin: Aus Meinem Leica-Skizzenbuch.
Zurich: Fretz & Wasmuth, 1945. No pagination. Black-and-white photographs.
Text in German. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover).; covers
slightly worn and sunned. #29291. $20
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Pfeiffer, Gerhard.
Im Zeichen der Waage: 425 Jahre Nurnberger Handelsvorstand,
1560-1985. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Begleitet von Organen der
wirtschaflichen Selbstverwaltung.
Nurnberg: Industrie-und Handelskammer Nurnberg, 1985. Small 4to (medium-large
book). 119 pages. Illustrations.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #23244. $17.50
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Poczy, Klara Sz.
Scarbantia: Sopron in the Roman Period.
Translated by Laszlo Boros. Translation revised by Judit Szollosy. Photographs
by Kalman Konya. Drawings by Zoltan Kemeny. Kecskemet, Hungary: Petofi Printing
House, 1977. 1st printing. 16mo (small book). 59+42 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations. 'List of Plates,' identifying the 42 pages of photographs, laid
in.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers. ISBN 9631347079. #22754. $35
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Redfern, Roger A.
Rambles in Peakland. Drawings and a map by the author.
London: Robert Hale, 1965. 1st printing. 179 pages. Index. Illustrations. Map.
'The Peak District National Park was the first British National Park to be
formed, in 1950, and it has the advantage over most of our National Parks in
that it stands near the centre of England, approachable from any direction, not
hemmed in by the sea.' - Introduction. Very good hardcover in slightly worn
dust jacket. #24840. $15
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Rothery, Agnes.
Iceland: New World Outpost.
New York: Viking Press, 1948. 1st printing. vii, 214 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Photographs.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #20806. $17.50
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Rouse, Michael.
Ted Mott's Cambridge: A Portrait of the City in Old
Photographs.
Shropshire, U.K.: S. B. Publications, 1991. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo. 88 pages.
Photographs.
'A nostalgic tour of the city of Cambridge [England] and its suburbs
illustrated from the photographs of local photographer Ted Mott, and selected
from the extensive collection of negatives in the Cambridgeshire Collection.
The photographs include street scenes, transport, social history and every life
in the 1920's.' - Rear cover. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover).
ISBN 1870708768. #23845. $25
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Royal Automobile Club.
Royal Automobile Club Guide and Handbook, 1956.
London: Royal Automobile Club, 1956. 1st printing. xvi, 626 pages, 202 pages of
advertisements), 64 pages of road Maps of the British Isles. Maps.
Good hardcover, covers worn; internally very good. #16988. $20
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Schaefer, A. T.
Das Waldhaus: Insel mit Brucken, Sils-Maria.
Prolog [von] Urs Kienberger [und] Felix Dietrich. Monchengladbach: A. T.
Schaefer und B. Kuhlen Verlag, 1998. 4to (large book). 143 pages. Color
photographs. Laid in a pamphlet with English translations of the articles.
Contributions by Luc Bondy, Iso Camartin, Claude Chabrol, Irene Dische, Remo
Fasani, Alexander Kluge, Donna Leon, Jacques Pilet, Daniel Schmid, Albert
Ziegler.
Published in celebration of the 90th anniversary of an old and lively hotel (it
opened in 1908), bringing together in a unique way a special place and an
extraordinary photographer, located in Sils Maria, Switzerland. Text in German.
Very good pictorial hardcover with original clear wrappers.
ISBN 3874481921. #25129. $30
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Siebenhar, H., Coln.
Neuestes Rhein-Panorama von Mainz-Coln. [Newest/Latest Rhine
River Panorama from Mainz to Cologne].
Koln, Germany: H. Siebenhar, No date. Probably late 1800's. Oblong 12mo.
Accordion-fold showing a continuous color photo-lithography view of the river
Rhine in postcard-size folded panels. Publisher's name is blindstamped on rear
cover. 'Photo. Lithogr. v. Wilh. Schutz Grossn. S. Hofbuchbinder u. Albumfabrik
Eisenach' printed on last picture panel.
Very good red pictorial hardcover covers, with some wear on rear cover. #22328.
$55
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Stedman, Edmund C.
The Complete Pocket-Guide to Europe.
Edited by Thomas L. Stedman and Nathan P. Stedman. New York: Robert M. McBride
& Company, 1924. 24mo (very small book). xxxvi, 592 pages. Index. Folding
maps.
Very good hardcover. Former owner's name on blank front flyleaf. #24818.
$25
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Steven, Campbell.
The Island Hills.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1955. 1st printing. 190 pages. Photographs. Maps.
Endpaper maps.
Description and travel of the island of the west coast of Scotland. Good
cloth-covered hardcover in slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. #17239. $20
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Suffolk County Council [Ipswich,
England].
Suffolk County Handbook.
Ipswich, England: Suffolk County Council, 1982. Small 4to (medium-large book).
104 pages. Photographs. Advertising.
Very good pictorial softcover. #19935. $20
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Swift, Charles Robert.
Historic St. Albans: Some Sketch and Notebook Impressions.
Illustrated by the author. New Foreword by Elsie Toms. East Ardsley, Wakefield,
Yorkshire: S. R. Publishers, 1969. Reprint. vi, 55 pages. Illustrations. County
History Reprints. First published by the author in 1940.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0854095721. #26950.
$20
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Thomson, William.
Letters from Scandinavia, on The Past and Present State of The
Northern Nations of Europe. (2 volumes).
London: Robinson, 1796. 2 volumes.
Contemporary calf. Very good. Both volumes have been rebacked. The original
gilt title labels have been restored on the spines, and the spines each have
seven horizontal gilt double-rules. The corners and edges on both volumes are
slightly worn. On the lower back cover of v. 2 there is about a small 3-inch
scratch, which appears to have been taken care of in the restoration. Both
volumes have their original endpapers. Very slight foxing. Volume 1, pages
385-400, show some water stains along the blank margins. #11688. $225
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Thummel, Mor. Aug. v. [Moritz August
von].
Reise in die mittaglichen Provinzen von Frankreich im Jahr 1785
bis 1786. Sechster Theil [Volume 6].
Leipzig: No publisher, 1810. 246 pages. Frontispiece. Title-page vignette.
Text in German. Half-leather and boards. Good, edges and corners slightly worn.
#18809. $65
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Touring Club Italiano: Hachette.
Touring Club Italiano: Italy.
Preface by Francis Ambriere. Introduction by Cesare Chiodi. Paris: Hachette,
1956. 16mo (small book). civ, 723 pages, [96] pages of maps and plans. Index.
Folding maps. Hachette World Guides.
Very good hardcover. #27135. $12.50
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Verkehrs-Verein Leipzig E. V.
Leipzig: Ein Fuhrer fur Fremde und Einheimische. Mit Vielen
Bildern und Planen.
Leipzig: Verlag des Verkehrs-Verein Leipzig, 1925. 192 pages (164 pages of
text, remaining pages advertising). Photographs. Street maps.
Text in German. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #24193. $40
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Wilson, Mary Lena.
Ladies Third: Six Weeks in Europe for Six Hundred Dollars.
With 16 sketches by W. P. Trent, Jr. New York: Duffield, 1928. 304 pages.
Illustrations.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good. #13366. $22.50
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