The Beauties of Portland and Scenic Gems of Casco Bay

Portland, Maine, G.W. Morris, 1895. 1st Edition, Oblong 4to. Hardcover. 92pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners worn, edges rubbed, gilt partially worn, front endpaper corner chipped, rear endpaper vertically creased, small amount of scattered foxing and margin thumb prints, binding is sound. Wonderful documentation with photos and commentary of Portland in the 1890s. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004768

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Illustrated, Regional

Keywords: Maine Tourism Sightseeing Sights "Casco Bay"

(Burke, Andrew)

Burke's Descriptive Guide; or, the Visitors' Companion to Niagara Falls: Its Strange and Wonderful Localities.

Buffalo, Edson C. Eastman and Company, 1850. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 107pp. Printed wraps, engraved frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Front wrapper missing, text is lightly foxed, rear cover spotted, folding map in very good condition. Rare 1850 first printing ot ths early travel guide. Complete except for front wrapper. Good.

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Book number: 004084

Catalogue: Travel and Geography

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing Guidebook

(Dickens, Charles)

Dickens's Continental ABC Railway Guide

London, Macmillan & Co. 1880. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 320pp. No date c 1880. Brown pebbled boards. Spine missing, front hinge tender, front endpapers corners chipped, library stamp and numberon title page and contents page and 2 other pages, contents otherwise claean and text block is tight. Train schedules and fares of European cities. An uncommon publication by the eldest son of Charles Dickens. Fair.

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Book number: 003446

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Transportation

Keywords: Railroads Trains Travel Europe "Charles Dickens" P

(Barrow, John)

A Family Tour Through South Holland; Up the Rhine' and Across The Netherlands, o Ostend.

London, John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son, 1836. Second Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine, leather spine label. Folding map and 7 of 10 engravings. Front cover detached but present, ex-library label on front pastedown, edgewear and scuffing, half-inch circular chip to spine, contents mildly age-darkened. Despite the foregoing imperfections, thiis is still an attractive little book. Fair.

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Book number: 003939

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, European History

Keywords: Sightseeing Netherlands Europe Rhine Amsterdam Antwerp Rotterdam

(Davison, Gideon M.)

The Fashionable Tour, In 1825. An Excursion to the Springs,Niagara, Quebec and Boston.

Saratoga Springs, G.M. Davison, 1825. Second Edition, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 169pp. Brown marbled boards, black leather backing, gilt lettering to spine. Cover is moderately worn, contents are foxed, front endpaper missing, binding is tight. A compact little tour guide. Howes D-143. Good.

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Book number: 003992

Catalogue: Travel and Geography

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing

(Hamilton, Thomas)

Men and Manners in America

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 410pp. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed, superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly, binding is sound, former owner's bookplate and bookseller's small label on front pastedown, owner's name on front free endpaper, contents are mildly toned and there is a very occasional marginal note. A fascinating and often witty critique of American society in the 1830s. Howes H-138. Good.

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Book number: 003909

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing "Social Critique"

(Ruggles, Edward)

A Picture of New York in 1848

New York, C.S. Francis & Co. 1848. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 172pp. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Cover is faded, worn at extremities, spliting along spine, gilt lettering still fairly bright, contents are age-toned and foxing to first and last few pages, some signatures loose, former owner's name on front pastedown. map not present. A compact "guide to citizens and strangers" with 36 engraved full page plates of prominent New York and vicinity sites. Fair.

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Book number: 004241

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Regional

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing

Ricordo Di Pompei

Unknown. Oblong 8vo. Soft cover. 32p. No date, circa 1890s. String-tied stiff wrapper, photo paste-on. Slight fading and light wear to cover, contents are clean. View book with 32 photos of th eruins of Pompei, captions in Italian, French, English and German. Very Good.

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Book number: 002283

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Photography

Keywords: Italy Ruins Views

(No Author Stated)

Thirty Two Scenic Views of Western Canada

Canadian National Railways, 1930. Soft cover. Undated but circa 1930. Grey wraps, silfk string tie, brown lettering and illustration. Unpaginated but 32 leaves with full-page sepia photos on one side only, plus title page. Light soil and light wear to cover, contents are clean and photos are bright. Very Good.

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Book number: 000847

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Albert "Britiish Columbia" Rockies Ontario Manitoba Vancouver Saskatchewan Canadiana Collectible

Trolley Trips Through Southern New England

Hartford, Connecticut, White & Warner, 1905. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier. 104pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. A bit of light wear and soil to cover, mild foxing to first few pages, contents overall clean and unworn. A compact little booklet (6 1/4 x 4 inches ) listing both long and short trolley trips throughout the region with descriptions of the local sights, distances covered, and fares for each trip. Photo illustrations throughout, maps, and local ads. Very Good.

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Book number: 004671

Catalogue: Regional, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Travel Tourism Rail "New York" "New England" Massachusetts Boston Bridgeport Stamford Worcester

Views of the Granite City

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Daily Journal and Evening Express. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover. 48pp. No date, but circa 1910. Red cloth, grey granite-like design paste-on to front cover. Moderate edgewear and light soil, endpapers toned,some splitting to front hinge but binding is tight and contents sound. Photos with descriptions of various sites in and around Aberdeen. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001780

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Collectible

Keywords: Scotland Aberdeen Tourism

Washington Album

Portland, Me. Chisholm Bros. 1895. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover. Green cloth, gold and black decoration. No date, circa 1895. Accordion fold format, 30 panels of Washingt views in sepia tone. Edgewear and scuffing to cover, 1/2 inch abrasion to corner of front cover, illustrations are all in sound condition, some chipping to rear endpaper gutter. Over 100 views of Washington, plus portraits of all Presidents through Benjamin Harrison's term 1889-1893, and a centerfold chromolithograph of the Capitol dome. Good.

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Book number: 003155

Catalogue: Government and Politics, Travel and Geography, Photography

Keywords: "District of Columbia" DC

Anonymous

America and the Americans From a French Point of View

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 293pp. Pictorial cloth boards. Light wear and darkening to cover, contents ar mildly toned, former owner's name and date (1897) on front free endpaper. A review of of America after the author's visit to the U.S. The author is unsparing of his criticism of the American people and their institutions. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004042

Catalogue: Travel and Geography

Keywords: Customs Eccentricities

Automobile Legal Association

Automobile Green Book Road and Reference Guide, Vol. 1

Boston, Scarborough Motor Guide Company, 1927. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 867pp, folding map. Green cloth, Moderate wear to cover, contents age-toned, owners name on front pastedown, binding is tight, large folding map bound in rear has a 12 inch clean tear. Map is in othrwise sound condition. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002792

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Regional

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing

Aubenas, J.-A.

Histoire de Fréjus Forum JUL II Ses Antiquités - Son port

Fréjus, Louis Leydet, 1881. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 800 pp, Text in French. 3 folding plates. Rebound in vellum, red spine lettering. Some soiling and curling to boards, contents and plates are clean and unmarked, several fold tears mended with archival tape, some 0ages still unopened. Very Good.

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Book number: 003634

Catalogue: Art and Architecture, Travel and Geography, History

Keywords: France