Travel from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Venezia: il Cardo 1994. 4to. Italian text. 104 pp. black hardback in pictorial dust jacket, A beautifully illustrated volume on gondolas with richly coloured reproductions of paintings, b/w photographs, diagrams and etchings; a wonderful volume for those interested in the gondola's history and representation. Light scratches to jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1994.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1853. 8vo.Illustrated. 2nd edition, printed the same year as the first. xiv, 380 pp. Half red calf over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. With a lithograph frontis and in text illustrations throughout, With a map of Crimea at p. 209 and a folding map of Russia to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1957. Small 8vo. First edition, black hardback in a Denis Piper illustrated jacket, 160 pp. Foxing to extremities, rear free endpaper missing. A few light stains to edges of some of the leaves but on the whole internally clean, jacket darkened. An account of a major campaign against a diamond smuggling racket in Africa, illustrated with b/w… Ler mais sobre este item

Orpington: George Allen 1894. 8vo. xii, 267 pp. Full vellum binding by W. J. Mansell, with gilt ruling to boards and two blue leather panels with gilt lettering to the spine. With top edge gilt, gilt turn ins and endpapers marbled. Boards a little grubbied and bearing some light edgewear. Some minor foxing to the edge but clean internally. Binding… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1956. 8vo. Author Andrew Salkey's copy of this 1956 reprint of Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa with his ownership inscription to ffep. Green cloth with gilt pictorial device and gilt lettering in an illustrated dust jacket; green top-edge. 284 pp. Dust jacket darkened to edges and spine ends of book slightly sunned. Internally clean with no markings… Ler mais sobre este item

Orpington: George Allen 1894. 8vo. viii, 207 pp. Full vellum binding by W. J. Mansell, with gilt ruling to boards and two leather panels with gilt lettering to the spine. With top edge gilt, gilt turn ins and endpapers marbled. Vellum is a little grubbied and the leather panels to the spine are faded. With some foxing to the endpapers… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1931. 8vo. xi, 189 pp. 8 black and white plates. Publisher's dark cloth with dulled gilt lettering and design to spine and boards; illustrated endpapers. Lean to spine and bumping to extremities. Internally clean. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1931.

London: Printed for Tho. Ward and E. Wicksteed 1730. 4to. Two volumes in one. xiii, [i], [ii], 364; [i], 365-516, [70] pp. 42 copper engraved plates, including 3 fold-out plates, all complete. Original mottled calf, with later re-spine, which has raised bands, red label and gilt lettering and devices; edges speckled red. Wear to extremities. Label of Liberia Gozzini of… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1802. 8vo. 2 volumes only of 3 volumes. 266; xvi, 245, 3 pp. Contemporary full calf with black leather title label and gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Small area of loss to tail of volume 1's spine. Internally clean, save previous owner's name in ink to title. Volume 1 begins with a short memoir of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1769. 8vo. xxx, [2], 33 - 400 pp. Folding map of Corsica, 31cm tall, 45cm wide, bound opposite p. 33. Engraved frontis of Boswell. Full calf with raised bands, red label and gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Some wear to boards and front joint, with a little loss to spine ends and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John C. Nimmo 1900. 4to. xii, 224 pp. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to board; t.e.g. Wear to tail of spine and bumping to extremities. Spotting to prelims, otherwise clean. Photogravure portrait of the author and 39 in-text illustrations by the author. Israels was a leading member of the Hague School of landscape artists. In 1898 Israels,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: MacMillan 1942. 8vo. xi, 653; vii, 586 pp., Green gilt lettered cloth in unclipped dustjackets. Bumping to extremities and wear to jackets. Previous owner's name in pencil to half title, otherwise internally clean. Black and white photographic plates and endpapers featuring maps of the region. . Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Impression. 1942.

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1892. 8vo. 398 pp. Full brown crushed morocco with geometric gilt design and devices to boards and spine; raised bands and gilt lettering; all edges gilt. Small mark to front board, offsetting to front endpaper and minimal foxing to prelims. Ink ownership inscription to second blank of James Anderson, Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh in 1908. An… Ler mais sobre este item

Genoa: Yves Gravier 1781. Small 8vo. 143 pp. Full marbled calf; with raised bands, gilt floral decoration and lettering to spine; red edges. Contains complete set of 20 wood engraving plates, 16 folded and 2 of which are maps of Genoa. Edges slightly rubbed, some offsetting to endpapers, bright and clean internally with attractive, well-preserved illustrations. First published in 1768,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Victor Gollancz 1965. 8vo. 1st UK edition review copy with band. 176 pp. Brown hardback in dust jacket, not price clipped. Slight discolouration to spine and rubbing to head of spine; small tear to back panel. Internally clean. B/W frontispiece illustration of author. Includes review slip. . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1965.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. & The Medici Society Limited 1926. Large 8vo. l, 690 pp, [map]. Original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to extremities. Bookplate and ink ownership mark of Arthur Cole to endpapers, otherwise clean internally. A number of black and white plates and illustrations. Fold-out colour map at rear showing the author's journeys around… Ler mais sobre este item

Koln: Taschen 2017. Small 4to. 816 pp. Limp cloth pictorial boards. Slight rubbing to front board. Internally clean. Artworks, artifacts and everyday objects from East Germany. 9783836571883 . Near Fine. Cloth. 2017.

London: Pan Books Ltd 1964. 12mo. First Pan edition. 125, [2] pp. Slight sticker residue to front cover and slight chipping at tail of spine and bottom right corner, with a short tear to ffep. Internally clean. A number of black and white photographic plates. Part one of Fleming's books on the 'hidden, authentic pulse' of Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo,… Ler mais sobre este item

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co. 1895. 8vo. xviii, 365 pp. Quarter morocco over red cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine; gilt and debossed border to front board; top edge gilt. Some very minor foxing but otherwise internally clean. Frontispiece portrait of Empress Mumtaz Mahal and 9 full-page black-and-white plates. A handsome copy. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1895.

Frankfurt: Frederick Wilhelm Delkeskamp 1837. Small Oblong 4to.Map. 28, [4], fold-out panorama [17] pp. 32-page 'Notes to the new Panorama of the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne by Frederick William Delkeskamp' - 'Original edition entirely revised and augmented with 60 marginal views' 1838 bound to front pastedown, beneath which is the crest bookplate of Ivor A. B. Ferguson. Fold-out engraved… Ler mais sobre este item