Plomer, William, ed.
KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Boston: David R. Godine, 1986

First American edition. Quarto; 288 pp; numerous color illustrations and photographs; index. Cloth decorated with pastedown border and inset color illustration, in unclipped dustjacket. Fine/Fine in mylar. Life in the English countryside in mid-Victorian times.
Inventory number #002802

Worsley-Gough, Barbara
FASHIONS IN LONDON
London: Allan Wingate, 1952

First edition. Octavo; 118 pp; numerous b&w illustrations. Cloth in unclipped dj designed by Paul Hogarth. VG/VG- moderate sized chip to top of spine and closed tear to face of jacket, other minor dings and chips to top edge, still very nice.
Inventory number #002799

Knight, Charles Brunton. Signed by Illustrator Alfred Gill
THIS IS YORK: A Personally-Conducted Tour
York & London: Herald Printing Works, 1954

Second printing. Octavo. xxiv, 244 pp; 7 color plates & numerous b/w drawings by Alfred Gill; index. Maroon cloth with gilt lettered spine in dustjacket, map of York on endpapers. VG/VG, chip at top of jacket spine and small tears on rear panel. SIGNED by illustrator Alfred Gill.
Inventory number #002284

Reynolds, James
FABULOUS SPAIN
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 319 pp; drawings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket, colorful illustrated endpapers. VG/VG-, chip missing at top of jacket spine, light edgewear.
Inventory number #002283

Rowe, Vivian
RETURN TO NORMANDY
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1951

First edition. Octavo. 191 pp; frontispiece & 16 b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket; map on endpapers. VG/VG-, scattered foxing on fore edges. Part of the "Windows on the World" series.
Inventory number #002142

Patmore, Derek
ITALIAN PAGEANT: A Tour Through the Cities of Tuscany and Umbria
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950

Later printing. Octavo. 136 pp; frointispiece & 16 b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket; map on endpapers. VG/VG. Part of the "Windows on the World" series.
Inventory number #002140

Shirley, Andrew
SOUTH FROM TOULOUSE
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959

First edition. Octavo. xvii, 255 pp; 12 pages of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Journeys in southwestern France.
Inventory number #001522

Shirley, Andrew
THE LION AND THE LILY A Journey through Some Former English Provinces in Western France
London: Putnam, 1956

First edition. Octavo. ix, 252 pp; frontis & 14 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dj, maps on endpapers. VG/VG-, jagged tear on rear panel of dj, else a clean, tight copy.
Inventory number #001521

Towne, Charles Hanson
AMBLING THROUGH ACADIA
NY: The Century Co., 1923

First edition. Octavo. 250 pp; drawings by W. Emerton Heitland. Pictorial green cloth. VG+, bright, clean covers & spine with no visible wear. Only defect is occasional faint spotting on covers; no markings inside the book.
Inventory number #001274

Gardiner, Juliet
THE BRONTES AT HAWORTH : The World Within
NY: Clarkson Potter, 1993

Oblong quarto. 160 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations; index; the sources. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #001165

Gibbings, Robert
TRUMPETS FROM MONTPARNASSE
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1955

First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; 8 color plates & 40 wood engravings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, back cover of jacket lightly soiled, top & bottom of jacket spine lightly chipped.
Inventory number #001026

Croutier, Alev Lytle
TAKING THE WATERS : Spirit, Art, Sensuality
NY: Abbeville Press, 1992

First edition. Octavo. 224 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations; guide to the world's most exclusive spas; bibliography; index. Light blue cloth with blind stamped title on cover & gilt spine lettering, in dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #000852

Port, Weimar
CHICAGO THE PAGAN
Chicago: Judy Publishing Co., 1953

First edition. Octavo. 175 pp; b/w photos & drawings by the author; index to illustrations; subject index. Cloth with black-stamped lettering on cover & spine, map endpapers, in dustjacket. VG/VG, no ownership marks, jacket lightly soiled, minor chipping at head of spine. Pseudonym of Will Judy (1891-1973), non-fiction writer, publisher, diarist, poet, and dog lover. The author depicts Chicago as"'a pagan woman with a come hither look."
Inventory number #000478