Midda, Sara
Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook
NY: Workman Publishing Company, 1990

First printing. Small octavo. 143 pp; profuse color drawings. Cloth with color drawing inset on cover with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, new copy with no markings; unclipped jacket has short tear at edge of spine. The author's sketchbook/journal of her year-long stay in the South of France, crammed with images, thoughts and discoveries on a daily basis. Publisher marketing letter laid in.
Inventory number #014559

Travel Ephemera
Around Manhattan Island : Circle Line Cruise Guide
NY: Circle Line-Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., 1962

7.75" x 5.25". 80 pp; full of b/w photographs. Color illustrated paper wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil.
Inventory number #014553

Kuper, Marijke & Ida van Zijl
Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964: L'Oeuvre Complet
Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 1992

First edition. Square quarto. 396 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket spine sunned else Near Fine. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Rietveld's work in Utrecht, Holland, and which later traveled to both Paris and New York. This catalog provides an overview of both furniture, interiors, graphic design and jewelry. It contains six texts by Rietveld himself, an extensive bibliography and a list of important biographical details. Catalogue raisonne.
Inventory number #014449

Giles, Dorothy [Inscribed]
The Road Through Spain [with original box]
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co., 1929

Deluxe edition. Octavo. 408 pp; color frontispiece, numerous b/w plates; index; map on endpapers. Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover & spine, in original glassine wrap with original box. VG book - clean & unmarked, glassine lightly chipped at edges. Box split at corners. In 1928, Dorothy Giles drove her own Ford across the Iberian Peninsula with a female friend. A native of Cold Spring, NY, she had studied art and languages at a high school in Garden City, Long Island. Prior to her Spanish road trip, she had published two books but she is chiefly remembered for her two travel books - this one and The Road Through Czechoslovakia (1930).
Inventory number #014388

Ross, Josephine
Beaton in Vogue [Review copy]
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984

First American edition. Quarto. 240 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal edgewear. Review Copy - Publisher letter & five press photos laid in. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) worked for Vogue for more than 50 years as photographer, fashion illustrator, social columnist, war correspondent, and travel writer. His photos offer an intimate perspective and social commentary on the lives of the rich and famous - Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Twiggy, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn, Mae West, to name a few.
Inventory number #014301

Barres, Maurice
Un Jardin sur l'Oronte
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927

Limited edition, #109/490 copies on velin d'Arches paper. Small folio. 123 pp; illustrated with 17 watercolors, including frontispiece, by Andre Suréda, engraved on wood by Robert Dill, and decorated by the artist's headbands, initials, motifs and culs-de-lampe in black and gold. A fine copy in wraps in near fine chemise with sunned spine & lightly split at bottom. Paper-covered slipcase is VG, with one split corner extending mid way down spine. An extravagant and beautifully illustrated edition of this classic. Between travel diary and geopoetic introspection, this is a story about Maurice Barres' passion for the Orient: exoticism, poetry, spirituality, anecdotes.
Inventory number #014287

Bayle, Luc-Marie
Quelques Conseils Pratiques Pour Le Voyage. Practical Advice for the Flight
: Air France, n.d.

Octavo. [16] pp; profuse color illustrations by Luc Marie Bayle. Text in French & English. Illustrated stapled wraps, top edge die cut to form tabs. VG, an unmarked copy; a few light spots.
Inventory number #014143

Thieriot, Albert
Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, N.Y.
Albany, NY: Delaware and Hudson Railroad Co, n.d.

n.d., ca. 1916. Octavo. [16] pp; full of b/w photos & pastel drawings. Cream embossed card covers with red embossed lettering & color coat of arms. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil.
Inventory number #014013

Stowell, Kenneth K.
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. May 1938
NY: Hearst Magazines, 1938

Vol. 80, No. 5. Folio (13 in. x 10 in.). 156 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy; spine lightly rubbed with short tear at base. Cover photograph by Paul Outerbridge, Jr. Articles include several for the Brides of 1938 on choosing silver and linen; draperies; wedding invitations; "Philadelphia Gardens" by Helen van Pelt Wilson, Portfolio of Details - Bay Windows, and photographs & floor plans for two houses. Advertisements include many by silver and linen companies, and travel ads.
Inventory number #014002

Cravath, Paul D.
Notes on the Cruise of Warrior in the Far East 1927
NY: Privately Printed, 1927

Octavo. ix, 179 pp; frontispiece; 17 b/w photo plates. Maps of the cruise on endpapers. Blue cloth-backed boards with paper labels on cover & spine, rough-cut edges. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, fore edge of illustrations page with some loss due to poor opening; light wear to spine ends and top corners, spine label a bit toned, top edge of text dusty. Overall, a solid copy of this uncommon book, a record of the honeymoon cruise of Mona Bismarck following her marriage to Harrison Williams, said to be the richest man in America at the time. Cravath, a guest on the trip, created this book as a public thank-you gift for his hosts. At the time, Williams' 'Warrior' was the largest, most expensive pleasure boat in the world.
Inventory number #013650

Early, Eleanor
NEW YORK HOLIDAY
NY: Rinehart & Co., 1950

First edition. Octavo. 376 pp; index. Black cloth with silver-lettered spine, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; top & bottom of spine show light wear. More than a travel guide, the veteran writer gives a sense of the people and neighborhoods.
Inventory number #013104

Chase, Ilka
FRESH FROM THE LAUNDRY
NY: Doubleday & Company, 1967

First edition (stated). Octavo. 230 pp; 24 pp of b/w photos by Norton Brown, author's husband; map on endpapers. Gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with large chip at head of spine & small loss at tail, numerous tiny edge tears. Travel adventures in the Balkans.
Inventory number #012933

Hotel Promotional Booklet
THE KITTATINNY. Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, PA
Philadelphia: , 1900

Oblong quarto. [20] pp; numerous halftones. Color illustrated wrapper, silk cord tie. VG, clean & unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled at edges.
Inventory number #012895

Diamant, Gertrude
THE DAYS OF OFELIA
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942

Octavo. 226 pp; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Publisher's orange cloth with black lettering on cover & spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket toned, especially the spine. Book club edition. The author's recollections of Mexican life and everyday happenings during a sojourn in Mexico.
Inventory number #012819

Arnet, Edwin & Hans Kasser
THE BOOK OF ZURICH
Zurich: Artemis Publishing & Zurich Tourist Office, 1954

First English edition. Square octavo. 71 pp text plus 2 color & 68 b/w illustrations, several inserts. Blue flexible cloth with silver-stamped lettering with dustjacket. VG/VG, inscription on ffep, dated 1956, else a clean, unmarked copy; jacket spine & flap folds lightly toned, a few tiny edge chips. A most attractive history of Zurich with high-quality b/w photos & drawings. Wonderful 50's jacket design by Kurt Wirth.
Inventory number #012553

Hewlett, Maurice
EARTHWORK OUT OF TUSCANY: Being Impressions and Translations
NY / London: G.P. Putnam's Sons / J.M. Dent & Co., 1900

Second edition. Octavo. xix, 234 pp; 9 photogravure plates & 17 b/w drawings by James Kerr Lawson. Gilt-lettered vellum spine with brown paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; rear hinge cracked, spine evenly soiled.
Inventory number #011939

Hewlett, Maurice
THE ROAD IN TUSCANY: A Commentary. Two Volumes
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904

Two volumes. Octavo. 383, 376 pp; illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Original gilt-lettered red cloth with gilt decoration on cover, top edge gilt, with dustjackets. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; one top corner & two bottom corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown of both vols. of the Joseph Pennell Collection of Jacob and Helen R. Bleibtreu. Jacket of vol 1 has 1-in. loss at top of spine and slight loss at bottom, jacket spines of both vols darkened, occasional edge chipping & small tears.
Inventory number #011938

Carmichael, Montgomery
IN TUSCANY: Tuscan Towns, Tuscan Types and the Tuscan Tongue
London: Burns & Oates, 1913

Fourth edition. Octavo. xix, 353 pp; b/w illustrations; 2 maps. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine and gilt decoration on cover. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, endpapers toned; spine gilt dull, minor wear to extremities. A personal account of life in Tuscany by an Englishman. He focuses on the little known towns of Leghorn, Volterra, Lucca, Pisa, and Portoferraio. First published in 1901.
Inventory number #011937

Early, Eleanor
AND THIS IS BOSTON (and Seashore and Country Too)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938

Second edition. Octavo. 256 pp. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket, map on endpapers. VG in VG- jacket. Small chip at top outer corner & crown of jacket, jacket split at edge of spine with no loss; former owner name on half title page. Chapters on Old Boston, Beacon Hill, Marblehead and Salem, Gloucester and Cape Ann, Cambridge, Lexington & Concord, Harvard and Sudbury, Plymouth and the South Shore, and Nantucket and the Cape. "Nobody writes better guide books than Eleanor Early - better, more interesting, more charming." [NYTimes review]
Inventory number #011753

Omond, George W. T.
LIEGE AND THE ARDENNES
London: A & C Black, n.d.

no date. Octavo. 125 pp; 20 color reproductions of paintings by A. Forestier. Decorated cloth with gilt titles on front cover and spine. VG, small pull on crown, light wear to heel. Internally clean and bright.
Inventory number #011581