Search Results: TRAVEL / Europe / General from Barbara Bilson Books

Martin, Czechoslovakia: Vydavatelstvo Osveta, 1955. Very good-- (firm binding and clean interior; covers edgeworn and sunned, especially at spine; a couple of light stains on covers). No dust jacket. Giver's inscription dated 1955, but no date shown on title page or reverse. 191 black-and-white photographs of scenes--buildings, monuments, public ceremonies, sports--in Bratislava and environs. Text in Czech. Scan of interior shows the warm-toned photographs.. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

New York: Greystone Press , 1964. Very good pictorial resource to use in connection with smaller portable travel guides. Two volumes hard cover 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES by Greystone Press. Condition: very good (light edgewear, especially at spine top and bottom) without dust jackets. Profusely illustrated. Sections on the land, the people, history, and fine arts, literature, theater, music, and film. Also includes (in volume 2) sections on Vatican, San Marino, and Malta. Each volume is about 215 pages. Sturdy red bindings. Price includes both volumes.. Hard Cover.

New York: David McKay Company, 1965. Edition not stated. Near fine (a few barely visible stains on page edges, light edgewear at bottom of spine) in very good dust jacket (tiny closed tear and some rubbing). Extensive descriptions, maps, and appendices, including key to the major gardens and flower shows of 18 countries. 306 pages. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. Very good + (one bumped corner, interior fine) in very good dust jacket (edgeworn and rubbed). 180 pages, beautifully illustrated. A nice gift for the coffee table.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs by Bullaty & Lomeo.

Chicago: Clara Laughlin Travel Services, 1924. These ten little "letters," published as small pamphlets, each about 3 1/2" x 6", cover the basics of travel to Italy by ship and travel within Italy by train... IN THE 1920s! You will be faced with the difficult choice of competing ocean liner services, avoiding "second-cabin" accommodations--which Laughlin assures us is not because of snobbishness but "what makes fellow-voyagers tolerable or intolerable is not their moral worth but their personal and social habits." And this is just in the first "letter." Published in 1924-1925, these depict a world after WWI now pretty much gone although the sight-seer will recognize the usual suspects in the major cities. See the scan for the ten titles. Condition uniformly near fine. Worth a look for amusement, especially at price estimates, a glance at between-the-wars Italy, and even an occasional discovery worth considering. . Soft Cover.