Travel Books from Design Books

Ho Chi Min City : Ban Giam doc Khu Di tich Lich su' Dia Dao Cu Chi, , 2002. This is a near fine two volume softcover set, in illustrated card folders with almost no wear. Completely clean. Illustrated throughout in black & white with some color photographs documenting the well known village of Cu Chi and its' famous tunnels… Read more about this item

Aix-en-Provence, France: Edisud, 1999. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Feels unread. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in black & white with vintage photographs of writers from all over Europe, Russia and America back in the day when they lived and worked in the south of France. 10" high X 7" wide, 190 pages.… Read more about this item

Paris: Hachette et Cie., 1868. This is a fine copy of this 80 page extract from Le Tour du Monde, 1868, long ago rebound in marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine, with title in gilt on the spine, almost no wear. Completely clean. Light gray endpapers. Text in FRENCH. Pagination from 241 to 320. 55 wood engravings of people… Read more about this item

Roma: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1962. This is a very good softcover copy in the publisher's original tan printed wrappers with light wear. Very clean inside and out, but one previous owner name and address in ink on the front endpaper, otherwise completely clean. Edges of text block pages tanning. Fold-out map at the end is… Read more about this item

Bilbao, Spain: Huecograbado Arte, 1932. This is an about very good hardcover copy bound in the original printed gray cloth with gilt device on the front cover. Generally clean throughout but some light foxing to the soft paper pages. Text in Spanish and Catalan. Illustrated in black & white with photos of the people and places of Guipúzcoa, Spain in… Read more about this item

Rio de Janeiro: Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro., 2000. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text mainly in Portuguese with English summary at the end. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro in August through September 2000. Catalogue edited… Read more about this item

Zagreb: Izd. Knjizare Vasic i Horvat, 1941. This is a very good hardcover copy in the original publisher's decorated cloth binding, with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Inner hinges strengthened. Text in Croatian. Illustrated with 6 tipped-in color plates + many black & white illustrations + fold-outs and maps. 9" high X 6" wide, 288 text pages… Read more about this item

Rodez : Editions Subervie, 1978. This is a very good softcover copy in the publisher's original grey printed wrappers. Repaired tear to rear panel of cover. Binding firm. Completely clean. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with hundreds of small photographs of the chateaux of L' Aveyron, France arranged alphabetically from Aiguillon to Zenieres. Bibliography. 10" high… Read more about this item

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace, 1994. This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Signed in ink on the title-page by Belle Yang and dated 1994. (Not inscribed to anyone, just signed.) Autographed at one of the bookstores where the author toured with her book, and bearing a small sticker from… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Editions Assouline, 2000. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear around the edges of the jacket. Signed in ink by Alain Ducasse and briefly inscribed on the half title-page just over the printed title and author name, dated 2000. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Illustrated… Read more about this item

Innsbruck, Austria: Im Eigenverlag , 1992. This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. This is a later printing, but signed by Erika Hubatschek, in 1996 on the front endpaper, not inscribed to anyone. Text in German. Black & white photographs by the author of Bergen people and their crafts, working… Read more about this item

Kingston, Jamaica : The Arawak Press , 1955. This is a good hardcover copy in a good dust jacket. Jacket spine darkened, tips and corners chipped. Very clean inside and out. Illustrated with photographs, woodcuts, maps, etc. One color map of the whole island. Copyright date is 1951, but looks like the later printing from 1955. 8" high X 6"… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1992. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Just a short erased pencil note on the title-page. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on June 25, 1992. The sale consisted of the Longueville Collection of South Sea Island materials. 278 lots in the… Read more about this item

Vietnam : Writers Association Publishing House , 1993. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with wear at the spine tips. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and Vietnamese. Illustrated with many photographs mostly in color, with some black & white. Red silk pagemark present. 11" high X 8" wide, 341… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 2008. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Slight, short soft crease to upper corner of pages. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on November 13, 2008. Sale number: L08413 "TEMPLE". The sale consisted of a single owner collection of British and European… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1924. This is a very good harcover copy in the original publisher's blue cloth with a circular gilt decoration of a warrior on horseback against a backdrop of cupola and stars. Gilt title on spine still bright, slight darkening of spine cloth. Covers very clean, some wear to spine tips. Text and illustrations completely clean,… Read more about this item

Ingelheim am Rhein : C.H.Boehringer Sohn , 1953. This is a collection of photographs by one of Germany's great early modernists. It documents the area in the valley of the Rhine river between Mainz and Bingen. This is an almost very good cloth copy with gilt titles, a bit worn on the corners and with the covers a little stained,… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to text. a few tiny tan spots to the right page-edge. Two silk page-marks present. Illustrated in color and black & white. Hundreds of photos of landmark buildings, works of art in New… Read more about this item

Libourne : L'Imprimerie Gip, 1965. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. The dust jacket has a few tiny closed tears to the edges. Completely clean inside, covers also very clean. Text in French. Illustrated throughout with black & white drawings by the author of Guyenne. This is a limited edition of 200 copies. 12"… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 2000. This is a very good softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. spine not creased, binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in London on October 12-13, 2000. The sale consisted of books, photographs, maps, watercolors and paintings of the Mediterrnaean and Middle East. 597 lots in… Read more about this item