Search Results: Travel/Guidebooks from Monkey House Books

Hammond Inc., 1974. Stapled softcover booklet. Very Good. 16 page. New England colonies and upstate New York/Middle Colonies/The South - brief information and summary of the American Revolution, with maps, illustrations, general travel information and area history.

Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1996. Softcover. Good. Illustrated by Elayne Sears, photos by the author.. 222 pages, edges spotted. Includes the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada.

London: Stanley Paul & Co., [no date] c.1900. Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Fair./No Dust Jacket. Critical travel experiences. Cover has oval pastedown of the Statue of Liberty. 247 pages plus advertisements. Frontispiece with tissue, Mrs. Desmond Humphreys. Text complete, some pencil notes. Owner's info inked on fep, dated 1911. Hinge cracked, webbing showing, ffep torn out. Covers have some soil, spotting, bleaching. Wear, bumping, fraying. Tiny bookstore sticker on rep, ""W. H. Smith & Son's Library.""

New York: Delta Expedition/Dell Publishing, 1996. Softcover. Good. Deatails the pair's 1993 trip aboard the catamaran ""Commodore Explorer."" An exhilerating narrative, full of suspense and courage and the spirit of adventure. 316 pages, b/w photos, some creasing and dogears.

[no date] c.1960. Stapled softcover booklet. Good. 32 page guidebook to the historic site operated by the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, b/w illustrations. Built 1914, castle of Sir Henry Pellatt, prominent Canadian military figure, died 1939. Some wear & creasing.

Williamsburg, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. Containing a brief History of the City and Descriptions of more than One Hundred Dwelling Houses, Shops and publick Buildings. Fully illustrated. Also a large Guide-Map. 7th edition. 108 pages. Light wear.

General Tours. Stapled softcover booklet. Good. Pan Am Holiday #434. Travel guide to Russia in combination with Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia. Tour package information, capitals and other destination cities. 46 pages. Some spotting to the tops of pages, some wear & tear to covers.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1892. Tan cloth boards, black stamped cover and spine. Good Minus./No Dust Jacket. Elaborate red and black title page. 191 pages. Top edge gilt. Backstrip darkened, wear/fraying/chips to ends. First blank leaf cut out. Pages spotted, foxed.

Charlottesville: Lakeland Tours, c.1985. Stapled softcover. Very Good. Travel and tour information about the U.S. capital city. For older children. Some activities and puzzles. 52 pages, b/w drawings. Brief ink markings.

Editions des Horizons de France, 1927. Purple cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Translated by Rosette & Charles Hargrove. Preface and text on American Cemeteries & French Monuments by Julian M. Thomas. Prepared under the direction of the American Legion in France. Illustrated with sepia-toned photos. 204 pages, front hinge cracked, backstrip worn & frayed, some pencil underlining.

Wien: Osterreichische Fremdenverkehrswerbung, [no date] c.1970s. Stapled periodical. Good. Travel magazine, tourist information. Articles by 8 prominent writers and personalities, including UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. Covers cities, shopping, mountains, music, dining, etc. 34 pages, felt tip marker on several.

New York and London: Fodors Travel Guides, 1986. Trade paperback. Good. Ex-library with spine label, card pocket, tape, creases. Travel guide arranged by region including Corsica. 508 pages, index. Includes basic vocabulary for everyday needs, travel, and food.

Berkeley: Mike Roberts Color Productions, [no date]. Stapled paper wraps. Good. The Civil War's greatest Battlefield in Full Color! Published by L. E. Smith, wholesale distributors, Gettysburg, PA. Includes museums and attractions, the National Park, a brief history, many color photos of headquarters, Little Round Top, monuments, the Cyclorama, National Cemetery, etc. Some rubbing, wear, creases, staples strong. 1"" tear to the bottom staple, small loss and rubbed area on back cover.

Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Zentrale fur Tourismus, 1979. Stapled softcover booklet. Good. 46 pages. Photos and travel informationon German regions and states, attractions, general tourist information. Text in English. Edgewear, some folds & creasing.

c.1967. Stapled booklet. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as issued. Vintage Vacation Guide for the area north of Boston. ""History and Fun for Everyone."" 50 pages, 2-color printing, town information and attractions for Andover, Danvers, Haverhill, Gloucester, Marblehead, Lynn, and Peabody. Light soil to back cover.

Munchen: Herpich & Sohn, 1969. Stapled softcover booklet. Fine. Detta Petzet, Fotos.. Konigsschloss. Royal Castle/Chateau Royal. 24 color Aufnahmen, text. Souvenir/guidebook. Trilingual, English/German/French. Ludwig II's royal palace.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. Softcover with vestigial flaps. Very Good. Chapters on the Colorado Plateau, Navaho Mountain, Copper Canyon, Great Basin and more. 176 pages, some age toning.

Minneapolis: New Rivers Press, A New Rivers Abroad Book, 1997. Trade paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Anthology of travel writing by women. Includes pieces on Central & South America, Africa & the Middle East, India, Eastern & Western Europe, Italy, and the Far East. 505 pages, shelfwear. Second Edition.

International Police Association, 1984. Stapled paper wraps. Good-Very Good. Brochure No. 1. Contains information on the police in Scotland, historic Scotland, cookery, visiting, some Highland focus. 112 pages, several pages of color photos of Scottish sites of interest. Some rubbing and creasing. 5-7/8 x 8-1/4.

Lexington, Kentucky: Bibliobazaar. Softcover. Fine. Facsimile edition, originally published in London 1910. BiblioLife Reproduction Series. 279 pages, index. Travels and descriptions from August 1907 to January 1909 by a paleontologist working with fossils in coal. Personal observations & experiences of the country.