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SOUTH-EASTERN FRANCE
Written by Augustus J.C. Hare.
Stock no. 1206789
Published by George Allen. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Black cloth, red titles, borders and vignette to front cover. viii + 598 pages. B/w illustrations. Folding map. Top and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents very good.

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AMONG INSURGENTS: WALKING THROUGH BURMA
Written by Shelby Tucker.
Stock no. 1806756
Published by The Radcliffe Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the Kachins, the most important of Burma's "hidden colonies". ISBN: 1860645291.

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IN AND ABOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Clive Holland.
Stock no. 1805759
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

With chapters upon Corunna, Orporto, Lisbon, Tangier, and Casablanca. A cruising handbook. Blue cloth boards, dark blue titles. B/w photos. A few light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxspots throughout. All plates present. A few annotations in pencil and red ink.

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PORTRAITS OF NIAGARA
Written by Preston Haskell.
Stock no. 1804936
Published by The Dam Publisher Inc.. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Journey of Visions and Words to the World Behind the Falls. A snap-shot of an area known as the Niagara Region, which is considered to be one of the most photogenic regions in the world. Oblong format. Black boards, gilt titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0969562586. White pictorial wrapper is edge-creased, slightly grubby and has a 1" closed tewar (no loss) to lower rear edge.

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AFRICAN RAINBOW
Written by H.K. Binks.
Stock no. 1206071
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. 264 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped.

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DER GUTE ORT IN WEISSENSEE
Written by Jurgen Rennert; Dietmar Riemann.
Stock no. 1205710
Published by Evangelische. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 111 pages. Text in German. ISBN: 3374001262. Wrapper corners lightly rubbed.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLLAND SEEN FROM THE AIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1704032
Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A collection of b/w photos with explanatory text edited by The Royal Dutch Air Lines. Corners bumped and worn, covers scuffed.

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LA SUISSE ILLUSTREE
Written by A. Dauzat.
Stock no. 1204278
Published by Librairie Larousse. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Leather spine with blue cloth boards, marbled page edges. Spine faded with some wear to top & tail.

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CEUX DE L'ALPE TYPES ET COUTUMES
Written by Antoine Chollier. Illustrated by Th.-J. Delaye.
Stock no. 1803943
Published by Horizons De France. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

No.10 in the series 'La Collection Provinces De France Types et Coutumes'. Large format. Text in French. Cardwraps. 137 pages. Colour illustrations. Top & tail of spine worn with slight loss. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. The occasional foxspot but contents generally very nice and clean. Fairly strong odour present (disinfectant?). Original glassine wrapper present - edge worn and torn with some loss.

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THE LAKE OF LUCERNE AND THE FOREST CANTONS
Written by J.C. Heer.
Stock no. 1803903
Published by Th. Shroter. 1900. Very good condition.

Album (edition de luxe) with 800 photographic and woodcut illustrations comprising landscapes, alpine views, architectural pictures, national types and costumes. Translated from the German by John C. Milligan. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Decorative floral endpapers. Top edge gilt. 331 pages plus additional illustrations to rear. Spine faded, boards unevenly faded. Light stain to spine. A few light scratch marks to rear board and a few indentations to board. Two pinholes to title page which have pierced the prelims else contents very nice.

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ALPINE BYWAYS OR LIGHT LEAVES GATHERED IN 1859 AND 1860
Written by A Lady.
Stock no. 1204149
Published by Longman, Green, Longman And Roberts. 1861. Good condition.

8 colour plates and 4 maps. viii plus 232 pages. The higher region of the Swiss Alps. Covers scuffed, corners bumped. Bookplate and name in ink to front pastedown. One plate missing, one plate has a repaired closed tear. One map edge chipped with slight loss to map. Most tissue guards to plates missing. One plate partly detached. Plates themselves are very nice. One hinge pulled. Some pencil annotation.

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MONT BLANC A TREATISE
Written by E. Viollet-Le-Duc; B. Bucknall.
Stock no. 1204139
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1st 1877. Good condition.

A Treatise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and The Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. Blue cloth with gilt & black title and decoration. 112 woodcut illustrations. xvi plus 378 pages and 2 page book list to rear. Edges worn, corners bumped. 1" split to side of spine which is browned. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. One section detached but present pages 65 to 80.

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