Search Results: World Travel & Culture from Dodman Books

New York: The Century Co, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wallace Morgan. Street's thoroughly entertaining account of wide-ranging travels across the USA, accompanied by Morgan's evocative illustrations. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Red cloth well worn to edges and dulled to spine. 8vo. xiv, 517pp

Allsworth Rare Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ND. c.2003. Exceptionally scare catalogue in fine internal clean, crisp and bright order. No inscriptions. Smart black cloth with gilt titling to front and spine. 4to. 144pp

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth printing of Murrays' well illustrated Icelandic travelogue, with new introduction. Spotting to edge of block but this rarely intruding onto pages which are clean and bright. Green boards with red titling, faded to front and spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 193pp

New York: Hill And Wang, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In VG, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Minor bump to smart paper-covered boards, with cream cloth spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 286pp

Lancaster: Stel-Mar, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 100 photos, mostly by Marshall Dussinger, of the Amish of Pennsylvania. All in VG internal order. Light wear to covers. 10th printing. 4to. Unpaginated.

Austin: University Of Texas Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good study of remarkably influential Mexican philosopher and educator. In the publisher's Texas Pan American Series. All in clean and bright internal order. Slightly alarming two-colour frontispiece portrait. Smart grey cloth. Spine a little marked. VG clipped d/j in protective sleeve. 8vo. 128pp

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fascinating contribution to the understanding of southern African history. In VG, clean and bright internal order. Block trimmed to top and rough cut to other edges. Fold-out map to rear. Bookseller's small label to fep. Smart pink boards with bright gilt decoration and titling. Spine a little faded at head and foot. Good unclipped d/j with some notation and small loss at head of spine. 4to. 308pp

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First impression. Very well illustrated, with numerous plates and large fold-out map to rear. All in VG internal order. Very slight opening of binding by title page, but all holding firm. Gift inscription to fep. Brown cloth well worn and rather marked. 8vo. xxxi, 397pp

Geneva: Nagel, 1958. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Stock a little toned with minor spotting to block edge, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Fold-out map to rear is crisp, clean and bright. Map endpapers. Smart red boards with dulled gilt titling. VG unclipped d/j faded to spine.16mo. 342pp + maps.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. All in good internal order. A couple of small notations in text. Pictorial covers toned and faded. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 151pp

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1968. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The 1958 Blue Guide to France's West African territories, with the 1968 supplement on pink stock bound in to rear. This a little stained to leading edge whereas most of the remainder of the volume is in VG, if a little toned, order. Various fold out maps present and correct. Large fold out map to rear has locations and a route marked neatly in ink. Light wear only to blue cloth with dulled gilt titling to front and spine. French language.16mo. ccxliv, 542pp, 32pp.

United States Information Service, 1954. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Collection of photos in colour and b/w from across the US. All in general good order. Paper covers a little creased and worn to edges. Oblong 12mo. 62pp

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The excellent and highly readable Guedalla sets sail for Argentina. Stock lightly toned and spotted to endpapers but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Green cloth a little worn and faded in places. 8vo. 254pp

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light toning to page edges but otherwise in VG, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j lightly faded to spine. 4to. 256pp

Berlin: Th. Knaur Nachf, 1937. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes 258 photos, these being the main interest for the non-German reader. Occasional foxing, but in general good internal order. Embossed cloth a little dulled, moreso to spine. Whole enterprise made even more attractive than usual by presence of front panel and spine of well-designed d/j, remainder missing. 4to. 138pp + plates.

London: Macmillan And Co, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light toning to stock and minor spotting to block edge, but this not intruding onto pages. Otherwise, all in VG internal order, with numerous photographs, fold-out expedition pass and fold-out map to rear. Former owner's small, neat signature to fep. Black boards lightly bumped with bright gilt titling to spine. 8vo. xv, 248pp

London: Macmillan, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. All in good order internally, just occasional light foxing. Small stain to top of block impinges on first few pages a little. 15 maps and plans. Five trips to the area between 1926 and 1977 listed on false title in neat hand. This copy belonged to noted early 20th century designer Amor Fenn who has added two sketches to the blanks at the end, one in pencil (Quimper 1927) and in ink (Tour Solidor, Servan, 1926). Blue boards a little worn to edges. 16mo. 152pp.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent account of Spanish life in the 1950s by resident and language teacher Haycraft. Light marking to block edge, but all in VG internal order. Small ink initials to fep. Green boards faded top and bottom of spine. Clipped d/j quite heavily worn and dulled with minor loss, now in protective sleeve. 8vo. 222pp

Cape Town: Howard B Timmins, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of South Africa's Western Province. Stock lightly toned to block edge and moreso to endpapers but in general all in VG internal order. Neat gift inscription to fep. B/w photos and colour frontispiece. Smart red cloth with gilt titling dulled to spine. Clipped d/j rather worn to edges with small loss at foot of spine, and marking to rear. 8vo. 240pp

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order bar remnant of sticky tape to fep. Pale green cloth a little worn to edges and faded/dulled esp to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 352pp