Search Results: CULTURES & COUNTRIES from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange

Grasberg, Germany: Sachbuchverlag Karin Mader, 1988. Hardbound. FINE. As new - gift quality! Photo essay of the town of Aachen (also know as Bad Aachen or Aix-la-Chapelle) with text in German, English and French. "the westernmost city in Germany...located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands...in North Rhine-Westphalia...a favored residence of Charlemagne, and later the place of coronation of the German Kings".

Madrid, Spain: Catedra, 1992. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for owner's name and phone number on first free page. Text in Spanish. 415 pages. "La obra de Larra presenta hoy en dia un interes inusitado, no solo por la personalidad del autor, mitificada y convertida casi en materia de leyenda, sino por sus resonancias actuales. LArra utilizo un medio de communicacion de vital importancia - el periodico - y se sirvio de un genero que gozaba de gran exito en la epoca - el articulo.". ISBN: 8437602920.

New Delhi, India: Department of Tourism, Government of India, 1958. Paperback. GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean interior. Worn, stained exterior. Reading copy. Guide to the mediaeval towns of Aurangabad and Daulatabad and the Buddhist cave-temples of Ellora and Ajanta where "the artist-monks and their associates painted side by side and with equal zest the physical beauty of women and the spiritual beauty of the Bodhisattva". 70 pages with detailed descriptions of the art, full of illustrations. 7x4.75"

Damascus: el-Hashimieh Press, 1956. (2nd Revised Edition). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Description, History and Tourist Guide. 3 fold-out maps and 54 illustrations. Sections on Baalbak and the Biqa Plain; Tripoli and the cedars; Sidon, Tyre, Jazzin, Beaufort Castle and Marjayun.

Bern, Switzerland: Verlag Paul Haupt/ Schweitzer Heimatbucher (Band 67), ©1955. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, faint curl. 3/8" (1.4cm) rip at bottom of spine hinge. 52 pages ( 20 of text, balance full-page, black and white photos), glued binding, 9.5x7.25" (24.1x18.4cm).

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, ©1961. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. Designed to have sticker illustrations pasted in as you read. Stickers are enclosed but not pasted. Illustrated with maps and black and white photos. History and thorough description of modern Brazil. Appropriate for Middle School and up or for travelers.

NY: Thames & Hudson / Norton, c1976. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+/ Near Fine. As new except for slight softening of top of spine and fade line along top and bottom edge of green cloth cover. Dust jacket is clipped and has a stain on inside only of back flap. "The story of Irish eccleasiastical architecture is in many ways the story of Ireland itself...comprehensive and first hand account of some three hundred surviving abbeys and churches..."208 indexed pages illustrated throughout with mostly black and white photos. ISBN: 0393044416.

Missoula, MR: Mountain Press Publishing, 1989. (signed, 1st edition, 1st printing). Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for light bumps to back, exterior corners. 175 indexed pages with photos, descriptioins, Indexed price guide, indexed maker's list and reference list of badges, belt, bits, blankets, branding iron, bridles, cartridges, chaps, coats, Colts, gauntlets and gloves, fun rigs, handcuffs, hasp, hobbles, knives, loading tools, neckerchiefs, pokes, powder horns and flasks, quirts, reins, ropes and reatas, saddles, saddle bags, saddle maker's tools, saddle scabbards, scales, skirts, riding spurs, sticking tommy, stingy guns, stirrups, tapaderos, watch fobs, Winchesters. 11x8.5" (27.9x21.6cm.) ISBN: 0878422447.

Madrtid, Spain: Nueva Acropolis, 1985. (3rd edition. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Bookstore stamp on first free page. Sections: Descubrimiento del pais y de sus hombres; Las artes plasticas; La religion; y, El destino humano y el culto funario. 96 illustrated pages with Bibliography. Text in Spanish ISBN: 8485982142.

Chicago, IL: Children's Press, 1982. (1st edition). Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. As new except for wear to bottom corners of cover. History and geography of Norway. Color illustrated, larger print ,127 pages, 9.5x8.25" (24.1x21cm) ISBN: 0516027808.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. Oversize Hardbound. NEAR FINE. As new except for light age tanning to top 1/4" of unclipped dust jacket and top edge of text block. Slight softening of spine ends. Silver cloth with orange lettering and reproduction of a charcoal drawing wrapped around cover. Dust jacket has wrap-around color reproduction and orange lettering. Over 200 drawings from Topolski's notebooks as he toured China with a short text that "serves the purpose of following and supporting the drawings." Many of the drawing are full or double page. 11.25x8.25"

Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1908. Hardbound. FAIR. Text block is tight, with rough cut side and bottom edges and bright gilt top edge, but endpapers are cracked along inner hinges. Front and back covers are wonderfully bright and unmarked but have rubbing at corners and spine hinge. Spine covering is bright and clean but softened at ends. The frontispiece photo of King Haakon VII still has it's protective tissue. 332 indexed pages, illustrated throughout with black and white photos, plus "Suggestions for Travelers" and Bibliography.

Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1949. (2nd edition, 1955). Hardcover. NEAR FINE/ Good+. As new except for a tiny bump which has left a few page corners with a faint crease. Dust jacket is intact and unclipped but worn at spine ends and severely age-tanned on spine and top edges. Revised edition. Chapters 17-35, pages 745-1431, including index.

Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1961. (Reprint, 1965. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, faint age tanning of pages, clean, slight curl. Crease on front cover corner. Snow "viajo por China…Estudio toos los aspectos de la neuva China…Hablo con centenares de personas de todo el pais…" Text in Spanish. 500 pages.

London, Uk: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1950. (2nd edition, Revised). Hardbound. GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean and square. No dust jacket. Slight softening of spine ends, 2 pages with folded corners, a few pages with underlining, one of which has a small repaired rip. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 264, indexed pages with 164 black and white photos plus map end papers. A thoroughly chatty and highly opinionated view of what you might want to see touring Italy, written shortly after WWII. A fun read toward planning a trip rather than a travel guide.

Montreal, PQ: Latin American Studies Association, 2008. Trade Paperback. NEW. 2 volume set still in wrappings. "Published three times a year and with articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin American Research Review (LARR) is an interdisciplinary journal highlighting original research on Latin America and the Caribbean."

Plurigraf, 1978. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for corner crease on front cover and slight curl. Full color photos (on heavy, glossy paper) of the Province of Grosseto - Ansedonia, Orbetello, Monte Argentario, Proto Santo Stefano, Talamone, Follonica, Massa Marittima. Monte Amiata, Santa Fiora, Sovana and more. Descriptions are in Italian, Swedish, English, French & German. 9.5x7.75" (24.1x19.7 cm).

NY: Pantheon / Random, 1972. (1st American edition). Hardbound. VERY GOOD/very good dj. As new except for narrow band of fading on bottom edge of blue cloth cover and tiny chip on top corner of dust jacket. "The twelve Swedes who tell their stories in this book give a more realistic picture of a Middle Way that failed…while the standard has risen rapidly, inequalities in Sweden have remained, or grown worse..." ISBN: 0394468538.

Delhi, India: Jayna Publishing, 1986. Oversize Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Near Fine DJ. As new except for tiny curl to bottom back corner of cover and a tiny chip at the bottom edge of the front endpaper. Burgundy faux leather with gilt embossed title. DJ as new except for slight edgewear to top. Intended for visitors, the text includes a profile of the area, and essays on Myth & History, Architecture, Sculpture and the Temples, as well as a section on practical information for visitors.132 pages (52 of text, balance of color photos), and map endpapers of the area. 9-3/4x7-3/8" (24.8x18.7cm). Text in English

Philadelphia, PA: American Friends Service Committee, 1970. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean (except for a 3/4" round coffee stain on back cover), with a small bump to bottom end of spine. No markings. This is the original publication published by The American Friends Service Committee, not the revised edition published by Fawcett. "A study prepared by a working party, initiated by the American Friends Service Committee and the Canadian Friends Service Committee and acting in association with the Friends Service Council (London), the Friends World Committee for Consultation, and the Friends Peace and International Relations Committee (London)." 75 pages.