Search Results: Travel from The Brooklyn Bookman

GHOSH, Amitav: In An Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale. New York, Vintage, 1994. Later Printing. Paperback, 393 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / Travel. Condition: Good. Evidence of wear, creasing and sticker-pulls to covers (especially in the reverse). Pages clean and not marked. A decent copy overall. A unique exploration of travel and history in Egypt during medieval and modern times – from the viewpoint of an Indian slave who had lived centuries ago. An engrossing account combining history, travelogue, social anthropology and personal memoir. ISBN: 0679727833

SANTINI, Loretta: Rome and Vatican. Terni, Italy, Edizioni Fotorapidacolor, 1972. Softcover, 127 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Rome & Vatican / Picture Books. Condition: Very Good. Overall used appearance and condition to the pages, but clean with a transparent "dust jacket". Thoroughly illustrated throughout with stunning color photography. An important pictorial guide to the artistic and cultural heritage of the "Eternal City."