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Barefoot, Brian THE ENGLISH ROAD TO ROME
Images 1993 1897817088 / 9781897817087 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
DJ in mylar. ; 255pp. The stories of some of the British men and women who visited Rome: the 5th century heretic Pelagius; the only English Pope - Adrian IV, Inigo Jones, Robert Adam, Joshua Reynolds, John Keats and Edward Lear amongst others. ; 255 pages
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Brent, Peter FAR ARABIA Explorers of the Myth
Readers Union 1978 Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Foxing to textblock. Pencil underlining to some pages. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Rubbing to DJ. DJ spine sunned. ; Republished by Readers Union Group of book Clubs. ; 239 pages
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Cerio, Edwin THE MASQUE OF CAPRI
London Nelson 1957 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Gift inscription in pen on front pastedown, else unmarked. Book has minor shelfwear with tanning to endpapers. Tattered dustjacket with tears and chipping. DJ is price-clipped. ; 132pp, illustrated. A history of the island from its mythic beginnings to the 1950s. ; 132 pages
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De Villiers, Marq & Sheila Hirtle TIMBUKTU The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold
McClelland & Stewart 2007 0771026463 / 9780771026461 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities. Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle have captured the splendour and decay of one of humankind’s treasures. Founded in the early 1100s by Tuareg nomads who called their camp “Tin Buktu, ” it became, within two centuries, a wealthy metropolis and a nexus of the trans-Saharan trade. Salt from the deep Sahara, gold from Ghana, and money from slave markets made it rich. In part because of its wealth, Timbuktu also became a centre of Islamic learning and religion, boasting impressive schools and libraries that attracted scholars from Alexandria, Baghdad, Mecca, and Marrakech. The arts flourished, and Timbuktu gained near-mythic stature around the world, capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more. The ancient city was invaded by a Moroccan army in 1600, beginning its long decline; since then, it has been seized by Tuareg nomads and a variety of jihadists, in addition to enduring a terrible earthquake, several epidemics, and numerous famines. Perhaps no other city in the world has been as golden — and as deeply tarnished — as Timbuktu. Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu’s fabled past, alongside interviews with Tuareg nomads and city residents and officials today, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a spectacular portrait that brings the city back to life. ; 320 pages
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Dennie, John ROME OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY The Pagan City
NY G. P. Putnam's Sons 1904 Fifth Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Former owner's name on ffep in ink. Binding rubbed at extremities, light spotting to front board. Small ding to foreege of fron board. Gilt-decorated top cover still bright. ; 5th ed. Xii, 392pp, 58pls, 5 maps and plans. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 392 pages
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Ellaby, C. G. ROME
London Methuen & Company 1904 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by B. C. Boulter
Corners lightly bumped, slight chip at top backstrip, else a nice copy, very light pencil underlining. The binding surprisingly bright. ; 320pp + 27 illustrations and maps, some folding. ; Little Guides; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 320 pages
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Fraigneau, André VENISE
Paris Del Duca N.D. Hardcover Good+ in Good dust jacket Illustrated by Paul Facchetti
Corners bumped and to base of spine with some tears to base of spine; some discoloration of boards. Else Very Good in a chipped and torn dustjacket; unmarked except for a gift inscription on the front pastedown. ; N. D. (early 1950's). 70pp of photographs, some in color. ; Couleurs Du Monde; B&W Photographs; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 70 pages
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Golding, Louis IN THE STEPS OF MOSES THE CONQUEROR
Rich & Cowan, Ltd. 1938 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Browning to prelims. Top of spine is frayed. Tear along side of backstrip (3"). Rubbing to boards. ; An account of a journey in Moses steps from Mount Sinai to the Plain of Moab near Jericho; there are references to T. E. Lawrence ; 426 pages
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Hanson, Harry THE COACHING LIFE
Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University Press 1984 0719009308 / 9780719009303 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Very light bump to 1 corner. Very minor shelfwear to DJ. Else Fine. ; 208pp, illustrated.; 208 pages
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Heseltine, John & Foreword by Colin Ford ROADS TO ROME
Los Angeles J. Paul Getty Museum 2005 0892368276 / 9780892368273 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Light bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; 160pp, nicely illustrated. Visual record of journeys Heseltine made along five of the ancient Roman Roads. ; Oblong 4to; 60 pages
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Hillard, George Stillman SIX MONTHS IN ITALY
Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1877 Fifteenth Edition Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket
Binding a bit edgeworn at extremities, ink inscription on ffep, front inner hinge a bit crudely repaired, else VG, ; 15th ed. Xii, 563pp. ; 563 pages
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Kaster, Robert A. THE APPIAN WAY Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
University Of Chicago Press 2012 0226425711 / 9780226425719 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
The Roman poet Statius called the via Appia “the Queen of Roads, ” and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone, destroyed by time, neglect, and the incursions of modernity; to travel the Appian Way today is to be a seeker, and to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. Our guide to those ghosts—and the layers of history they represent—is Robert A. Kaster. In The Appian Way, he brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come to life once more as Kaster walks (and drives—and suffers car trouble) on what’s left of the Appian Way. Other voices help him tell the story: Cicero, Goethe, Hawthorne, Dickens, James, and even Monty Python offer commentary, insight, and curmudgeonly grumbles, their voices blending like the ages of the road to create a telescopic, perhaps kaleidoscopic, view of present and past. To stand on the remnants of the Via Appia today is to stand in the pathway of history. With The Appian Way, Kaster invites us to close our eyes and walk with him back in time, to the campaigns of Garibaldi, the revolt of Spartacus, and the glory days of Imperial Rome. No traveler will want to miss this fascinating journey. ; Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel; 144 pages
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Komroff, Manuel (Ed. ) ; Illustrations by Witold Gordon THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO [The Venetian]
New York Horace Liveright 1930 Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Gift note to fep. Spine is lightly discolored. ; Limited edition of 1000 copies, this copy numbered 454. Orange cloth with black lettering to spine. Marco Polo As a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married and had 3 children. He died in 1324, and was buried in San Lorenzo. ; The Kublai Khan Edition; 370 pages
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Lindsay, Lord [Alexander William Crawford] LETTERS ON EGYPT, EDOM, AND THE HOLY LAND New Edition. with Additional Preface and Notes, and Illustrated by Numerous Engravings
London Bell & Daldy 1866 Hardcover Good
Nicely bound in 1/2 green morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, 5 raised bands, top edge gilt. Binding is rubbed at extremities, library labels removed from rear endpapers, else VG. With the bookplate of the Seymour Library Assocation of Auburn, NY on the front pastedown. Some edgewear to corners and top of spine. ; New edition. Xl, 458pp, + 39pls and maps. ; 458 pages
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Middleton, J. Henry ANCIENT ROME IN 1888
Edinburgh A & C Black 1888 Hardcover Very Good- with no dust jacket
Gilt-decorated cloth is still bright. Backstrip frayed about 2 inches along rear joint, slight rubbing at extremities, a few small specks on the covers, inner hinges strained but holding. Contents bright and clean, the handsomely printed maps are crisp and untorn. A nice book. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to ffep. ; Xxvi, 522pp, 57 illustrations, and three folding color maps. ; 522 pages
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Pirie, H. R. KASHMIR: THE LAND OF STREAMS AND SOLITITUDES
John Lane Company 1909 Hardcover Good with no dust jacket
All color plates listed are present; majority of colour plates are detached, but present, and all are mounted on fragile black paper which is sometimes torn or crumbling. A few scratches to spine. Front hinge is cracked but holding. Pencil inscription to front ffep. ; 269 pages
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Terrell, Christopher THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEA CHART
Nicosia Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation 1999 9963420729 / 9789963420728 Softcover Near Fine
Very light shelfwear and creasing else fine. ; Lecture given in May 1997 by Commander Christopher Terrell, Head of the Department of Navigation at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich until 1987, on the evolution of the sea chart from its origins to nowadays. In a long journey that began from the early thirteenth-century sea charts on vellum to reach the nineteenth-century sophisticated British hydrographical surveys, chart-making underwent a variety of phases ranging from the Mediterranean portolans to the great contribution of the French eighteenth-century school of organised hydrography. ; Cyprus Cartography Lectures No. 4. the Helen Wallis Memorial Lecture; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages
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