Search Results: Travel from Sandhill Books

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907. first edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Sixty full-page, color illustrations by Herbert Marshall. Library blind stamp on title page, no other markings. A clean copy with just a touch of surface rubbling to front cover, good binding. 396 pages in red cloth, 9-in tall, index.

Published by the author, 2008. sixth printing. Softcover. Fine. 95 pages, 11.5-in tall, photographs throughout. This title shows off a repertoire of climates and landscapes from north to south. Parallel texts in Spanish and English.

Moline, Illinois: Published by the author, 1970. Reprint. Softcover in fine condition. Green card covers, 48 pages, 8.5 in tall. Illustrated with photographs of 33 covered bridges. Signed by the author on copyright page.

Matson Lines, 1965. Softcover. Near fine/no jacket. Louis Macouillard illus. Folded, stiff card sheet with dinner menu inside for passengers aboard the steamship S. S. Lurline, Matson's flagship, 12 in tall. Cover shows Macouillard's watercolor image of the San Francisco skyline and the bridge spanning the bay. Covers with minor staple holes at top edge, not affecting the image.

Oxford University Press, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Brown cloth with gilt spine title, 268 pages, 10-in tall, index, map endpapers. An account of the second of 2 musical tours of continental Europe by Burney, an English music historian and composer. Map on rear endpaper shows the route of this 1772 tour. Originally published in 1775 as "The Present State of Music in Germany, Netherlands, and United Provinces." A clean copy with small part of gilt spine title worn off, apparent glue repair to gutter of front endpaper.

Trafford Publishing, 2015. Softcover. Fine. Based on the journal of Samuel N. Kirkland. 131 photographs and illustrations, 592 pages, 9-in tall. Recounts the adventures of 2 American men during a bike ride through Europe shortly after WWI.

Fiat, 1961. Softcover in good condition. Covers show a wrap-around world map, 259 pages, 7 in. tall. A guide book for authorized repair shops and service stations worldwide, intended for Fiat owners setting out on long distance trips at home and abroad. Front cover has a few soil spots and a small corner crease. Internally fine and good binding.

Paris: Hachette, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. 921pp, full-page maps and 8 fold-out maps in fine condition, 16cm tall, 16mo. Ownership signature on endpaper and half title.

Plurigraf, 1981. Softcover in near fine condition. Glossy, pictorial covers, 127 pages, profusely illustrated with color photos, 24cm tall, octavo. This title guides tourists and pilgrims in rediscovering the life of Saint Francis across the whole of Umbria, in some famous and less-noted places. Covers show very light wear.

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Red cloth with black title, 37 pages of street maps, 81-page index to streets and buildings, 7-in tall. Includes supplementary index to street name changes. Street maps show location of railways and underground. A clean copy with minor wear to the covers.

Milwaukee: E. C. Kropp Co., 1921. Softcover. Very Good. Brown wraps with blue title, unpaged, 21 leaves, 5-in tall. Illustrated with 41 photographs of Milwaukee parks, buildings, aerial views. No date, 1921 photo copyright. Covers with light soil, a touch of wear.

Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Blue cloth, 214 pages, 9-in tall. Illustrated with many maps, photographs, portraits. A report on Mary Rose's 1934 tour of Catholic missions on the islands of the Southwest Pacific: Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga. The author was a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, which was very active in the South Pacific. A clean copy showing light wear at extremities.

London: G. T. Foulis & Co., 1964. first printing. Hard Cover. Fine/very good. 150p, illustrations, frontispiece, 22cm tall, octavo.

Washington: National Geogaphic Society, 1920. Softcover. Good/no jacket. 102 pages, 10 in tall. Volume 37 number 1. Included is John D. Whiting's 46-page report about the Samaritan celebration of Passover on Mount Gerizim about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. A small Samaritan community remains in the city of Nablus located in the West Bank near Mount Gerizim and the site of ancient Shechem. Also in this issue: Asia Minor in the time of the seven wise men; by motor through the east coast and Batak Highlands of Sumatra. A small soil spot on the front cover, otherwise clean and unworn.

Washington DC: American Automobile Association, 1927. Softcover. Good/no jacket. 400 p, maps throughout, 24cm tall, octavo. One section has brief descriptions of principal northeastern cities, towns, resorts; another section has detailed logs and maps for principal routes. Also many advertisements for hotels and resorts. Folded northeastern states highway map affixed to inside rear cover. Covers show some soil, otherwise a fine copy.

Paris: A. Leconte, no date, 1925?. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 198p, 16cm tall, 16mo. Brown, paper covered boards, cloth spine, gilt title on front. A vintage guide book of Paris and suburbs with French text. Double-sided, fold-out map of Paris and suburbs tipped-in, map is 21x28in unfolded. Boards show rubbing at edges, top of spine has small tears. Map has a closed 2" tear. Clean and good binding.

issued by Massachusetts Department of Public Works, 1939. Fine. Folded map, 22x34 unfolded. Includes local maps of Boston and other cities.

Oxford University Press, 2007. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Blue cloth, 320 pages, 9.5-in tall, index. The author and his brother journey from Boston to Russia's Lake Baikal with it's unique ecosystem. Author's personalized inscription on half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Chandler Creek, 2017. Softcover. Fine. Orange wraps, unpaged, 12 leaves, 9-in tall. Ten full-page photographs of Sicily and its people, no text. Van Degna went to Sicily, with camera in hand, to learn more about where his grandparents came from. Copy number 30 in a limited edition of 75.

Berlin: Hobbing & Co., 1910?. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Green cloth over flexible card with red title, 7.5 in tall, folded map of Europe affixed to inside of rear cover. No date of publication given, the map configuration showing Bohemia as part of Austria indicates a pre-World War I date. The map, 22x23 in., shows the railway fares, times, and distances between cities. Also, transatlantic steamer ports are underlined in red, giving the name of steamship lines calling there. More detailed fare information for each country on reverse side. A clean map with 3 short tears at fold lines. Covers with brown tone at edges.