[Rarebooks] 3 Travel-Description-Exploration

[Gerard Gormley]

ABSTRACTS


~.  HUNGARY: A Friendly Gift to the Rotarians of Every Part of
the World~.  Budapest, Hungary: Athenaeum, 1931.  Keywords: Very
hard to find -- Out of Print -- hundreds of stunning photo-
reproductions with extraordinary tonal range.  First Printing.

Frey, Dagobert (Herausgegeben)~.  WIEN IN BILDERN~.  Wien und
Leipzig: Verlag Dr. Hans Epstein, 1928.  Very hard to find -- Out
of Print -- 96 stunning full-page photo-reproductions with
extraordinary tonal range -- German language.  Second Edition.

Schroder, Hasse & Tommy Svensson~.  LIVET MED VATTERN~.  Uppsala,
Sweden: Schroder Ord & Bildbyra AB, 1997.  Very hard to find
(even in 24 Swedish on-line bookstores) -- eye-popping color
photos of Vattern, Sweden's second largest lake, the people, &
the environment -- Swedish language.  Edition unknown.



DETAILS



~.  HUNGARY: A Friendly Gift to the Rotarians of Every Part of
the World~.  Budapest, Hungary: Printed by Athenaeum Co. Ltd.
for the Hungarian Rotarians, 1931.  Keywords: Very hard to find -
- Out of Print -- Art -- History -- Illustrated -- Illustrated
(photos) -- Literature -- Medical -- Military-War-Spy --
Photography -- Politics & Government -- Science & Technology --
Travel-Description-Exploration -- this book contains hundreds of
stunning photo-reproductions with extraordinary tonal range -- I
believe these are intaglio impressions, black-on-black duotone
photogravures of such high resolution (definition) that they
challenge the original photos -- they resemble the reproductions
in LE PAYS DE VELAY ET LE BRIVADOIS (my book #ER26) & LACS
ITALIENS (my book #1087) -- English language.  First Printing (No
Additional Printings indicated).  Hard cover.  No dust jacket
(none issued).  247 pages: black & white photographs, art
reproductions & illustrations throughout.  Binding height: 10-
1/4".  Color pictorial paper over boards, decorative end papers.
Book Good: light bumping & rubbing to fore-corners, spine-back
missing, back free end paper creased, light soiling to front .
Binding still fairly strong & tight, insides Near Fine (top fore-
corners of 3 leaves creased.  [Shipping weight: 2.5 lb.].
[Digital JPEG image available on request].  2113~.  US$96-


Frey, Dagobert (Herausgegeben)~.  WIEN IN BILDERN~.  Wien und
Leipzig: Verlag Dr. Hans Epstein, 1928.  Keywords: Very hard to
find -- Out of Print -- Illustrated (photos) -- Photography --
Travel-Description-Exploration -- [Gormley translation of title,
etc.  Frey, Dagobert (Editor)~.   VIENNA IN PICTURES~.  Vienna
Austria & Leipzig Germany: Dr. Hans Epstein, Publisher, 1928.
Aufnahmen von Bruno Reiffenstein.  Photographs by Bruno
REIFFENSTEIN.] -- this book contains 96 stunning full-page photo-
reproductions with extraordinary tonal range -- I believe these
are intaglio impressions, black-on-black duotone photogravures of
such high resolution (definition) that they challenge the
original photos -- they resemble the reproductions in LE PAYS DE
VELAY ET LE BRIVADOIS (my book #ER26), HUNGARY (my book #2113), &
LACS ITALIENS (my book #1087) -- German language.  "Zweite,
Veranderte Auflage" [Second, Revised Edition].  Hardcover.  No
dust jacket.  104 pages (not numbered): photo captions, black &
white high-definition photographs throughout.  Binding height: 9-
5/8".  Full cloth, front gold-stamped, spine black-stamped, top
leaf-edges tinted.  Book Very Good: bookplate on front fixed end
paper, gift message penned on front free end paper, light bumping
& rubbing to fore-corners (heavy to spine-top/bottom with 2"
split to bottom of back joint).  Binding strong & tight, insides
Fine. [Shipping weight: 1.5 lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available
on request].  2114~.  US$50-


Schroder, Hasse & Tommy Svensson~.  LIVET MED VATTERN~.  Uppsala,
Sweden: Schroder Ord & Bildbyra AB, 1997.  Keywords: Very hard to
find (even in 24 Swedish on-line bookstores) -- History --
Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) -- Marine-Nautical -- Natural
History -- Nature -- Photography -- Travel-Description-
Exploration -- eye-popping color photos (+ a few black & white
historical shots) of Vattern, Sweden's second largest lake (733
square miles), the people, & the environment -- Swedish language.
Edition unknown (can't translate).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket
present, no price ever printed.  286 pages: Index, color
photographs throughout.  Binding height: 13-5/8".  Full cloth
(could be heavy paper), title etc. gold-stamped.  Book Near Fine:
gift message penned on front free end paper, light bumping to
spine-top/bottom.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.  Dust
jacket Very Good: moderate wrinkle to top & bottom edges, 3
closed tears (2-1/4" to top back, 3/8" to bottom back,  1/2" to
bottom back fore-corner), lightest scoring to front (moderate
with lightest rubbing to back).  ISBN:9197148563.  [Shipping
weight: 4.75 lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available on request].
2115~.  US$60-


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