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Wengen gegen das Breithorn | Colour Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113626) circa 1930. 5½'' x 3½'' unused colour post card. Wengen is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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I Return to Switzerland Mais, S. P. B. [1885-1975] Assistant Master at Rossall, Sherborne, and Tonbridge Schools, and Professor of English Literature at the R. A. F. College, Cranwell (Book #ID 4122) Published by Christopher Johnson Ltd., 11-14 Stanhope Mews West, London First Edition 1948. 1948. First edition hard back brick red cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. 48 plates and maps to end papers. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken-Oberhasli | Colour Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] No. 25212 (Book #ID 113625) circa 1930. 5½'' x 3½'' unused colour post card. Lauterbrunnen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Sächs-Böhm Schweiz Die Edmundsklamm | Blue Tinted Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113591) circa 1910. 5½'' x 3½'' unused blue tinted post card. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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The Gornergrat Railway | Monochrome Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113521) Dated 1927. 5½'' x 3½'' used monochrome post card. The Gornergrat Railway is a mountain rack railway, located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It links the resort village of Zermatt, situated at 1,604 m above mean sea level, to the summit of the Gornergrat. The Gornergrat railway station is situated at an altitude of 3,089 m which makes it the second highest railway in Europe after the Jungfrau, and the highest open-air railway of the continent. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Road Map of Switzerland; Nouvelles gravures de paysages Suisses d'Artistes distingués du pays (Book #ID 39481) Published by H. F. Leuthold 1856. 1856. Twenty section linen backed folding colour map measuring 25½'' x36'' Titles across the top and the legend below in English, German, French and Italian. Four small maps to the reverse, Bale, Luzern, Berne, and Zuric. Small holes to the corner folds, 80 mm tear to the bottom centre fold, light rubbing to the paper title covering, the map is clean and bright and without any marks. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Switzerland Russell, John (Book #ID 27129) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London First Edition 1950. 1950. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo 9'' x 6'' 152 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations throughout. Light foxing to end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small piece of paper missing to the head of the spine, rubs to the corners. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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The Charm of Switzerland: An Anthology James, Norman G. Brett (Book #ID 28476) Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand, London First Edition 1910. 1910. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 299 31 [pp] catalogue. Crossed-out name and label to front end paper, light soiling to covers, corners turned-in, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Axenstraße | Lake Lucerne | Vierwaldstättersee mit Urirotstock (2932 meters) | Monochrome Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113588) circa 1920. 5½'' x 3½'' unused monochrome post card. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Yvette in Switzerland and Titania's Palace Wilkinson, Nevile R. [Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, KCVO (26 October 1869 - 22 December 1940) was a British officer of arms, British Army officer, author and a dollhouse designer]. (Book #ID 57330) Published by Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, London circa 1920 edition not stated. London circa 1920. Hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, scarlet title, author lettering and symmetrical decorations to the spine and the front panel, end paper maps. Quarto 10'' x 7½''. Contains [xvi] 132 [i] printed pages of text with 20 colour and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with closed tear to the top front cover, old damp stain to the lower cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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The Regular Swiss Round in Three Trips Jones, The Reverend Harry (Book #ID 36994) Published by Alexander Strahan 148 Strand, London First Edition 1865. London 1865. First edition hard back binding in half burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering and twin gilt lines to the spine, marble paper boards. 8vo 6½'' x 4¼'' xiv, 393, i [pp]. Double-page map, 21 full-page single-sided monochrome engravings throughout. Light foxing to the end papers, just touching the frontispiece, spine slightly sun faded, binding firm and tight and in Very Good clean and square condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Jungfrau Railway Aletschgletscher Glacier | Station Jungfraujod (Jungfraujoch Railway Satation) | Monochrome Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113620) circa 1910. 5½'' x 3½'' unused monochrome post card. The Aletsch Glacier (Aletschgletscher or Great Aletsch Glacier | Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Engadiner Landschaften | Ausgewählte Aufnahmen von Albert Steiner | Presented by St. Moritz on the Occasion of the International Alpine Trial 1932 Steiner, Albert [Albert Steiner (1877-1965) one of Switzerland's outstanding 20th century photographers] Introductory Text by Erwin Poeschel (Book #ID 107277) Published by Zürich Verlag Gebr Fretz AG ohne Jahr 1932. 1932. Hard back binding in publisher's original Farrows cream cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 4to. 13'' x 9¼''. Contains 1 pp, 3 pp introduction followed by 28 splendid full-page single-sided duo-tone landscape photographs taken in the Engadine, where renown Swiss photographer Albert Steiner lived and worked for 46 years. Special presentation copy presented by St. Moritz on the occasion of the International Alpine Trial 1932 with additional presentation leaf in German, French, English and Italian dated July 1932 to this effect. Small repair to the centre of the lower spine edge, very minor spotting to the end papers, plates in fresh clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Zugspitz Panorama Dr. Franz Rohrhofer. Dr. Hans Simkowsky (Book #ID 65701) Printed Herausqeber: Österrelchisches Verkehrsbüro, Wien. Publisher's original grey card wrap covers with red lettering and monochrome photograph of a cable car through the mountains to the front cover. Card covers measure 8'' x 5'' with the concertina folding double sided monochrome panorama opening to 39'' x 7''. In Very Good clean condition and without any tears. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Car Camping in Switzerland Marriott, Michael (Book #ID 89396) Published by Harold Starke Limited, 14 John Street, London First Edition 1965. 1965. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original photographic glazed boards, maps to the red end papers. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 127 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Rubs to the lower spine end, tape traces to the paste downs. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tape traces to the flaps, a little sun fading to the red lettering, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Creative Desire [Signed] Reiner, Imre [1900-1987] Cecil Clifferet Palmer (Book #ID 69494) Published by Zollikofer & Company St. Gall First English Edition 1949. St. Gall 1949. First English edition hard back binding in publisher's original ivory cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. Quarto 10'' x 9''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations followed by 16 pages of monochrome photographs on coated paper. Soiling to the pale cloth covers, small rubs to the corners with the contents being in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper '& this for the girl next door I. R.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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10 Souvenir Snapshots Zurich (Book #ID 49944) Printed Photoglob-Wehrli AG, Zurich circa 1960. 1960. 4'' x 3'' cream envelope with cut-out window to the front and tuck-in tab to the rear, containing ten monochrome photographs with title to the rear of each. Without any ownership markings and in near Fine condition. We currently hold in stock 15 other titles in this series. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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10 Souvenir Snapshots Lucern (Book #ID 49945) Printed circa 1960. 1960. 4'' x 3'' cream envelope with cut-out window to the front and tuck-in tab to the rear, containing ten monochrome photographs with title to the rear of each. Without any ownership markings and in near Fine condition. We currently hold in stock 15 other titles in this series. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Souvenir de Montreux Monochrome Postcard [Post Card] Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. (Book #ID 89530) 1953. 5½'' x 3½'' used monochrome post card post marked 1953. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Peasant Wisdom; Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village Weinberg, Daniela (Book #ID 51544) Published by University of California Press Berkeley First Edition 1975. Berkeley 1975. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, dark green title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. ISBN 0520027892. Contains [xii] 214 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with spine slightly sun faded, shallow tears to the top corners. Review Copy Card from the publisher's dated 19th February 1976, loosely laid-in. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Geneva and the International World Introduction by P. P. Spinelli [Illustrations by Jean-Jacques Vaudaux] (Book #ID 53947) Published by The C.P.I.I., Geneva circa 1963. 1963. Publisher's original card wrap covers with French Flaps. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 127 printed pages of text with 16 full-page single-sided colour illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Jungfrau Railway Switzerland (Book #ID 61794) Printed by Fretz Brothers Ltd., Zurich circa 1947. 1947. Original colour illustrated card wrap covers with a painting by E.C. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 47 printed pages of text with colour plates and monochrome photographs throughout. In Very Good condition with small nicks to the over lapping edges of the covers, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Gruss aus der sächs-bohmischen Schweiz | Monochrome Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113590) circa 1920. 5½'' x 3½'' unused monochrome post card. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Die Wappen der Schweiz - Armorial de la Suisse (neuntes Heft 9, Serie No. 448-555) Sammelbuch für Kaffee Hag Wappenmarken. [The coat of arms of Switzerland - Armorial de la Suisse (ninth No. 9, Series No. 448-555.) Scrapbook for Kaffee Hag Crest Brands. Mit einem Vorwort von Paul Ganz [With a foreword by Paul Ganz] (Book #ID 80058) Published by Feldmeilen-Zürich: Verlag der Kaffee Handels AG Undated. Publisher's original cream card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Contains 28 pages, with full page Coat of arms of Elgg, in the canton of Zurich with coloured glued coats of arms 448-555. German French parallel text, coffee bean advertisement on the back cover: 'Coffee Hag / protects her heart.' Scrapbook for Kaffee Hag Crest brands. Surface rubbing to the covers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Swiss Medieval (Mediaeval) Tapestries Gysin, Frédéric [Translated by Robert C. Allen] (Book #ID 109666) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 15 North Audley Street, London First UK Edition 1947. 1947. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original fine grey silk cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 4to. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 14 pp followed by 10 items catalogued with full-page single-sided plates, 7 in colour on drawing paper, 5 monochrome on coated art paper including 2 fold-out. Small Booksellers name to the top of the front free end paper 'Katharine G. Baker 1981' and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Viege Visp Zermatt Gornergrat Map [Kümmery & Frey, Bern] (Book #ID 63498) Geographischer Karten-Verlag, Bern circa 1933. 1933. Publisher's original colour illustrated front cover by Dan Buzzi. 15 sections opening to 25'' x 30''. Full colour map dissected and mounted on cloth. In Very Good clean, bright and fresh condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Baedeker's Schweiz; Die Schweiz Nebst den Angrenzenden Teilen von Oberitalien, Savoyen und Tirol Baedeker, Karl (Book #ID 67524) Published Leipzig Karl Baedeker 1909. Leipzig 1909. Publisher's original scarlet cloth covered thin card covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, marble page edges, map to the rear end papers. 12mo. 6¼'' x 4½. Contains [xlii] 572 printed pages of text with 72 fold-out colour maps, 12 panoramas and 19 other plans. Working condition copy with rubbing to the covers, some maps loose, three maps with fraying to the edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Early Travellers in the Alps De Beer, G. R. [Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer FRS (1 November 1899 - 21 June 1972) was a British evolutionary embryologist. He was director of the Natural History Museum, London, president of the Linnean Society of London, and a winner of the Royal Society's Darwin Medal for his studies on evolution]. (Book #ID 102548) Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 44 Museum Street, London First Edition 1930. 1930. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains (xx), 204 printed pages of text with 40 half-tone plates and 34 figures throughout, large folding map at the end of the volume. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with age darkening down the spine, priced 10/6. De Beer was the first to propose the Col de la Traversette as the likely site where Hannibal had crossed the Alps with his elephants. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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La Suisse Économique et sa Législation Sociale [A L'Occasion de la XIIIe Session du Conseil D'Administration du Bureau International du Travail a Interlaken en Juillet 1922] Le Département Fédéral de L'Economie Publique (Book #ID 72475) Published by Le Departement Federal de L'Economie Publique 1922. 1922. Hard back binding in publisher's original mahogany cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Contains 218 printed pages of text. Tiny rubs to the spine ends, foxing to the closed page edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Switzerland; Why The Ideal Playground? by an Englishman Cover Artwork by Ernst Kreidolf (Book #ID 73889) Published by The Publicity Office of the Swiss Federal Railways, Berne First Edition 1934. Berne 1934. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback] by Ernst Kreidolf. Landscape 6¼'' x 8½''. Contains 8 pages of text followed by 64 pages of monochrome photographs. Diagonal crease line to the top front cover, light finger soiling to the rear cover and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Swiss Mountain Scene Possibly Lake Lucerne | Colour Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] No. 208 (Book #ID 113564) Dated 1906. 5½'' x 3½'' used colour post card. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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The Bürgenstock Mountain (1131 meters) | Colour Vintage Archive Postcard [Post Card] (Book #ID 113557) circa 1930. 5½'' x 3½'' unused colour post card. The Bürgenstock is a mountain in Switzerland with an elevation of 1,115 m (3,658 ft) above sea level. The mountain is almost entirely surrounded by Lake Lucerne. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Swiss Medieval (Mediaeval) Tapestries | The Iris Colour Book Series Gysin, Frédéric [Translated by Robert C. Allen] (Book #ID 107262) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 15 North Audley Street, London First UK Edition 1947. 1947. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original fine grey silk cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 4to. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 14 pp followed by 10 items catalogued with full-page single-sided plates, 7 in colour on drawing paper, 5 monochrome on coated art paper including 2 fold-out. Tiny puncture to the top of the spine. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small loss of paper to the top front gutter. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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Baedeker's Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol. Handbook for Travellers. 1907. Baedeker, Karl (Book #ID 86264) Published Leipzig Karl Baedeker 22nd Revised Edition 1907. 1907. Publisher's original scarlet cloth covered thin card covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, rounded corners, marble page edges, map to the rear end papers. 12mo 6¼'' x 4½. Contains [xl] 551 printed pages of text with 69 colour maps and 18 plans. Rubbing across the spine ends, spine sun faded, three of the cloth maps are loose. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SWITZERLAND (Culture) Category |
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