Before we travel to a new city, I like to read these books. Often times they are more delightful to peruse through again when back home, just like looking through a photo album of our trip, when all the site and places have become fond memories.
Many of these books slipped into "out of print" status, but then were republished in the early 2000's along with some updated information asterisked into the book.
Let's begin with my favorite city, and Sasek's first book which he wrote after his first trip to Paris in 1958.
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This is Paris
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5TCqkmw4s6Wgzznnbw3W6g_6l7pplRUWDqoKVY4ffn2AqEoePZ2tGWBOETz_dbVsNZIbUab-6IZTWItKF-OHS_VqXnWdyOJguWbES0dsD1qcfmGdPxismDGQ7ugGRTb8u4nu9bVxzHbd/s1600/this+is+paris-eiffel+tower.jpg)
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![](http://p2.la-img.com/1133/23086/8125402_1_l.jpg)
Paris Opera
![](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9eziqKIHP1qbj3j6o1_500.jpg)
Notre Dame
![sasek_arc_de_triomph.jpg](http://katherinesandoz.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sasek_arc_de_triomph.jpg)
Arc de Triomphe
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kzoPXk_NnjHPxu2W9-ulk0dW1yJq29CWlhne9tTKUH-kdie5Q_CZ8f3JnbBPM6f5HollA4aqFCGKk4-MmgotofyCgiQ_aPi9MBOdCpofT5xp7SfaX6fLDgrq72xxOddpfPuaECG-ioPi/s320/IMG_1134.jpg)
![Miroslav Sasek](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/12/5c/1a/125c1a89735be2b40e81dbc5fc1e6ebd.jpg)
![](http://bumbumbum.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rome.jpg)
This is Rome
![Sasek27](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a5/6c/31/a56c31e5f8dba5604a0cbc337784440e.jpg)
Trevi Fountain.
Vaticano
![Image](http://roberthorvat30.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/03ebe30ccbd79330629c4cf86d658807.jpg?w=226)
![Miroslav Sasek](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/f8/7b/b3/f87bb37d9541d53892ffcd1ac3c83c0b.jpg)
The Spanish Steps.
![](http://bumbumbum.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/london.jpg)
This is London
![](http://babbleabout.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_6277.jpg)
![This is London by M Sasek](http://babbleabout.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_62671-1024x708.jpg)
Piccadilly Circus at night
![illustration of London Parliament from vintage "This is London" book by Miroslav Sasek illustration of London Parliament from vintage "This is London" book by Miroslav Sasek](http://i0.wp.com/www.hisforhomeblog.com/images/london/parliament.jpg?resize=432%2C288)
Big Ben and Parliament along the Thames
![This is London by M Sasek](http://babbleabout.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_6272-1024x663.jpg)
Black London Taxi
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJbHhHsI7Zvq2i6A10YxWWr-DMoN1UMpAYcWq4ah5hoIwGrMaV6WeISHwB25ViSlQ0e8OseQbWgEDJCvl2s3MPT-PyclBtPrpkOb5jZETPovU7mwLTBvAFsGromywG0XOMVBgYjFlfQTi/s320/Reiss+2.jpg)
![Tower Bridge... as pictured by Miroslav Sasek](http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/polopoly_fs/dela_16_tower_bridge_exhib_2_ship_miroslav_sasek_1_2020327!image/428796236.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/428796236.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlshyv0qdNPL6ZocRw2QZmdS-XyOfQ56j59yP-mgTo9q10DVcAMnIjMqcxxuUCAAwzNzb2XHI8osZVMTA7oDvTOBVuwGK4qC7CqMmGH8rLmwHrsgkJRA6O9rTSWHZmb2AggF8ePN5XCQE/s320/Sasek+5.jpg)
London...where everyone knows how to que.
![](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/183600/category_image_update_128455ae5ace3190_1364574728_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg)
London fashion! Love it.
![](http://bumbumbum.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/edinburgh.jpg)
This Is Edinburgh
![Edinburgh Scotsman illustration Edinburgh Scotsman illustration This is Edinburgh](http://creativeroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Edinburgh-Scotsman-illustration.jpg)
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8428642156_0f386438a1_b.jpg)
![Edinburgh Scotsman illustration1 Edinburgh Scotsman illustration1 This is Edinburgh](http://creativeroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Edinburgh-Scotsman-illustration1.jpg)
![illustration of a Scottish terrier from vintage book, "This is Edinburgh" by Miroslav Sasek illustration of a Scottish terrier from vintage book, "This is Edinburgh" by Miroslav Sasek](http://i0.wp.com/www.hisforhomeblog.com/images/tin-tastic/sasek.jpg?resize=432%2C288)
Love this one - Harris Tweed and tartan!
![This is Edinburgh, M Sasek, Mons Meg cannon](http://thetafthotel.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/edinburgh5.jpeg?w=604&h=322)
The big guns up at the castle. These look out over the river, Water of Leith, where on our visit a particularly educated American asked the guide if the shoreline on the other side was America.
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Victoria Street (there is a really great restaurant at the bottom that serves wonderful "stovies")
![](http://conversationpieces.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/photo6.jpg)
Sasek also wrote a book titled This is Britain
or originally This is Historic Britain. It covers more of the entire British Isle.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl03qw8GkKPtvtY0bjwTjayTnxrN3cYpBVrpoTWAHjmLuJpfwL8m0zMBbEl6k-BQEal0x-FTpxSFPlbSjuZuHp3pvMAbStr2YCt2dwT4cKSfLHTAhgJaG8HRCJV3rxPFkNi2PdyMiSaqXt/s320/munich_cover.jpg)
This Is Munich
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZOvLNWqnJhZQH2Km56kc8IwzZ-u9OqT5y8peNNrP1mNMuxMKiU5M7K1B0piNhU9JGaiRYyJSOeUD7_021PQWTm7hvqNg4bmGqdJ8Tg4wexrX1PIdeTbKU4Sb-bSIESRXyor4cPFqANBF/s320/munich_ladies.jpg)
![Sasek, Miroslav - Sausages!](http://www.bookroomartpress.co.uk/uploads/mid_Sausages.jpg)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMleT5T7EqbPMa_8jVKR1WH36q93iURGmTQNSkxxCmnyeCjVPEDNY98AzQR_wYeeNaOkhmb51Yv_Q1PUXBlV5mTiEorOuUO9KZxoCyZVMMpbifzvggNGNtz3-vCShUCF61J5GLmU4tDA/s320/sasek-cameras.jpg)
Sasek was an architect, and his books are filled with wonderful geometric patterns and drawings.
![Image](http://roberthorvat30.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/77be8148589be8b422f1e6b0f828c3db2.jpg?w=308)
This Is New York
![Miroslav Sasek - Museum](http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Miroslav-Sasek-Museum.jpg)
Guggenheim
![Miroslav Sasek - King Pizza](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8d/da/d7/8ddad7b0314a246f515fb19ddd97c9ca.jpg)
Times Square.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9HWLdr3J2fSljOPepqsqqeZYTdnxPS5nUlVyT1dfsr8dzWEK1WkEY0i1Y6lrb4G42eWioqFUDc-bOB7aGZZgd7-TaPn887cJTUHX0B79ekAUUFD1xMYezbWzGCO3g9M0w5lLQGb6MYAq/s320/Reiss.jpg)
New York Skyline
![Miroslav Sasek, "This is New York" showing an American footballer](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/91/8b/d7/918bd73aac7a540c91d24efa4bb89a54.jpg)
American football player.
![](http://bumbumbum.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/san_francisco.jpg)
This is San Francisco
![This is Books and The Children's Department This is Books and The Children's Department](http://www.thechildrensdepartment.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sf_streetcar_400.jpg)
![Miroslav Sasek from This is San Francisco](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/27/45/4f/27454fe7e80e5e1c8dbd2a39e8a3f4f5.jpg)
![Miroslav Sasek - Los ANgeles](http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Miroslav-Sasek-Los-ANgeles.jpg)
This is Ireland
Nice...Ireland gets a bar.
![This is Ireland hills This is Ireland hills This is Ireland](http://creativeroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/This-is-Ireland-hills.jpg)
![](http://www.sasekfoundation.eu/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumb_vertical/public/this_is_greece.jpg?itok=GuZdGWZg)
This is Greece
(hoping to read this one next - as in travel to Greece)
The Greek Islands.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDNjxSyyCSBOt9XWC8-YNQc_OxnBoX5wEdUN-KSAZMa1QcZKXHRUlnRO-PVglUrOyeHUVaem_EoxRKmBfPF1Q-vlxuaEIf4-pJLjCuCojwn-nLO0eYcXOVFPq849OSs0gGL24_hm1zx4c/s1600/greece_people2.jpg)
![](http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/24437641/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/ThisIsGreece4.jpg)
![](http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/24438171/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/ThisIsGreece5.jpg)
![this is texas (1967, reissued 2008) • miroslav sasek](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/87/f0/91/87f091e2883a9747a9f46e0db0a4dbf5.jpg)
illustration from This is Texas
![A Sasek map of the world](http://www.miroslavsasek.com/images/map_450.jpg)
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