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THE GREAT EXHIBITION: WITH CONTINENTAL SKETCHES, PRACTICAL AND HUMOROUS
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New York: Hurd & Houghton. Good+. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, slightly shaken, with one signature slightly pulled, else nearly VG. Basically solid, clean; Lavender-brown cloth covers, with gold lettering; 12mo; 486 pages; Smith A-46, AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD: by the urbane European correspondent of the BOSTON POST, regarding his travels around Europe, before and during and after his visit to the Paris Expo of 1867. A noteworthy commentary on the European scene, then, and on other cosmpolitan travellers . more information
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Letters from England 1846-1849, with Portraits and Views
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else nearly VG. Solid, clean; Tan cloth covers. By the wife of George Bancroft, who was Minister to England during these years; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages . more information
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Germany Rediscovers America
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Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Univ. Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813004241 . DJ in glassine . more information
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About Paris
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover; First Impression. Neat presention inscription on front endpaper, from 1895, otherwise free of markings ; A bright, solid, clean copy, in the original light blue cloth covers, with gold lettering, and illustrations in gold and burgundy; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 218 pages; BAL 4519 . more information
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SMALL THINGS
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New York: D. Appleton & Co.. Very Good. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover; Second Printing. Covers very slightly worn, in places, otherwise VG plus or better; A bright, solid, clean copy, in the original beige cloth covers, with a full-page color illustration of the poppies in Flanders field pasted onto the front cover. Black lettering on backstrip, white lettering on the front cover. Erasable pencil ownership initials from 1919 on front endpapers, otherwise marking-free ; 12mo; 325, 1 pages; France, and Paris, during World War I. Final page notes the printing, in parentheses . more information
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An Irish Ramble
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New York: Greenberg. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. c.1929. First American Edition. Hardcover; First Impression. DJ slightly age-darkened, in places, but still quite good, and protected, now, by a clear plastic cover; A bright, solid, marking-free copy, in the original cloth covers and dj; B&W front., illustrations; 8vo; 259 pages; An Englishman's travels in Ireland . more information
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A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
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Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good-. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else VG; Brown cloth covers, with gold lettering, and Osgood imprint on spine ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 255 pages; Edek & Laurence A23.a, binding d (no priority) . 1 of approximately 1100 copies published with the Osgood imprint on the spine, in the primary binding; BAL 10570 . more information
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ITALIAN SIGHTS AND PAPAL PRINCIPLES, SEEN THROUGH AMERICAN SPECTACLES
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good-. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, with one signature slightly pulled, else VG. Basically as bright, solid, clean copy in original cloth binding; Blind-stamped brown cloth covers, with gold lettering; Small 8vo; 382 pages; Smith, AM. TRAVELLERS ABROAD, J-17. By the noted author, traveler, and connoisseur of European art . more information
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AMERICANS IN EUROPE
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New York: Tait, Sons & Co.. Very Good. c. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Easily-smudged covers very slightly age-darkened, in a place or two, otherwise VG plus; A bright, solid, clean, marking-free copy, in the original light gray cloth covers, with black and silver lettering, and illustration (a ship in black and silver plying the ocean) ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 241 pages; Smith, American Travellers Abroad, R-59: "...unusual in that it comments on Americans in Europe and how they act. "By a clergyman who focuses his attention on Americans in Paris, especially, and then London and Rome. With comments on Churches and Protestant Missions in Europe, also, and with particular attention to the lives of students and artists in Paris. One chapter is devoted to a topic he says has been much-discussed, too: "The American Girl in Paris. " . more information
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Meet the Germans, in Which an American Sees the New Germany through its People
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Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Co.. Very Good-. c.1929. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly smudged, on gray backstrip, else VG; very bright, solid, & clean, in the original cloth covers, with an especially good front cover illustration. ; Light gray cloth covers, with crimson lettering, and cover illustation of a German village scene in black, with crimson lettering and decorations. With maps as end-papers, too. And the book is totally free of markings inside, also. ; 8vo; 346 pages . more information
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ABROAD WITH THE FLETCHERS. Illustrated from Photographs Taken by the Author
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Boston: L. C. Page & Company. Very Good+. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Light ink inscription on the second front endpaper, otherwise as new ; A bright, solid, clean copy, in the original light gray cloth covers, with an Alpine scene on the front cover, and travel maps as endpapers. Top edge gilt, and nearly as new; free of markings, too, except for the light ink inscription noted ; Little Pilgrimages; 8vo; 368 pages . more information
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ABROAD WITH THE FLETCHERS. Illustrated from Photographs Taken by the Author
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Boston: L. C. Page & Company. Very Good. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Backstrip very slightly age-darkened, otherwise VG plus ; A bright, solid, clean, marking-free copy, in the original light gray cloth covers, with an Alpine scene on the front cover, and travel maps as endpapers. Top edge gilt; Little Pilgrimages; 8vo; 368 pages . more information
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OBSERVATIONS
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New York: Knickerbocker Press. Very Good. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. A bright, solid, clean, marking-free copy, in the original maroon cloth covers, with gold lettering, borders; top edge gilt, also ; 12mo; 251 pages; Comments on what he saw in travels through France, Germany, Scotland, and other European nations, from the perspective of an obverver of American life . more information
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GERMANY IN MDCCCXXXI [1831]
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New York: Theodore Foster. Good+. 1836. First American Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, backstrip slightly sunned, gutter on front cover slightly torn, in the middle, else nearly VG. Solid, clean ; Light-weight embossed lavender cloth binding, with lettering on paper label on backstrip. Attractive bookplate on front paste-down; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 367 + ads pages; With an "advertisement" to this edition at the front: letters written during a tour of Germany . more information
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Italian Backgrounds
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else VG. Bright, solid, clean; Green cloth covers, with elaborate illustrations, designed by Margaret Armstrong; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 214 pages . more information
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