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My Balkan Tour: An Account of Some Journeyings and Adventures in the Near East Together with a Descriptive and Historical Account of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia and the Kingdom of Montenegro
by Trevor, Roy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked, boards rubbed, owner signature on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head. Very Good with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked, boards rubbed, owner . signature on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers.. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with green heraldic designs and titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. xxxv, 472pp, index. Folding map at rear. Frontispiece illustration and 104 photograph plates. Three years before World War I broke out, the author and his new bride took an automobile tour around the Balkans. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42152
- Title
- My Balkan Tour: An Account of Some Journeyings and Adventures in the Near East Together with a Descriptive and Historical Account of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia and the Kingdom of Montenegro
- Author
- Trevor, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked, boards rubbed, owner signature on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BALKANS, Balkan Region, EARLY Automobile Travel, 1910s Travel, MONTENEGRO, BOSNIA, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, CROATIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure; European History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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