IN THE HEART OF THE VOSGES / And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" / By Miss Betham-Edwards / Officier de l"Instruction Publique de France
by Betham-Edwards, (M.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago; A. C. McClurg & Co. / London: Chapman & Hall, 1912.. 1912.. Good. - Octavo, pink cloth titled & decorated in gilt. The top edge is gilt. The covers are rubbed & lightly bumped & the spine is faded. viii & 327 pages. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. The rear hinge is starting. The margins of the plates are somewhat darkened & the corner of 1 plate is creased. There is scattered foxing & staining throughout. Good only. <p>First American edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14376
- Title
- IN THE HEART OF THE VOSGES / And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" / By Miss Betham-Edwards / Officier de l"Instruction Publique de France
- Author
- Betham-Edwards, (M.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago; A. C. McClurg & Co. / London: Chapman & Hall, 1912.
- Date Published
- 1912.
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; FRANCE; IN THE HEART OF THE VOSGES; MISS BETHAM-EDWARDS; ALSACE; STRASBURG; QUISSAC; SAUVE; TOULOUSE; MONTAUBAN; INGRES-VILLE; PYRANEES; VAR; PESSICARZ; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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