RAMBLES ABROAD
by Colton Olive A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Toledo: Franklin Printing & Engraving Co, 1904. First Edition. A Unique Presentation Copy, Inscribed for the recipient in Ms. Colton's elegant hand and with a very personal handwritten letter to the recipient still enclosed in the original envelope in which the author celebrates the recipient's upcoming journey to Rome and mentions a mutual appreciation for the writings of Montessori. Extensively illustrated by photographs throughout. 8vo, publisher's maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover and gilt ruled on the spine and upper cover, t.e.g. 288 pp. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved, fresh and clean throughout.. AN INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE RECIPIENT OF THE BOOK. A delightful book of travels through Europe and including pleasing and anecdotal and historical vignettes of the cities and vicinities of Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Rome, the Vatican, Milan, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Bavaria and its Castles, Nuremburg, Weimar, Paris, Windsor and more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31325
- Title
- RAMBLES ABROAD
- Author
- Colton Olive A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Printing & Engraving Co
- Place of Publication
- Toledo
- Date Published
- 1904
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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