Reminiscences of Foreign Travel: A Fragment of Autobiography (SIGNED COPY) by Robert C. Winthrop - 1894

privately published, Boston, MA, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. inscribed on front free endpaper by the author, Robert C. Winthrop, senator, lawyer, philanthropist and one time Speaker of the House of Representatives with the words: "Admiral Geo. T. S. Winthrop with the kind regards of his friend & cousin Robt. C. Winthrop." brown endpapers. Contains accounts of the eminent persons met by Winthrop in the course of his foreign travels among whom were Michael Faraday; Sir Robert Peel; Sir William Molesworth; the Duke of Wellington; Stanley; Wordsworth; Wilberforce; Browning & the Prince of Wales. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 104 pages. some marks to front cover;. Previous owner's name ink-stamped on front endpaper: "C. W. M. Swithinbank". (Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank, the British glaciologist & polar specialist, was a descendant of Admiral George S Winthrop the cousin of Robert C Winthrop). Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. Gilt titles front & spine. green cloth with blind-stamped double outer borders front & rear.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; American History; History; Famous People; 19th century; Travel & Places. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2904. .