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VIEWS A-FOOT: or Europe Seen With Knapsack and Staff
by Bayard Taylor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
$69.95$55.96
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: John B. Alden, 1889. VIEWS A-FOOT: or Europe Seen With Knapsack and Staff- Bayard Taylor- Preface by N. P. Willis- John B. Alden- NY-1889- Reprint of the 1846 Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- VG++/ no dj as issued- original brown cloth with gilt titles and black scrollwork on cover- 401pp are clean, no tears or writing- PO dedication on ffep in pencil and can easily be removed if desired is dated June 1889-2 illustrated glossy prtraits of Taylor as a youth and grown man- A wonderful tight and clean copy-SEE PHOTOS- "A comprehensive travel memoir by Taylor of Europe as seen by foot, knapsack and staff-very enjoyable reading"- A superior copy! Non-fiction-travel-Europe-vintage-collectible (3171) . Reprint. Illustrated Cloth. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated Frontis. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3171
- Title
- VIEWS A-FOOT: or Europe Seen With Knapsack and Staff
- Author
- Bayard Taylor
- Illustrator
- Illustrated Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- John B. Alden
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-travel-Europe-vintage-collectible
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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