London: Epworth Press / J. Alfred Sharp, 1925. Black titles and black pictorial of Robinson Crusoe to spine and black pictorial of Captain Oates leaving the tent on light blue cloth boards. Boards are clean and unmarked with only light bumping to lower corners and no wear. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown with light foxing to closed edges else clean and unmarked. A VG+ copy with 4 plates. Curiously the title on the spine and front board is "A Book About Travel And Exploration". Comprises Early Travellers, The Great Navigators, Eastward Ho!, Lamps in the Dark Continent, The New World, The Lone Continent and The Frost King's Realm. **** A SCARCE TITLE **** C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Goldring Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001736
Title: A Book About The Romance Of Travel
Author: Wynne, Kenyon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Epworth Press / J. Alfred Sharp
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1925
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: TRAVEL, EXPLORATION
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - General;

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