On foot through Tyrol in the Summer of 1855
by White, Walter:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chapman and Hall,, 1856. First edition, 8vo. pp. viii, 316. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little wear, headcap and part of the lettering pice on the spine neatly renewed. Inscription dated 1969 in red ink to verso of title-page. Walter White (1811-1893) trained as a cabinet maker in his fathers business, but for forty years served as a librarian at the Royal Society. He wrote a number of books based around his walking holidays, including erxpeditions to Mont Blanc, eastern Germany and Bohemia. Book
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9328
- Title
- On foot through Tyrol in the Summer of 1855
- Author
- White, Walter:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Chapman and Hall,
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travels;
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