A JOURNEY MADE IN THE SUMMER OF 1794, THROUGH HOLLAND AND THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF GERMANY, With a Return Down the Rhine: To Which Are Added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland.
by Radcliffe, Mrs. Ann (Ward). [1764-1823]
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Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, London: 1795., 1795 pp. x, 500. LACKS pages 497/8. Several other leaves have slight loss. A few signatures defective without loss. Age stained. XLib bookplate of the Library Company of Philadelphia printed by Zachariah Poulson. 4to. Original full leather binding, very worn and shedding. Should be rebound and restored. First edition. A valuable description of the Rhine valley during the spreading disorder caused by the French Revolution. Allibone 1721. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/5 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Poor.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- A JOURNEY MADE IN THE SUMMER OF 1794, THROUGH HOLLAND AND THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF GERMANY, With a Return Down the Rhine: To Which Are Added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland.
- Author
- Radcliffe, Mrs. Ann (Ward). [1764-1823]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, London: 1795.
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; HOLLAND; WESTERN GERMANY; RHINE; ENGLAND; LANCASHIRE LAKE; WESTOREL AND; CUMBERLAND; MRS ANN WARD RADCLIFFE; LIBRARY COMPANY; JOURNEY; NARRATIV E; 1795 EUROPE; GERMANY
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- GERMAN / GERMANY; TRAVEL / EXPLORATION;
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THE FAMILY ALBUM
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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