Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands
by GUILD, Curtis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston. Lee and Sheppard. F. Hardcover. 1871. 20cm, first edition, viii,558p., gilt titles, green cloth, spine edges worn else very good copy Smith. American Travellers Abroad. G70 - "A Grand Tour taken in 1867. a classic example of an American travel account. " Offers advice for American tourists in Europe as well as descriptions of the author's own travels in Ireland, Scotland, England, Paris and environs, Belgium, the Rhine region, the Alps, and Italy. Guild was a well-known newspaper editor.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4444
- Title
- Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands
- Author
- GUILD, Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- Boston. Lee and Sheppard
- Keywords
- IRELAND IRISH TRAVEL DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHY
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Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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