PAVEMENTS AND PEAKS Impressions of Travel in Germany and Austria
by Bertram Anthony
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- Hardcover
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall LTD, 1936. First as part of the Nomad Travel Book Series, originally published three years earlier. With a frontispiece and sixteen plates all from black and white photographs. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth lettered and framed on the spine in gilt. vii, 263pp. A very nice and fresh copy of this hard to find book, the black cloth bright with vivid gilt, just a little bumping to the tips and corners, the text clean and fresh, the hinges strong. A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF BRITISH IMPRESSIONS OF GERMANY IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. MOUNTAIN CLIMBING BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. The author give us in depth descriptions of his travels through "modern" Germany and Austria, including two highly optimistic and enthusiastic references to Hitler. The final quarter of the book features well written accounts of mountaineering.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27974
- Title
- PAVEMENTS AND PEAKS Impressions of Travel in Germany and Austria
- Author
- Bertram Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
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