Touring in 16000, A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education
by E S Bates
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. 23 × 15cm, xiv + 418pp. A study of how, where and why people travelled the world in the early seventeenth century, with chapters on guides and guide-books, means of travel, Christian Europe, Mohammedan Europe, Inns, etc etc, and with illustrations from contemporary sources. Condition: A good solid copy of this book, some light blotchy foxing to the prelims and title but the main body of text in good clean condition, and the inner binding secure.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014437
- Title
- Touring in 16000, A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education
- Author
- E S Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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