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A Tourist in Spite of Himself
by Newton, A. Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown, 1930. Book. Illus. by Gluyas Williams, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Trade Edition.. Boston: Little Brown, 1930. Stated First Trade Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Gluyas Williams, Illustrator. Very clean green cloth boards with black illustration and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Small portrait of A. Edward Newton lightly tipped in on back of fly leaf; photo and small article on illustrator tipped in at rear fixed endpaper. 252 pgs. illustrated with amusing drawings by Gluyas Williams. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has clear tape reinforcement at top of spine, along front top edge, at rear corner tip. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The author, a book collector, is persuaded by his wife to set out on a trip together to see the world. 8vo. Travel..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011717
- Title
- A Tourist in Spite of Himself
- Author
- Newton, A. Edward
- Illustrator
- Gluyas Williams, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Trade Edition.
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- TRAVEL BOOKS BOOK COLLECTING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Books on Books/publishing;
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- Spine
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