Extended Travels in Romantic America: Being a Nineteenth Century Journey through the most Picturesque Portions of North America, Reconstructed from Accounts by European Visitors; the Whole Embellished with Watercolour Drawings and Engravings of the Period.
Lausanne, Switzerland: Edita, [1966]. Hardcover. 4to. Full red leatherette with gilt lettering and extensive pictorial and decorative giltstamping, slipcase. 221pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, tipped-in color plates, decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Front hinge just a tad delicate. Item #48135
Handsome copy of this intriguing and charming collection of 19th century American travelogues, with excerpts from the writings of Charles Dickens, Frederick Marryat, Richard F. Burton, Basil Hall, Henri Herz, Philippe Suchard, Elisee Reclus, Francois-Andre Michaux and Jean-Jacques Ampere. Slipcase bears giltstamped "International Book Society" of Time Life Books, who perhaps were the U.S. distributor.
Price: $45.00