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Lippincott, MCMXXX [1930]. 'First Edition'. First Edition. Hard Cover. With Frontispiece in Colour and 12 Illustrations from Drawings by Frank A. Wallis. 'To see any country, or any part of a country, from its natural waterways is to have its inmost character revealed without reservations... To pursue the course of the Tiber from source to mouth, and to make by canoe as much of that journey as physical conditions would permit, had long been a cherished ambition.' Contents include Ducks and Duck-Boards; The Uppermost Tiber Valley; Pieve San Stefano and the Mountain Towns; Borgo San Sepolcro and the Towns of the Valley; Perugia and Etruscan Remains; Torgiano; Todi; From the Paglia to the Nera; The Campagna. 207 p., index, plates, 23 cm.; tan cloth boards stamped in black & blue; ex library, minor wear, covers spotted; good+. 32984.
Down the Tiber and Up to Rome by Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Geoffrey J. Marks; Frank A. Wallis - 1930
by Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Geoffrey J. Marks; Frank A. Wallis
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Down the Tiber and Up to Rome
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Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott, 1930. Book. Illus. by Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott, 1930. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean light beige cloth boards with blue and black illustration on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear-through; binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with blue top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 207 pp. with index. Color frontispiece, 12 illustrations from drawings by Frank A. Wallis. Jacket is quite clean (slight age-toning), not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, with very slight wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Adventures of three men in a black rubber canoe, seven feet long by three feet wide, as they paddle, carry, or are swept by rapids down the Tiber 195 miles to Rome..
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- Illustrator Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator
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- Edition Stated First Edition.
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- Publisher J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication Philadelphia / London
- Date Published 1930
- Keywords ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOATING TIBER RIVER ROME EBERLEIN FIRST EDITION
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Down the Tiber and Up to Rome
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Philadelphia and London: J.B.Lippincott & Co., 1930. Book. Illus. by Frank A. Wallis. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, so stated. This copy is VG in a VG, unclipped ( $3.00) Brodart protected DJ. Cream decorative cloth with blue/black title plate/design to front and black lettering , blue rules to spine. Exterior is moderately foxed around the edges, but only hints of wear. Inside has PO armorial BP to FEP with neat signature and June 1930. Small book seller sticker to lower BEP. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight. DJ a smattering of soiled spots, moderately sunned spine, and very little wear around the edges.Color frontispiece and 12 illustrations by Frank A. Wallis. .
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