Our tour around the world; containing short letters of travel
by Floyd, John F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1896. Hardcover. 268p., 5.75x7.75 inch boards; frontispiece portrait of the author, seven plates include images of the Maori, Egyptian pyramids, and much more, boards slightly rubbed and soiled, head and tail of spine mildly rubbed, bottom corners bumped, spine title slightly dimmed and toned, ownership inscription on front free endpaper from 1897, some foxing along top-edge of text block. Author from Lexington Kentucky. His descriptions comment extensively on the various religions found around the world: "...Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, France and England, including ten years' residence in New Zealand and Australia," (title page).
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 287232
- Title
- Our tour around the world; containing short letters of travel
- Author
- Floyd, John F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles H. Kerr & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Kentucky; 1890S, Gay 90s, Gay Nineties; Charles Kerr Publishing Company;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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