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The Pyrenees: a Description of Summer Life at French Watering Places
by BLACKBURN Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gustave Dore 1832-1883. VG, 1st ed, 1867, 1 map, 112 illustrations. In red cloth, gilt title, & coat of arms, corners & edges a little bumped & worn, beveled edges, light marks. Spine, faded, gilt title, edges bumped & worn. Internally, frontis and engraved half title with vignette present, title page in red and black ink withing ruled borders, (xvi), 326 pp, 1 map, 112 illustrations, [2], [6] adverts, small bookseller label to ep, dark green endpapers, book plate of LB McCulloch and small bookseller label to fpd. (241*1162 mm). Details of a tour through Bordeaux, to Val de Luz to Biarritz etc illustrated by Dore. Doré, (Louis Auguste) Gustave, illustrator. See ODNB for a full Bio.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000741
- Title
- The Pyrenees: a Description of Summer Life at French Watering Places
- Author
- BLACKBURN Henry
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore 1832-1883
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son and Marston
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 2.87 lbs
- Keywords
- Europe Gustave Dore Henry Blackburn Pyrenees topography travel history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Mountaineering and Climbing;
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