Syrian Letters
by [RAILROADSÑSyria Ottoman Railway Co.] Huss, George M
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About This Item
[Oakland, Ca.: De Witt & Snelling, 1894]. . 12mo, navy-blue cloth; title in gilt on front cover. Bookseller's ticket of De Witt & Snelling on front pastedown and bookplate of Henry Byron Phillips tipped in on top of the bookseller's ticket lower outer corners slightly bumped; a very few leaves with minor dog-earing, INSCRIBED by Huss on the title to a Montgomery Gibbs and dated Dec 22nd 1894. Two holdings found in OCLC: Northwestern University Library and the National Library of Israel. On this record the place of publication is given as [England]. DeWitt & Snelling was a bookseller and occasional-publisher in Oakland, California. The company was owned by James F. Snelling and Frederic M. DeWitt. The New York Public has a group of catalogues running from 1905-1913. From the ÒNoteÓ at the beginning of the volume: ÒIn 1893 Mr. Willliam Townsend, Mr. George Townsend and I, contracted with the Syria Ottoman Railway Co of London, to build a railway from Acre and Haifa, on the Mediterranean coast, to Damascus. During a trip made to Syria, with Mr. George Townsend the following letters were written...." Very colorful and evocative descriptions of life and scenery of the region.
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2653
- Title
- Syrian Letters
- Author
- [RAILROADSÑSyria Ottoman Railway Co.] Huss, George M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Oakland, Ca.: De Witt & Snelling, 1894].
- Pages
- Not illustrated; initial blank [1-7]-8-138 pp.
- Keywords
- SYRIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- RAILROADS;
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