IN TUSCANY: Tuscan Towns, Tuscan Types and the Tuscan Tongue
by Carmichael, Montgomery
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Burns & Oates, 1913. Fourth edition. Octavo. xix, 353 pp; b/w illustrations; 2 maps. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine and gilt decoration on cover. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, endpapers toned; spine gilt dull, minor wear to extremities. A personal account of life in Tuscany by an Englishman. He focuses on the little known towns of Leghorn, Volterra, Lucca, Pisa, and Portoferraio. First published in 1901.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011937
- Title
- IN TUSCANY: Tuscan Towns, Tuscan Types and the Tuscan Tongue
- Author
- Carmichael, Montgomery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Burns & Oates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Travel Italian Tuscany Italy Food Leghorn Volterra Lucca Pisa Portoferraio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Italian;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...