WONDERS OF NATURE AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY FAMOUS WRITERS
by Singleton, Esther
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
-
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. With stories by Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Richard F. Burton, Rudyard Kipling, among others. Locations described include The Dead Sea, Mount Vesivius, the Desert of Sahara, Niagara Falls, The Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, Mammoth Cave, and Yellowstone, along with many others. Numerous photographs of locations included. 366 pp. Olive green cloth covers with gilt design and title on front cover, faded gilt title and design on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges bumped and rubbed, scuffing and wear to cover faces, joints are worn, spine is creased, spine ends are bent and fraying. Gilt top page edge. Gift inscription to previous owner written on front free endpaper. Loose hinges. Endpapers and interior pages are tanned along edges, some foxing spots. Book in VG- condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Numerous Illustrations. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Anthology.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007444
- Title
- WONDERS OF NATURE AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY FAMOUS WRITERS
- Author
- Singleton, Esther
- Illustrator
- Numerous Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Famous Authors, Anthology, Early Travel, World History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Travel; Famous Authors;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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