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Along the Ridge from North-Western Spain to Southern Yugoslavia
by Streeter, Edward
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
London: The Travel Book Club, 1965. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Blue cloth covered boards Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Notes in pencil on the front free end page. Dust Jacket has fraying o the spine tips and modest shelf handling and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 202 pages.. The author tells the amusing and informative story of a most original trip across the Continent which he took with three companions. picking up a Citroen in Paris, they drove through France and Spain.
At La Toja, where the Bay of Biscay merges with the Atlantic Ocean, they began their trip in earnest the announced goal being to traverse the mountains of Europe from North-western Spain to Southern Yugoslavia.
They motored through the Spanish Pyrenees, crossed France over The Massif Central, and proceeded through the Italian Alps and the Dolomites into Yugoslavia.
There they paralleled the coast through the mountains, visiting Yugoslavia's ancient cities and following its rugged roads, suspended between the mountain and the sea.
Blue cloth covered boards Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Notes in pencil on the front free end page. Dust Jacket has fraying o the spine tips and modest shelf handling and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 202 pages.. The author tells the amusing and informative story of a most original trip across the Continent which he took with three companions. picking up a Citroen in Paris, they drove through France and Spain.
At La Toja, where the Bay of Biscay merges with the Atlantic Ocean, they began their trip in earnest the announced goal being to traverse the mountains of Europe from North-western Spain to Southern Yugoslavia.
They motored through the Spanish Pyrenees, crossed France over The Massif Central, and proceeded through the Italian Alps and the Dolomites into Yugoslavia.
There they paralleled the coast through the mountains, visiting Yugoslavia's ancient cities and following its rugged roads, suspended between the mountain and the sea.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013603
- Title
- Along the Ridge from North-Western Spain to Southern Yugoslavia
- Author
- Streeter, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The Travel Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Europe -- Description and travel; Travelogue
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