Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by McManus, Blanche. x, 381pp. Cream cloth stamped in white and gold and with color illustration applied on the front panel, spine panel stamped in gold, white, black and green, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Tissued frontispiece and many illustrations from photographs, decorations, maps and plans by Blanche McManus. Spine panel a bit faded, two tiny spots to back panel. A fresh bright near fine copy. With the bookplate of Norman Edward Mack to the front pastedown endpaper. Mack was the publisher of the Buffalo Daily Times and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1908 to 1912. A nice copy of an early automobile travel guide. ; Octavo.

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Bookseller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21831
Title: The Automobilist Abroad
Author: Miltoun, Francis
Illustrator: Illustrated by McManus, Blanche
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: L. C. Page & Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1907
Keywords: non-fiction, TRAVEL, EUROPE, TRANSPORTATION, CARS, AUTOMOBILES
Bookseller catalogs: Travel;

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