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Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria, and on the Top of Mount Ætna. With coloured illustrations.
by [ Lowe, Emmeline [
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- Hardcover
- first
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1859 First edition. This is the second of two books by Emmeline "Emily" Lowe (ca. 1835 – 1897) on the topic of "unprotected" women travelers—that is, women who traveled without the supervision of a man. Lowe had previously recorded her travels in Europe with her mother, Helen E. Lowe (d. 1882), in Unprotected Females in Norway (1857), and returned to the topic for the present work, which narrates the journey they took to Italy in late 1857. . Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine. Cloth expertly repaired at hinges and head and tail of spine. Pale yellow endpapers. . Octavo. With the bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Foxing to verso of first plate and some toning to leaves. A remarkably bright, near fine copy of an uncommon book. The two women proudly traveled without men, and Lowe remarked in her first book, "ladies alone get on in traveling much better than with gentlemen…men are sure to go into passions and make rows, if things are not right immediately. Should ladies have no escort with them, then every one is so civil, and trying of what use they can be…The only use of a gentleman in travelling is to look after the luggage, and we take care to have no luggage," (Unprotected Females in Norway, p. 3).
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17623
- Title
- Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria, and on the Top of Mount Ætna. With coloured illustrations.
- Author
- [ Lowe, Emmeline [
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine. Cloth expertly repaired at hinges and head and tail of spine. Pale yellow endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. This is the second of two books by Emmeline "Emil
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1859
- Pages
- xi, [1, blank], 265, 32 [publisher's ads] pp.
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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