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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. . Volume 2 only. Red cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear and tear, rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

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John C. Winston Company, 1908-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Red cloth. Top edge gilt Front gutter to Volume I cracked and splayed. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, 1897; First Edition; 8vo, 226 pages; blue cloth; gilt board decorations; gilt top edges; illustrated. Volume II of the fascinating and frequently shocking first hand account of a state visit to Morocco by Edmondo Amicis as a member of the 1876 Italian diplomatic mission which gave the first view to Western eyes of life behind the veil of the exotic cultures of North Africa. Translated into English in 1897 from the thirteenth Italian edition by Maria Honor Lansdale. Illustrated with 25 beautiful rich photogravure plates of the land and people of Morocco, each with identifying letterpressed guard tissue. Nicely bound in dark blue cloth with ornate gilt Moorish design and red silk marker ribbon. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound and square, all gilding brilliant. Tipped-in color fold out map of Morocco at the back. Previous owner neat cursive signature on f.f.e.p.

hansebooks, 2019. Paperback. New. 340 pages. 8.50x5.99x0.77 inches.

H.T. Coates & Co, 1897T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Vol. I and Vol. II of Two Volumes. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover bound in decorative blue buckram boards with gilt embelishment and titles on spine and front. Previous owner book label fixed to top corner of ffdep. Numerous bw photo-illus throughout. Text bright. Binding tight. Minor age wear.

Henry T. Coates & Co., 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Henry T Coates & Co, 1897 Very Good One of the popular travel books that emerged from de Amicis' journalism, from before his conversion to the socialist movement The Coates publications of de Amicis stood out for the quality of their photogravure plates; "The publishers desire to extend their thanks to Messrs Keen and Mead, Architects, Mr R T Hazzard and Mrs S P Stambach for the use of original photographs and negatives, reproduced in photogravure by W H Gilbo and A W Elson & Co" First published in Milan, in 1876, this English translation by Maria Hornor Lansdale was made from the thirteenth Italian edition 1897 Henry To Coates & Co Two volume set Both volumes in GREAT condition considering age (over 100 yrs old) NOT EX-LIBRARY No DJ Blue cloth, with elaborate, decorative covers including gold gilt stamps to front and spine Top edges gold gilt Red ribbon bookmarks All illustrations (48 plates), including frontispiece, have titled tissue guards Some… Read More