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Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michiga, 2005-12-21. Paperback. Good.

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michiga, 2005-12-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston: Joseph Knight Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo [large]. [n.d.] New and Improved Edition. Original three-quarter red and green cloth binding with decorative gilt and and black stamped tooling. 448 p.p. Frontispiece of Westminster Abbey with tissue guard, plus [20] plates of black and white photographs of iconic views, cathedrals, and city-scapes that were sighted by the author during his wanderings. Bayard Taylor [1825-1878] was an American travel writer and poet, who had an 'enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World' since early childhood, and set sail for Liverpool on 1st July, 1844, a journey that spanned two years and more than three thousand miles on foot through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Views Afoot retraces his steps. Rubbing to boards, edges. Spine ends bruised. Sporadic yellow spots to green cloth to covers and inner and outer edges. Foxing throughout, with light offsetting from plates. Some trimmed and uncut pages. Early ownership signature to front… Read More

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michiga. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing