[Rarebooks] Uncommon Travel Book
Garry R Austin
mail at austinsbooks.com
Sun May 10 18:18:17 EDT 2009
For your consideration;
By One of the Party, (Carrie Edwards Emerson). A EUROPEAN TRIP; SUMMER
OF 1889. Bristol N.H.: Press of R. W. Musgrove, 1890. Octavo, pebbled
blue cloth, with "Souvenir" in gilt on front board. Patterned
endpapers. 126pp. Started as a private diary but being encouraged by
the leader of the trip, Dr. Oscar D. Cheney of Haverill, Miss Emerson
had her piece published as a souvenir for each member of the travel
party. She lists thirty-two members at the end of the book. OCLC
locates just three copies at Harvard, Dartmouth and the Merrimack
Library Consortium. Google has digitized the Harvard Copy. They sail
on the Cunard Line's Scythia; Sixty-five days, visiting; England,
Scotland, Holland, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
Travelogue through the eyes of a young American girl from Lawrence
Massachusetts. She writes warmly of her fellow travelers and leader
Cheney. Very good with only minor wear. Uncommon and delightful! $125.00
Trade discounts apply
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Garry R Austin
mail at austinsbooks.com
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, VT 05363
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