Grant's Tour Around the World
Philadelphia: H. W. Kelley, 1880. Sold Only by Subscription. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 893pp., 7 plates. Original illustrated bright green pebbled cloth with gilt and black illustrations, vignettes and decor on cover, gilt lettering and globe on spine. Light red edges. Tan endpapers. Two frontispieces with tissue guard. Illustrated with some one hundred and fifty engravings, many of them full page, one folded map, few double pages, and in-text illustrations. With incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, Egypt, India, China, Japan, etc.. Together with a graphic description of the places visited, manners and customs, beautiful scenery, ovations of emperors, Kings and people, carefully edited and arranged from the correspondence of the New York Herald. The only complete authentic one volume edition. Binding somewhat rubbed, binding reinforced with japan tissue along gutter of interior front cover. Some foxing of frontispieces, block lightly age-toned. Binding protected in modern mylar. Very good- condition. Item #50921
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