EMMONS, FREDERICK E. (1907 - 1999) [EDITOR] / HUNTINGTON JR., T.W. [ASSOCIATE EDITOR]

 

EMMONS, FREDERICK E. (1907 - 1999) [EDITOR] / HUNTINGTON JR., T.W. [ASSOCIATE EDITOR]

The traveler's book of verse. 1928.

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EMMONS, FREDERICK E. (1907 - 1999) [EDITOR] / HUNTINGTON JR., T.W. [ASSOCIATE EDITOR]

The traveler's book of verse.

Henry Holt & Co., New Yor. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. With map illustrated endpapers. xvii, 406 pp. 12¼ x 19¼ x 2½ cm. 432 gr. Index. Illustrated with nine full page monochrome photographic plates of some of the sites (the Matterhorn, the Louvre, the Alhambra & others) that inspired the wonderful poetry in this collection.

An anthology of more than 200 famouis poems by Burns, Byron, Shelley, Shakespeare, Kilmer, Masefield, Poe, Longfellow, et alia, grouped according to countries and cities, with descriptive and explanatory matter.

CONTENTS: General; England; Scotland; Belgium and Holland; France; Germany; Switzerland; Spain; Italy; Italian Lakes; Milan; Assisi; Genoa; Venice; Pisa; Florence; Rome; Naples; Epilogue.

Ex-Libris: Young Mens Library Association Ware Masschusetts. Former library stamp: 'discarded'. Some age-toning on paper but it is not brittle; binding firm and book square. Faded stamped title-lettering and stamped emblem with birds on front board. Some scuffing. Library paper partly removed back inside cover. Gold-lettered library number on spine. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, without dustjacket.

Booknumber: 11893

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