Steamin' to Bells" Around the Middle Sea. The Allerites' own book
- Hardcover
- 1900
1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 288 of 350 deluxe edition copies, signed and numbered by the author. A travelogue documenting the voyage of Alfred McClure and his companions around the Mediterranean Sea in the late 1800s. It includes ship menus, bibliographies of books on the region, poems, lectures and speeches given on the cruise, details about land excursions, and more. A charming memento of this voyage with many illustrations.
Size: Quarto. Bound in white cloth boards with black title and red initials to front board. Browning and soiling to spine, which does not bear the title. Soiling and finger prints to boards. Wear to corners and edges of boards. Spots of foxing to early and late pages. A few finger smudges to margins, but clean overall. Floral patterned endpapers. Chipping to edges of first few pages. Exlibrary from the Library of Congress with discard stamp with reason of "received two copies" noted. 335 pages. TRA/061725.
Size: Quarto. Bound in white cloth boards with black title and red initials to front board. Browning and soiling to spine, which does not bear the title. Soiling and finger prints to boards. Wear to corners and edges of boards. Spots of foxing to early and late pages. A few finger smudges to margins, but clean overall. Floral patterned endpapers. Chipping to edges of first few pages. Exlibrary from the Library of Congress with discard stamp with reason of "received two copies" noted. 335 pages. TRA/061725.