Young Americans Abroad; or, Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1864. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 371 followed by pp. 14 of publisher's advertising. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard. Illustrated with a further eleven engravings in the text. Blue cloth, blind stamped decorations and Youth's Home Library series logo stamped in gilt on the cover, logo with decorations and titles in gilt on the spine. Spine sunned and ends chipped, board edges rubbed, leaf edges age toned, very light stains and foxing to the leaves. Inscribed in ink "To Samuel Roome Easter 1872," and in pencil "From his teacher Mr. Styles." Bookseller tag of Styles, Cash & Co. N.Y. Good. Item #6856
Collected letters from four travelers - teenagers James Robinson, George Vanderbuilt, and Weld French with their instructor and chaperone the Rev. Choules - to a companion back home in Newport, Rhode Island. First published in 1851.
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