Inscribed, Privately Printed
Across the Meridian and Fragmentary Letters.
[New York: [Privately printed by the De Vinne Press], 1887.
Price: $425.00
About the item
Illustrated with 23 collotype plates from original photographs. 300pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Inscribed, Privately Printed. Original purple cloth with decorated endpapers. Covers a little scuffed and soiled, internally fine. Old newspaper clippings tipped in of author's obituary. Very scarce. Smith F60.
Item #32433
Privately printed account of a world tour by a wealthy family in 1875-76, liberally illustrated with beautiful photographs. The author travelled through China, Japan, Siam, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain.
The flyleaf of this copy bears a presentation inscription: "To Mr. G.L. Herrick with kind regards from the author. H.E.F."