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Down the Tiber and Up to Rome
by Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Geoffrey J. Marks; Frank A. Wallis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott, 1930. Book. Illus. by Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott, 1930. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean light beige cloth boards with blue and black illustration on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear-through; binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with blue top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 207 pp. with index. Color frontispiece, 12 illustrations from drawings by Frank A. Wallis. Jacket is quite clean (slight age-toning), not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, with very slight wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Adventures of three men in a black rubber canoe, seven feet long by three feet wide, as they paddle, carry, or are swept by rapids down the Tiber 195 miles to Rome..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019160
- Title
- Down the Tiber and Up to Rome
- Author
- Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Geoffrey J. Marks; Frank A. Wallis
- Illustrator
- Frank A. Wallis, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia / London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOATING TIBER RIVER ROME EBERLEIN FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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