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Rare and modern books

Burton, Anthony And Pip

The Green Bag Travellers; Britain's First Tourists

1978

20.68 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1978
Place of printing
London. Andre Deutsch
Author
Burton, Anthony And Pip
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - General
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 151 pp, numerous illustrations on plates, from early sources, bibliography, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, small chip on rear panel), near fine in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The authors, having unearthed a mass of rare material, reconstructed a picture of society of two centuries ago, when the development of roads and the search for the picturesque, lead to touristic travel and the a surge of new travel books.