Along the Bosphorus, and Other Sketches

Covers soiled; spine ends a bit rubbed; leading corner tips bumped with some wear; splotches of light tanning to recto of frontis offset to verso of half-title. ; Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, black & red. Portrait frontis of the author; over 20 plate illustrations with tissue guards titled in red containing photographs and other reproductions, the last of which a drawing "Chain of the Last Slave." Some bottom edges unopened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages; Susan E. Wallace (1830 1907) was an American author, poet, journalist, and advocate for women's rights. She is best known for her literary contributions and her involvement in the suffrage movement during the 19th century. Chapters in Along the Bosphorus include: Along the Bosphorus; Lepers and leprousy in the East; A trip to Hebron; Gypsies I have seen; Housekeeping in Turkey; Among the palace galleries of Florence; A reminiscence About books; Florence nightingale; Two days in Westminster Abbey; The chain of the last slave of Maryland.

Product Info

Publisher: Rand, McNally & Co.

Year: 1898

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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