the-travel-writing-of-edmondo-de-amicis
Lot 3299
The Travel Writing of Edmondo De Amicis
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(6) titles:

Edmondo De Amicis. SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS; MOROCCO: ITS PEOPLE AND PLACES; CONSTANTINOPLE; STUDIES OF PARIS; MILITARY LIFE IN ITALY; HOLLAND AND ITS PEOPLE. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1886-1887. Later edition. Various translators, translated into English from Italian. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards. 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 438; 374; 326; 276; 440; 408pp.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

While perhaps best known for his novels and children's books, De Amicis is also known for his travel writings, first published in the 1870s.

Good condition; boards scuffed with edgewear and offsetting, spines toned with wear at head and tail, occasional staining; (2) volumes lacking frontispiece; some separation from text block with occasional cracking at hinges; light toning to interiors, small bookseller stickers at paste-downs, Holland with pages 123-134 loose; occasional small mark, grime, or manuscript at endpapers, otherwise unmarked.