The Road in Tuscany: A Commentary, two vols. HBks 1904 1st ed. 267 illusts VG

Description: The Road in Tuscany: A Commentary, two volumes By Maurice Hewlett The Macmillan Company New York November 1904 Name (with date) of former owner "Emily B. Reynolds 1910" on front free endpaper of each volume. Volume 1: xiv, [2], 383 p.[Volume 2] xiii, [1], 377, [7] p: [Volume 1]: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 9 photogravures and 107 in-text illustrations. [Volume 2]: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 19 photogravures, and 130 in-text illustrations; 20.25 cm. (8.25 inches). Blue cloth with gilt-stamped embellished spine title and gilt- and light-blue-stamped front-cover vignette within gilt-stamped border. No dust jackets. Top page edges gilt. Includes [in Volume 2] Index and adverts for other Macmillan Company books. First Edition "The pretensions of this book to be a companion of Tuscan travel, and a leisurely, sententious commentary upon the country, are based upon two convictions: First, that you don't get to know a country by seeing the great towns of it; second, that, let the history, fine arts, monuments, and institutions be as fine as you please, the best product of your country will always be the people of it, who themselves produced those other pleasant spectacles. Upon these two bases I have gone to work. My commentary upon Tuscany was dictated by the logic of the roads, diverted only from its course by the accidents of travel, the humours of the moment, or by the freaks of memory and such like familiar sprites of ours. I hope that I may say I have been strict with myself. I have always preferred a road to a church, always a man to a masterpiece, a singer to his song; and I have never opened a book when I could read what I wanted on the hillside or by the river-bank" [Opening lines from volume one]. Books are in Very Good Condition: complete with all pages and illustrations, pages bright, clean, unmarked [in volume 1] with scattered lower right corner tiny chipping [in volume 2], not impacting the text in any way. Spines fading, front cover of volume 1 rubbed and soiled. Front cover of volume 1 starting to separate. Copyright 2018 All text in this auction description is the sole property of Classic Books and Ephemera and may not be copied without permission from Classic Books and Ephemera. We email all winning bidders within 24 hours of the end of auction. Occasionally a server will block emails with unfamiliar addresses, which has prevented us from notifying a few winning bidders. If you do not hear from us, please email us for payment details. SHIPPING and HANDLING: The winning bidder receives free media mail in the U.S. We ship all books in boxes, well protected, within 24 hours of the order (Monday - Saturday), always with tracking. We ship pamphlets, documents, broadsides, and booklets in rigid mailers, bagged and boarded, with added stiffener for protection, always with tracking We have been selling books and ephemera for about 17 years to satisfied customers on various venues, so buy with confidence. For international shipping costs see Ebay's Shipping and Handling section below (click on the country and then click Update for cost to a specific country). For expedited domestic or international shipping prices, please contact us. WINNERS AND BUYERS OF MULTIPLE ITEMS RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S., FIRST CLASS UP TO 16 OUNCES, MEDIA MAIL OVER 16 OUNCES. Payment Methods: Ebay has recently decreed that sellers on the site can only accept electronic payments through Paypal; no other form of payment is permitted except upon request. Before paying for multiple items, please wait for our email notification of your winning bids, so we can provide a combined shipping total. Pa. residents: you must add 6% sales tax to the total (including shipping and handling), unless you have a resale number. This is Pa. state law. Guarantee: We guarantee that the book is as described or we will return the buyer's money, if we are notified by email within 24 hours of receipt of the book. ALSO SEE ON EBAY OUR FINE SELECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR STORE, CLASSIC BOOKS AND EPHEMERA; CLICK ON THIS LINK: We use the condition terms established by AB Bookman's Weekly and now slightly refined by IOBA: As New/Fine, Near Fine(minor defects), Very Good (small signs of wear), Good (average used book), Fair (complete text, but may lack endpapers, half-title), Poor (complete text but soiled, loose hinges, etc.) For an explanation of terms commonly used in book descriptions, contact us.

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