Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally & Co.. Good. 1898. First American Edition. Hardcover. 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. .

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Bookseller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11543
Title: Along the Bosphorus, and Other Sketches
Author: Wallace, Susan E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Rand, McNally & Co.
Place of Publication: Chicago & New York
Date Published: 1898
Keywords: TRAVEL, Women's Studies, Middle East, United States, United Kingdom, WOMEN, Getman
Bookseller catalogs: Travel;

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