New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. x + 201 pp, ffep with inked 3 line approx 2" x 4" presentation inscription to previous owner & also signed by same hand on t.p., Part I: 7 chapters, part II:4 chapters, Pat III, 1 section unto itself, approx 40 unpaginated full-glossy b&w photos. 6.1" x 8,4" black cloth boards, embossed gilt fr cover and gilt spine letters all bright, gilt top edge slightly soiled, minor wear to top/tail cloth spine tips. Binding tight and square, pages unmarked, clean, and well-preserved. In glassine wrapper.

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008014
Title: A Motor-Flight through France
Author: Wharton, Edith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1909
Keywords: Edith Wharton née Edith Newbold Jones, (born January 24, 1862, -died August 11, 1937) - travel narratives - France
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE; TRAVEL;
Size: Octavo

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