MORRELL, JEMIMA ANNE: - Miss Jemima's Swiss Journal. The First Conducted Tour of Switzerland. London, Putnam, 1963.. Pp. xiii, 112, (2). With a map and thirty-two half-tones. Original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Well-preserved dust jacket, non-clipped, very light wear along edges. First printed edition from a manuscript written by Miss Jemima in 1863. It was found in a tin box in the ruins of a blighted Thomas Cook office just after the Second World War. A party of sixty-four ladies and gentlemen went on the first completed tour of the Alps arranged by Thomas Cook. Jemima Anne Morrell (1832-1909), British artist, was commissioned by the Junior United Alpine Club to write an account of their adventures. Accompanied by photographs and the author's own drawings. Robinson 118. EUR 200.00 [Appr.: US$ 225.96 | £UK 170.5 | JP¥ 32748] Book number 121470is offered by:
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