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Peck, Annie S., - The South American Tour.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest of fading to the spine. A very handsome and tight copy. ; Blue boards with frame design in yellow. Pictorial design in white and green. White lettering. Profusely illustrated with the author's photographs. Rear fold-out map. "In the years during which the Panama Canal has been nearing completion the South American tour has been coming into its own. Miss Peck's book is designed to help the South American tourist on his way. Railroad and steamship lines are catalogued, the principal hotels and their prices are listed, the points of interest are indicated, and useful historical information is supplied. The account of the Harvard Observatory, near Arequipa, and its work is noteworthy; also the account of the trip in the new tunnel through the Andes from Argentine to Chile. Director General John Barrett of the Pan American Union writes an appreciative preface." David H. Buel in Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1914) , pp. 376-377. Peck was an American mountaineer and adventurer and wrote 4 books encouraging travelling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiii, 398 pages. Very Good+.
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.25 | £UK 137.5 | JP¥ 27538] Booknumber: 20871
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USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.25 | £UK 137.5 | JP¥ 27538] Booknumber: 20871
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Total: USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.25 | £UK 137.5 | JP¥ 27538]
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