Wharton, Edith,
A Motor- Flight Through France.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. An unusually handsome copy - the best we have seen so far. Nice gift inscription with ink on first blank page ; Green decorative boards with gilt lettering. "The motor-car has restored the romance of travel, " writes Wharton, who in this lesser known book, tools around in Gaelic history, from Rouen to Nimes to Soissons. Apparent 2nd Edition with publishing year 1909 on title page - unlike the first edition, the top edge is not gilt ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 201 pages. Near Fine.

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