just a couple of chips to ends of spine on the jacket to detract
First British Edition of a book originally published in Boston in 1901
housed in the blue cardboard box which is split at some joints
Most attractive Bumpus edition
Handsomely bound in full polished tree calf
Como and the Italian Lakes Moissac just a couple of chipsLondon: W. H. Allen, 1887. First Edition. 8vo. pp xiv, [blank], 495. 11 illustrated plates, including the frontispiece, and three folding maps, the largest (Lake of Como) tucked in a pocket inside the back cover. Publisher's green cloth boards gilt lettering and emblem to front and spine. Ends of spine sl rolled, corner tips bumped, edges of text block a touch toned. With an index. Nice early guide to the deepest of the northern Italian 'lagos',