Product code: John L. Stoddard's Lectures 5 sold Vols (1897-1903) EX-LIB GOOD condition.
John L. Stoddard was a 19th Century American traveler, photographer and lecturer who traveled the globe collecting material for his immensely popular and profitable sold lectures on people and places of the world. He is considered the Father of the Travelogue. Here are 5 Volumes of a 10 Volume series of travel books by Stoddard containing the narrative portion of his lectures and photographic images from magic lantern slides that he used to illustrate his talks. These volumes present intimate details of societies at a moment of great historical change, a world that has long since vanished. The volumes cover Canada; Gibralter; Malta; South Tyrol; Lake Garda; The Dolomites; India; China; Paris; LaBelle, France; Spain; Berlin; Vienna; St. Petersburg; Moscow. These Ex-Lib volumes are in very good condition with tight binding and clean unmarked pages. No tears, stains, missing pages. See photos! Prefer to sell all 5 Volumes together but willing to consider offers on individual books.
John L. Stoddard was a 19th Century American traveler, photographer and lecturer who traveled the globe collecting material for his immensely popular and profitable sold lectures on people and places of the world. He is considered the Father of the Travelogue. Here are 5 Volumes of a 10 Volume series of travel books by Stoddard containing the narrative portion of his lectures and photographic images from magic lantern slides that he used to illustrate his talks. These volumes present intimate details of societies at a moment of great historical change, a world that has long since vanished. The volumes cover Canada; Gibralter; Malta; South Tyrol; Lake Garda; The Dolomites; India; China; Paris; LaBelle, France; Spain; Berlin; Vienna; St. Petersburg; Moscow. These Ex-Lib volumes are in very good condition with tight binding and clean unmarked pages. No tears, stains, missing pages. See photos! Prefer to sell all 5 Volumes together but willing to consider offers on individual books.