1906 The Other Side of the Lantern An Account of a Commonplace Tour Round the World

Name: 1906 The Other Side of the Lantern Tour Round the World Frederick Treves
SKU: LTH27-G-8
Price: 29.99 GBP
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Published: London Cassell and Company

Size: 9" by 6" Pagination: (xvi) 424pp

An illustrated account of the travels of Sir Frederick Treves around the world.

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weight: 1.5kgs / stock code: LTH27-G-8

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Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

With forty illustrations from photographs by the author. Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, now known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, "the Elephant Man". Treves was also the author of many books, including The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (1923), Surgically Applied Anatomy (1883), The Highways and Byways of Dorset (the county in which he was born), A Student's Handbook of Surgical Operations (1892), Uganda for a Holiday, The Land That is Desolate, and The Cradle of the Deep (1908). Binder's ink stamp of The Times Book Club to the front endpaper.

Condition

In a calf binding. Externally, sound, though with some marks and some rubbing. Front joint starting. Loss to spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Front hinge strained, with tear to frontispiece tissue-guard. Pages are bright, and generally clean, though with some foxing to the first and last few pages.

Overall: Good

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