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Hard cover 8vo in blue-green cloth blocked in gold with a design of three alpine flowers within in a stippled ruled field, upon which the dying Lion of Lucerne reposes in another ruled box. Spine has repeat of the flower vignette with tiles in gold above and below. Rear board plain. In the original blue-green polished cloth dust jacket with title printed to the spine in gold. Illustrated with labeled tissue guarded frontispiece for a total of 25 collotype photo reproductions, some tinted wholly in blue, sepia or monotone black, and each with a red labeled tissue guard. viii, 519pp. **CONDITION: Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket. Very slight wear to gold of front board. Hinges and joints are in order. Two Christmas gift inscriptions, one dated 1906, appear in old fountain pen to ffep. The dust jacket has made some offset to the book endpapers. Wrapper is foxed on verso, a bit frayed at head and has a few marks. Now protected in mylar.**Two and a half million American visitors come to Switzerland each year, according to the Author's research. Topographical and geological descriptions accompany Cook's description of this region which saw many invaders and conquerors through the centuries from the Celts, Romans, French and Hapsburgs, for a few. Description of the splendor of the Alps, Mount Blanc and the Jungfrau form another focus. As always, the author adroitly synthesizes bits of history, as well as literary references, into his economic, political and religious reportage, such as naming the region as a safe haven for thinkers of the Protestant Reformation. The Rhine, fed by Lake Lucerne, is also on the itinerary. ** Philadelphia-born Author Joel Cook (1842-1910) serialized some of his travel observations in columns found in the "Philadelphia Public Ledger" and other periodicals. Cook trained as a lawyer, later becoming a journalist and correspondent for "The London Times." He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1907, and served other Philadelphia civic bodies. REF: Morris and Levin (2000) No. 80 for cover design. (AMJ)
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$140.00