This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... around the central market-place. There is a veranda around the inside of the square, from which one may obtain a good view of the market. The stands, or stalls, are around the outer edge under the tier of rooms, while in the center men and women sit on the ground beside piles of a great variety of fresh ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... around the central market-place. There is a veranda around the inside of the square, from which one may obtain a good view of the market. The stands, or stalls, are around the outer edge under the tier of rooms, while in the center men and women sit on the ground beside piles of a great variety of fresh vegetables and other perishable articles for household use. There is perhaps no better selection of vegetables to be found in any market in America than we saw here. The partitions dividing the tier of rooms were very thin and extended up only about two-thirds of the way from the floor to the ceiling, so there was an air-space connecting all the rooms overhead. One could hear every word spoken in the adjoining room on either side. The furniture consisted of a cot-bed, a wash-stand and a chair. We each procured a room, and as we looked them over and noted the open space overhead, someone remarked that "it would be a great place for smallpox." Having had no sleep the night before, and being very tired after sitting in a cramped position all night in the boat, we retired shortly after reaching town. At about four o'clock in the afternoon I was awakened by a vigorous pounding at my door, and my two companions, who were outside, shouted, u Get up quick!! there is a case of smallpox in the next room!" I jumped up quickly and in my dazed condition put on what clothing I could readily lay my hands on, and snatching up my shoes and coat ran out on the veranda. After getting outside I discovered that I had gotten into my trousers hind side before and had left my hat, collar, shirt and stockings behind, but did not return for them. We all beat a hasty retreat around the veranda to the opposite side of the court, or square, and the people in...
Read Less
Publisher:
Priv. print. for the author by the De Vinne press, N. Y
Published:
1/1/1910
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13854797548
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.61
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. xiii, 100 p. front. 25 cm. Limited edition, privately printed. Vellum paper spine. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Edges chipped. "A limited number of copies of this work have have issued privately for distribution among the author's friends and book-loving acquaintances, --mostly to members of the Bibliophile Society.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good-condition. Book Travel; Mexico; xiii, 100p.; 24cm; 1/2 faux velum and paper covered boards, rubbed, soiled; frontis.; most pages uncut; limited ed. published by author for private circulation, mostly to members of Bibliophile Society; lacks box.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Boston 1910. Privately printed for author by De Vinne for distribution among the author's friends and...mostly to members of the Bibliophile Society. Narrative of experiences, and observations on agricultural and industrial conditions. Octavo, 100pp., frontis engraving, hardcover. VG, light foxing.
Publisher:
Printed privately for the Author by the De Vinne Press
Published:
1910
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14717681208
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.61
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 100pp., frontispiece. Quarter Japanese vellum and papercovered boards. Bookplate of a noted collector, else about fine in lightly worn, very good slipcase. Laid in are two Typed Letters Signed from by Harper to Joseph Bancroft, one presenting the book; another informing him that he has sent a copy to a friend of Bancroft's.
