Stoddards Lectures Complete Volume by Stoddard John (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Many black and white illustrations with some in color. Very nice condition with the slightest hint of rubbing at extremities. No marks or inscriptions. Heavy oversize set may require additional postage. PayPal accepted please inquire.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Revised. Fifteen volume set. Red cloth with gilt and blind-stamping. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Owner's name and date penned on front pastedowns, light soiling, modest edgewar, a very good set. Volume I: Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice; Volume II: Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt; Volume III: Japan, China; Volume IV: India, Passion Play; Volume V: Paris, La Belle France, Spain; Volume VI: Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow; Volume VII: The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico; Volume VIII: Florence, Naples, Rome; Volume IX: Scotland, England, London; Volume X: California, Grand Cañon, Yellowstone Park; Volume XI: Ireland, Denmark, Sweden; Volume XII: Canada, Malta, Gibraltar; Volume XIII: South Tyr?l, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites; Volume XIV: Sicily, Genoa, A Drive Through the Engadine; Volume XV: Lake Como, The Upper Danube, Bohemia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Part- morocco with marbled boards, gilt titling and decoration to spines, gilt top edges, decorated endpapers, colour frontis, b&w illstns. In near fine unmarked condition, one volume has slight wear to the crown of the spine. A beautiful set but heavy which will require additional shipping.

Condition: Very Good. "Chipping on edges of some volumes. Previous owner's nameplate inside front cover of each volume (insciption: "Mrs. J.L.McLaughlin Pivate Library")SCARCE 15 BOOK SET (Volumes 1-10- PLUS Supplementary Volumes 1-5). Full of illustrations and pictures. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Covers (marbled boards with burgundy leather on spines and corners) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Some spines with edge wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong. TITLES OF 10 VOLUME 1: Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice. 2: Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt. 3: Japan (two lectures), China. 4: India (two lectures), The Passion Play. 5: Paris, LaBelle France, Spain. 6: Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow. 7: The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico. 8: Florence, Naples, Rome. 9: Scotland, England, London. 10: California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park. 5 SUPPLEMENTARY 1: Ireland (two lectures), Denmark, Sweden. 2: Canada (two lectures), Malta, Gibraltar. 3: South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites. 4: Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine. 5: Lake Como, The Danube, Bohemia. John Lawson Stoddard was an American lecturer, author and photographer.He was a pioneer in the use of thestereopticonormagic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world.Because he published books related to his travels, he is credited with developing the genre of travelogues. In 1935, Daniel Crane Taylor wrote, "Stoddard's rise to fame was spectacular and unprecedented in the annals of American entertainers. No American lecturer, musician or actor has ever won so large a following in so short a time. From his second season, almost every lecture was sold outHe filledDaly's Theatre, one of the largest in New York, fifty times a season for ten years. This would mean that Stoddard alone drew approximately one hundred thousand persons in New York each year.".

Fine Binding. All 10 Volumes Very Good to Near Fine. All volumes top edge gilt. Small nick to front panel of volume ten. Some edge wear to spine ends.