Down the World. Random Tales of a Traveler by Oswald Hering. [Inscribed Copy with an Autograph Letter].

Hering, Oswald Constantin (Architect & Author 1874-1941).

Published by New York Robert M. McBride & Company. Copy inscribed, signed & dated to Munson Havens, with an ALS to Munson Havens., 1932

About this Item

8 3/4 inches x 11 3/8 in., frontispiece photograph of: "The Wheel of Life (Thibetan)" artwork; title-page with a design; dedication page; quotation page with The Wander Lovers by Richard Hovey; Foreword by A. Radclyffe Dugmore; Introduction; Contents; 77 pp. + Glossary page; with decorative chapter headings by Joseph Cummings Chase; illustrated with reproductions of historical black and white photographs of architectural sites, scenery, local peoples; details from Southern "Old Plantation Homes": "Auburn", Devereux", "Arlington", "Homewood",and others. Tan paper over boards, with a mounted, printed title label on the front cover, map design endpapers by Oswald Hering, showing the travels. The top spine end shows splitting and wear, wear to the lower cover corners, light wear, age-related tanning, dusting to the spine, covers; some light, occasional tan spotting to the plates. This copy is inscribed and signed on the reverse of the frontispiece, by New York Architect and author, Oswald Hering: For Munson Havens-a "Fellowe Plaier," with the cordial regards of the author [signed]: Oswald C Hering March 9, 1935. Cleveland, Ohio based book collector and author, Munson Havens (1873-1942), has inserted a letter from Oswald Hering to him in this copy; this is on a folded, 4 1/2 in. x 7 in. sheet of printed stationary with address & house design; written on the front and back of the notepaper: "Questover Falls Village Connecticut [July 1938] Dear Munson I hope you made a good haul. You did in one respect-by returing to the country. You are more fortunate than I am by having a pension-which is one reason, & maybe the only one, for engaging in a business rather than a profession. My wife echoes yours. I don't mind Mrs. H. going without clothes as she rivals the Venus of the Capitoline, but she'll never starve so long as my vegetable garden goes on producing. On the whole, as you no doubt have a hobby to ride, you are to be congratulated. Until we meet at the 50th Founder's Night. Yrs. OH. [Oswald Hering] July 29. This letter shows one horizontal fold from being folded for mailing. Some of the areas mentioned in the travels: Ceylon, India, Java, Bali, China, Korea, Japan, Peru, Panama Canal, Chile, Brazil; Oberammergau; Natchez, Mississippi. Sold together only, the inscribed copy and the autograph letter.

Seller Inventory # ABE-867374548

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Down the World. Random Tales of a Traveler by Oswald Hering. [Inscribed Copy with an Autograph Letter].
• Publisher: New York Robert M. McBride & Company. Copy inscribed, signed & dated to Munson Havens, with an ALS to Munson Havens.
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)