1927 · New York
by Hooker, Katharine
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1927. 8vo. 230 x 160 mm., [9 x 6 1/4 inches]. [xiv], 305 pp. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, 33 photographic plates by Marian O. Hooker and 4 by permission of the Architectural Book Publishing Company. Original blue cloth, decorated gilt cover and spine; spine gilding a bit faded; dust jacket a bit fragile, clipped of its price, with a few minor chips along the lower edge; the blue paper wrapper is a bit soiled.
First edition. Withg faults a very good copy of Katherine Hooker's travels through out of the way places in Italy. In this her third book on the subject, Mrs. Hooker and her daughter Marion record their travel with prose and photographs of the Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia, Basillicata and Calabria, bypassing the major centers and concentrating on the small hill towns and villages that had preserved the customs and traditions of 19th century Italy.
"Combinded with a sympathetic understanding of the mind of the Italian villager Mrs. Hooker has an unusually fresh and human style that sets her work apart from most books of travel."
. (Inventory #: 923)
First edition. Withg faults a very good copy of Katherine Hooker's travels through out of the way places in Italy. In this her third book on the subject, Mrs. Hooker and her daughter Marion record their travel with prose and photographs of the Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia, Basillicata and Calabria, bypassing the major centers and concentrating on the small hill towns and villages that had preserved the customs and traditions of 19th century Italy.
"Combinded with a sympathetic understanding of the mind of the Italian villager Mrs. Hooker has an unusually fresh and human style that sets her work apart from most books of travel."
. (Inventory #: 923)