The Baron of Piccadilly: the travels and entertainments of Albert Smith, 1816-1860
1967, 1st edition. London : Bles. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #435568
Physical description: 192 pages 24 plates (including facsimiles) 23 cm. Contents: Discovering Bohemia -- Il y a Mont Blanc -- The young English dramatist -- The young English traveller -- The man in the moon -- The eastern traveller -- The overland mail -- A Cockney ascent of Mont Blanc -- Albert the Great -- Mont Blanc mania -- Mont Blanc cut down to size -- The Garrick Club affair -- To China and back -- The entertainment ends. Subjects: Smith, Albert 1816-1860 author, public lecturer, and mountaineer. Voyages and travels. Entertainers Great Britain Biography. Piccadilly (London, England) ; Biography. Traveller communities.
Price: €18.00