Buy this book on-line HAMALIAN, Leo K. (Ed.) : Ladies on the Loose: Women Travellers of the 18th and 19th CenturiesDodd, Mead & Co, NY, 1981 ISBN 039608009X
Spine ends very lightly bumped, faint soiled area on front cover. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, light crease to rear flap. A nice copy. ; Hamalian provides an introduction to this collection as well as a preface to each of these first person narratives of women who traveled to remote locations, usually alone. The selections come from an array of documents, letters, and diaries. Travellers include Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Hester Stanhope, Harriet Martineau, Lady Ann Blunt, Isabella Bird, and Mary Kingsley amongst others. Their vivid accounts of cultures and places such as Italy, Sweden, China, Africa, The Holy Land, India, Spain, and others provide a fascinating picture of a long-vanished world. Includes a bibliography and a list of suggested reading for those that want to read more.; Image is actual copy on offer., 256 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HAMALIAN, Leo K. (Ed.) : Ladies on the Loose: Women Travellers of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, collectables, rare books, livres rares and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |