Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 268

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(TRAVEL.) Group of 4 European travel diaries and scrapbooks by various authors. Various sizes, bindings, and conditions. Vp, 1882-1901

Additional Details

Lillian Crosby (1869-circa 1950) of Paterson, NJ. 4to manuscript; Belgium, Netherlands, Germany. June to September 1888 Elizabeth Moseley Woods (1865-1967) of Bowling Green, KY. 8vo manuscript; Germany and France. At Triberg in the Black Forest: "Almost had a fit upon starting to enter the dining-room door at supper and saw a Negro man seated at table with a white woman. Postponed our meal till we could investigate. . . . Asked the porter who said he was minister from Hayti and the woman was his wife. Don't think we can stand this. This is the black forest in earnest" (14 August 1900). July 1900 to June 1901 Unidentified young woman, travelling with brother and parents. Bound 4to typescript; from New York to England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and France. June to October 1894 Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Ogden. Folio scrapbook of photographs, menus, passenger lists, etc.; mostly Switzerland. Vp, 1882.