John L. Stoddard's Lectures
Chicago and Boston: Geo. L. Shuman & Co. and Balch Brothers Co., 1910. Binding: contemporary half deep burgundy morocco over matching marbled boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative horizontal ruling and floral illustrations, top edges in gilt, upper and lower verso in light green and silver floral motifs.
, Notes: John Lawson Stoddard (April 24,1850 – June 5,1931) was an American writer, hymn writer and lecturer who gained popularity through his travelogues. In 1871 he graduated from Williams College. At Williams he was a member of the fraternity Delta Psi (aka St. Anthony Hall). Later he studied two years of theology at Yale Divinity School. After that he taught Latin and French at Boston Latin School. He was proud of his descent from Solomon Stoddard. He began traveling around the world in 1874 and published Red-Letter Days Abroad in 1884. He turned his experiences into a series of popular lectures delivered throughout North America. These lectures were periodically published in book form as John L. Stoddard's Lectures and eventually numbered 10 volumes and five supplements (1897–1898).
, Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Illustrated with numerous in text illustrations and photographs.
14 volumes (of 15).Complete with the 10 lecture volumes, and 4 supplementary volumes (only lacking 1 supplementary volume).
, Volume: Complete with the 10 lec, Category: Book Voyages General;. A very good set, text and plates clean and crisp. Item #B6541
Binding: contemporary half deep burgundy morocco over matching marbled boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative horizontal ruling and floral illustrations, top edges in gilt, upper and lower verso in light green and silver floral motifs.
, Notes: John Lawson Stoddard (April 24,1850 – June 5,1931) was an American writer, hymn writer and lecturer who gained popularity through his travelogues. In 1871 he graduated from Williams College. At Williams he was a member of the fraternity Delta Psi (aka St. Anthony Hall). Later he studied two years of theology at Yale Divinity School. After that he taught Latin and French at Boston Latin School. He was proud of his descent from Solomon Stoddard. He began traveling around the world in 1874 and published Red-Letter Days Abroad in 1884. He turned his experiences into a series of popular lectures delivered throughout North America. These lectures were periodically published in book form as John L. Stoddard's Lectures and eventually numbered 10 volumes and five supplements (1897–1898).
, Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Illustrated with numerous in text illustrations and photographs.
14 volumes (of 15).Complete with the 10 lecture volumes, and 4 supplementary volumes (only lacking 1 supplementary volume).
, Volume: Complete with the 10 lec, Category: Book Voyages General;.
Price: $575.00