down to the plains. Always, on the contrary, human progress has progressed from the plain to the mountain; and found the path sometimes very difficult, and very treacherously defended. Where a mountain range has affected favourably the progress of human thought it has been because it gave a rampart and a refuge to the remnants of some civilisation of the plains threatened with submergence by calamity. To get a fair impression of Switzerland and the Swiss at the outset, then, it seems to be advisable to clear away this ...
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down to the plains. Always, on the contrary, human progress has progressed from the plain to the mountain; and found the path sometimes very difficult, and very treacherously defended. Where a mountain range has affected favourably the progress of human thought it has been because it gave a rampart and a refuge to the remnants of some civilisation of the plains threatened with submergence by calamity. To get a fair impression of Switzerland and the Swiss at the outset, then, it seems to be advisable to clear away this common misconception of mountain ranges as being the nurses inevitably of heroic human natures. The Swiss have been absurdly over-praised by some, largely because of this root fallacy that a mountain people must have all the virtues. They have been unfairly over-blamed by others, who seem to have started with a preconceived idea of an impossibly heroic people and to have been soured when they found unreasonable illusions shattered. "The Swiss are stubborn, devoid of all generous sentiment
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Add this copy of Switzerland to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1914 by A & C BLACK LTD +.
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Good in None jacket. Size: 0x0x0; 1914, first edition. The pages are clean and unmarked but heavily yellowed with some soiling on the side edge of the pages. The cover has some bumping, wear, and rubbing to the edges, the spine is pretty discolored.
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Add this copy of Switzerland to cart. $30.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1914 by Adam and Charles Black.
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1914, Adam and Charles Black
Hardcover
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Adam and Charles Black
Published:
1914
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English
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17512843530
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Endsheets tanned; spine very slightly sunned; tight and sound. x, 203 pp. With 32 full-page illustrations in colour; map. 8vo,
Add this copy of Switzerland to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by CTrarebooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westport, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1917 by A & C Black.
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Very Good. Light wear to spine ends. Bookplates and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Hinges started.; Top edge gilt. 64 plates from watercolors; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; xi, 203 pages.
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J. & M. Hardwicke Lewis; A. D. McCormick; et al. Very Good Indeed. A smart second edition copy of this travel work concerning Switzerland by Frank Fox, illustrated with colour plates. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the spine and front board. Illustrated with a sketch map and thirty-two colour plates. Collated, complete. A travel guide, first published in 1914, detailing the literary associations, history, people, nature, mountains, glaciers and flowers of Switzerland. Written by the prolific travel writer Sir Frank Fox, and illustrated with beautiful colour illustrations depicting the country's natural beauty. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed.
Add this copy of Switzerland to cart. $118.75, good condition, Sold by CTrarebooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westport, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1914 by A & C Black.
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Very Good- Spine a bit darkened. Tanning to first and last few pages. Front hinge repaired with Japon paper and has a bit of play. Bright red boards with gilt lettering and with the Swiss coat of arms. Boards with the slightest of bumping to corners. Light foxing to fore edge; With 32 illustrations from watercolors by J. & M Hardwicke Lewis, A. D. McCormick and others. Bright red boards with gilt lettering and coat of arms of Switzerland. Top edge gilt. This book is part of the Fascination of Europe series. Unlike the 20 Shilling series, the plates are not tissue guarded. Inman 216.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; x, 203 pages.
Add this copy of Switzerland to cart. $123.27, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1917 by A. & C. Black.
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J. & M. Hardwicke Lewis. Very Good Indeed. A beautiful exploration into the country of Switzerland, its people and views, richly illustrated with plates in colour. Detailing the literary associations, history, people, nature, mountains, glaciers and flowers of Switzerland, among other things. Written by Sir Frank Fox, a prolific travel writer. This work was first published in 1914; this second impression contains double the colour plates as the first. Â Illustrated with sixty-four beautiful colour plates of the region's natural beauty by J. & M. Hardwicke Lewis, as well as a folding map bound to the rear. Bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are uncut and bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.
