Complete John L. Stoddard's Lectures (15 Volume Set)

John L. Stoddard

Published by Balch brothers company 1897-1909, Boston, 1897

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"Chipping on edges of some volumes. Previous owner's nameplate inside front cover of each volume (insciption: "Mrs. J.L.McLaughlin Pivate Library")SCARCE 15 BOOK SET (Volumes 1-10- PLUS Supplementary Volumes 1-5). Full of illustrations and pictures. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Covers (marbled boards with burgundy leather on spines and corners) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Some spines with edge wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong. TITLES OF 10 VOLUME 1: Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice. 2: Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt. 3: Japan (two lectures), China. 4: India (two lectures), The Passion Play. 5: Paris, LaBelle France, Spain. 6: Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow. 7: The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico. 8: Florence, Naples, Rome. 9: Scotland, England, London. 10: California, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park. 5 SUPPLEMENTARY 1: Ireland (two lectures), Denmark, Sweden. 2: Canada (two lectures), Malta, Gibraltar. 3: South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites. 4: Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine. 5: Lake Como, The Danube, Bohemia. John Lawson Stoddard was an American lecturer, author and photographer.He was a pioneer in the use of thestereopticonormagic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world.Because he published books related to his travels, he is credited with developing the genre of travelogues. In 1935, Daniel Crane Taylor wrote, "Stoddard's rise to fame was spectacular and unprecedented in the annals of American entertainers. No American lecturer, musician or actor has ever won so large a following in so short a time. From his second season, almost every lecture was sold out…He filledDaly's Theatre, one of the largest in New York, fifty times a season for ten years. …This would mean that Stoddard alone drew approximately one hundred thousand persons in New York each year.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete John L. Stoddard's Lectures (15 Volume Set)
• Publisher: Balch brothers company 1897-1909, Boston
• Publication Date: 1897
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • travel
  • photography