320 pp. First edition. Bound in dark blue buckram; gilt stamped front cover and across the spine; top edge gilt; frontispiece with tissue guard; black and white photographs; fold-out map. Binding tight; boards with edges and corners mildly rubbed; endpapers with former owner's inscription, drawing affixed; no dust jacket. Oversize and heavy book may require a small additional shipping charge. Apparently the former owner was a friend or acquaintance of the author as indicated by the inscription. Mounted black and white photograph, presumably of the writer of the introduction, Martin Hume, affixed under the same name on the preliminary sheet. Quoting the Introduction, pp. xxxi: The country enjoys a climate unsurpassed in the world, and can present scenery and atmospheric beauties, together with fertility, which to dwellers in the Old World appear marvelous. What it needs is more energy, more men of active race and sanguine temperament, who are content to work for the future, rather than for the present. Peru, like all other Spanish countries, suffers from the incurable tendency of the race to shun all effort but that which produces an immediately visible result; and a greater infusion of Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic blood, such as that which is regenerating Argentina and Chile, will secure to Peru equal future advantages. What the adventurous Anglo-Saxon will find in the country is set forth in this volume with eloquence, charm and truth. Size: 23 x 15 x 4.5 cm. 0.0. Seller Inventory # 2150

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Title: PERU: Its Former and Present Civilisation, ...

Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin,

Publication Date: 1908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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