Bidspirit auction | Stoddard, John L. John L.

Stoddard, John L. John L. Stoddard's Lectures. Balch Brothers Co., 1905. Two Volumes (VIII and X). - This lot consists of two volumes from the travelogue series John L. Stoddard's Lectures, published by Balch Brothers Co. in Boston, 1905. The volumes included are Volume VIII, covering Florence, Naples, and Rome, and Volume X, covering California, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone Park. The books are octavo-sized and bound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled paper-covered boards and matching leather corners. The spines feature five false bands and are decorated with gilt-stamped floral sprays at the head and foot, along with gilt titles and volume contents. The top edges of the text blocks are finished in gilt. The title page for Volume X is printed in red and black ink and reads: JOHN L. STODDARD'S / LECTURES / [oval illustration of a robed figure] / COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES / VOLUME TEN / BOSTON / BALCH BROTHERS CO. / MCMV. Volume X contains a color-lithographed frontispiece titled ELECTRIC PEAK. The series is extensively illustrated with photographic reproductions throughout the text.