LABELS : A MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL.
by WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Waugh on his travels - Monte Carlo, Naples, Messina, Haifa, Port Said, Cairo, Malta, Crete, Constantinople, Athens, Corfu, Venice, Ragusa, Barcelona, Algiers, Malaga, Gibraltar, Seville and Lisbon - "piquant and entertaining, and, of course, pleasantly outspoken ... a jolly book, then, in which Mr. Waugh manages to advertise quite a number of picturesque objects, including himself. I enjoyed every word of his book, and have no hesitation in recommending it" (Ralph Straus in The Bystander, 1st October 1930). Demy 8vo (23cm). 206,[ii]pp. Frontispiece by the author; double-page map; sketch map and three photo plates of Barcelona. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt; a little sunned and faded; endpapers tanned; some spotting, mainly of edges and prelims; a good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket expertly repaired and restored in places.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45980
- Title
- LABELS : A MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL.
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn (Evelyn Arthur St. John), 1903-1966 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Duckworth, 1930.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- Sunned
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