Mornings in Mexico
by Lawrence, D. H
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, 1927. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. [8], 9-178pp. Octavo. Original mustard brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards lightly rubbed with wear and bumping to ends of spine and corners. Small hole in front free endpaper. Blue top edge of text block with remained edges untrimmed. Some markings on rear attached endpaper. Clean, tight text block. A very nice copy. very good Roberts A37. Lawrence's travel sketches of Mexico, written while the author was staying in Oaxaca in 1925. During this time Lawrence nearly died of Malaria and influenza. 1927
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132038
- Title
- Mornings in Mexico
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Martin Secker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- D.H. Lawrence|English Literature|Mexico|English Author|English Lit|Travel
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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