PARADIsE OF CITIES: VENICE AND ITS NINETEENTH CENTURY VISITORS
by Norwich, John Julius
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067089401X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670894017
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin Viking. Bound in immaculate brown cloth with bright gilt itles to spine, this dated 2003 hardcover First Edition (not First Impression) is VG in VG dustjacket(unclipped). Signed and inscribed as follows, "Molly, With all good wishes. John Julius Norwich". X1X/283pp with introduction, 12 Chapters, 26 illustrations, Epilogue, Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Condition all VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2003.
Synopsis
John Julius Norwich is the author of histories of Venice and Byzantium, and of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Among his other works are books on architecture, music, and the history plays of Shakespeare, together with an annual anthology, A Christmas Cracker . He has written and presented some thirty historical documentaries for television and is a regular lecturer on a wide range of subjects. He is a former Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, Chairman of the World Monuments Fund in Britain, and a former member of the executive committee of the National Trust. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Society of Literature, and the Royal Geographical Society, and a Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0019424
- Title
- PARADIsE OF CITIES: VENICE AND ITS NINETEENTH CENTURY VISITORS
- Author
- Norwich, John Julius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067089401X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670894017
- Publisher
- Penguin Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Signed John Julius Norwich on Venice
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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