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Toujours Provence
by Peter Mayle
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$264.39NZ$237.95
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". Kevin Hart . An inscribed first edition of this illustrated travel memoir by Peter Mayle. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Inscribed to the title page by the author: "For Charles- Best wishes (signature)". With an invitation from Harrods for a breakfast with Peter Mayle where the attendees can obtain a signed first edition of this work. Illustrated throughout by Kevin Hart with monochrome vignette and full page illustrations.This work was written by British author Peter Mayle and provides an account of his life in France. This work follows directly after the events of his previous memoir 'A Year in Provence', which grew very popular and was later adapted into a TV series. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is also lovely. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. A note from Harrods detailing a signing event with Peter Mayle neatly placed inside. Fine
Synopsis
Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write educational books for children. In 1990, Mr. Mayle published A Year in Provence , which became an international bestseller. He is also the author of Encore Provence , Hotel Pastis , A Dog's Life , Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne . In addition to writing books which have been translated into more than twenty languages, Mayle has contributed to the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Independent, GQ and Esquire. He and his wife and two dogs live in the South of France.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892Z35
- Title
- Toujours Provence
- Author
- Peter Mayle
- Illustrator
- Kevin Hart
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Peter Mayle Signed Travel Peter Mayle Illustrated
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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