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Italian Journeys
by Keates, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmar
- ISBN 10
- 0434384860
- ISBN 13
- 9780434384860
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1991. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning ""Allegro Postillions"" and ""The Strangers' Gallery"". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is never far away. The book looks at a magician's cave in Piedmont, Chinese mummies in Umbria, Tuscan nightingales and bumps in the Venetian night.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133100
- Title
- Italian Journeys
- Author
- Keates, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0434384860
- ISBN 13
- 9780434384860
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 312
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, travel, memoir, Italy, Keates
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.55 g
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