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Labels, A Mediterranean Journey
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue boards (a little marked and sunned, soiled on spine), gilt spine titling; text block f
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1939. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue boards (a little marked and sunned, soiled on spine), gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight; light foxing on edges. Rare. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Evelyn Waugh chose the name ""Labels"" for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already ""fully labelled"" in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - as he cruises around the Mediterranean his pen cuts through the local colour to give an entertaining portrait of the Englishman abroad. With a frontispiece (drawn by the author), three pages of plates, a double-spread map and another map in the text
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC131799
- Title
- Labels, A Mediterranean Journey
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue boards (a little marked and sunned, soiled on spine), gilt spine titling; text block f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 206
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, travel, Europe, comedy, Waugh, rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
Terms of Sale
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
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