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Patagonia Revisited (signed; illustrated by Kyffin Williams)
by BRUCE CHATWIN, PAUL THEROUX, KYFFIN WILLIAMS
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- First Edition, First Impression (true first edition as the UK edition preceded the American edition by one year). Limited to 250/Near Fine
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Impression (true first edition as the UK edition preceded the American edition by one year). Limited to 250 copies signed by authors Chatwin & Therouxs on the limitation leaf, of which this is number 184. With beautiful engravings by acclaimed artist, Kyffin Williams. A collaborative text, written in the form of an alternating dialogue, by two writers who both penned influential travelogues about Patagonia in the late 1970s: Chatwin's 'In Patagonia' (1977) and Theroux's 'The Old Patagonia Express' (1979). Fine in original red and grey cloth, titles to spine gilt, horseman design to boards in red, blue-grey endpapers. With the original (and rare) glassine jacket, near fine. Octavo. 6 x 8.625 in. 62 pp. An excellent copy with the scarce glassine jacket crisp and intact.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1309
- Title
- Patagonia Revisited (signed; illustrated by Kyffin Williams)
- Author
- BRUCE CHATWIN, PAUL THEROUX, KYFFIN WILLIAMS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition, First Impression (true first edition as the UK edition preceded the American edition by one year). Limited to 250
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Michael Russell
- Place of Publication
- (Wilton, Wiltshire)
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SOUTH AMERICA, TRAVEL, HISTORY
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