Search Results: the hills of adonis a quest by thubron colin

Penguin Random House. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Vintage, London, 2008. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.The Hills of Adonis is not only a masterfully-written travel book but also a personal quest for meaning by the author.Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt — not the Lebanon that a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains. In this country, the ruins of Phoenician, Greek and Roman are among the most impressive in the world. Crusader castles and Arab palaces stand together in the hills, and the people are a unique medley of races and religions.For five hundred miles the author walked through the mountains, following tracks and rivers. His journey was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the divinities of the region — Astarte and Adonis, who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the ancient cults of Lebanon. He visited almost every place of cultural importance,… Read More

Boston: Little Brown and Co., (1968) First American edition. 8vo; pp. xi, 179; illustrated from twenty-seven photographs by the author; bibliography. A very good copy or better in gilt-stamped green cloth in a very good dust jacket. The account of Thubron's five-hundred mile trek through Lebanon in the mid-sixties..

As cover: William Heinemann Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Condition fair clean with dust jacket that has slight damage at top of spine. ref ZKVQ

William Heinemann Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1968. First Edition. 179 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Top textblock edge dyed green. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Hardback. Very Good.

Little Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. First US Edition. Hardcover. Light soil on jacket; nice bright copy .

London: Heinemann, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.. First impression of the first edition. Dust jacket has slight rubbing to edges and rippling to back, but generally good. It is price clipped. Olive green cloth boards with silver lettering to spne. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Numerous black and white photographs taken by Thubron. 4to. 1968

London: Heinemann, 1969. 27 b/w illustrations. 179 pp. Yellow endpapers, with previous owner's stamp on ffep and rear paste-down endpaper. Green cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped. Illustrated DJ. Wear and tape-repair along the edges, DJ is a little shorter than the book. GOOD+/GOOD..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1st Edition, Heinemann, London, 1968 2 coloured maps; 28 illustrations; Hardback: green cloth decorated in gilt on spine, top edge green, yellow end-papers; Boards bowed, previous owner's inscriptions to front free end-paper, vg in worn dustwrapper.

London: William Heinemann Ltd. 192pp hardback, green cloth gilt in rubbed wrapper with few edge chips and creases, inscribed by ('Tommy' [Deuchar?]) to 'Freya' [Stark?] on ffep . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1968.

London: Heinemann, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with wear to outer corners and to head and heel of spine. Crease to first free endpage. Dustjacket is Very Good: light wear to outer corners and head and heel of spine panel; light wear also along upper edges of front & back panel. Mid-front panel shows isolated light waterstaining and a mark in red ink. There are a few marks to mid-rear panel.

London: Heinemann, 1968. 1st edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket 179pp., b/w pls., map, bibliog., index,

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

London: Heinemann, 1968. Dust jacket with clear plastic protective covering with minimal signs of shelfwear, price clipped, boards clean and tidy, map of Lebanon to front of book, pp clean and unmarked, black and white photographs throughout, binding sound, a neat and tidy copy.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Heinemann, 1968. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp. xi; [1]; 179; [1]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 45s to front flap. Black and white photographs throughout the book and a map IX - X. Toning and spotting to top edge of textblock, previous owners name to inside of front board in black ink and owner's address on a sticker front paste down, rolling to spine, dust-jacket has an 8cm tear to the back and is held together by tape on the inside. Very good. This book follows the journey of the author's five hundred mile journey across Lebanon. The book is both a travel book and a personal journal and is an exploration of both a country and of living.

Heinemann, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Boston : Little, Brown, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st US edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 179p. Subjects: Thubron, Colin 1939-. Lebanon Description and travel. Genre: Travel. Language: English.

London : Heinemann, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Price-clipped. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 179 p. : 18 plates, illus., col. maps, port. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Thubron, Colin 1939-. Lebanon Description and travel. Genre: Travel. Language: English.