Journals of a Landscape Painter in Greece and Albania (The Century Travellers) Tapa blanda - 1988

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Random House, 1988. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Century 1988 Paperback. Good. Foxing to inside cover.

London: Century, 1988. 222pp; two maps; intro. by Steven Runciman; previous owner's name inside; edgeworn and creased spine.. Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Author is author of Book of Nonsense.. remains price sticker lower right front corner. Slight wear bottom of spine.. Spine is tight. Text unmarked. Painting of Lear's is the cover illustration

Century, London, 1988. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine Condition/N/A. Century Travellers Series; "Edward Lear's journey to Albania in 1848 had not been planned; it came about through a chance meeting with Sir Stratford Canning, the British Ambassador in Constantinople who obtained the necessary papers for travel through the Ottoman Empire. Starting from Salonica, Lear went north to Shkoder, then south to Corfu, Parga and Arta before turning west again to end his travels at Mount Olympus and the Vale ofTempe. Along the way, he encountered superb scenery and a fascinating and varied cast of characters - Greek dragomen, Turkish pashas, illiterate frontier guards and obstreperous innkeepers; he spent his nights in khans, tussling for space with donkeys, goats and cats, and his days strolling out with sketchbook in hand, dodging packs of hostile dogs (and sometimes the equally hostile local population) in his determination to record the grandeur of the countryside."; Size:… Leer más

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