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Bloomsbury Reader, 2012-08-14. Paperback. Good.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Roumanian Journey.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Romania, Travel) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback / softback. New. 'At the first mention of going to Roumania, a great many people, as I did myself, would take down their atlas and open the map. For Roumania, there can be no question, is among the lesser known lands of Europe.' So begins Sir Sacheverell Sitwell's account of his Roumanian journey, made in the 1930s, when Bucharest was still eight days overland from London. His four-week trip brings him into contact with longhaired gypsies at country fairs as well as the aristocracy in their medieval castles. The natural richness and variety of the landscape-from Transylvania to the Wallachian plains, the Carpathian peaks to the Danube Delta-delight him, as does the diversity of humanity he encounters, while his deep knowledge of European art and architecture makes him the ideal guide to the paintings, frescos, and buildings of Roumania. It is impossible, of course, to read of Roumania in the 1930s without thinking of what lay ahead for that country, but the abiding impression… Leer más

Batsford, 1938T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. First Batsford 1938 edition on blue cloth

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Oxford University Press, USA, 1992-03-12. Paperback. Good.

London: B T Batsford, 1938, 1938. First American Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Charles Scribners Sons; New York, 1938. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunned spine and board margins, fraying to spine edges with some loss to bottom spine edge, spine buckram separating from backing material, small abrasions to board corners, discoloration and foxing to pastedowns/endpapers, age toning and scattered foxing to pages, rubbing along board edges, scattered foxing to text block edges, rubbed joints, without Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 120pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

London : B.T. Batsford, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 120 pages : color frontispiece, plates (part double, some color), portraits ; 22 cm. Notes: Map on lining papers. Includes index. Subjects: Travel; Romania Description and travel; Romania, Art, Religion; Yorkshire Travellers; Twentieth 20th Century; Travel Books.