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Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1994. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1994. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Avalon Publishing. 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.

Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1990-08. Paperback. Good.

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

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,… Leer más

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..

Vintage Books, 2009-01-06. Paperback. Good.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Penguin, 1987 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Pbk.Ed... This represents one man's search for an ancient myth in a country of the past. For four months and 500 miles Colin Thubron walked through the mountains of Lebanon, tracing the gods who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the courtry`s ancient cults. What he found was a coastline of small, historic ports, some of the most impressive Phoenician, Greek and Roman sculpture in the world, superb natural scenery and people who formed a medley of races and religions. Fascinating account of travels in the mountains of Lebanon in the days before the devastation of the Civil War. Pbk.201p. Bibliography.Index..

London: Penguin, 1987 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Pbk.Ed... This represents one man's search for an ancient myth in a country of the past. For four months and 500 miles Colin Thubron walked through the mountains of Lebanon, tracing the gods who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the country`s ancient cults. What he found was a coastline of small, historic ports, some of the most impressive Phoenician, Greek and Roman sculpture in the world, superb natural scenery and people who formed a medley of races and religions. Fascinating account of travels in the mountains of Lebanon in the days before the devastation of the Civil War. 201p. Bibliography.Index.201p. Bibliography.maps.Index..

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

New York: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1990. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Atlantic Monthly Pr., 1990, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 201pp. Stain on front edge of page block, else very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.