Foreword by Lawrence Durrell (12 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Faint yellowing to wraps.; 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, a mild lean to the spine which has caused no damage is the only remarkable flaw, jacket has moderate rubbing to the surface on the rear panel which is common with most glossy jackets, it is clean and attractive with no other flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, an inscription "To Dianna"and apparent signature by both authors is present on the front end-paper but we doubt that it is genuine, "Alexandra David-Neel was an enthusiastic Buddhist and the first to introduce the real Tibet to the world" ; 363 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Herbert Press. Paperback. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, SECOND printing. "First edition" statement and second printing number code sequence 10 through 2 to the copyright page. Illustrated with numerous photographs on black-and-white plates. A biography and detailed account of the journeys of the trail-blazing feminist, courageous explorer, Tibetan Buddhist first-hand insider, and Beat movement influencer, and first European woman to enter Tibet's forbidden holy city. Fine, square, and firm in plum linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, map-illustrated end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $21.95 price and date code 0987 still intact to the front inner flap. Large octavo; 363 pages; notes; select bibliography; index.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. paperback, large 8vo, 254pp, edges browned, foxing on title page, text clean and sound, covers browning and rubbed, edges rubbed and corners scuffed; Fair condition. ISBN: 0856830518.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. EX-LIBRARY COPY. First impression of the first UK edition. Very good in grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Spine tight. Front free endpaper has been removed. Small library ink number stamp on recto of title-page. No other library stamps. top edge of text-block stained mauve (as called for). In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 30s net. Extremities slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and nicked. Tiny closed tear to top of back panel of dustwrapper. ***232 pages including index. 204 mm x 140 mm. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Pbk. Condition: Fine. 1st Greek Ed. Vintage pocket sized guide for tourists covering 3 popular Greek islands. Preface By Lawrence Durrell 119p. plates (B & W). Foreword By Lawrence Durrell (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Paperback 1993. Revised edition. Flat covers. Spine is lightly creased. Clean & tight. Front end paper has an INSCRIPTION PARTIALLY CROSSED OUT. Dispatched with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref P178. The Living Past of Greece: A Time-traveller's Tour of Historic and Prehistoric Places (Miscellaneous Series).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition: One of 400 trade copies. Fine in white printed glossy illustrated wraps in a fine light blue illustrated printed dust jacket. UNREAD! Octavo. 105 pages; select and annotated bibliography, and appendices. Four plates including a frontispiece photo of King Cedric plus a map & drawing. According to legend, M.P. Shiel's father claimed the tiny uninhabited island in the Caribbean for his son, Matthew Phipps Shiell (later M.P. Shiel), upon his birth. Shiel's father petitioned Queen Victoria for the right to the title King of Redonda, which was granted by the British Colonial Office. M.P. Shiel was purportedly crowned King at the age of 15. In later life, Shiel gave the title to his chief admirer, London poet and editor John Gawsworth (Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong), the biographer of Arthur Machen, who was the realm's Archduke. Since the death of Gawsworth (1912-1970) there have been many claims to the title. In 1988, the London reverend Paul de Fortis established "The Redondan Cultural Foundation". Because of what he viewed as the inaction of the various rival monarchs, de Fortis promoted a new king, Cedric Boston (born on Montserrat in 1960). Boston claimed the Redondan throne in 1984, winning the allegiance of a number of still living Gawsworth's peers. The history of the "Kingdom" of Redonda is shrouded in doubt and legend, and it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. On the question of the Kingdom of Redonda, Jon Wynne-Tyson has written: "The legend is and should remain a pleasing and eccentric fairy tale; a piece of literary mythology to be taken with salt, romantic sighs, appropriate perplexity, some amusement, but without great seriousness. It is, after all, a fantasy." An as new copy of this attractively produced bit of Shiel, Gawsworth, and Arthur Machen connected literary "folderol".…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 9780877012764. Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Previous owner's gift inscription on half-title page. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling to covers and edges; small stain on front bottom cove edge (1"); two small spots on bottom edge (1/2" each); otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. John Murray, London, 1963. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression assumed, no other dates or publishing info.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In goede staat. Hardcover met stofomslag. Rijkelijk geà llustreerd. Shelfwear.