Edward Lear Cretan Journal by Edward Lear (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. This third edition has been completely re-set, and includes some additional illustrations. The Introduction and Bibliography have been updated and two Appendices, which trace and list Lear's Cretan drawings and watercolours, have been added. Edited and with an Introduction by Rowena Fowler When Edward Lear set off from Corfu for Crete in April 1864, it was in no very optimistic frame of mind. For the last nine years Corfu had been his winter home but after half a century of British rule the island had been ceded to Greece and Lear felt obliged to move. His livelihood required an immediate expedition to new scenes and he probably assumed that another book of Mediterranean travels would be likely to sell. So it was that he chose Crete. This journey of his travels through the island is a detailed and sometimes minute-by-minute commentary on the landscape of Crete and a record of the ups and downs, physical and mental of an artist travelling on foot over difficult terrain, written in Lear's own inimitable style. (Large format, with many water-colours and sketches.) Edited and with an Introduction by Rowena Fowler 124 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paper Back. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 119pp. (cream and green spine). 4to. sized. 1985. Second edition. A very good, clean, tight copy in like jacket. Original publisher's green boards - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. The text supported by a map of Crete and numerous tipped in colour plates after the artist's work. A little spotting to the endpapers and a strip of toning to the rear paste-down caused by the jacket flap - not heavy. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has some light shelf wear. A very good, clean, tight copy in similar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 120 pages. Illustrated. 285x215mm. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered gilt, with pictorial unclipped dust jacket. With two double page maps, text illustrations and tipped-in colour illustrations. A very good copy without any library stamps, inscriptions, or other markings. Images available on request.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Extra Large 4to. in pale blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 119pp on thick art paper, tipped-in colour plates (collated complete), illustrations in text, maps, glossary bibliography etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved near FINE clean and tight unmarked copy (covers slightly sunned at edges) in a near FINE complete Dust Jacket (slightly spine sunned, looks almost as new in its removable transparent protector) ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.