From Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2000
About this Item
First impression of the true first edition. Three-page foreword and nine-page "Synopsis of History (may be omitted by the well-informed)" by Freya Stark to the fore. Attractive green engraving vignette by Reynolds Stone to title-page. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs by Freya Stark. Double-page black and red sketch-map by E. G. Morton. ***In very good blue-green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine and front board. Light offsetting to front and rear free endpapers. Attractive, contemporaneous black and white astrological "Scorpio" wood-cut illustrated Ex-Libris bookplate to front board: 'Ex-Libris Scorpio John O'Connor - Carpe Diem'. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Spine faded. Old surface water-stain to bottom corner of front board not affecting interior pages. Pages clean. Spine tight. No dustwrapper. xxiv prelim-pages plus 263 text-pages including references and index to rear. 204mm x 156mm. ***The book describes Freya Stark's travels in 1952 to fifty-five ancient ruined and deserted classical sites in Western Turkey. Dedicated to Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville West. ***Contents: Foreword; Synopsis of History; Dates; Chapters: 1. Dawn in Ionia; 2. Smyrna (The Family in the Levant); 3. Clazeomenae (The Philosophic Weather); 4. Teos. Anacreon and the Poetry of Living; 5. Erythrae (Exile and Slavery); 6. Chios (Ingredients of Empire); 7. Myrina (New Harvests Cover the Land); 8. Gryneium (Solitude and Patrotism); 9. Pitane (Toleration and Truth); 10. Pergamum (The Raiders of the Border); 11. Cyme (The Phrygian Mood; 12. Phocaea. (Decision). ***First impression of the true first edition with an attractive contemporaneous Ex-Libris bookplate. ***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. Seller Inventory # 3407
Bibliographic Details
Title: IONIA: A QUEST
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Wood-cut title-page vignette engraving by Reynolds Stone
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
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More InformationFor all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging materials; any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only; for the UK, our standard rate is for first class, and the priority rate includes tracked (signed for) delivery; for International sales, our standard rate is for Airmail delivery, and the priority rate is for tracked (International signed for) delivery. We would prefer that you choose the priority rate (tracked option) for higher value books of say £50 or more. Please note that we will always reduce shipping fees where appropriate e.g. for smaller (lighter) books when we accept your order. For heavier books and sets etc. we will often 'soak up' the extra cost, but on occasion, we may need to charge more than the quoted shipping fee. However, customers will always have the option to either accept or decline the revised order amount. We will also reduce the overall shipping fee for multiple orders. We will endeavour to ship all books within two business days of receiving your order.
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