Labels, A Mediterranean Journey

Waugh, Evelyn

£50.00

Evelyn Waugh chose the name “Labels” for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already “fully labelled” in people’s minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants – as he cruises around the Mediterranean his pen cuts through the local colour to give an entertaining portrait of the Englishman abroad. With a frontispiece (drawn by the author), three pages of plates, a double-spread map and another map in the text

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Publisher
Duckworth
Publisher City
London
Year
1939
Edition
1st
Format
h/b
Author
Waugh, Evelyn
SKU
IYC131799
Categories
Condition
Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue boards (a little marked and sunned, soiled on spine), gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight; light foxing on edges. Rare
Size
8vo (230 x 150 / 9" x 6")
Page Count
206
ISBN