SEA AND SARDINIA
Rare and modern books
Lawrence
Thomas Seltzer,
1921
SEA AND SARDINIA
Rare and modern books
Lawrence
Thomas Seltzer,
1921
137.50 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1921
- Place of printing
- New York
- Author
- Lawrence
- Publishers
- Thomas Seltzer
Description
First edition. With eight plates in colour by Jan Juta. 8vo, publisher’s original green boards backed in linen. Paper lettering label. 355. Internally fine, the binding with wear at the corners and tips, some mottling, a bit shaken.
Edizione: lawrence’s travel memories, with beautiful color illustrations. sea and sardinia beautifully describes a brief excursion undertaken by lawrence and frieda, his wife (aka queen bee), from taormina in sicily to the interior of sardinia. they visited cagliari, mandas, sorgono, and nuoro. despite the brevity of his visit, lawrence distils an essence of the island and its people that is still recognisable today
