Thames Sacred River
Thames Sacred River | Rare and modern books | Ackroyd Peter
Rare and modern books
Ackroyd Peter
Chatto & Windus, London, 2007.,
Thames Sacred River
Thames Sacred River | Rare and modern books | Ackroyd Peter
Rare and modern books
Ackroyd Peter
Chatto & Windus, London, 2007.,
30.00 €
(Roma,
Italy)
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Details
- Author
- Ackroyd Peter
- Publishers
- Chatto & Windus, London, 2007.
- Keyword
- Storia History Histoire
- Cover description
- As New
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Fine book in a fine half-length dust jacket. First edition, first printing. pp.488, color illustr.It covers the river's history from prehistoric times to the present, its flora and fauna, paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames, its geology, smells and colours, its literature, laws and landscape, its magic and myths, its architecture, trade and weather. The reader learns about the fish that swim in the river and the boats that ply its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and sewers; locks, weirs, embankments and bridges. storia del tamigi
