Two Vagabonds in Albania
by (Albania) Gordon, Jan and Cora J
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- first
- Condition
- Original royal blue cloth with elaborate mosaic pattern in orange and black on upper cover and spine. Original dust jacket. Some
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London: John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations by the authors. Pp. [xiv], 304. 1 vols. 8vo. Original royal blue cloth with elaborate mosaic pattern in orange and black on upper cover and spine. Original dust jacket. Some tears and losses to jacket, some short tears or losses in margins of some leaves from opening,else a very good copy. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations by the authors. Pp. [xiv], 304. 1 vols. 8vo. The interesting and amusing account of the Gordon's journey through Albania during the summer of 1926, The authors had written other volumes about their journeys in Spain, the Balkans, Languedoc, Sweden and Lapland.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33080
- Title
- Two Vagabonds in Albania
- Author
- (Albania) Gordon, Jan and Cora J
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and illustrations by the authors. Pp. [xiv], 304. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original royal blue cloth with elaborate mosaic pattern in orange and black on upper cover and spine. Original dust jacket. Some
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Albania | Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography;
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