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Two Vagabonds in Albania
by Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : John Lane The Bodley Head , 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon. A lighthearted and thoroughly illustrated account of the Two Vagabonds in Albania. The observations and illustrations within this copy of Two Vagabonds in Albania were based on the pairs travels in 1925 and takes a comedic and lighthearted approach. Jan Gordon was an English printmaker and journalist and Cora Gordon was an English artist, writer and musician. They started the series of Two Vagabonds travel books that were very popular. Including two colour plates and a colour frontispiece, and nine plates in half-tone and a further thirty in text drawings. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original blue decorative cloth binding. The spine is faded and there is some rubbing to the joints and extremities. A Library sticker is on the front board and to the front pastedown and a library stamp is to the reverse of the title page. Internally, firmly bound. With bright, clean pages with scattered spots mainly to the front few pages. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816B45
- Title
- Two Vagabonds in Albania
- Author
- Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon
- Illustrator
- Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Jan gordon cora. j gordon two vagabonds in albania travel cora. j gordon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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