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1921 Sea and Sardinia
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first edition, first issue of this work, with line 3 of page 127 printed upside down. Illustrated with eight colour plates by Jan Juta, and with a further map plate. Collated, complete.
In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.
Lawrence offers a description of an excursion he undertook with his wife in 1921, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia.
Despite the brevity of the visit, Lawrence has been praised for accurately distilling the essence of the island in his writing.
Condition
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with significant spotting to text block fore edge. Significant spotting to dust wrapper. Small loss to back strip tail, with further loss to head. Small loss to tail of rear wrap, with a closed tear to the wrap head. Small closed tears to head and tail of front wrap. Significant closed tear towards the lower front wrap, repaired with tape to the reverse. Four further tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant spotting to first and last few leaves, plates, and pages facing plates.
Very Good Indeed
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