Intro by keats jonathan (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. 1st. (UK) 1st of this edition; the book was first published in 1915. No markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with a line drawn across the barcode. Boards, ribbon marker, 511pp, index, no illus. This book is a record of Douglas's visits to the wild country of southern Italy in the early years of the 20the century. Douglas is able to evoke the strange, intractable and often wondrous nature of this region. The book is filled with scholarly digressions and asides, lengthy passages in foreign languages which are left untranslated, and often hilarious criticisms of the stubborness of the area's people. )1.9 JM HO 101/a5 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Remainder.…