Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. Images by Ana Maria Pacheco (illustrator). American First. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with full page colour paintings. Book.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, UK, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: James Hulme Books, Stourbridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK printing. Clean maroon cloth boards with just a light bump to one top corner. Gilt titling to spine. Text pages, illustrations and eps are all clean with no markings or inscriptions. Very slight lean to text block. D/J is complete with just light shelf wear. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.
Published by Thames & Hudson, UK, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Nilbog Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Ana Maria Pacheco (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition and is sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap as issued.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, U.K, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Aynam Book Disposals (ABD), Kendal, CUMBR, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Mint. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Ana Maria Pacheco (illustrator). First. 256 pp. Extremely tiny chips at corners of dustjacket, almost invisible scuffing. Book is as new. Illustrated with full-page colour images. "This mosaic of essays resembling non-fiction short stories takes us on Christopher Ondaatje's extensive travels, quests, explorations and discoveries. His captivating stories are the last we are likely to read of a post-colonial era. They are full of vivid curiosity and reveal an exceptional willingness to deal with unexpected challenges." Size: Octavo.
Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Ana Maria Pacheco (illustrator). 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and blind publisher's logo to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. An autobiography in essays by this renowned explorer and biographer of the British colonial period. Christopher Ondaatje is a true child of the British Empire. Born in Ceylon in 1933 and brought up on a tea plantation, he was sent as a teenager to boarding school in England. But soon after Ceylon was granted its independence in 1948, his family found themselves destitute, and the young Ondaatje left school and got a job. In 1956 he made his way to Canada with just thirteen dollars in his pocket. From this improbable beginning there followed a series of commercial triumphs until 1988 when he abruptly abandoned high finance at the peak of his career and reinvented himself as an explorer and author, focusing mainly on the colonial period. It is the curious encounters behind these often precarious adventures that make up The Last Colonial. The stories tell of Ondaatje's childhood days in Ceylon, his early life in Canada, his fascination with inexplicable events and local superstitions, and his sometimes perilous travels researching biographies of Ernest Hemingway in Africa, Leonard Woolf in Ceylon, and Sir Richard Burton in India and Africa. Complemented by the artist Ana Maria Pacheco's magical, sometimes disturbing illustrations, the stories conjure up a truly unique portrait of a world that is vanishing forever. 30 full-colour illustrations. Ref KKK 2.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 050025186X ISBN 13: 9780500251867
Seller: Ted Brown, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ana Maria Pacheco (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing. Inscribed, signed and dated ("5.1.2012") by Christopher Ondaatje on title page. Autobiographical stories from the noted explorer and author of JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE OF THE NILE and HEMINGWAY IN AFRICA. 256 pages; full-page, full-colour illustrations by Ana Maria Pacheco throughout the text. Minor shelfwear to edges. Dust jacket remains bright, with minor chipping to corners and edges, and is now protected in a clear sleeve. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2011., 2011
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
256 pp, tinted end-papers, coloured illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.