Greece by Edward Lear (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The author's notes written during two journeys through northern Greece and southern Albania. The first, from Salonica through Macedonia, to Illarian Albania, and by Epirus to the Gulf of Arta; the second, in Epirus and Thessaly. Foxing to inside cover. 222 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Color & B/W Plates (illustrator). Not Indicated.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

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Fine copy in a price clipped dust wrapper that is otherwise clean and complete, with very little shelf bumping and only the faint beginnings of sun discolouration to spine. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 160pp hardback, black boards gilt in wrapper, well illustrated, verso of wrapper spotted, corner of ffep clipped.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> A hundred years have passed since Edward Lear died, on 29 January 1888, aged nearly 76. Yet, probably more than those of any of his contemporaries, his works continue to delight people of all ages and are. indeed, more highly appreciated than ever in his lifetime. His nonsense rhymes and stories, with their skilfully grotesque illustrations, still give pleasure to children. His Nonsense Songs contain passages of haunting beauty that entitle him to a place amongst the great poets of his time. His drawings and paintings are now eagerly sought after and command prices that he would have thought ridiculous. His books of travel are among the best of their genre. Could he have known of the posthumous fame that he was to enjoy. Lear would have been enchanted but somewhat surprised. He was not a happy man. The twentieth of twenty-one children, he was rejected by his weary mother, a rejection that gave him a lasting sense of insecurity, though his eldest sister, Ann, twenty-two years his senior, acted as a mother to him; an.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Century Travellers Series; "Edward Lear's journey to Albania in 1848 had not been planned; it came about through a chance meeting with Sir Stratford Canning, the British Ambassador in Constantinople who obtained the necessary papers for travel through the Ottoman Empire. Starting from Salonica, Lear went north to Shkoder, then south to Corfu, Parga and Arta before turning west again to end his travels at Mount Olympus and the Vale ofTempe. Along the way, he encountered superb scenery and a fascinating and varied cast of characters - Greek dragomen, Turkish pashas, illiterate frontier guards and obstreperous innkeepers; he spent his nights in khans, tussling for space with donkeys, goats and cats, and his days strolling out with sketchbook in hand, dodging packs of hostile dogs (and sometimes the equally hostile local population) in his determination to record the grandeur of the countryside."; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Travel; Landscape Painting; Painting; Greece; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN: 0712618856. ISBN/EAN: 9780712618854. Inventory No: 4200. Member of the P.B.F.A.

Nov 17, 1988. Condition: D'occasion - Bon état. Susan Hyman: Edward Lear in the Levant, Travels in Albania, Greece and Turkey in Europe, 1848-1849, John Murray, 1988, 168 pages. Format: 26 x 25,5cm. Poids: 1kg100. E106. Livre en bon état.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Lear's serendipitous journey produced this lovely memoir. Century Travellers Series. pp222. Steven Runciman intro. Unread. Rather nice condition.

1971. (Oblong 4to paperback) Very good. 87pp. Illustrations. Small cuts on the spine. Art of Edward Lear. (Art, Exhibition Catalog--Gennadius Library--Athens, Exhibition Catalog--Greece).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (thus). Colour illustrated plates, maps etc. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, very good, an attractive clean copy, in a bright pictorial dust wrapper, this unclipped and protected in a plastic sleeve; a trip of 1848, following his expedition to Southern Calabria. The original edition of this book was published in 1851, and the lithographs are reproduced in this edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Journals of a Landscape Painter in Greece and Albania. Includes 20 lithographs. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. First printing, this republication of Lear's 1851 journal. 222 pp., 20 colour lithograph plates, maps, tall octavo format in orange cloth, dust jacket. Text is Nearly Fine. Only real flaw is some tape shadowing to the front free endpaper where the original owner attached a small gift card (laid in the book). Dust jacket is not price-clipped, no tears. A superb Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine copy.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo. 222pp., colour plates maps, Very fine copy in like price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Thus. 1st printing. Believed unread.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Edward Lear (illustrator). A pleasing new edition of Edward Lear's vivid Greece travelogue, complete with his lithographic plates. A new reproduction of this work, originally published in 1851.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with twenty coloured lithographic plates by the author. Collated, complete.Edward Lear was an English artist, musician, author and poet, whose literary nonsense poetry and limericks earned him his reputation within Victorian Britain.His travel and artistic commentaries are vividly described here in his journal of Greek exploration. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with slight bumping to the extremities only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with minor sunning to the spine and general shelf wear. Small closed tear to the front cover. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Neat contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. book.

Reprint. 222pp. 2 maps, 20 two-tone plates. Upper leading corner of most leaves sl. waterstained, good in lightly soiled and sl. chipped d/w. sl. waterstained along lower edge to verso. US$59.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Three Volumes Including Slipcase For The Set. Very Good Condition Books. Very Good Condition Jackets. Fair Condition Slipcase. Pages Bright And Clean. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Covers. Jackets May Show Signs Of Shelf Wear. Slipcase Has Along Top Edge, Bumped Corners And Shows Wear.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Published 1964-1965-1966. Complete in 3 volumes. Books measure 24x16.5.cm. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering. All bindings in very good clean firm condition. Dust jackets lightly rubbed. Jackets in very good clean condition. Internally, one volume with previos owners name. Pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean set. Size: 8vo.

Three volumes. First editions thus. 8vo. Publisher's terracotta, orange and yellow cloth respectively, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets, illustrated slipcase replicating the same design as the jacket of "Greece". 20 plates and 2 maps in each volume. Sunning and light wear to the jacket spines, mostly light rubbing to the case, a very good set. Attractive reprints of Lear's 19th century travel books.