Ilex and Olive: An Account of a Journey Through France and Italy

Michael Swan

Published by Home and Van Thal, London, 1949

Condition: Near Fine Hardcover

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A very smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's travels through France and Italy. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-one plates. Collated complete. An account of the author's tour through France and Italy written in admiration of the area, with chapters on Paris at night, the grey South, conversations with locals, the journey to Rome, and much more. Written by Michael Swan, an English writer and educator of modern foreign languages. Dust wrapper designed by Philippe Jullian, a French illustrator, art historian, biographer, aesthete, novelist and dandy. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and spotting. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 882T38

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Title: Ilex and Olive: An Account of a Journey ...

Publisher: Home and Van Thal, London

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Philippe Jullian

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book

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