TWO VAGABONDS IN ALBANIA

[Albania] Gordon, Jan and Cora J.

Published by London: John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927

1st edition. Original illustrated blue cloth, large 8vo, xiv, 304, 1 pages. Frontispiece and illustrations by the authors. The Gordons describe their journey through Albania during Summer, 1926. Travel writers, the Gordons also wrote other books on their travels in Spain, the Balkans, Languedoc, Sweden and Lapland. "Jan and Cora Gordon were a British art duo and co-authors active in the first half of the 20th century. They are known as contributors to the 'tramp memoir' genre of travel writing of the interwar period. Jan Gordon (1882-1944) was an English printmaker, a painter and draughtsman, and journalist and critic, born Godfrey Jervis Gordon at Wokingham in Berkshire, England. His wife Cora Gordon (born Cora Josephine Turner in Buxton, England, also known as Jo Gordon, 1879-1950) was an English artist, writer, and musician. Both Jan and Cora exhibited at the 1910 Allied Artists Association London salon.Their first book, The Luck of Thirteen (1916),[6] documented life in the Serbian mission of the Royal Free Hospital and an audacious escape during the 1915 retreat from Serbia. Following the Serbia experience, Jan Gordon was active in the design of dazzle camouflage for WWI ships. He later held an exhibition of watercolours on the subject. After the war, a painting journey to Spain resulted in the 1922 book, Poor Folk in Spain, which was the beginning of a long and popular series of Two Vagabonds travel books. Jan and Cora Gordon were signatories to the 1927 letter protesting the piracy of James Joyce's Ulysses in the USA. Between them, the couple wrote 27 books, including five novels and five books on art, together with numerous magazine articles. Jan and Cora Gordon had a wide network of artistic acquaintances in Paris between the wars. One of these, Myron Nutting (a friend of James Joyce), wrote affectionately about the Gordons, whom he last saw later in 1927 as they were planning their USA journey. Screenwriter Charles Bennett had also reminisced about the Gordons in Paris at around this time, mentioning some of the cast of characters in their circle of friends: â Through Jan and Cora Gordon I saw the Latin Quarter as it really was. I dined at tiny, superb, but cheap restaurants; the Rotonde and the Dome became my local pubs. I met Picasso and Utrillo and Diego Rivera, and dozens of others.'" (Wikipedia). Spine lightly sunned, bit of foxing, especially to the first few leaves. All plates present, paper bright and binding solid, Very Good Condition overall. (AC-8-1). Seller Inventory # 42822

Bibliographic Details

Title: TWO VAGABONDS IN ALBANIA
Publisher: London: John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company
Publication Date: 1927
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition