9780091841478 (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 160 pages. Illustrated, map.

Oblong 4to. hardcover. 160pp. index. colour photos. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia is a book for all who are drawn to the islands of Greece. Recalling the hypnotic detail of Louis de Bernière's novel, Corelli's Mandolin, Andy Harris highlights the history and appeal of Cephallonia, the novel's setting, while Terry Harris' color-saturated photos display the sun-kissed terrainfrom the mountains where the partisans hid to the ocean where fishermen still spend their days. The ambience of the islandsun, sea, light, food and drink, and festivalsas well as its people, are artfully captured in image and word. It is a fine companion for admirers of the novel as well as visitors to the Greek Isles. 160 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel; Travel & Places; Countries::Greece. ISBN: 009184147x. ISBN/EAN: 9780091841478. Inventory No: 265967.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 160pp., Pictorial full colour photographic dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, blue papered boards with white text to spine, yellow endpapers, col. illust. half title page & frontis., full page col. map, intro., col. & b/w plts. & text ills., full & dbl. page col. photographs, bibliog., index. Andy Harris retells the island's enduring myths and its turbulent history, shaped by pirates and earthquakes, Byzantine emperors and Venetian nobility. Word and pictures together capture the spirit of a magical place. Size: Large Oblong Octavo. Book.