Journey To Portugal [Idioma Inglés]: A Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture - Tapa dura

JOURNEY TO PORTUGAL: A PURSUIT OF PORTUGAL'S HISTORY AND CULTURE

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition in English. First impression of the first edition in English with full number-string sequence including the no. "1" on the publisher's copyright page:. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Translated from the Portuguese and with notes by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor. ***Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, and with a map of Portugal to the fore. Two-page preface to the English edition by the author also to the fore. ***Near fine in dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Dark green front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Small bump to bottom edge of front board and to bottom corner of rear board. No inscriptions. Spine tight. Pages clean and bright. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £20.00. Tiny surface scuff to middle of front panel of dustwrapper. Tiny crease to bottom edge of front panel and bottom corner of rear panel of dustwrapper. No fading. No tears. Front panel, rear panel and spine of dustwrapper bright. ***452 pages including index to rear. 242 mm x 164 mm. ***'The traveller, José Saramago, alone in his veteran motor car, scours his native land from northeast to southwest with the innocent eye of a stranger, discovering in himself the concordances and the dissonances thant bind him to his land and people. Assiduous indeed meticulous in his attention to all that he sees whether his quest is an inaccessible medieval fortress on a crag, a cobweb-ridden little wayside chapel, or a grand urban mansion, the traveller in the course of his journey unlocks a thousand memories - of kings, warriors, painters, explorers, writers, saints and sinners. But what gives the entire extended journey its strong sense of unity is the personality of the author/traveller. ***Much of what the traveller saw is laid before the reader in a gallery of photographs, which includes ones commissioned for this edition.' (Quote from inside front flap of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first edition in English, complete in its original colour-illustrated dustwrapper, in nice bright condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. ***Please note this book is printed on quality paper, and is consequently very heavy for its size, and will incur a small extra charge for shipping outside the UK. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6766

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