Edité par Oxford University Press / Rolling Stone, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0192115839 ISBN 13 : 9780192115836
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : 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.
Edité par Oxford University Press/Rolling Stone, New York, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0195027086 ISBN 13 : 9780195027082
Vendeur : W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. (ix) 242 pp. Black boards decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; red endpapers; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a few nicks and small chips around the edges; price clipped; previous owner's name inside. From Washington D.C. through South Africa and around the world to Manhattan. Size: 8vo. Book.
Edité par Oxford University Press/Rolling Stone, New York, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0195027086 ISBN 13 : 9780195027082
Vendeur : Empire Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Edition originale
Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition.
Edité par Oxford University Press Rolling Stone, New York, 1982
ISBN 10 : 0195030699 ISBN 13 : 9780195030693
Vendeur : COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Etat : Good. First Paperback Edition. Cover has light edgewear, pages lightly tanned, some small notes in pen and pencil, otherwise clean and well bound. 5 X 8" 242 pages, from 1982. In these essays which originally appeared in Rolling Stone, Jan Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington, D.C. just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, and Panama on the eve of the U.S. treaty debate.
Edité par Oxford University Press / Rolling Stone, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0192115839 ISBN 13 : 9780192115836
Vendeur : Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.23.
Edité par Oxford University Press / Rolling Stone, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0192115839 ISBN 13 : 9780192115836
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.23.
Edité par Oxford University Press / Rolling Stone, New York, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0195027086 ISBN 13 : 9780195027082
Vendeur : Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket edges. Minor toning to jacket at front panel. ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 0.90 inches; 252 pages.
Edité par Oxford University Press/Rolling Stone, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0195027086 ISBN 13 : 9780195027082
Vendeur : Old Goat Books, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Black cloth boards are in near fine condition. Spine and text block are solid, straight, and firm; pages are bright, unmarked, and unbent. Gilt is unworn, bright, and sparkling. Dust jacket wrapped in acetate. NF. Foxing to upper edge of text bl VG+. Price clipped. Yellowing; two.
Edité par Oxford University Press / Rolling Stone, New York, 1980
ISBN 10 : 0195027086 ISBN 13 : 9780195027082
Vendeur : Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. First edition. In 1974 Rolling Stone magazine invited Jan Morris, probably the finest travel writer in the world, to write for the magazine. The fruits of that collaboration, the piquant combination of romantic traditionalist Welsh author and innovating contemporary American magazine, are here. Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama on the eve of the U.S. treaty debate, and Cairo at the time of the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks. The essay on Manhattan may be the best single article on New York since E.B. White's famous book of years ago. Joan Didion called the essay on Los Angeles "the best thing I have ever read about the place and its state of mind. A lot of people come here and don't get the point. She got it." And George McGovern had the "perceptive and thoughtful" piece about Panama read in toto into the Congressional Record. Part impressionism, part history, part political interpretation, part plain travel, these ten essays about cities point the way to a new kind of journalistic sensibility and are all more than spot on. 242pp. A fine copy bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and accents in a very good plus dust jacket light dulling to spine.