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URE, JOHN In Search of the Nomads: An English Obsession from Hester Stanhope to Bruce Chatwin
London, United Kingdom, Constable. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1841193089) Hardback. EX/VG+ 2003 2ND IMPRESSION/1ST CONSTABLE HARDBACK, WITH ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET AND HANDSOME COVER DESIGN. ADDITIONAL ARCHIVE PHOTOS IN TEXT. A WONDERFULLY COMPELLING STUDY OF THE FASINATION WITH THE NOMAD AND NOMADIC TRAVEL THROUGH TRAVEL WRITING AND ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY. WRITERS EXPLORED INCLUDE HESTER STANHOPE, DAME FREYA STARK, RICHARD BURTON & TE LAWRENCE, ISABELLA BIRD, VITA SACKVILLE-WEST AND, MORE RECENTLY, BRUCE CHATWIN. A BOOK WHICH EXPLORES A NECESSARY THEME IN A VERY ORIGINAL WAY, AND IS THE MOST THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECT NOW AVAILABLE - URE DIVIDES HIS STUDY INTO FOUR REGIONS AND TRACES THE TRAFFIC OF LITERARY EXPLORERS AND ADVENTUROUS PIONEERS WITHIN THOSE GEOGRAPHICAL BORDERS. THIS IS A HIGHLY DESIRABLE HARDBACK EDITION WITH CREASE TO INSIDE FLAP OF DJ AND VERY SLIGHT AGING FROM NEW, BUT INNERS ARE FINE. IMMEDIATE DISPATCH WORLDWIDE FROM UK TRAVEL LIT SPECIALIST; CHECK FOR MORE TRAVEL CLASSICS BY MANY OF THE AUTHORS EXAMINED HERE. Fine/Very Good.
Offered for GBP 12.99 = appr. US$ 25.85 by: 84 Charing Cross Road Books - Book number: 000413
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