
1952 First Edition.
Publisher - Arthur Barker, London.
Cover is hard bound in camel cloth. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, otherise good condition.
Dust Jacket is present. Tears on top and bottom edges. Fading.
End Papers are intact, white. Bookseller's sticker on front endpaper.
Preliminaries – Frontispiece: Sketch of Pass of Canalo by Lear. Introduction; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations
Main Text Body - 260 Pages. Fine and clean.
End Matters – Index.
Edges are even and unworn.
Spine is tight with no gutter damage. Brown lettering.
Page Structure is sound with no missing pages.
Lear left three published volumes of journals of his travels in Albania and Greece, Calabria and Corsica. Since their original publication none of these diaries have been reprinted. So here is a treat for anyone who not only loves Mr. Lear but enjoys a witty, delightful stylist of unusual flavour.