Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by West, Rebecca
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is an 1,181-page travel book written by Dame Rebecca West, published in 1941. The book gives an account of Balkan history and ethnography, and the significance of Nazism, structured about her six week trip to Yugoslavia in 1937. It made the Random House Modern Library list of the best 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century. The writer Larry McMurtry says in an essay, "... there are only a few great travel books. Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is one...".
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon : The Record of a Journey through Yugoslavia in 1937
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Very Good++
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- Very Good++
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- First UK Edition
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- 1941
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, GBR
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£1,250.00
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2 volumes. The First UK Printings published by Macmillan & Co.Ltd, London in 1941. The BOOKS are in Very Good++ or better condition. Original cloth with gilt titling. Light pushing at the spine ends. Mild offsetting to the end papers with light toning and spotting to the text-block. Some spotting to the prelims of Vol.1 and lightly to the page… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
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£16.17
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New York: the Viking Press, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark green cloth the full color illustration. Fading of lettering on spine. Back cover hinge is torn but still intact. Very nice copy, tight and square. May 2023 box 3 Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
by West, Rebecca
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- 1941
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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£4,688.72
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London: Macmillan, 1941. First editions of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to the extremities.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- First American Edition
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- 1941
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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£606.30
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New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First American Edition. First American edition. [x], 629; [v], [630]-1181 pp. Two volumes bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrations mounted on front boards, blue topstains; housed in publisher's slipcase. Very Good with rear hinge of Vol. I cracked but holding, corner crease to bottom of four pages towards end.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey through Yugoslavia
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Good
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- 1941
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Creston, North Carolina, USA
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£157.64
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Two Volume Set published by The Viking Press in October 1941. Illustrated. 1181 pages both books. Map illustrated end-papers. Teal top-edge. Spines sunned (letters very faint), edges tanned, small blemish front boards Volume I, and hinges wiggly Volume I; otherwise, a nice set of hardcover books believed to be 1st editions in Good condition. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
by West, Rebecca
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- 1941
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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£1,172.18
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London: Macmillan, 1941. First edition, second printing of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "With all wishes to Kathleen Flint from Rebecca West- 1943." Both volumes are in very good condition, recipient's name to the front free endpaper. Scarce and desirable signed by West.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780862414283
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£4.19
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
by West, Rebecca
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- 1941
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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£2,021.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First American editions of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "But the journey would have been better if Beatrice and Bruce had been there. Rebecca West 1962." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Very Good
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- Reprint.
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 9780140063554
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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£8.08
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London: Penguin, 1982 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint.. Classic and engrossing account of Yugoslavian history,culture & politics prior to WW II. 1181p. bibliography.index. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780333334928
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£3.57
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey through Yugoslavia in 1937
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition, 2nd Impression
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- 1942
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, GBR
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£200.00
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London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1942. 1st Edition, 2nd Impression . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Very clean original jackets with no wear. A little foxing and a few small marks. Some old paper reinforcements to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in removable jacket protectors. Overall jacket condition is Very Good… Read more about this item Item Price
£200.00
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Good
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- 1982-11-18
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- Paperback
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- 9780140063554
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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£14.33
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Penguin Books, 1982-11-18. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Good
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- 1984
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Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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£6.47
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A crease to the spine but the binding is still tight. Former owner's sticker inside the cover. 1996 newspaper clipping laid in. All pages unmarked. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9781841957876
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£6.16
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Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- New
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- 9780143104902
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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£25.87
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Black lamb and grey falcon; a journey through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Small rubbed bump to spine foot edge to volume one, hardly worn corners to both volumes, ownership bookplate to half-title page
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- Second printing of the first US edition
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Oakland, California, USA
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£200.48
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New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Second printing of the first US edition. Hardcover. Small rubbed bump to spine foot edge to volume one, hardly worn corners to both volumes, ownership bookplate to half-title page to both volumes, extremely faint soiling to boards to both volumes, extremely little wear to spine foot and head to volume two, bright pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- New
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- 1982-11-18
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- Paperback
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- 9780140063554
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San Diego, California, USA
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£90.27
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Penguin Books, 1982-11-18. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
by Rebecca West
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- Used - Good
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- 1995-04-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780140188479
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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£9.02
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Penguin Classics, 1995-04-01. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: a Journey through Yugoslavia
by WEST, REBECCA
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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£485.04
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New York: Viking, 1941. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First US Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two (2) volumes in gilt lettered black cloth with pictorial label on front panel. Wrapped in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Housed in black cardboard slipcase with pictorial paper label. West's classic travelogue on the eve of WW2. Bright attractive set.. Item Price
£485.04
Black Lamb and Ggrey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by West, Rebecca
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1982
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140063554
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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£11.46
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Penguin Group, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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