Henry Clifford V. C.: His Letters & Sketches from the Crimea by Clifford, Henry - 1956

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1956. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pp. Tightly bound. Lower corners lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. Bound in red cloth with gilt type face on the spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ix (i), 166 pp, list of 10 b&w plates, acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Lewd Saracens; 2. The Text as Pretext; 3. The Salon's Seraglio; 4. Doughty Travellers; 5. Among the Believers; Conclusory Remarks: The Innocents Abroad; notes and references, bibliography, index. First Edition, 1986. "The author places emphasis on the Victorian artists and adventurers who devised the cult of Orientalism in the nineteenth century. She presents an incisive review of the poets, painters, pornographers, soldiers, and scholars who reinforced each other's racial, sexual, and class biases during the subjugation of North Africa and the Middle East, illustrating and explaining the European male's fantasy relationship with the harem; Victorian gentlemen's projection of sexual deviance, indolence, betrayal, and vengeance onto their fictional sultans, eunuchs, and dancing slave… Read More

E.P. Dutton, 1956. Very Good. Clifford, Henry. Henry Clifford, V.C.: His Letter and Sketches from the Crimea. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956. 288pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped edges and front hinge cracked but sturdy.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1956. fair to good, fair to good. 288, illus. (some in color), maps, app, index, sl discolor ins bds, pgs sl darkened, DJ soiled & worn edges reinforced w/ tape.

Michael Joseph, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. First Edition. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour and black and white illustration plates by author. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing.