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The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around Great Britain
by Paul Theroux
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Bluff City, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings. The book itself is in good condition, with little shelf wear. The dust jacket is in better than fair condition with a little wear and tear. There is a blue on white map of Great Britain on the inside of both covers.
Synopsis
After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the journey. Whether in Cornwall or Wales, Ulster or Scotland, the people he encountered along the way revealed far more of themselves than they perhaps intended to display to a stranger. Theroux captured their rich and varied conversational commentary with caustic wit and penetrating insight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- pc035
- Title
- The Kingdom by the Sea
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Illustrator
- Endpaper Maps by John V. Morris
- Format/Binding
- Tan cover with with blue cloth spine. Gold gilt print on spine, which is in excellent condition.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1983
- Weight
- 0.88 lbs
- Keywords
- UK, Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Countries and Cultures; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 353 pages
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
Biblio member since 2018
Bluff City, Tennessee
About The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
We are The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios, located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA. We specialize in antiques and depression glass, but we occasionally come by a unique or special book.
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- Fair
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