The Road to Santiago : Pilgrims of St James by Starkie, Walter

New York: The Viking Press, 1944 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / 1st Printing. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xxiv (iv), 410 pp, biographical introduction, a note on the letters, a portrait of Alexander Woollcott and 3 facsimile letters, The Letters: I. Chldhood too 1910; II. World War and Postwar, 1917-1919; III-XI (The 1920s-1943); index. First Edition, 1944. "Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887-1943) was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. He was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside, the main character in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart,[and for the far less likable character Waldo Lydecker in the film Laura (1944). These letters - The reflection of a warm and gererous man, deeply attached to the interesting piople and the important enterprises of a turbulent era- comprise one of the great autobiographies." Not Price Clipped. Minor edge wear dj.… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

1957 John Murray hardcover 1st edition. A LOT of chipping and edgewear on dj (now protected in mylar), sunning on edge of cover, top corners bumped, poem by Gwendolyn Brooks in pen and info about another book on front pastedown and endpaper. light tanning and denting, soil on edge, else text clean, binding tight .

Hardback. New.

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Fair+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black print; DJ has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, wear to hinges, peripheral toning; Boards in red cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has slight stain to fore edge, inscription in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; x, 339 pages, illustrated (b&w map, plates). 1347389. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 339p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Label on spine; stamps, call number, bookplate, and card pocket inside. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn along the edges and encased in an old mylar cover with a label on the spine. Scarce memoir of a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

London: John Murray, 1957. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Red cloth binding. Foxing to page edges. Light foxing to endpapers and a few occasional light spots to text. Front free endpaper clipped to upper corner. Hugely influential account of walking the Camino de Santiago, which greatly popularised the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: x, 339

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