Roumanian Journey by Sitwell, Sacheverell; - 1938

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Bloomsbury Reader, 2012-08-14. Paperback. Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. 'At the first mention of going to Roumania, a great many people, as I did myself, would take down their atlas and open the map. For Roumania, there can be no question, is among the lesser known lands of Europe.' So begins Sir Sacheverell Sitwell's account of his Roumanian journey, made in the 1930s, when Bucharest was still eight days overland from London. His four-week trip brings him into contact with longhaired gypsies at country fairs as well as the aristocracy in their medieval castles. The natural richness and variety of the landscape-from Transylvania to the Wallachian plains, the Carpathian peaks to the Danube Delta-delight him, as does the diversity of humanity he encounters, while his deep knowledge of European art and architecture makes him the ideal guide to the paintings, frescos, and buildings of Roumania. It is impossible, of course, to read of Roumania in the 1930s without thinking of what lay ahead for that country, but the abiding impression… Read More

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London: B T Batsford, 1938, 1938. First American Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Charles Scribners Sons; New York, 1938. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunned spine and board margins, fraying to spine edges with some loss to bottom spine edge, spine buckram separating from backing material, small abrasions to board corners, discoloration and foxing to pastedowns/endpapers, age toning and scattered foxing to pages, rubbing along board edges, scattered foxing to text block edges, rubbed joints, without Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 120pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

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