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[publisher: Macmillan, Londonn] Softcover First Edition Very good in original wraps, a few pages w/ small tears to edges. 164p., paperbound travel book of Indo-China in the 1950s. Foreword by Sir Hubert Graves. Appears to be an uncorrected proof or advance reading copy. Mentions illustrations, but this edition contains none. Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia described by British traveller. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Eureka, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, Date: 1956. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Andrew Graham to ffep with an inscription to John Julius Norwich which states: "This is the first copy that I ever received of the first book I ever wrote.". The front pastedown bears Norwich's bookplate. The book comes from John Julius Norwich's library in his country home near Castle Combe, an old mill house. Norwich left most of his books for the new owners when he sold up but as the library had been flooded, many were ruined. I've sold most of what I salvaged but have just found a box with this and a few others belonging to Norwich. This book has some water damage but I saved it because of the inscription. There are signs of water damage to the spine tail, spreading onto the bottom edges of the boards which are a little warped. The page edges have spotting and a little red staining from the cloth. The endpapers have offsetting and foxing and this does affect the inscription. There are occasional light patches of marginal spotting and rippling but the contents are surprisingly clean. 164 pp; 18 b/w plates and a folding map. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author spent two years, 1952-1954, at Saigon in Indo-China as Assistant Military Attaché at what was then the British Legation accredited to each of the three Associated States of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. These yea ...
[publisher: Macmillan & Co Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition Signed by Andrew Graham to ffep with an inscription to John Julius Norwich which states: "This is the first copy that I ever received of the first book I ever wrote.". The front pastedown bears Norwich's bookplate. The book comes from John Julius Norwich's library in his country home near Castle Combe, an old mill house. Norwich left most of his books for the new owners when he sold up but as the library had been flooded, many were ruined. I've sold most of what I salvaged but have just found a box with this and a few others belonging to Norwich. This book has some water damage but I saved it because of the inscription. There are signs of water damage to the spine tail, spreading onto the bottom edges of the boards which are a little warped. The page edges have spotting and a little red staining from the cloth. The endpapers have offsetting and foxing and this does affect the inscription. There are occasional light patches of marginal spotting and rippling but the contents are surprisingly clean. 164 pp; 18 b/w plates and a folding map. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author spent two years, 1952-1954, at Saigon in Indo-China as Assistant Military Attaché at what was then the British Legation accredited to each of the three Associated States of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. These years covered the period from just after the death of Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny, through Di ...
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 1258506394 9781258506391 [US]
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