'We citizens of the world are neither famous nor spectacular. But there is a slow fire burning within us, and it is time for our latent energies to swell forth anew. It is time for us to reassert ourselves. And it is our duty to remind our fellow creatures of what they are fast forgetting, that true culture is universal.' In this classic memoir Harold Acton offers a witty and vivid account of the first thirty-five years of his life (1904-39): from a boyhood among the dilettanti in Florence before the First World War, ...
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'We citizens of the world are neither famous nor spectacular. But there is a slow fire burning within us, and it is time for our latent energies to swell forth anew. It is time for us to reassert ourselves. And it is our duty to remind our fellow creatures of what they are fast forgetting, that true culture is universal.' In this classic memoir Harold Acton offers a witty and vivid account of the first thirty-five years of his life (1904-39): from a boyhood among the dilettanti in Florence before the First World War, through his friendships with some of the great writers of his generation in Oxford and Paris, to his discovery of a spiritual home in Peking. 'As if he were a latter-day Beckford or Horace Walpole, people will long study his books if only to catch an echo of his voice.' Alan Pryce-Jones, Independent
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.
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Good in Fair jacket. Jacket is rubbed and worn along edges. One inch closed tear from top edge of jacket front cover. Small ink mark partially covering SBN on jacket back cover. Top corner of front jacket flap is clipped and corners of back jacket flap are creased. Spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Front endpaper is tanned. Foxing along edges of back endpaper. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Octavo. Signed and Inscribed By the Author 388pp. Purple cloth, black boards. 12 black and white photographs. Author signature and inscription on the front free endpaper. Toning to the extremities of the endpapers, light handling to the spine edges, light creasing to the flaps. otherwise in excellent condition. Laid in are three typewritten pages of Genealogical Notes on the Actons by Peter Gunn, biographer of the Acton family. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a closed tear on the upper left corner of the front panel, otherwise near fine, free of chips. in mylar sleeve. "In this remarkable book, Harold Acton writes a witty and vivid account of his first thirty-five years of his life from his boyhood among the international colony of dilettanti in Florence before the First World War, to his maturity when he discovered his spiritual home in Peking before the old Chinese culture was destroyed. Between the two, he was one of the brilliant generation up at Oxford just after the war and afterwards moved to Paris where he knew many of the literary and artistic figures of the time. It is an outstanding memoir, rightly regarded as a classic." Scarce title.