With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre. 'Why don't you start in Naples and go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately, Eric Newby followed his wife Wanda's advice, and so begins the wonderfully madcap ...
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With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre. 'Why don't you start in Naples and go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately, Eric Newby followed his wife Wanda's advice, and so begins the wonderfully madcap adventure, 'On the Shores of the Mediterranean'. Beginning during the Newbys' wine harvest in Tuscany, the adventurous but disaster-prone pair follow a path using every form of transportation conceivable (public bus, taxi, foot, bike, boat), from Naples to Venice, along the Adriatic to Greece, Turkey, Jerusalem and North Africa, from sipping wildly extravagant cocktails in San Marco to being cordially invited to Libya by Colonel Gaddafi.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First printing. There's a little bit of tape repair to the jacket (scarcely noticeable) and the lower right corner of the half title page is clipped. Otherwise near fine in a near fine dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings. Newby was one of the great travellers and tarvel writers (A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, e.g. ) and he recouts here his (and wife Wanda's) peregrinations in Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Levant, and North Africa.
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Very Good+ in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book First American Edition stated on verso of title page; a bit of edge wear to dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with a black and white map and drawings at chapter and section heads.