Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin
2010, First Edition. London : Jonathan Cape. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476622
Physical description; 554 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Selected and edited by Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface / Elizabeth Chatwin – Introduction / Nicholas Shakespeare – Schooldays: 1948-58 – Sotheby's: 1959-66 – Edinburgh: 1966-8 – The nomadic alternative: 1969-72 – Sunday times: 1972-4 – Gone to Patagonia: 1974-6 – The viceroy of Ouidah: 1976-80 – On the Black Hill: 1980-83 – The songlines: 1983-5 – China and India: 1985-6 – Homer end: 1986-8 – Oxford and France: 1988-9. Subjects; Chatwin, Bruce (1940-1989) – Correspondence. Authors, English – 20th century – Correspondence. Travel writers – Great Britain – Correspondence.
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