Description
Pre – Owned. The book is, rather, a letter to prosterity capturing the essential spirit of this ancient and magical wedge of land, watered by a great river, and the extraordingary array of warriors, historians, philosophers and poets who constitute its human history down the centuries. Price clipped and inscribed ‘John. For your more reflective moments. Wishing you a very happy 50th’ Signature illegible. Book and dustjacket in top condition. First edition. Hardcover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited 1990