Venice by Jan Morris, First Edition (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city. An evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy, just previous owner's bookplate to end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Xlvi, 350 Pp. Cloth. First Printing Of This Folio 2001 Society Reprint Of The 1981 Abridged Edition. Fine In Fine Slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good to very good.First thus. Fold in dustwrapper.Not price clipped (12.50) Colour and black and white illustrations. John Ruskin (1818-1900) Influential Victorian art critic and writer. WITH 2 small modern Venice prints of the Doge's Palace and the Grand Canal laid in. Thin quarto, 239 pages, 1100g.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Leslie Gerry (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4pp Prospectus announcing forthcoming publication of illustrated book containing around 25 painting by Leslie Gerry - a personal view of Venice. This white card brochure includes a colour painting on front cover and a double-page centre spread of San Marco Square and the Venice water basin. Two other illustrations on rear cover. In fine condition. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight of this prospectus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio Society edition, second printing, 2009 (first printing of this edition was 2008). No jacket as issued. With original slipcase. Index. Profusely illustrated. Black slipcase is very good with the odd small mark, patchy fading and the odd small bump/rub/scratch. Boards are very good with fading to spine, a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. No internal faults. Non UK shipping will be higher than that quoted due to weight. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Not price-clipped. No markings or inscriptions. Corners rubbed and bumped. Inside edges and paper darkening with age. First issue dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbed and bumped on all edges, minor loss at top and bottom of spine. Please ask for more photos if required.

Cloth with dust jacket. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 337 pag - illustrated - dustjacket chipped, some rust spots Size: 5R4. not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1960. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The book is very slightly cocked. Some fading of the blue top-stain but otherwise the book is in exceptional condition. Free from inscriptions. Original red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, map endpapers, two sketch maps (one double-page), one page of line drawings of Venetian small vessels by Gerry Facey, many leaves of plates after photographs, including aerial photographs. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Just the slightest of edge-wear at the spine tips and folds. A hint of toning to the spine . The red letttering to the spine remains unfaded and vibrant. The now very rare first edition, first printing of James (later Jan) Morris' most celebrated and revered portrait of the Serenissima. 'Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated and brought vividly to life' (Faber, the publisher's website, on a recent edition). An exceptional copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1960. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The book is very slightly cocked. Some fading of the blue top-stain but otherwise the book is in exceptional condition. Free from inscriptions. Original red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, map endpapers, two sketch maps (one double-page), one page of line drawings of Venetian small vessels by Gerry Facey, many leaves of plates after photographs, including aerial photographs. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Just the slightest of edge-wear at the spine tips and folds. A hint of toning to the spine . The red letttering to the spine remains unfaded and vibrant. The now very rare first edition, first printing of James (later Jan) Morris' most celebrated and revered portrait of the Serenissima. 'Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated and brought vividly to life' (Faber, the publisher's website, on a recent edition). An exceptional copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

First edition, first printing by The Folio Society of Venice by Jan Morris, published in London 2008. A near fine book, tightly bound in pictorial boards with slight rubbing to edge and corner of front board and lower corner of rear panel, illustrated end-papers and paste-downs, with colour plates throughout, internals free from inscriptions, the text block bright and crisp, in original grey paper covered slipcase, with some fading.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For Mr. and Mrs. George Palan - with kind regards James Morris 17.X.61". This classic piece of post-war travel writing is seldom encountered signed, more so with a signature predating the author's transition from James to Jan in 1972. Morris first visited Venice in the 1940s and was "immediately captivated by the city. He found it intoxicating" (Fenwick, p. 14). She returned in 1959 with her family, writing in this work about "what she calls the lust of Venice at that time, the beauty of the canals, the buildings, and especially the lagoon that left him speechless with pleasure" (ibid.). Further information on the recipients has proved elusive. Gillian Fenwick, Traveling Genius: the Writing Life of Jan Morris, 2008. Octavo. Frontispiece showing Venetian boats, 32 half-tone plates, maps in text. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt Lion of St Mark on front board, map endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine ends and board edges lightly sunned, cloth otherwise bright, internally clean; jacket unclipped, spine toned, edges worn, without tears: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.