VENICE
Written by James Morris
Published by Faber & Faber
in 1960
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- VENICE
VENICE
Written by James Morris.
Stock no. 1329735
1960.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A portrait of an eccentric city. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. Second impression of August 1960. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- LANDFALL
- THE PEOPLE
- Islanders
- The Venetian Way
- Strong Men
- The Truth Not to Everyone
- On Women
- Minor Venetians
- Pagentries and Panaceas
- 'Poi Cristiani'
- Minorities
- Melancholia
- THE CITY
- Ex-Island
- 'Streets Full of Water'
- Stones of Venice
- City Services
- Age
- The Bestiary
- Arabesques
- The Seasons
- New On The Rialto
- Curiosities
- To The Prodigies
- Purposes
- THE LAGOON
- Seventh Sea
- The Office Of A Moat
- Navigation
- On The Edge
- Island Towns
- Holy Waters
- Dead and Alive
- The Sacred Bulwarks
- Lost
- EMBARKATION
- Index of Historical Events
- Index of Proper Names