The tale begins at Grand Central Station with an impetuous decision, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and people of Mexico with such a light touch that even the dullest patch of history becomes fascinating Although Bedford is frank about the horrors of travel, the highlight is the author's idyllic stay with Don Otavio, a bankrupt squire still inhabiting his lakeside house with 17 servants to wait on him.
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The tale begins at Grand Central Station with an impetuous decision, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and people of Mexico with such a light touch that even the dullest patch of history becomes fascinating Although Bedford is frank about the horrors of travel, the highlight is the author's idyllic stay with Don Otavio, a bankrupt squire still inhabiting his lakeside house with 17 servants to wait on him.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Picador, 1997. 1st printing of this Picador Travel Classics reprint edition. The work was first published in 1953. Tight and unmarked. Ribbon marker bound in. xi, 368pp. Introduction by Bruce Chatwin. Jacket is mildly sunned to spine and around edges. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo-over 6"-8" Tall.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed) in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher with replacement label, rubbed & slightly marked, some fraying); pp. 320 (last blank), with endpaper map. A very good copy.
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