MORRIS, James Destinations. Essays from Rolling Stone. OUP, 1980.
8vo. Original cloth with author's initials in gilt on gilt-ruled front cover, illustrated dust-wrappers (not price-clipped); pp. 242, illustrations and large initials in the text; a very good copy of a splendid book production.
First edition, flat-signed on title-page. This high-quality book production is proof of Jan Morris' leverage with British publishers, as most had replaced cloth bindings with boards imitating cloth. Moreover, to publish essays from an American magazine known for its focus on popular culture and sometimes even counter-culture must have been a risky venture for the serene Oxford University Press.
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