Hellas: A Portrait of Greece
New York: Villard Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #002761
First edition, second printing. SIGNED with inscription by author "To the Crew, with appreciation and warmest wishes, Nicholas Gage, July 7/1991" to FFEP. [We can only assume this was the crew of "Eleni," the film of his earlier autobiographical work.] 247 p.p. B&W photos and maps. Quarter bound in cream cloth with navy boards, silver lettering to spine and author's initials to front board. Cloth is lightly damp stained, some soiling to boards, bumping to corners. Dust jacket has a few spots of soiling and light bumping to spine ends. A personal and incisive portrait of Nicholas Gage's native land of Greece, to which he returned in 1977 after escaping the war as a child in 1939. Far more than a travel guide, Hellas is a revelation of the beauties, the contradictions, the tragedies, and the glories of Greece.
Price: $60.00