{"product_id":"the-balkan-trilogy-by-olivia-manning-first-edition-set-1960-1965-heinemann","title":"The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning, first edition set, 1960-1965, Heinemann","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOlivia Manning's celebrated \u003cem data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"83\"\u003eThe Balkan Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the outstanding literary accounts of the Second World War, drawing on the author's own experiences in Romania and Greece during the turbulent opening years of the conflict. Through the experiences of Harriet and Guy Pringle, Manning combines political upheaval, personal relationships and keen social observation to create a vivid portrait of a Europe on the brink of collapse. Praised for its richly observed characters and evocative sense of place, the trilogy has become a modern classic of twentieth-century English literature, later adapted for television by the BBC. This set comprises the true first editions, first impressions of all three volumes, which have been rebound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003eThe set comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003eVolume I: The Great Fortune, 1960; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVolume II:The Spoilt City, 1962; and; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2868\" data-start=\"2774\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVolume III: Friends and Heroes, 1965. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"3272\" data-start=\"2893\"\u003ePublished by William Heinemann Ltd., London, Melbourne, Toronto, Cape Town, Auckland. Printed in Great Britain. First editions, first impressions, 1960-1965.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3849\" data-start=\"3274\"\u003eA good set of 3 hardback volumes in matching bindings comprising dark green limp leather spines and corners with raised bands, tooled gilt decoration and red and black title labels. Boards with green marbled paper, with endpapers following a similar design. Covers crisp and unmarked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3849\" data-start=\"3274\"\u003eVolumes II and III are ex-library - Volume II with library reference number on printer's page, and Volume III with similar reference mark, and a few 'Auckland Public Libraries' ink stamps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3849\" data-start=\"3274\"\u003eVol I: Very good condition - light spotting to endpapers and mild age toning. Some fine spotting to edge of text block; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3849\" data-start=\"3274\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVol II: Good (plus) condition - Mild age toning. Some spotting to edge of text block, a few discoloured marks and around 4 pages with some small brown splash stains; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3849\" data-start=\"3274\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVol III: Good (minus) condition - Mild age toning. Some fine spotting to edge of text block, some more pronounced discoloured marks and some some brown splash stains. A little give in the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3868\" data-start=\"3851\"\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrelims + 296pp, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrelims + 319pp, and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrelims + 363pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight approximately 1340g unpacked (the set).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: each volume approximately 204mm high x 140mm wide x 32mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55865036964225,"sku":"LAN10292","price":123.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/TheBalkanTrilogybyOliviaManning_firsteditionset_1960-1965_HeinemannIMG_6185.jpg?v=1783086263","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/en-us\/products\/the-balkan-trilogy-by-olivia-manning-first-edition-set-1960-1965-heinemann","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}