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The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning, first edition set, 1960-1965, Heinemann

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning, first edition set, 1960-1965, Heinemann

LAN10292
£90.00 - £90.00
£90.00
£90.00 - £90.00
£90.00

Olivia Manning's celebrated The Balkan Trilogy 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.

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning. 

The set comprises:

Volume I: The Great Fortune, 1960; 

Volume II:The Spoilt City, 1962; and; 

Volume III: Friends and Heroes, 1965. 

Published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, Melbourne, Toronto, Cape Town, Auckland. Printed in Great Britain. First editions, first impressions, 1960-1965.

A 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.

Volumes 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.

Vol I: Very good condition - light spotting to endpapers and mild age toning. Some fine spotting to edge of text block; 

Vol 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; 

Vol 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.

Text in English.

Prelims + 296pp, Prelims + 319pp, and Prelims + 363pp.

Weight approximately 1340g unpacked (the set).

Dimensions: each volume approximately 204mm high x 140mm wide x 32mm deep.