Pleasure of Ruins
New York: Walker & Co., 1966. Hardcover. Green cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. Orange illustrated dj with salmon/white lettering. 466 pp. with 75 bw illustrations. Generally VG- but with areas of foxing to closed page ends that occasionally bleed over onto very edges of page faces. Some rubbing to cloth edges. DJ price-clipped and with light shelf wear. Item #150587
Another classic by the intrepid novelist and travel writer, Rose Macaulay (Towers of Trebizond, etc.). A gigantic excursion across the continents and down the centuries through the marvellous relics of dead cities, palaces, and civilizations. Macaulay speculates on the people who built and on those who destroyed these glorious places (and who continue to do so today...) and what their ruins have meant to others. Covers archaeological and architectural aspects, literary associations (think Henry James, Petrarch, and others), and contains both photos and sketches by travellers from the past. A much more enjoyable reference than a new gizmo.
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