LEBANON illustrated book

Beautiful, large format book in Good condition with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has very little wear to edges as it has removable plastic cover for protection.

Quarto in beige cloth with deep green cedar front cover, 10 x 12.5 inches, 160 full-colour photographs, most full-page, several double-page, coloured map, in matching slipcase. From introductory notes: ‘Why is this book being published at the beginning of a decade which seems so uncertain in so many respects? The answer is really quite simple. In spite of pervasive references to the war in Lebanon and in the midst of persisting regional tensions, Lebanon is seeking to reaffirm its true image, and this book is, in a sense, testimony to that impulse. Lebanon has always been synonymous with beauty, and the aim of this work is to capture the image of a Lebanon which has once again regained something of its former character and splendour. Only the pictorial seems genuinely capable of reflecting the epic of this land, rich in history, natural beauty and human diversity, a land which, moreover, was for a long time the harbinger of civilization, when the word had meaning only this side of the Mediterranean’. Lebanon Hardcover – 1980. 236 pages

Publisher: National Council of Tourism in the Lebanon; 1st edition (1980)Bargain only £10 ono.