Albania: A Travel Guide

New York; Cambridge: Oleander Press ; Hippocrene Books, 1987. 3rd Printing. Octavo with green pictorial wraps; x, 166 pages: illustrations; index; 22 cm Near fine. Paperback. ISBN: 0906672422

"Albania, facing west across the Adriatic Sea to Italy and Corfu, is bounded on the east by Yugoslavia and Greece. It is a land of rugged mountains, with warm Mediterranean lowlands, beautiful beaches at Durres, and historic hill cities such as Berat and Gjirokaster. Called 'Tibet-in-Europe' for its refusal to permit individual tourism, Albania does however allow organized groups from certain countries (though not from the U.S.A.) and it was one such group leaving London that Philip Ward joined. Unbiased by political or religious partisanship, the author examines the past and present of the last remaining Stalinist nation on earth, the smallest of the Balkan nations. [...] This is the first thorough guide to Albania in English since World War II, and is amply illustrated with photographs and maps." --Editor.