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A Time of Gifts: 'ON FOOT TO CONSTANTINOPLE From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube'
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719533481
- ISBN 13
- 9780719533488
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A TIME OF GIFTS
'ON FOOT TO CONSTANTINOPLE
From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube'
by PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR
Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 9780719533488
Published By John Murray, London 1977, Reprinted 1978
Signed by the author.
Condition: The dust jacket is not clipped, the jacket edges are rubbed and the corners are a little scuffed. Moderate sunning to the spine area of the jacket. The book is clean and tight internally, boards are not bumped or rubbed. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.
About:
In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses - not only of the events which were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers, the sun on the Bavarian snow, the storks and frogs, the hospitable burgomasters who welcomed him, and that world's grandeurs and courtesies. His powers of recollection have astonishing sweep and verve, and the scope is majestic. First published to enormous acclaim, it confirmed Fermor's reputation as the greatest living travel writer, and has, together with its sequel Between the Woods and the Water (the third volume is famously yet to be published), been a perennial seller for 25 years.
'ON FOOT TO CONSTANTINOPLE
From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube'
by PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR
Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 9780719533488
Published By John Murray, London 1977, Reprinted 1978
Signed by the author.
Condition: The dust jacket is not clipped, the jacket edges are rubbed and the corners are a little scuffed. Moderate sunning to the spine area of the jacket. The book is clean and tight internally, boards are not bumped or rubbed. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.
About:
In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses - not only of the events which were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers, the sun on the Bavarian snow, the storks and frogs, the hospitable burgomasters who welcomed him, and that world's grandeurs and courtesies. His powers of recollection have astonishing sweep and verve, and the scope is majestic. First published to enormous acclaim, it confirmed Fermor's reputation as the greatest living travel writer, and has, together with its sequel Between the Woods and the Water (the third volume is famously yet to be published), been a perennial seller for 25 years.
Synopsis
Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.
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- Bookseller
- Dorian Gallery
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1934454994826
- Title
- A Time of Gifts
- Author
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0719533481
- ISBN 13
- 9780719533488
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
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