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Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition. The unlaminated jacket has small splits on the top of the spine and top corners, one about half an inch, the others much less. A nice copy, not price clipped and with an owenrs book plate on the FEP
Synopsis
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in A Time of Gifts (1977) and continues through Between the Woods and the Water (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books Mani (1958) and Roumeli (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, and fought in Greece and Crete. He was awarded the DSO and OBE. He lived partly in Greece—in the house he designed with his wife, Joan, in an olive grove in the Mani—and partly in Worcestershire. He was knighted in 2004 for his services to literature and to British–Greek relations. Michael Gorra teaches English Literature at Smith College. He is the author of After Empire: Scott , Naipaul , Rushdie . His most recent book is Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece . He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book and Record Bar
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CBRB193
- Title
- Mani
- Author
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book and Record Bar
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London
About The Book and Record Bar
We are a physical shop in South East London - West Norwood - right next to the train station. A huge selection of first editions is available to look at by dappointment in our basement, including some very rare items. We do not stock much in the way of Antiquarian books
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