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Mani Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$319.88CA$287.89
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Joan Eyres Monsell; John Craxton. A superb first edition copy of Patrick Leigh Fermor's travel work, exploring the Mani Peninsula, complete with plates throughout. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An exciting travel work by Patrick Leigh Fermor, following his journey with his wife Joan, and friend Xan Fielding, as they travelled the Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one map, and twenty-four plates.Photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell, frontispiece by John Craxton. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few scattered spots to the endpapers. Dust wrapper is spotted and a little edge worn, heavier to the head of the spine, spotting heavier to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. One spot to the title page. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880P14
- Title
- Mani Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
- Author
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Illustrator
- Joan Eyres Monsell; John Craxton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Mani Travels in the Southern Peloponnese Mani peloponnese southern peloponnese Mani joan eyres monsell john craxton
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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