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London: Penguin, 1987. reprint. Nice copies. octavo. stiff wrappers 253, 291pp., maps, appendix, indexes,

John Murray,, [1977-2013]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, second portrait and 4 maps (2 double-page on coloured stock), third volume with patterned endpapers; cloth (blue/blue/grey respectively), first two volumes with upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettred in gilt, third volume with backstrip lettered in silver, fore-edges very faintly spotted else a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: A Time of Gifts. On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube. [With Introductory Letter to Xan Fielding] (1977); Between the Woods and the Water: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates (1986); The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (2013). Paddy Leigh Fermor's vivid account of his personal odyssey. In 1933, aged 18, he set out to walk from Hook of Holland to Constantinople. In recording his journey he created what is now generally recognised as a masterpiece of twentieth century travelogue. The text of the final volume is… Read More

London: John Murray, 1977-2013. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Jan Morris called it "[n]othing short of a masterpiece." "Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language" (Independent). "[Patrick Leigh Fermor] stands beside Robert Byron as the finest travel writer of his generation" (Colin Thubron).

London: John Murray, 1977. A set of three first edition, first printings published by John Murray between 1977 and 2013. A Time of Gifts is a near fine book lightly spotted in a near fine unclipped wrapper. Inscribed on the front endpaper by the Author 'To/Mary Stewart/in admiration, and with /every kind wish/from/Patrick Leigh Fermor*'/22.9.77/* See p.121 for borrowed plumage.' In addition, on page 121, Fermor has marked the line pertaining to the 'borrowed plumage'. 'Between The Woods and the Water' is a very good book in a very good unclipped wrapper with spine fading. 'The Broken Road' is a fine book in like unclipped wrapper - SIGNED by Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper. A superb set of signed first editions, the highlight being the inscribed association of volume one. Patrick Leigh Fermor's trilogy, also known as the "Time of Gifts" trilogy, is a series of travel books that chronicle his journey across Europe from 1933 to 1935. Consisting:… Read More