A Time To Keep Silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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. Karen Armstrong, a historian of religion, spent seven years in a Roman Catholic religious order; she has written about this experience in Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase. She is also the author of many books, including A History of God, The Great Transformation, and, most recently, The Bible: A Biography.
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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- 1957
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A Time to Keep Silence
Patrick Leigh Fermor
London, John Murray, 1957. 95p.
First trade hardcover UK.
Signed by the author on the title page.
Clean tight fine copy, cloth spine shows mild toning. No jacket.
Sojourns in monasteries across Europe:
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by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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The First UK printing published by The Queen Anne Press, London in 1953. Limited edition, with this being number '182' of only 500 copies. The BOOK is in Near Fine condition. Publisher's black buckram, gilt lettered red spine label, the publisher's initials in gilt to both boards with the top edge crimson red. Very mild offsetting to the end papers… Read more about this item Item Price
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A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE
by FERMOR, PATRICK LEIGH
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The dj has a replaced matching chip 35x10mm. Book edges are slightly yellowed. Original price is 15/-. Patrick Leigh Fermor was a travel writer who became a war hero by kidnapping the commanding German officer on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete. The movie: Met by Moonlight is a fictionalized account of his experience. In A… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time To Keep Silence.
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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London: John Murray, 1957. First edition of the author's third book, detailing his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "From [My Mother] AE. Leigh Fermor Fudge with thanks for safe transportation to Regency Sq. Brighton MCMLXIX." Fermor has crossed out the 'To' in… Read more about this item Item Price
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1957. London, John Murray, 1957. 8vo. Original crimson cloth, upper board and spine lettered in gilt, dustwrapper with design after Peter Todd Mitchell (not price-clipped); pp. 95; 4 half-tone plates with photographic illustrations recto-and-verso after M. le Curé Bretocq and Joan Eyres Monsell, and 3 section-title vignettes after John Craxton; dustwrapper with a little marginal abrasures at head and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: John Murray, 1957. First edition of the author's third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mary Anna with love from Paddy 2.6.88." The recipient, Mary Anna Marten (with her bookplate to the inside gutter), was the daughter of… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Murray, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (light wear and accession number number at tail of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 95, illus with b&w plates (ex academic library with usual stamp and markings; no inscriptions). Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence (1953 1st ed Queen Anne hardback, #127 of 500)
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Queen Anne Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ~~Withdrawn Ex-Library~~Good 1953 true 1st printing 1st ed Queen Anne hardback, limited to 500 copies of which this is #127. Some library wear and patches of surface rubbing to edges of boards, with number to base of spine, library log-sheet and pouch to fly-leaf… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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A Time to Keep Silence
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
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London: John Murray, 1957.. First trade edition. 8vo. 95, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket. 8 photographic plates plus illustrations in the text by John Craxton. Some wear and tear to the jacket with occasional losses, a little fading to the cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time To Keep Silence
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
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- 1953
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The Queen Anne Press, 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG-. CRAXTON, John. Limited Edition. 15 x 23.2 cm black buckram with gilt stamped initials to the front and red label with gilt titles to the spine, top edge red, other edges uncut, xvii (i)92(4)pp with 4 illustrations by Johns Craxton. In original unclipped dust jacket. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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- 1989
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, GBR
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London: Penguin Books. 95pp second printing , pages toned, good . Very Good. Soft cover. 1989. Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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- 1988
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GB: Penguin, 1988. Paperback. VG+. Illus. by John Craxton. Item Price
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London: The Queen Anne Press,, 1953. Wittily inscribed by the author First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Too late! But love from Paddy nevertheless", beneath the recipient's ownership inscription, "David S. Curtis, Kuwait April '57", so that "Kuwait" rhymes with "Too late!". This is number 419 of 450 copies bound in buckram,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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John Murray. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring theres something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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- 1988-12-11
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Penguin, 1988-12-11. paperback. Good. 7x1x5. Book is in good condition. Pages are yellowing. Item Price
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A time to keep silence
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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- 2nd edition
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- 1982
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London : John Murray, 1982. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 95p ; ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Travel Europe; Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille; Monasticism and religious orders; Europe Case studies; Monastic and religious life Case… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Time to keep Silence. [Second and Revised edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by FERMOR Patrick Leigh
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John Murray,, [1982]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 8 plates, and illustrations by John Craxton in the text; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly spotted dustwrapper. With separately printed errata slip mounted on title. Dustwrapper artwork by John Andrew. The first edition of 1957 is here re-issued with an additional Introduction. Item Price
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A Time to Keep Silence
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
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London: The Queen Anne Press, 1953.. Limited edition, no. 158 of 500 copies, 8vo, xviii, 92, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 3 illustrations by John Craxton, fly leaf neatly cut out. Original black buckram, slightly faded and rubbed. Three "meditations" on monastic life: "The Abbey at St. Wandrille de Fontanelle", "From Solesmes to La Grande Trappe" and "The Rock… Read more about this item Item Price
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