THE BROKEN ROAD : FROM THE IRON GATES TO MOUNT ATHOS.
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh (Sir Patrick Michael), 1915-2011 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : John Murray (Publishers), (2013). First edition. Signed by both editors, Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron. The posthumously published final instalment of Fermor's famous journey on foot across Europe at the age of eighteen in the 1930s - "like a tramp, a pilgrim, or a wandering scholar". The third leg - from the Iron Gates of Romania via Bucharest and Bulgaria to Salonika and Mount Athos. One of the twentieth-century classics - a "sublime masterpiece" (William Dalrymple). Medium 8vo (25cm). (xxii),362pp. Portrait. Two maps. Original black boards, lettered in silver; an excellent copy in the Ed Kluz dust-jacket - the jacket also excellent.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45442
- Title
- THE BROKEN ROAD : FROM THE IRON GATES TO MOUNT ATHOS.
- Author
- FERMOR, Patrick Leigh (Sir Patrick Michael), 1915-2011 :
- Illustrator
- Ed Kluz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : John Murray (Publishers), (2013).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece
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