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A Time To Keep Silence
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF/VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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 book has been well protected by its jacket and is clean and bright without name, inscription or bookplate internally. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is a little toned and dust marked with some spotting to the verso of the jacket. There are some old japanese paper repairs to the verso of the jacket on both spine tips and on the top and bottom of both folds. There is a chip on the top joint of the front panel with maximum dimensions of 0.7 x 1.2 cm and a closed tear extending for a further 0.7cm to the front panel and a 0.5cm chip to the top joint or the rear panel with a 0.5cm closed tear extending from it onto the rear panel. There are tears to the joints at the bottom of the spine of 2.7cm at the front and 0.5cm at the rear and minor loss at the foot of the spine extending to a maximum of 0.5 cm. All in all a lovely limited edition copy of 'three meditations on monastic life at home and abroad'. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201563
- Title
- A Time To Keep Silence
- Author
- FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
- Illustrator
- CRAXTON, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF/VG-
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Queen Anne Press
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Limited Edition|Travel|Religion
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Buckram
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- A.N.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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