The Violins of Saint-Jacques. A Tale of the Antilles. by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh

Penguin, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. 127 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First paperback edition, first printing. 128 pp Very Good condition. No inscriptions. No dust jacket.

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth],, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1661. Fermor's first novel was first published in 1953.

Paperback. Good. 1661 Penguin 1961 Some tanning Offered by the UK charity Langdon: Supporting people with disabilities. Dispatched within one working day

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & toned, prev. owner's name and small bookseller's rsm to FFE, else clean & bright throughout); pp. 128. A near fine copy.. First Penguin. Soft Cover. F-.

New York: St. Martin's, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robin Ironside. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Previous name. Partial crease on the dust jacket.

E-250: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1953. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. 1953. 178 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ex-library item with spine label present with tape residue present to the boards, pocket present and US Army ownershp stamps present to the front pastedown and verso page. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 'It is the story of a world that has vanished in more senses than one. The remote island of Saint-Jaques in the Caribbean archipelago is the home of an antiquated French aristocracy. The events of the book take place in 1902, a period little exploited by novelists and the flamboyant scene is the background for a strange and moving drama' EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

John Murray, 1953. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John Murray & Derek Verschoyle; London, 1953. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Impression. A Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunning to spine and along board edges, heavily discolored top and bottom spine buckram, slightly bumped top and bottom front board corners, discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, age toning to pages, bit of scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Good, handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few tears and chips along edges, rubbed turns with few small chips, Murrays Library ink stamp bottom front flap, stated fourth printing on rear flap, chip to top and bottom spine edge, trace scattered foxing/age spotting to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 139pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is… Read More

London: John Murray and Andre Deutsch, 1977. [Modern fiction] FOURTH IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.139;[1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, endpapers illustrated with maps, pictorial dust-wrapper price clipped. Inscription of owner's name to front flypaper. Spotting to textblock top edge, slight wear to spine edges, minor wear to dust-wrapper. A clean copy. Near fine. Fermor's only novel. Opera adaptation by Malcolm Williamson. Fermor was prominent in the Cretan resistance in the Second World War.

1953. John Murray/Derek Verschoyle, 1953. 8vo. Original green cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped); pp. 139; illustrations in the text by Robin Ironside; a very good copy in only slightly chipped dust-jacket, gift inscription on initial blank. First edition, first impression of the author's second book and his only work of fiction, a story located in a French Caribbean archipelago. The romantic tale of an enigmatic young French woman growing up amongst the descendants of slaves and a fading French aristocracy was to become the basis for Malcolm Williamson's opera.