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Between the Woods and the Water.
by FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray,, 1986. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. Following A Time of Gifts (1977), this is the second book in Fermor's celebrated travel trilogy that recounts his walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. Between the Woods and the Water details Fermor's journey from Czechoslovakia, across the Great Hungarian Plain, through Budapest and Romania, to the Iron Gates of the Danube bordering Yugoslavia. The author's diary of the Danubian leg of his journey, which forms the basis of this book, had been left behind at a friend's residence in Romania, and was not to be returned to him until many years later. The final book in the trilogy, The Broken Road, was published posthumously in 2013, pieced together by Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron using diaries Fermor kept at the time and an early unpublished draft. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered and decorated with stars in gilt, bird design to front board in gilt. With dust jacket designed by John Craxton. With a double-page map printed on green paper. Negligible bumps to spine ends; unclipped jacket bright, edges a little rubbed, light scuffs and marks to rear panel: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171793
- Title
- Between the Woods and the Water.
- Author
- FERMOR, Patrick Leigh
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: John Murray,
- Date Published
- 1986
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Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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