Fermor Patrick Leigh 1915 2011 (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Original Cloth. Condition: Near fine. near fine. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (24cm). In publisher's original black cloth, gilt titles to spine. xxv, 469. Illus with b&w photographs. Unclipped dust wrapper, with Hatchard's Signed Copy wraparound bellyband. Signed by Sisman to title page. Some light wear, use, very minor edgewear to wrapper. Faint toning to page edges. Otherwise a bright, firm copy in like wrapper.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 118 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Fermor, Patrick Leigh (1915-2011) Travel Peru. Peru Description and travel. Andes Description and travel. Cordillera Occidental (Peru) Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Spanish language. 8.27x5.24x0.98 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 118 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Fermor, Patrick Leigh (1915-2011) Travel Peru. Peru Description and travel. Andes Description and travel. Cordillera Occidental (Peru) Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

Condition: new.

fester Einband. 333 Seiten, O.Ln., 8° (ohne Schutzumschlag / Rücken gebräunt und mit einem kleinen Fleck / leichtes Raucherexemplar) [DEA] - Titel der englischen Originalausgabe: "Mani. Travels in the Southern Peleponnese". // siehe Mängel, sonst guter Zustand.

First Edition. [Travel Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xxi; 362. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and red illustrated endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket by Ed Kluz, priced at £25. A touch of minor handling; essentially a fine copy. A posthumous publication bringing together two texts by Fermor; the first being the third and final part of his walk to Constantinople (never finished), and the second being his journey to Mount Athos (his only surviving diary). Leigh Fermor worked on these texts right up until the last few weeks before his death in June 2011, and they were edited by Thubron and Cooper to string them into a coherent narrative. Maps drawn by Rodney Paull, and title page and chapter opener drawing by John Craxton.…

[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. …

[West Indies and Caribbean Travel] American edition, using the British sheets (no edition stated). Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 403 [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece and 48 black and white photographic plates by A. Costa, as well as a sketch-map by H.W. Hawes. Publisher's red cloth with black titles, typographic dust-jacket. Contents clean, text leaves slightly toned (in contrast to plates), jacket with moderate wear, some tonign and soiling, price clipped. Very good. Fermor was an Irish Guards officer and war-time hero who played a prominent role behind enemy lines during the Battle of Crete, organising the island's resistance to Nazi occupation, as part of the elite Special Operations Executive, which was the forerunner of the modern secret services formed by Churchill to "set Europe ablaze". He was awarded the DSO and later became Commander of the Order of the Phoenix, bestowed upon him by the Greek government. His post-war travels were superbly documented and 'The Traveller's Tree' won the Heinemann Prize for Literature. His 1977 book 'A Time of Gifts' is a masterpiece, ranking among the greatest travel books ever written. He also translated 'The Cretan Runner' written by the Greek Resistance fighter and dispatch officer George Psychoundakis; Fermor's former sub-ordinate in Crete during the war, and has also written a novel 'The Violins of Saint-Jacques' which was made into an opera by Malcolm Williamson. He was a contemporary and friend of fellow explorer Peter Fleming, and his journalist brother Ian. Fermor is considered one of the greatest 20th century travel writers and, as a man of both action and intellect, was described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene.' Many years later, whilst still a member of the Editorial Board at the Sunday Times, Ian Fleming had the brilliant idea of asking some of the greatest writers of the time to comment on their favourite deadly sin-Fermor (on 'Gluttony') was among them, and the resulting book 'The Seven Deadly Sins' which included an essay by Fleming, was published in 1962. 'The Traveller's Tree' is also itself an important source book used by Fleming whilst researching his 007 novel 'Live and Let Die', influencing Fleming's zombie voodoo god Baron Samedi and the references to Hiatian voodoo culture. Fleming utilised several passages in his descriptions of ceremonies in Haiti. From the collection of Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. See Gilbert, section L.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. First Edition. First Printing, with drawings and illustrated dust jacket by John Craxton. 8vo: [10],118pp, with four black and white illustrations and a map of Peru. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in gold, jacket priced £10.95. Signed by the author to front fly-leaf. Fine, tight and unread; about Fine jacket (faint smudge to back panel). In 1971, Leigh Fermor accompanied five friends on a sojourn into the high Andes of Peru, from Cuzco to Urubamba, on to Puno and Juli on Lake Titicaca, down to Arequipa, and finally back to Lima. The expedition, led by a writer and poet, included a Swiss international skier and jeweler, a social anthropologist from Provence, and a Nottinghamshire farming squireall seasoned mountaineers. The other two participantsLeigh Fermor and a botany-loving dukewere novices. As the group traveled into increasingly remote regions, Leigh Fermor recorded his experiences in this series of letters to his wife, Joan. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Signed.…

4pp., 8vo. 96 lines of text. On paper ruled for accounts. On lightly-aged paper, with loss to corners and at central edge, affecting a few lines of text. Accompanying the letter is a translation (2pp., 8vo) by Colin Jordan, with the assistance of Dr Loukas Christodloulos. The letter is of great interest, casting light on Leigh Fermor's activities in Crete in the period following the Second World War. The identity of 'Haris' is not immediately apparent: he does not appear to feature in George Psychoundakis's account of the Cretan resistance, 'The Cretan Runner' (1955), which was translated by Leigh Fermor. Addressing 'Mr. Leigh Fermor', the author of the letter begins in reproachful terms: 'After my third letter you remain silent. I write now with a big question mark: why this is happening and why you are ignoring my thoughts and my offer in general?' He asks Fermor , 'for the sake of our friendship and co-operation and for our land of Crete', to guide him in his thoughts and to advise him in his actions, 'and to help me in my efforts against the slanderers and the malevolent enemies of our union'. He desires Leigh Fermor's 'co-operation against the transformation of Crete and Greece, my country, into a Soviet protectorate.' He proceeds to report on 'the situation that exists': 'The Communist newspaper, "Free Crete", has begun again a serious campaign against the English generally and in particular against us, Major Fielding [Major Alexander Wallace 'Xan' Fielding, who like Leigh Fermor was in the SOE in Crete during the war], and Kyrios Giorgos. They claim that the crimes of killing a villager from Potamiko (Nikos Komi), of another from Heraklion prior to the referendum, others from Apokoronou and from Hania (family murders for revenge and political party murders) were done by you, that you organized them, that is, and ordered their execution by your people.' A further claim is that 'from the time of the occupation' Leigh Fermor has been 'organizing here the ground for the occupation of Crete by the English and the creation of military bases since Alexandria is hostile towards Egypt and you are using that against her'. In his view it is easy to refute the Apokorona and Hania murder charges, 'since it's commonly known that they were done by locals for revenge and due to political hatred and had nothing whatsoever to do with our work. The murder of the police officer from Heraklion happened before your arrival here in September. As for the killing of Komi at Potamiko, the same man wrote a letter that he did it because of personal motives and not following orders from yourself.' He proposes to write 'to the newspapers of the Right-wing here that your visit to Crete was entirely a holiday trip to see your friends and that the villager's murder was done before you came. Also that the Hana murder had other purposes and that you and the English generally have never thought of occupying Crete and that you have always acted from friendship. I will also go to the prison and I will oblige Nikos Komis to sign a letter of protest against the writings of the "Free Crete" newspaper.' He will take responsibility for the publication, 'as I did a few days ago when I published articles about English/Greek friendship in the IDI and PATRIDA newspapers. Regarding 'the Communist nightmare that threatens all of us with destruction': 'Once again I give my life and for that thought I would gladly sacrifice. The communists know this and consider me their enemy like nobody else.' He ends with an enquiry regarding 'the Anglo-Greek Society at Heraklion that you had promised back in September'.…