Patrick Leigh Fermor John Craxton (68 results)

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Craxton, John (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is about the remotest, the wildest and the most isolated region of Greece. Cut off from the rest of country by the towering range of the Taygetus, and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, this rocky central prong of the Peloponnese is the southern most point of Mediterranean Europe. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Craxton, John (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Craxton, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth, 320 pp. Spine faded and slightly water-stained, fore-edges foxed. No jacket. John Craxton & Joan Eyres Monsell (photograhs). (illustrator).

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. John Craxton (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. John Craxton (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Patrick Leigh Fermor traces the myths, miracles and superstitions that infuse the landscape of the Southern Peloponnese. Mani is an extraordinary tale of adventure and encounter told through a rich and captivating narrative. John Craxton (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. John Craxton (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Patrick Leigh Fermor traces the myths, miracles and superstitions that infuse the landscape of the Southern Peloponnese. Mani is an extraordinary tale of adventure and encounter told through a rich and captivating narrative. John Craxton (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. New edition. Faint yellowing to page edges; binding tight & square Used - Very Good. VG paperback. John Craxton (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (12), 118, publishers blue cloth, gilt spine titles, dj complete. A few drawings by John Craxton. John Craxton (illustrator).

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, a little toning and occ. spots); pp. [xii], 320, with title page illustration & maps. A very good copy. John Craxton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine faded, not price clipped (£10.95, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 118pp. A compilation of letters describing the experiences of six explorers as they travelled across Peru, recalling the day to day unravelling of their progress. The expedition team included the renowned travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), a Swiss international skier, a jeweller, the botany loving Duke of Devonshire and a social anthropologist. Jacket and vignettes by John Craxton (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Murray Travel Classics. 320 pages. John Craxton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. First published by John Murray in 1977, this is a Book Club edition of 1987. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of fab bright jacket by John Craxton and spine, top corners slightly rubbed and bruised, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks almost unread. 291pp. Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE (1915- 2011), also known as Paddy Fermor, was a British author, scholar and soldier who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War. At the age of 18, Paddy decided to walk the length of Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. He set off in December 1933, shortly after Hitler had come to power in Germany, with a few clothes, several letters of introduction, the Oxford Book of English Verse and a volume of Horace's Odes. He slept in barns and shepherds' huts, but also was invited by landed gentry and aristocracy into the country houses of Central Europe. He experienced hospitality in many monasteries along the way. He finally arrived in Constantinople in January 1935. Patrick Leigh Fermor was widely regarded as 'Britain's greatest living travel writer' during his lifetime, A BBC journalist once described him as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene.' During the war, working for SOE, he achieved lasting fame for his kidnapping, with Stanley Moss, of Nazi General Heinrich Kreipe on Crete. Jacket by John Craxton (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. John Craxton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 5th printing. Uninscribed. Not price clipped. No wear to book or dust jacket. John Craxton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three Letters From The Andes, Patrick Leigh Fermor, John Murray, 1991, First Edition First Impression Often lauded as the greatest travel writer of the twentieth century, Three Letters From The Andes was printed twenty years after six friends set out to do some climbing in Peru. The book is pretty much the content of three lengthy letters to his wife at home in Greece and form a travelogue of the experience. There is a neat personal dedication and date to the front end paper. The book is in fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. There is a small crease to the top corner of the front board. The end papers and page are free from marks and tears. The unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition with nibbling to the top edge of the front cover and faint marks to the back cover. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box. John Craxton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher's original green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Prior owner's name and date "August, 1959" to fep. Frontispiece and title page illustration by John Croxton. Photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell. No jacket. Craxton, John; and Eyres Monsell, Joan (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Navy Blue boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and birds in flight to front, 220 x 145 mm approx. 248 pp. Double page line map on pale green paper stock. First Edition 1st printing 1986 of the author's Thomas Cook travel writing winning book and sequel to his travel autobiography "A Time of Gifts". Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very Good (Book - no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- spine sunned and price clipped, negligible shelf rubbing or soiling - in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). JOHN CRAXTON (COVER ART) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: New. First Thus. This new, seemingly unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This is Patrick Leigh Fermor's spellbinding part-travelogue, part inspired evocation of a part of Greece's past. Joining him in the Mani, one of Europe's wildest and most isolated regions, cut off from the rest of Greece by the towering Taygettus mountain range and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas, we discover a rocky central prong of the Peleponnese at the southernmost point in Europe. Bad communications only heightening the remoteness, this Greece - south of ancient Sparta - is one that maintains perhaps a stronger relationship with the ancient past than with the present. Myth becomes history, and vice versa. Leigh Fermor's hallmark descriptive writing and capture of unexpected detail have made this book, first published in 1958, a classic. Ref A5 7. John Craxton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First U.S. Edition. Stated first American edition. Printed from sheets of the First English edition. A record of Fermor's walk from Amsterdam to Constantinople in 1933, with only a rucksack, at the height of the Great Depression, with an account of the Gypsies, Transylvania, and the antient city on the strait of the Black Sea. One of the best written travelogues of modern times. 8vo, black gilt cloth with gilt flying geese, 248pp and a double-page map. A fine, clean and unmarked copy in an archival Mylar jacket cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First impression. Uninscribed in as new dust jacket i.e. not price clipped, not faded. John Craxton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell. Frontispiece by John Craxton. Index. Red boards with (little dulled) gold lettering to spine and design in gold to front are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, little patchy fading (mainly to front and spine), the odd minor bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Monsell, Joan Eyres ; Craxton, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Bound in perfect blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, this 1991 hardcover First Edition is FINE in FINE wrapper (unclipped). (X)/118pp with Note, 3 Letters, Index and drawings by John Craxton. Tiny inscrition to FFEP; i.e "June 1992. SG". Otherwise all FINE. Craxton, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth impression, published later the same year, a tribute to the author's popularity. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed, spine slightly faded, not price clipped (£13.95), no inscriptions, internally clean square and tight, overall a vg+ copy, looks carefully read. 248pp, maps on green paper as called for. Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE (1915- 2011), also known as Paddy Fermor, was a British author, scholar and soldier who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War. At the age of 18, Leigh Fermor decided to walk the length of Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. He set off in December 1933, shortly after Hitler had come to power in Germany, with a few clothes, several letters of introduction, the Oxford Book of English Verse and a volume of Horace's Odes. He slept in barns and shepherds' huts, but also was invited by landed gentry and aristocracy into the country houses of Central Europe. He experienced hospitality in many monasteries along the way. He finally arrived in Constantinople in January 1935. Patrick Leigh Fermor was widely regarded as 'Britain's greatest living travel writer' during his lifetime, A BBC journalist once described him as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene.' During the war, working for SOE, he achieved lasting fame for his kidnapping, with Stanley Moss, of Nazi General Heinrich Kreipe on Crete. This is the second book in his travel trilogy, here he travels down the Danube from Budapest, across the Great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Romanian border into Transylvania. Scarce in this early impression. Jacket by John Craxton (illustrator).…