LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
A Time of Gifts.
A Time of Gifts.
On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland: to the Middle Danube.
Stock Code 114161
London, John Murray, 1977
The European trek was undertaken with a book in mind – he was inspired by George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London – but 40 years would pass before Paddy published the first volume of his projected trilogy on the adventure. Asked why it took so long, he shot back: "Laziness and timidity." A Time of Gifts (1977) is not only a great travel book (a term he disliked), but one of the wonders of modern literature.' The Guardian
First edition; 8vo (225 x 150 mm); photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved map, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, pictorial dust-jacket, some wear to the extremities of the dust-jacket, faded; overall a very good copy.
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