Cooper Patrick Edited (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Pbk.Ed. A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. 'When are you going to finish Vol. III ' was the cry from his fans; but although he wished he could, the words refused to come. The curious thing was that he had not only written an early draft of the last part of the walk, but that it predated the other two. It remains unfinished but The Broken Road - edited and introduced by Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper - completes an extraordinary journey.362p. Edited Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. First Pbk.Ed. "Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople .it was during these early wanderings that he started to pick up languages wherever he went an to develop his extraordinary sense of the continuity of history : a quality that deepens and colours of every place that he writes about , from the parks of the Pyrenees to the cell fo a Trappist Monastery. Its infectious enthusiasm is driven by an insatiable curiosity and an omnivorous mind - all inspired by a passion for words and language that makes hom one of the greatest prose writers of his generation" A wonderful anthology of extracts from his books, book reviews and essays .274p. Edited By Artemis Cooper (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition first printing hardback, 2003, with unclipped jacket. In overall near-fined used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed (now protected): boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth impression with '4' on copyright page, a tribute to the book's popularity. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, very slight lean, not price clipped (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 362pp. 'A Time of Gifts' and 'Between the Woods and the Water' were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. 'When are you going to finish Vol. III?' was the cry from his fans, but although he wished he could, the words refused to come. The curious thing was that he had not only written an early draft of the last part of the walk, but that it predated the other two. It remained unfinished but 'The Broken Road', edited and introduced by Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper, Leigh Fermor's literary executors, completes an extraordinary journey. 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 Ed Kluz (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 52pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (29/5).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 3rd Printing. In the winter of 1933 eighteen-year-old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out to walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that took him the better part of a year. Decades later, when he was well over fifty, Leigh Fermor told the story of that life-changing journey in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, two works now celebrated as among the most vivid, absorbing, delightful, and beautifully-written travel books of all time.The Broken Road is the long and avidly awaited account of the final leg of his youthful adventure that Leigh Fermor promised but was unable to finish before his death in 2011. Assembled from Leigh Fermor's manuscripts by his prize-winning biographer Artemis Cooper and the travel writer Colin Thubron, this is perhaps the most personal of all Leigh Fermor's books, catching up with young Paddy in the fall of 1934 and following him through Bulgaria and Romania to the coast of the Black Sea. Days and nights on the road, spectacular landscapes and uncanny cities, friendships lost and found, leading the high life in Bucharest or camping out with fishermen and shepherds: in the The Broken Road such incidents and escapades are described with all the linguistic bravura, odd and astonishing learning, and overflowing exuberance that Leigh Fermor is famous for, but also with a melancholy awareness of the passage of time, especially when he meditates on the scarred history of the Balkans or on his troubled relations with his father. The book ends, perfectly, with Paddy's diary from the winter of 1934, when he had reached Greece, the country he would fall in love with and fight for. Across the space of three quarters of century we can still hear the ringing voice of an irrepressible young man embarking on a life of adventure. 384p. Paper age toned. else as new. Edited Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. 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. Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, described many years later in "A Time of Gifts" and "Between the Woods and the Water". It was during these early wanderings that he started to pick up languages, and where he developed his extraordinary sense of the continuity of history: a quality that deepens the colours of every place he writes about, from the peaks of the Pyrenees to the cell of a Trappist monastery. His experiences in wartime Crete sealed the deep affection he had already developed for Greece, a country whose character and customs he celebrates in two books, "Mani" and "Roumeli", and where he has lived for over forty years. Whether he is drawing portraits in Vienna or sketching Byron's slippers in Missolonghi, the Leigh Fermor touch is unmistakable. Its infectious enthusiasm is driven by an insatiable curiosity and an omnivorous mind - all inspired by a passion for words and language that makes him one of the greatest prose writers of his generation. Ref AA 3.…

1925. (Periodical) Very good. 257-383pp. Spine lightly faded, spine wear at top and bottom, 1 inch piece missing from top of spine. March 1925. Contributors include Herbert Asbury (The Passing of the Gangster), Max Eastman (On Learning Foreign Languages), Patrick Kearney (The Fountain of Spiritualism), Fred Lewis Pattee (James Fenimore Cooper). Edited by George Jean Nathan. Article about James Fenimore Cooper. (Essays, Spiritualism).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in a very good price clipped DJ. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor to sticker bookplate affixed to title page. Block edge lightly tanned. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, First printing. Near fine book, in a near fine DW. Signed by the author to a bookplate, without inscription. Additionally signed by editor Artemis Cooper. "A collection of the most delightful and evocative pieces from books, journalism and letters by Patrick Leigh Fermor - the 'greatest living travel writer' (Jan Morris)". Signed. …

8vo. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. xix + [3] maps + 362 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. Illustrated by photograph of author, and by 4 maps. Decorated by title page and head and tailpiece vignettes. Red patterned endpapers. The final part of the pre-war walk of Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) covers the section from the Iron Gates in Romania to Mount Athos in Greece. In the early 1930s the author had set out to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople and the journey as far as the Iron Gates was described in A Time of Gifts (1977) and Between the Woods and the Water (1986). The Broken Road brings together two texts left by Leigh Fermor; the first written in the 1960s describes his travels through Romania and Bulgaria to Northern Greece, the second is his only surviving diary, describing his stay in Mount Athos. The book is edited by his two literary executors. Third reprint of the first edition. TRAVEL EUROPE TRAVEL DIARIES EASTERN EUROPE 20TH CENTURY TRAVEL.…

1st edition. Hardcover. Fine black cloth with silver spine lettering, very clean pages and illustrated endpapers, in a very fine dustjacket, not price-clipped. This was the third and concluding volume recounting Leigh Fermor's remarkable journey on foot across Europe, aged only 18 in 1933, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The book was compiled by his literary executors from texts the author was working on when he died, and is signed by one of them, Artemis Cooper. Superb copy.…

1st edition. Hardcover. Fine blue cloth with silver spine lettering, very clean endpapers and pages, in a fine, unclipped dustjacket. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Edited by Artemis Cooper, who has brought together 'the most delightful and evocative pieces from his books, journalism and letters'. In the words of Colin Thubron, one of Leigh Fermor's literary executors, he 'stands beside Robert Byron as the finest travel writer of his generation'.…

Early printing of this collection of essays by Leigh Fermor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designed by Octavius Murray. Edited by Artemis Cooper. Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 years old when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. It was during these early wanderings that he started to pick up languages, and where he developed his extraordinary sense of the continuity of history. Whether he is drawing portraits in Vienna or sketching Byron's slippers in Missolonghi, his touch in unmistakable. Its infectious enthusiasm is driven by an insatiable curiosity and an omnivorous mindall inspired by a passion for words and language. "He makes exotic and entertaining friends wherever he goes, has read everything, been everywhere and writes like a dream" (Times).…

Signed first edition bound in black cloth with original blue jacket, both near fine. Signed on the author's stork label tipped onto the title page of this late collection of Patrick Leigh Fermor's writings, including his great war report: 'Abducting a General'. 274 pp. In addition to excerpts from 'A Time of Gifts' and Leigh Fermor's other works, his account of the kidnap of General Kreipe includes one of the most sublime pieces of all wartime writing, as the fleeing group wake 'among the rocks, just as a brilliant dawn was breaking over the crest of Mount Ida. We were all three lying smoking in silence, when the General, half to himself, slowly said: 'Vides ut alta stet nive candidum/ Soracte.' I was in luck. It is the opening line of one of the few odes of Horace I know by heart. I went on reciting where he had broken off. The General's blue eyes swivelled away from the mountain-top to mine. 'Ach so Herr Mayor!' It was very strange. 'Ja, Herr General.' As though for a long moment, the war had ceased to exist. We had both drunk at the same fountains long before; and things were different between us for the rest of our time together.' A lovely copy. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…