Published by Penguin Group, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140115110 ISBN 13: 9780140115116
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Craxton, John (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.
Published by John Murray, 2004
ISBN 10: 0719566916 ISBN 13: 9780719566912
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Fine. John Craxton (illustrator).
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Published by Random House Inc, 2007
ISBN 10: 1590172442 ISBN 13: 9781590172445
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. paperback.
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Published by John Murray, 2003
ISBN 10: 0719562147 ISBN 13: 9780719562143
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. John Craxton (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.
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Published by John Murray, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0719555256 ISBN 13: 9780719555251
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: fine. John Craxton, cover il. (illustrator). John Murray Travel Classics. 8.5" tall; 248 pages; b/w frontis photo; b/w double-page map; lovely color il on front cover. Paperback.
Published by Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, 1999
Seller: Colin Martin Books, Near Hull, EY, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Small Qto., Unpaginated, approx 30 pages, colour illustrated. A Fine copy.
Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985
ISBN 10: 0140095039 ISBN 13: 9780140095036
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. John Craxton (illustrator). 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.
Published by John Murray & The Book Society, London, 1958
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Toning and edge-wear to jacket (now in archival mylar sleeve). Moderate handling to covers, and toning to edges and endpapers, with old owner's name & note to front endpaper. Old owner's pencil annotations here and there, with some tipped-in illustrations in margins -- quite worthy as a whole, but erasable notwithstanding. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Illustrated -- plates, map. Index. xvi,320pp. Size: 8vo - over 7ľ - 9ľ" tall. Book.
Published by Horizon, London, 1942
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Craxton, John (illustrator). First Edition. Spine a little faded with a small tear at the top. Scattered spotting to the page edges. Slight spotting to the pages at the front and rear. Includes 'The Church and Reconstruction' by Stockwood, 'In the Penal Colony' by Kafka, 'Notes on War Guilt' by 'Neuro', 'Notes on Frederico Garcia Lorca' by Barea. Reproductions of two drawings by John Craxton. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by Ł1.50 when the order is processed.
Published by John Murray Publishers Ltd, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0719550203 ISBN 13: 9780719550201
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket and vignettes by John Craxton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine faded, not price clipped (Ł10.95, 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.
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Published by Guild Publishing / Book Club Associates, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0719533481 ISBN 13: 9780719533488
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by John Craxton (illustrator). 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.
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Published by Horizon, 2 Lansdowne Terrace, London, W. C. 1, 1947
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Lucian Freud and John Craxton [Paintings] (illustrator). First Edition. 1947 Vol. XVI, No. 95 - November MCMXLVII. With monochrome reproductions of paintings by Lucian Freud and John Craxton. ***Very good in brown printed cream wrappers. Covers somewhat discoloured with age and handling, with a couple of small stains on the front cover. Fragile spine intact. Contents very good. 215mm x 140mm. 70 pages [pp.227-297], plus four pages of period adverts. ***A post-war issue of this literary journal, published by Cyril Connolly as editor, and Stephen Spender as associate editor. This issue includes the following contributions: 'After the Atom' by Franz Borkenau, 'The Fate of Modern Painting' by Herbert Read, 'Mother's Sense of Fun' by Angus Wilson, 'Studies in Genius - III: Swinburne and 'Le Vice Anglais'' by Humphrey Hare and 'Stravinsky - Latter-day Symphonist' by Eric Walter White. ***'Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art was a literary magazine published every four weeks in London, between December 1939 and January 1950. The magazine was edited by Cyril Connolly, who made it into a platform for a wide range of distinguished and emerging writers. It had a print run of 120 issues. The magazine had a small circulation of around 9,500, but an impressive list of contributors, and it made a significant impact on the arts during and just after the war.' [Wiki] ***A post-war issue of this magazine in nice condition. Includes first publication of 'Mother's Sense of Fun', a short story by Angus Wilson, two years before the publication of his first collection of short stories 'The Wrong Set', which was published by Secker & Warburg in 1949. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 1984
ISBN 10: 0719539633 ISBN 13: 9780719539633
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Craxton, John (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second British edition, second printing, 1984 (first printing of this revised introduction edition was 1982). With original clipped (priced to publisher's sticker) jacket (Ł7.95). Illustrated by John Craxton. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a couple of small (approx. 5mms) tears, a little patchy browning (including to spine), minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and the odd very small mark. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Top of pages have the odd small mark/minor foxing. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Published by Clio Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 1850892121 ISBN 13: 9781850892120
Seller: Vortex Books, Teddington, MIDDX, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. John Craxton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First thus. Uninscribed. With the John Craxton cover but without dust jacket as issued. Scarce.
Published by Christopher Hull Gallery c.1993, London, 1993
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. 25 x 20 cm with numerous illustrations throughout. Wrappers, fine copy.
Published by John Murray, London, 1957
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST TRADE EDITION. LONDON : 1957. [ First published : London : Queen Anne Press, 1953. Edition for general circulation 1957.]. Hardback. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. Original red cloth; gilt lettered spine & cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Cover dulled and marked; feint staining to foot. Internally very good indeed. GOOD 95 pages. Quite uncommon title. CONTENTS: The Abbey of St. Wandrille de Fontanelle -- From Solesmes to La Grande Trappe -- The Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Published by Jonathan Clark, London, 1989
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
SOFTCOVER. 1st Edition. 4to in textured stiff card covers, with pasted label to front cover (as issued). 63pp on stiff art paper, colour plates, etc CONDITION: A well preserved almost AS NEW very clean and tight unmarked copy (spine slightly sunned, very faint crease to top corner of front cover, ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
Published by John Murray Publishers, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0719542642 ISBN 13: 9780719542640
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by John Craxton (illustrator). 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 (Ł13.95), 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.
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Published by John Murray, London, 1982
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. (illustrator). Revised with Additions. LONDON : 1982. [ First published : London : Queen Anne Press, 1953. This edition has additions to the Introduction.]. Hardback. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. Original green cloth; gilt lettered spine & cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. NEAR FINE. 95 pages. Quite uncommon title. CONTENTS: The Abbey of St. Wandrille de Fontanelle -- From Solesmes to La Grande Trappe -- The Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Published by Hull Gallery
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Exhibition catalogue from 13th June to 6th July 1985.24pp with colour illustrations in fine condition.
Published by John Murray Ltd, London, 1967
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photos by Joan Eyres Monsell (Fermor), jacket by John Craxton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in 1958, this is a fourth impression of 1967. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, jacket has later lamination applied (quite skilfully), lamination lifting slightly along spine folds, some browning to page fore edges, however fabulous jacket by John Craxton bright, unfaded and intact, not price clipped (35s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 320pp, illustrated with photos and maps. 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 an account of his life and travels in a remote and cut off part of southern Greece. Scarce, even in this later impression.
Published by Horizon Press, London, 1947
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Lucian Freud & John Craxton (illustrator). Soft cover. 21.5x13.5cm. 70 pages, plus 4 pages of black & white reproductions of paintings by Lucian Freud & John Craxton. Spine top has a little damage. Clean. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F9149.
Published by John Murray, London, 2013
Seller: Vortex Books, Teddington, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. John Craxton (illustrator). First printing of this edition, with an introduction by Jan Morris. Uninscribed. No wear to book or unclipped dust jacket with drawing by John Craxton.
Published by Mesher, Istanbul, 2023
ISBN 10: 6059606385 ISBN 13: 9786059606387
Soft cover. Condition: New. Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 259, [7] p., color and b/w ills. Printed to 1000 copies. The exhibition book for the first solo exhibition of British artist and designer John Craxton (1922-2009) in Turkey has been published in both Turkish and English languages. The book accompanies the exhibition that charts a joyful and creative life moving from war-time darkness into light and from monochrome to brilliant colour. Beginning with a foreword by Ömer Koç, the book contains an essay entitled "A Journey into Joy" by the exhibition's curator, Ian Collins, introducing Craxton's vivid art and life in the Aegean. Collins's article provides new research on Craxton's travels to Istanbul and both sides of the Aegean. Featuring nearly 200 works, the exhibition offers a wide-ranging presentation of Craxton's artworks, including paintings, drawings, prints, book designs and a monumental tapestry, along with photographs from various archives. The book is further enriched by photographs taken by the London-born painter Nicholas Moore, depicting scenes from his 1985 trip to Istanbul with John Craxton. John Craxton: Drawn to Light, curated by Ian Collins, friend and the biographer of the artist, brings together a diverse selection of works spanning the artist's long career.Featuring nearly 200 works, the exhibition offers a wide-ranging presentation of Craxton's artworks including a monumental tapestry, paintings, drawings, prints, book designs and personal effects. The exhibition charts a joyful creative life moving from war-time darkness into light and from monochrome to brilliant colour. The window display features an example of the vintage motorbikes the artist loved to ride.In addition to loaned works, Me?her's John Craxton: Drawn to Light exhibition features 44 artworks from the Ömer Koç Collection, whose holding of Craxton works is second only to the John Craxton Estate. Craxton's early influences include Picasso and Miró, and at the age of 14 he had studied An Allegory (Fábula) by El Greco, forever his favourite artist. Rooted in travels to Greece and Türkiye, Craxton's affection for Aegean culture and landscape shaped his adult work. His powerful compositions in linear colour reflect a subtle and highly personal symbolism as well as a sensual life in the sun. Mythology and archaeology, particularly Byzantine mosaics, Turkish carpets and Ottoman architecture were key influences in Craxton's work. For nearly 50 years, Craxton created many of his best works in an Ottoman studio on his adopted island of Crete, Chania. He was a prolific portraitist of cats and goats. Although having famous friends, he depicted ordinary people including sailors, shepherd families, and his companions in taverns and cafes. The Arcadian: John Craxton's insistence on complete creative freedom took him beyond national or political identity. His art, encompassing the broadest and deepest humanitarianism, speaks to everyone. Following visits to Istanbul over several decades the mosaics in Hagia Sophia and warm encounters with local people were reflected in the spirit of his pictures. Travelling along the Aegean coast of Turkey from Troy to Ephesus, his passions ranged from ancient sites to traditional cuisine. "Arcadia" was a word Craxton used habitually to describe this Aegean paradise, and he saw himself as a proud "Arcadian." He painted pleasure and lived it too.
Published by John Murray and the Book Society, London, 1958
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. John Craxton and Joan Eyres Monsell (illustrator). First Edition (Book Society Issue). F-/F-. 8vo. original red boards gilt (bookplate, trifling marks, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced 18s net. (a trifle rubbed, slightly sunned); pp. [xviii (last blank)], 320, with illustrations & maps. A near fine copy. Issued on first publication by the Book Society Ltd in association with John Murray.
Published by John Murray, London, 1982
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. (illustrator). Revised with Additions. LONDON : 1982. [ First published : London : Queen Anne Press, 1953. Edition for general circulation 1957. This edition has additions to the Introduction.]. Hardback. Drawings by John Craxton, photographs by M. le Curé Brotocq and Joan Eyres Monsell. Original green cloth; gilt lettered spine & cover. In cream and green printed dust-jacket. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Jacket has minor wear. Bright, tight and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED in GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 95 pages. Quite uncommon title. CONTENTS: The Abbey of St. Wandrille de Fontanelle -- From Solesmes to La Grande Trappe -- The Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Published by Whitechapel Art Gallery,, London,, 1967
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 20. Paperback. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Jan.-Feb. 1967. Illustrated in b/w throughout with one colour plate. Slight tanning, otherwise about very good.
Published by Osborne Samuel, UK, 2021
ISBN 10: 1838007636 ISBN 13: 9781838007638
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near fine in wraps. First Edition. 21 x 27cm near fine exhibition catalogue with essays by Ian Collins and Sir David Attenborough together with colour reproductions.
Published by Whitechapel Art Gallery, UK, 1967
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near fine in wraps. First Edition. 18 x 22cm near fine exhibition catalogue with decorated front cover. With a Preface by Bryan Robertson plus black and white reproductions.
Published by Christopher Hull Gallery, 1985
Seller: Invisible Books, Brighton, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Good. Minor wear to cover, small skinned patch on back cover where a label has been removed.