The lively account of a 1,200mile walk from Holland to the Hungarian Marches written by a master of prose. First American Edition. 8vo.pp.xii + 291, index with 2 page map and frontispiece portrait. A little soiled at top and bottom of the boards.Original quarter blue hardcover in chipped price clipped pictorial dustwrapper. After his walk across Europe, Patrick Leigh Fermor lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania and fought in Greece and Crete - living disguised as a shepherd in the mountains for two years organising resistance activities. He was awarded the DSO and CBE, and a knighthood in the 2004 new Year Honours List. He died in 2011. Seller Inventory # 194456

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Title: A TIME OF GIFTS

Publisher: Published by Harper & Row, New York

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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We operate a shop open to the public in Buderim Shop Hours 9.30 -2.00 Tuesday - Friday 9.30 - 2 Saturday We sell good quality antiquarian & secondhand books. If you visit us and want to purchase something from the catalogue please call in advance in case the book is still housed at home, so we can have it ready for you. Buderim is a village in sub tropical Queensland on the Sunshine Coast about 1 hour north from Brisbane. There is easy parking to the rear of the building and lots of cafes for coffee,breakfast and lunch. We have been booksellers for over 40 years in Melbourne and St Andrews in Scotland,we returned to Australia in January 2000. Our website is www.afmcilreavy.com

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