A Time to Keep Silence

Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Published by John Murray., London., 1957

About this Item

John Murray. London. 1957. First trade edition. Hardback, octavo; red cloth-bound boards, gilt titles, dust jacket. 95 pages. 3 line drawings by Craxton; 8 hors texte photographic plates; jacket designed by Peter Todd Mitchell. English. 225x145mm. 0.35kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, slight rubbing to spine ends, forecorners and folds, slight browning to spine, slight spotting to jacket, not price-clipped; binding firm, no inscriptions, light spotting to top edge. Patrick Leigh Fermor contemplates the monastic retreats which punctuated his writing life. His text visits the Benedictine Abbey of St Wandrille, the Abbey of Solesmes, the Cistercian Monastery of La Grande Trappe, and the Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia. Leigh Fermor's call to escape 'the strange disease called modern life" remains ever relevant to his reader seventy years on. The prose is accompanied by John Craxton's drawings and photographs by M. Le Curé Bretocq and Joan Leigh Fermor. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Time to Keep Silence
• Publisher: John Murray., London.
• Publication Date: 1957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Drawings by John Craxton. Photographs by M. le Curé Bretocq and Joan Eyres Monsell.
• Edition: 1957. First trade edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms