FERMOR, Petrick Leigh
Between the Woods and the Water – SIGNED by the Author
London: John Murray: 1986
- $196
First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 248. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards, gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decoration to the upper board; in the original unclipped (£13.95 net) dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the front endpaper. The book in in Fine condition, bright, clean and square, binding tight, no marks except by the author. The jacket is Very Good Plus, with three short closed tears (no loss) to the top of the rear panel, spine is unfaded.
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