Patrick Leigh Fermor — Between the Woods and the Water

London, John Murray, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant first edition of this fascinating and vividly described travel work by Patrick Leigh Fermor, detailing his expedition on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A vivid travel work by Patrick Leigh Fermor, documenting his journey on foot walking the length of Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. At the time Leigh Fermor was only 18, and set off on this expedition on the 8th December 1933 with only a few items of clothing, some letters of introduction, the 'Oxford Book of English Verse', and a Loeb volume of the 'Odes' of Horace. He finally arrived in Constantinople on the 1st January 1935.This volume follows 'A Time of Gifts', and is succeeded by 'The Broken Road&apos.Illustrated with one double-paged map. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light handling marks to dust wrapper rear wraps, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.