FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.

A Time to Keep Silence.

London: John Murray, 1982. Second edition. 8vo. 95, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, Fermor has struck through his printed name on the title page and signed it underneath. 8 photographic plates plus illustrations in the text by John Craxton. An excellent copy. Three "meditations" on monastic life: "The Abbey at St. Wandrille de Fontanelle", "From Solesmes to La Grande Trappe" and "The Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia". The first trade edition appeared in 1957, with a limited edition four years earlier. This reissue has an extended introduction by the author. Item #42038

Price: £250.00