The Violins of Saint Jacques.

Leigh Fermor (Patrick)

The Violins of Saint Jacques.

A Tale of the Antilles.

Description: FIRST EDITION, illustrations in the text, few small spots to initial blank, small waterstain to bottom left-corner of same, pp. 139, crown 8vo, original mid green cloth, backstrip gilt lettered, a little fading to cloth at extremities, endpaper maps (a little browned to borders), dustjacket price-clipped with internal tape shadow to head and tail, a little chipping and creasing to extremities, very good

Publication Details: John Murray and Derek Verschoyle, 1953

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the initial blank: 'To Oonagh, with love from Paddy, Luggala, Christmas 1953'. Above the message, Fermor has drawn a few birds flying towards the top corner. The recipient, her bookplate to the facing verso of the flyleaf, was Oonagh, Lady Oranmore and Browne, née Guinness and the third daughter of Ernest Guinness of the Irish brewing family. Oonagh Oranmore 'collected creative people and entertained them lavishly at Luggala, a fairy-tale hunting lodge buried in the Wicklow Mountains' (ODNB) - Fermor was a regular visitor, but his visit in 1953 was a notable one, w...moreInscribed by the author on the initial blank: 'To Oonagh, with love from Paddy, Luggala, Christmas 1953'. Above the message, Fermor has drawn a few birds flying towards the top corner. The recipient, her bookplate to the facing verso of the flyleaf, was Oonagh, Lady Oranmore and Browne, née Guinness and the third daughter of Ernest Guinness of the Irish brewing family. Oonagh Oranmore 'collected creative people and entertained them lavishly at Luggala, a fairy-tale hunting lodge buried in the Wicklow Mountains' (ODNB) - Fermor was a regular visitor, but his visit in 1953 was a notable one, with the author becoming involved in a fight at the Kildare Hunt Club ball, having apparently asked an indelicate question about what they did with the fox after it was killed. HIDE

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Price: £600

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1953

Stock Number: 74764

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