LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick [Xan and Daphne Fielding].
A Journey To Peru: July 27th-Sept 2nd 1971 (Three Letters From the Andes).
Manuscript Of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Three Letters From The Andes, With His Hand Corrections; inscribed by him to Daphne and Xan Fielding
Kardamyli, Greece: Privately Printed, 1972.
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An 88 page manuscript of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s book "Three Letters From the Andes" with Leigh Fermor’s hand corrections throughout. Quarto, photocopy typescript. Privately printed in Kardamyli in 1972. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Xan and Daphne with tons of love from Paddy." The recipient Daphne Fielding was a British socialite and memoirist best known for The Duchess of Jermyn Street and The Nearest Way Home, offer valuable insight into the world of the “Bright Young Things” and the decline of the English upper classes. Xan Fielding was a British writer and former SOE operative whose travel memoirs and wartime accounts, notably Hide and Seek, blend adventurous narrative with rich cultural insights from the Mediterranean and Middle East. In very good condition with light wear and toning. Accompanied by a photocopy typed poem addressed to Patrick Leigh Fermor with hand written ownership notes. Rare and desirable.
In 1971 the celebrated traveller Patrick Leigh Fermor accompanied five friends on a remarkable journey into the high Andes of Peru. His adventure took him from Cuzco to Urubamba, on to Puno and Juli on Lake Titicaca, down to Arequipa and finally back to Lima. The expedition was led by a writer and poet and the party included a Swiss international skier and jeweller, a social anthropologist from Provence and a Nottinghamshire farming squire - all seasoned mountaineers. The other two participants - the author himself and a botany-loving duke - were complete novices. As the group travelled from Lima into increasingly remote parts of the country, Leigh Fermor captured their experiences in a series of letters to his wife. "Patrick Leigh Fermor is an exquisite among travel writers ... Having a polished sense of poetry and a bright sense of humour, he outshines Lawrence ... This is a delicious book" (Sunday Telegraph).
A Journey To Peru: July 27th-Sept 2nd 1971 (Three Letters From the Andes).
$12,800.00
In Stock