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61. The Station Athos: Treasures and Men BYRON, Robert
Duckworth, 1928. First edition. Original blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine in rare pictorial dustwrapper. Thirty-three black and white photographs by the author. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, with just a touch of dustiness to the spine. An exceptional copy. [45275] £3,000 The author’s second book written at the age of 22. Uncommon in a dustwrapper, particularly one so well preserved. “No better portrait of the Holy Mountain exists than this, written as it was nearly sixty years ago; nor is it likely to be surpassed in the future. Here, in short, is a classic. And a classic it will remain.” (John Julius Norwich)
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