Robert Byron.The Station.Athos:Treasures and Men

Published by Duckworth,London,1928

The scarce first edition of Robert Byron's second book,an account of the monasteries of Mount Athos in Greece,visited by Robert Byron when he was 22.Illustrated mainly with the author's own photographs and drawings.All the illustrations are present.292 pages.

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Measures around 23cm by 14.5 cm.

First edition,first printing.Hardback.This is an ex Boots library book.Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine.Square with no lean.Corners slightly pushed.Minor marking and rubbing to the boards including a mark at the bottom edge of the front panel where there would have been a Boots label.Some wear and rubbing to the spine ends with a split of around 1cm at the head of the spine and some small nicks.Titles dulled but legible.There is one label to the rear pastedown-see pictures.There are no stamps or labels to the title page or copyright page of front free endpaper and none have been removed.An illustration of a Mount Athos monastery marble panel has been stuck to the front pastedown-see pictures .There is a black felt pen mark to the bottom edge of the text block-see pictures.The book is generally solidly bound but there are old tape repairs(the tape has browned) in the gutter at pages 182/3 and 186/7 presumably where that section of pages has come loose-see last two pictures.Toning to the page edges.A little scattered foxing.Former owner's name,place and date(1930) in ink to the top edge of  the front endpaper.

Poor condition.

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