’tis the season for exploring, at home and abroad! With this selection we invite you to join Paddy Leigh Fermor on his journey across Europe, to enjoy 19th-century photographic views of Italy, and to relish Henry Williamson’s stories of English country life.


Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Time of Gifts, 1977 – first edition. SOLD

Patrick Leigh Fermor: Between the Woods and the Water, 1986 – signed 1st ed. SOLD

Fratelli Alinari et al.: Album of photographs of Italy, c. 1881-1892. SOLD


Henry Williamson: The Labouring Life, 1932 – signed limited edition with rare celluloid dw. £250

Henry Williamson: The Village Book, 1930 – signed limited edition. £95

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This edition of Take Five is presented on the occasion of Type & Forme’s fifth anniversary.


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