The Violins Of Saint-Jacques, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, John Murray, 1958, First Edition, Third Impression The author's only work of fiction where the narrator retells the story of an elderly woman he meets in the Aegean, a tale of her early life in a (fictional) Caribbean island, just east of Guadeloupe and Dominica. There is an illustration with a personal dedication drawn on the Title Page - this could possibly be drawn by Fermor but there is no proof. There is a small owners bookplate to the first free page. In near fine condition, the binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. There is sunning to the top edge of the front board. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears and inscriptions. There is an extra bit of page to the bottom corner of page 69. The clipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is is in fair condition with nibbling and loss to the top edge of the back cover, nibbling to the top edge of the spine, loss to the bottom edge of the spine, loss , nibbling and a tear to the top edge of the back cover and nibbling to the bottom edge of the back cover. Will be dispatched wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.