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Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor at The British Museum

On our recent trip to London, after collecting our trove of Joseph Conrad books, we took the opportunity to visit a small, but fantastic exhibit at the British Museum — Charmed Lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor. The free show, only a few steps inside the entrance on your left, runs until July 15th, 2018. We cannot recommend it highly enough...

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The Works of Joseph Conrad, Medallion Edition; published 1925–1928 (21 vols)

What happens when you live in New York, but you buy The Works of Joseph Conrad (Medallion Edition), consisting of 21 beautiful volumes (and weighing over fifty pounds) at an online auction hosted by London-based Forum Auctions? You go to London, walk four miles along the Thames to Forum’s office and carry them right back...

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