The 6,000 Beards of Athos
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1944.
The recounted adventure of a young man who travels up Mount Athos, a strange colony of monks and hermits that forbids entry to women and beardless men. Brewster provides portraits of the monks and detailed appendices describing their living habits and conditions, as well as narrative interjections about his experience.
Condition grading: Good. Section missing from spine. Some marks to bottom of rear cover. Very light foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1944.
The recounted adventure of a young man who travels up Mount Athos, a strange colony of monks and hermits that forbids entry to women and beardless men. Brewster provides portraits of the monks and detailed appendices describing their living habits and conditions, as well as narrative interjections about his experience.
Condition grading: Good. Section missing from spine. Some marks to bottom of rear cover. Very light foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1944.
The recounted adventure of a young man who travels up Mount Athos, a strange colony of monks and hermits that forbids entry to women and beardless men. Brewster provides portraits of the monks and detailed appendices describing their living habits and conditions, as well as narrative interjections about his experience.
Condition grading: Good. Section missing from spine. Some marks to bottom of rear cover. Very light foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
