EYTON-JONES, Theodora. Under Eastern Roofs.

EYTON-JONES, Theodora. Under Eastern Roofs.The Eastern Churches EYTON JONES, Theodora. Under Eastern Roofs. London: Wright & Brown. [1931.] 8vo. Original cloth, lettered in gilt, map endpapers; pp. xix, 300, plates after the author's photos; minimal rubbing to extremities, a little offsetting to and from endpapers; otherwise very good. Scarce first edition, presentation copy, inscribed, signed and dated 1934 on half title. "Theodora Eyton Jones [1890 1975] was born in China, the daughter of a

The Eastern Churches

EYTON-JONES, Theodora. Under Eastern Roofs. London: Wright & Brown. [1931.]

8vo. Original cloth, lettered in gilt, map endpapers; pp. xix, 300, plates after the author's photos; minimal rubbing to extremities, a little offsetting to and from endpapers; otherwise very good.

Scarce first edition, presentation copy, inscribed, signed and dated 1934 on half-title. "Theodora Eyton-Jones [1890-1975] was born in China, the daughter of a missionary. In 1930 she undertook a visit to the Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches, which she described in her book Under Eastern Roofs (1931). She married the Revd Leonard Patterson, and after his death adopted the name 'Eyton-Patterson', although she used her maiden name for writing" (Griffith Institute Archive at Oxford.).

Eyton-Jones visited the plethora of Eastern Churches and their leaders, from Cyprus over Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Sinai to Egypt, and describes in detail her travels, encounters, meals and conversations.

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