A Time of Gifts - UK 1stFirst UK edition first impression from 1977 in near fine condition, the book is fine, no markings, pages clean, binding firm, The jacket has some minor wear to extremities, there are some newspaper review clippings loosely laid in, jacket in removable protective sleeve. About A Time of Gifts A Time of Gifts is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. Published by John Murray when the author was 62, it is a memoir of the first part of