Desert and Forest - the exploration of Abyssinian Danakil by Nesbitt, L.M - 1937

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1955. Small stickers with original Canadian price affixed to front and rear covers, and pages age-toned. Otherwise clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Originally published in 1934. The story of the first successful journey on foot through the savage, uninhabitable Danakil country of eastern Abyssinia. Penguin no. 1015. 336 pages with index and eight pages of maps showing Nesbitt's route.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine..

Penguin, 1955, first printing,. 1955. Soft cover. paperback, 336pp, pages browning, foxing on edges and front cover, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine faded, spine not creased, Good condition. .

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1955. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1955. Small paperback. 336 pages. Index. Some sl. discolouration to cover incl. browned spine but a nice copy overall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. 450, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates, folding col map. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gt title to spine. Owner's label to endpaper. Vg.. Third Impression. An account of Lewis Mariano Nesbitt's (1891-1935) travels in the Danakil Desert, one of the lowest and hottest places on the planet..

London: Penguin Books, 1955. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). First Penguin edition. Fading and slight wrinkling to spine. Light marking to covers, browning to pages, otherwise clean throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 336

London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Desert and Forest: The Exploration of teh Abyssinian Danakil, L. M. Nesbitt, Jonathan Cape, London, 1934, 450 pp., 8 x 6 inches. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, printer stain top edge - lightly soiled, edges of covers soiled and bent slightly inwards, front corner bumped, light sunning to spine, light foxing, edges of text block soiled, pages toned. Color folded map included, bound inside. First edition. Good condition. The Danakil area explored here "forms an irregular rectangle, some 400 miles long from north to south, by 150 miles wide, and is an upraised sea -bed." This book recounts the expedition that traversed the Danakil from south to north. "During our journey of three and a half months we marched some 800 miles...In these pages I have related the vicissitudes of our journey as I wrote them in my journal at the time of their occurrence.