Desert And Forest: The Exploration Of Abyssinian Danakil -

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..

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 1937. Re-Issue. Hardcover. Light cover wear with a spot of soil on spine. Moderate foxing to foredge; foxing across top edge of title page with a few spots at right edge; ownership blindstamp of Allen Burt, Portland Oregon on front endpaper, rear endpaper, and top margin of folding map; rubber stamp of Bertrand Smith Acres of Books on front endpaper. ; Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; photographic frontis; illustrated with photographs and other reproductions; large folding map in fine condition save for the blind stamp of owner. ; The Odyssey Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages; This expedition was the first to return intact from explorations of the Abyssinian desert. There were no survivors on three earlier attempts. .

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.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1955 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & nicked, spine a little sunned, internally clean); pp. 336, with 8 maps. A very good copy.. First Penguin. Soft Cover. VG+.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Odyssey Library edition. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 450, a contemporary inscription on the front endpaper, very slightly used internally, green cloth slightly rubbed and age-toned. [LACKING the map]. . Odyssey Library Edition. Cloth. Good.

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: Jonathan Cape. 1935. Octavo Size [approx 14x21cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Green top edge. Front free endpaper has a small ink mark and top corner clipped off. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Large fold-out colour map tipped in at rear. Overall a very nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 450 pages. . 3rd Impression. Hardback.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 8vo. original green cloth (rubbed & sunned, occ. leaf edge spots, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 450, with 6 illustrations. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.