Explorers Extraordinary

John Murray, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Introduction by author, list of illustrations and bibliography. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white illustrations and photography. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... From the lunatic fringe of mainly nineteenth-century exploration John Keay has brought to book another miscellaneous of Wanderers weird and wonderful. Here the evangelist to sailed through the Suez Canal before it was built is joined by the sailor who tried to walk around the world. Here to is the lady who like nothing better than a good mangrove swamp, a sad girl who preferred the dunes of the Sahara, and an explore who always felt fail of his followers. There stories by with "the most amazing tale a man ever lived to tell" and their heroic shame those of 'the most obnoxious travel writer of the century'.'' A little rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with a few marks to the top text edge. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels with fading of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 195, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0719542499. ISBN/EAN: 9780719542497. Inventory No: 0287833. . 9780719542497