Book itself very good; jacket slightly sunned at spine with some loss to head, a few minor closed tears and chipping to fore-corners, but still a very good copy.
Photographic plates, double-page map.
Bibliophile Tony Estill’s copy.
£575
London, John Murray, 1937.
First UK edition, second enlarged edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s 5d.
Scarce in the dust-jacket. This ‘second edition’ builds considerably upon the Baghdad edition of 1932, including the addition of ten sketches.
In stock
Book itself very good; jacket slightly sunned at spine with some loss to head, a few minor closed tears and chipping to fore-corners, but still a very good copy.
Photographic plates, double-page map.
Bibliophile Tony Estill’s copy.
A Diary of Tragic Adventure
London, John Murray, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6s.
The tragic true story of Edgar Christian, who, along with his cousin John Hornby and another companion, starved to death in the Barren Lands of the Canadian Arctic during an ill-fated expedition in the late 1920s. This edition had sections removed, possibly due to perceived implications of homosexuality, with a fuller version published in 1980 as Death in the Barren Ground.
The experiences of a naturalist with the "St. George" Expedition
London, Hutchinson, [1926].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
A picturesque account of of travel on the yacht "St. George" among some of the little-known islands of the South Seas, from Easter Island to Rapa and the Marquesas.
A Yarn of the Papuan Gulf
London, Ward & Downey, 1888.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial blue cloth.
A very nice first edition of the scarce first book by this well-known author & artist, best remembered for his ghost stories and weird fiction. Nisbet was born in Scotland, but moved to Australia at the age of 15, with many of his works based on or inspired by his travels in that region of the world.