• Thesiger, Sir Wilfred Patrick

Thesiger, Sir Wilfred Patrick

Title The Danakil Diary. Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-34
Date London 1996
Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers

Description

First Edition, first impression, with printing sequence line '135798642'. SIGNED by the author and inscribed to 'Pauline' [Lady Rumbold - and from her library]. Original maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [xx], 214, [2]. 2 colour-printed maps after Thesiger, 12 leaves of monochrome illustrations after photographs by Thesiger. Lady Rumbold was the daughter of the actress Hermione Baddely and the writer Stephen Tennant, marrying Julian Pitt-Rivers, then Euan Graham and finally Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Bt. Rumbold who had known Thesiger at Eton and was his contemporary at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Condition

A book in Near Fine condition, with slight toning to page edges, in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped.
Price: £350.00
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