A SHORT WALK

A PREPOSTEROUS JOURNEY

BY ERIC NEWBY

1959 USA EDITION

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This is the 1959 hardcover USA reprint (same format, contents, and size as the first edition) of A SHORT WALK -- A PREPOSTEROUS ADVENTURE by Eric Newby. This book was published in 1959 by Doubleday & Company in Garden City. The book measures 214mm tall x 140mm, and has 240 pages, 41 b/w photos, 2 EP maps. This is the USA edition of A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush. Attempt on 6061m Mir Samir in NE Afghanistan & exploring Nuristan. A humorous, classic travelogue.

CONDITION: Original yellow cloth, small brown decoration cover, brown lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean, some tanning to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket has fading and darkening to the spine, 2cm tear upper front, 4cm tear lower rear near flap fold, diffuse soiling mainly near edges. Price: $35.


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