A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush.
£30.00
Publisher
Book Club Associates.
Place
London
Date
1973
Item Description
8vo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 247 pp. Bound in original black cloth. gilt. Extremities worn, including corners and head and tail of spine. Occasional traces of foxing, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 24 black and white plates. Map endpapers. Book Club edition of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, by travel writer Eric Newby (1919-2006). A somewhat whimsical account of his attempt to climb Mir Samir in the Nuristan Mountains of Afghanistan with a travelling companion in 1956. First published in 1958, it became a best seller and made Newby's reputation as an author. Preface by Evelyn Waugh.
[Stock No. 30221]
