About this title: The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer. The Danakil Diary is the account of two journeys Thesiger made into the Danakil country in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, in 1930-34 at the age of 24 -- which, today, he still regards as the most dangerous he undertook. It was an extraordinary ...
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Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Flamingo, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780006387756ISBN:0006387756
Description: Very Good ++ Trade paperback, ix + 214 pages including drawings, plus black-and-white illustrations; very tiny traces of shelf wear, but otherwise appears unread. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Haper Collins:
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 214 pages, illustrated. "Aged only 23, Wilfred Thesiger became the first Eurpoean to travel through the fabled Sultanate of Aussa, a forbidding land where two Italian expediations and an Egyptian army had previously been wiped out by Danakil tribesmen. Thesiger's remarkable journey solved one of Africa's last remaining geographical mysteries, and established the reputation of a man now considered by man to be the century's greatest living explorer. " ... read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: Very Good. Minor rubbing to edges and extremities, otherwise unread. Next working day dispatch from the UK. Please contact us with any queries. read more
Description: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-34. 1996. (xvii, 214 p., b/w photogrs., nap, gloss., ind. ); cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins Canada 1996
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: ISBN 9780002557108. Hardcover copy in Very Good to near fine condition with Very good to near fine dustjacket. Tight clean unmarked copy. PR 15 6 1. First Edition. Dustjacket included. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, London
Date Published: 1996
Description: F/F-. 8vo. original burgundy textured papered boards gilt in dustwrapper (trifling closed tear to forecorner); pp. xx, 214, with plates & 2 colour maps. A lovely copy, fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Slight shelf wear, SPINE n PAGES CLEAN CRISP n TIGHT-LIKE NEW. 214 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 16/02/1998
ISBN-13:9780006387756ISBN:0006387756
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. 214 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First ed.
Binding: 1st printing
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: with 45 b&w photos. VG/VG. Crisp, clean copy. No writing. Dust jacket not clipped., Very nice DJ. 9 1/4 x 6", xvii, 214 p., ISBN 000255710X. With time, the adhesive has darkened and created a minor stain at the endpapers joints. Otherwise, the. Copy appears almost new and unread. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780002557108ISBN:000255710X
Description: Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in 1996. Hardback. Number of pages: 214. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Very Good. Thesiger, Wilfred. DANAKIL DIARY: JOURNEYS THROUGH ABYSSINIA, 1930-34 Harper Collins Publishers, (1996). 1st Printing. xvii, 214 p. Hardbound with DJ. Some mild wear to the extremities of both the DJ and the boards. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. VG+/VG+. read more
Description: Dust Jacket Included. THE DANAKIL DIARY, JOURNEYS THROUGH ABYSSINIA 1930-34. Harper Collins, London 1996, first edition, 214 pages, profusely illustrated with B & W photographs as well as sketch-maps and drawings by the author. Aged only 23, Thesiger became the first European to travel through the fabled Sultanate of Aussa, a forbidding land where two Italian expeditions and an Egyptian army had previously been wiped out by Danakil tribesmen. In 1930, Thesiger attended the coronation of Haile ... read more
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