THESIGER, Wilfred; The Danakil Diary 1996 | 1st Edition | Signed

Description and Condition

• Description
• Hardcover | Cloth. 2 colour-printed maps after Thesiger, 12 leaves of monochrome illustrations after photographs by Thesiger. Language: English. Size: 24 cm by 16 cm. Pages: xvii, 214.
• Book Condition
• Near Fine
• Very light toning of pages. Previous owners name to upper edge of half title page.
• Dust Jacket Condition
• Fine

Notes

• Resume
• Extract from dust jacket: ‘In 1930 Wilfred Thesiger attended the coronation of HIM Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa [as honorary attaché to the Duke of Gloucester], at the Emperor’s personal invitation [on the basis of his own and his late father’s friendships with the Emperor]. Afterwards he spent a month hunting alone in the hostile Danakil desert of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), a thrilling experience which led three years later to his successful exploration of the Awash River. Today he still regards this expedition as the most dangerous he ever undertook. 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 tribesman. Thesiger’s remarkable journey solved one of Africa’s last remaining geographical mysteries, and established the reputation of man now considered by many to be the century's greatest living explorer.'

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