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Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. 160; very good in original cloth, minor age-toning to edges of text block, in original d.-w., which is a little chipped. Loosely inserted is a postcard, sent by Morris in 1978 and signed “Jan”, to the owners of the Martello Bookshop in Rye, East Sussex, thanking them “so very much for a lovely lunch! It all gave me great pleasure, & I hope you weren’t disappointed in the results! Let’s meet gain fore time!”
Dealer Notes
S & B M49. Jan Morris’ autobiography contains a chapter about the 1953 Everest expedition.
Author Morris, Jan.
Date 1974
Binding Original cloth, in d.-w.
Publisher London: Faber
Condition See description
Pages 160

Price: £125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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