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Published by Macdonald / Queen Anne Press, London - first edition ISBN:0356127982, 1986
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
hardcover, 8" x 8½", with dust jacket 160 pages The seven tales in this book come straight from a golden age of epic exploration. Each expedition is narrated in the first person by figures both eccentric and establishment: from Brigadier-General the Hon C G Bruce's extraordinary journey through Tibet to Frank Hurley's flight over the jungles of New Guinea. These are stories of genuine adventure, sometimes foolhardy but never less than heroic, and - despite quaint costumes and primitive machines - considerable achievement. AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket.