CANOE ERRANT ON THE NILE. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by John Murray, 1936
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: John L. Capes (Books) Established 1969, STAITHES, United KingdomJohn L. Capes (Books) Established 1969
AbeBooks seller since April 10, 2001
Association member: PBFA
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 28.00
Item description from seller
A lovely "Collectors Copy" of the First Edition in an unclipped 7/6d dustwrapper over unblemished pictorial cloth. The second volume in the series which documents his journey down the Nile river, from the Sudan to Egypt. The author used a collapsible two-seater canvas and rubber canoe manufactured by the German firm Hart, which he named "Canoe Errant". A British Army Major, engineer, intelligence agent, linguist, and author he was also an Esperantist and used a network of Esperanto "canoe consuls" to gain information on rivers and stations.
Seller Inventory # 7438
Bibliographic details
- Title
- CANOE ERRANT ON THE NILE
- Author
- RAVEN-HART, Major R. [ Major Roland James Milleville Raven-Hart (1889–1971)
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Publication year
- 1936
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English