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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A very good copy with light wear to spine ends in fine dust jacket. Pp. xii, 195. The first-hand translated diary of Henri Gilbert, an eccentric French journalist who set out in the late 19th century on an audacious quest to walk entirely around the world. The Australian leg of his global journey required him to cross the continent from west to east on foot, starting in Perth and ending in Brisbane.The core of the narrative focuses on his gruelling five-and-a-half-month trek across the searing, desolate Nullarbor Plain. Gilbert recorded his daily life in a meticulously tidy hand within a small, leatherbound notebook. His entries capture the immense grit required to brave the extreme outback elements, the natural wonders of a landscape foreign to him, and his various encounters along the way.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xii, 195pp, index, bibliography, notes, map, bw ills. Black cloth in jacket. Near new. Henri Gilbert, a French journalist, crossed Australia from Perth to Brisbane in the late 19th century. He crossed the Nullarbor on foot taking 5 1/2 months and keeping a diary of the crossing. Size: 8vo.…