Return to the Irrawaddy

Second Hand
Hardcover
Author: Kingdon-Ward, F.
Published by: Andrew Melrose
Language: English

1st edition. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket: Good+.
Spotting to top edge and occasional light spotting internally, otherwise crisp, clean and bright inside and out. DJ bright but chipped with small tears, rear a little soiled. The legendary botanist and explorer records the details of his last expedition, in 1953, to his beloved northern Burma, prior to his death five years later. Frank Kingdon-Ward combined an insatiable taste for adventure, and the persistence to overcome any danger in his path–not to mention recalcitrant officials who attempted to block it–with the raconteur’s gift to recount his adventures in a vivid and often thrilling manner.