Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1956. The first book of one of the 20th Century's greatest travel writers, Jan Morris. Dust jacket now in new archival sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Following the recent publication of Jan Morris's final book, here is her very first. Fresh from her success reporting on the first Everest ascent in 1953, she spent a year journeying by car, train, ship, and aircraft across the United States. "I did not know it then, and nor did America, but chance had...