LANDOR, Arnold Henry Savage.

Across unknown South America.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. 2 vols, 4to (255 x 195 mm), pp. xxiv, 432; xvi, 504, with numerous plates, some coloured, and two maps, one folding; short tear in one leaf; original dark blue cloth; slightly rubbed, small nick in upper joint of vol. I. First edition. The author ‘explored the Matto Grosso of Brazil . . . where his men mutinied and made two attempts on his life. The party found its way back to civilization in a starving condition on an improvised raft . . . . Landor’s want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor, and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes; but in energy and resourcefulness, in courage and power of endurance, he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers. He scorned special equipment and commonly appeared on a mountain or in a jungle as he would in Bond Street. His contempt for ropes and nailed boots nearly cost him his life mountaineering on several occasions. As a painter, he had the facility to produce a likeness in a single one-hour sitting, and the numerous illustrations to his books are competent’ (DNB Missing persons).Palau 303176.

• GBP 200.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: T1746

• bookseller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)