Give Me the World

Victor Gollancz Limited, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, of the author, her son and three of her sailing companions. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and blue coloured titles to the back strip. The author, at 25 had been married, divorced and a successful career woman. She then decided to resign from her job, grab her young son under her arm and flee to the Far East. This book is the story of their two-year trip, ending up as a passenger (by nagging, pleading and cajoling) on a small schooner for young men were travelling around the world in. The book is a reminiscence of her impressions and travels around the Far East and of the sailing adventures on the schooner. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping and rubbing of the book corners. Fading of the back strip with some marks to the book panels. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges with light tanning of the pages. The dustwrapper is in not great shape – please see image. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners, along the fold over creases and to the top edge of the dustwrapper. The top quarter inch of the back strip is missing and there is a crease that runs the full length of the back strip extending from a 2 inch tear from the top. Sunning of the back strip with rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. Handling marks to the dustwrapper with a few foxing spots to the fold over creases and to the verso. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII, 343, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; 1950s; Inventory No: 0287761. .