Indian Excursion by Wilson, Isabel - 1966

Don Mills ON, Longmans Canada, 1964, hardcover, xii-202 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end, edge, and corner wear. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, short closed edge tears, rubs, sticker lift to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. This personal account of the author's visit to the sub-continent reveals much as her eye for detail focuses on every aspect of Indian life and travel. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates, mapped endpapers.

Longmans Canada. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Canadian woman's travel memoirs on a trip to Indian cities. ; 202 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Longmans Canada, 1964. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 202 pages, plus black-and-white photographs, endpaper maps; inscribed and signed by author with her full signature on half title page, dated by her "December, 1964"; tiny traces of cover edge wear, but very gently used, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ lightly rubbed and chipped, two long tears to back panel, colours still very vibrant, now in new mylar protector.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Fair.

London: Travel Book Club, 1966. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/fair. The author and her husband, both scientists, were invited on an official tour of India in the early 1960's. This is the story of that visit, which looks at India with a scientific slant, though encompassing on the way much of the country's heritage and culture. First published in 1964. Contains 202 pages, 22 x 14cm. Red cloth boards in fair illustrated dust jacket. Jacket shows moderate shelf wear for age. Internally, Good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Missing front endpage Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London.: Travel Book Club.. 1964.. 202pp, very pale foxing endpapers and edges, trifle worn dustjacket, spine faded, corners bumped, a sound copy. Isabel Wilson, the wife of a Canadian geologist, tells of her travels in India. .

London.: Travel Book Club.. 1964.. 202pp, very pale foxing endpapers and edges, worn dustjacket, spine faded, endpapers lightly browned, mark where label has been removed from front free endpaper, a sound copy. Isabel Wilson, the wife of a Canadian geologist, tells of her travels in India. Mrs Wilson saw India through "curiously science-tinted spectacles." The Wilsons' wanderings through India took them to Cuttack and Orissa, Calcutta, Delhi and surrounds, Akbar's cities in the United Provinces, Hyderabad, Waltair, Madras, Bangalore and Mysore, Cochin, Bombay and Ahmedabad. .

Toronto, Canada: Longmans Canada Limited, 1964. 202 pp. Maps on endpapers. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Orange and green DJ. Light wear along the edges, small mark on front cover. VG+/VG.