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Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. First Published. 150 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Full title: Desert Taxi: the Story of an Achievement by a Veteran London Taxi-cab. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Panther Books, 1958. Paperback. Acceptable. 1958. Panther edition 1958. 159 pages. Yellow and white pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Nicks and tears to page edges. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Longmans, 1956. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Some glue residue to front endpaper. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Travel Book Club. Hardcover. Good/Fair. the jacket is scuffed and damp marked. mild foxing. some markings. all text is clear and legible. no date. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Longmans, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 150 pages. Yellow and blue pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

The Travel Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Binding tight.

The Travel Book Club, London, 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Dust-jacket design by Chalmers. Clean dust-jacket (Chalmers) illustrated in yellow and blue is darkened on the reverse. Clean blue covers with black lettering on the spine, sound binding, light foxing to front end-paper and on upper and vertical text-block edges, clean pages and plates. Frontis. map. An account of a journey in 1953 made from Algiers to Kano in Nigeria across the Sahara Desert in an old London Taxi. Contains black and white plates (full page illustrations). Previous owner's name in ink at front. Undated by publisher. Estimated date only. Illustrator: Dust-jacket design by Chalmers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60122091011. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..