A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

NEWBY, Eric.

Item Number: 132612

London: Secker & Warburg, 1958.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With best wishes from Eric Newby who wishes he was in the Hindu Kush at this moment 10.6.59.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Foster. Rare and desirable signed.

In 1956, Eric Newby sent a fateful cable to his friend Hugh Carless - CAN YOU TRAVEL NURISTAN JUNE? The immediate three-word response, OF COURSE, HUGH, would soon set in motion a legendary journey from Mayfair to Afghanistan, and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul. Inexperienced and woefully ill-prepared, the amateur explorers embarked on a month of adventure and hardship in one of the most beautiful and challenging wildernesses on earth. With self-deprecating humor, sharp wit and keen observation, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush made Newby's reputation as one of the greatest travel writers of all time.