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Auction #124 begins on 03 Jul 2025

Davis, (Hassoldt)

THE JUNGLE AND THE DAMNED

Published: The Travel Book Club, London, 1954

Edition: First

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 3 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Jul 16:30 GMT

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Blue cloth covers with the title in black to the spine. 255 pages. The dust jacket has slight edge wear. A very good copy.

Hassoldt Davis (1907 -1959) was an adventurer and travel writer whose work Ernest Hemingway once described as “fantastic . . . magnificent!”   With his wife, the filmmaker Ruth Staudinger, Davis sets off on a journey, first to Devil’s Island, and then down an unexplored river in the interior of French Guiana.

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 150 mm)


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