Quest For Adventure by Bonnington, Chris

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: BCA.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, very little shelf wear, a little dusty. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo dust wrapper. not price clipped. Slight shelf wear to covers, to top edge and to head & tail of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, with line drawn maps.* Pages: 622 pp. text. xvi pp. Glossary, bibliography, credits & index at rear.* Description: Quest for Adventure is a collection of marvellously exciting stories told by a man who has done as much as any other to keep the adventuring spirit alive today. He examines motivations and explores risks in the crossing of oceans, the climbing of mountains, canoeing across continents and rising in balloons to the margins of outer space. He has travelled extensively to talk to most of the adventurers whose achievements are retold in this book.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. Minor shelf wear reducing it to VG+*