Tracks (Crossing the Australian outback on camelback) by DAVIDSON, Robyn - 1980

New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0394514734 . A stated first American edition of Robyn Davidson's account of her travels across the Australian bush with only four camels, a dog, and her wits. The twenty-seven-year-old encountered many challenges along the way. With two sections of plates bearing black & white photos of sights along the way; and with endpaper maps of her route. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, with silhouette of the author and camels to cover; spine titling in gilt. Jacket with a color photo of the author on board one of her camels. --- With prior owner's embossed circular stamp to half title page, a partial split at mid-book (which doesn't affect the stability of the binding) and a bit of spine lean, else a clean, sturdy copy. Unclipped jacket with a little chafing and curling to edges, otherwise bright and intact.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 256 pages .