Theroux, Paul; Bruce Chatwin; Kyffin Williams (Illust.) — Patagonia Revisited

Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin Company First American Edition pp. 62. Slim 12mo. Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Striking black-and-white wood-cuts throughout. Exceptonally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, near fine. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state. Since its discovery by Magellan in 1520, Patagonia has retained its fascination as a metaphor for The Ultimate. Here Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux join forces in a literary quest for some of the instances in which these 'final capes of exile' have affected the literary imagination. This lively and delightful curio had its origins in an entertainment the two writers gave for the Royal Geogrophical Society, at a time when Paul Theroux was following Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia with The Old Patagonia Express.