Laurens van der Post — Venture to the Interior

London, The Hogarth Press and the Book Society, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very well preserved first edition of this work of travel writing. With a black and white portrait frontispiece. Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 16 December 1996) was a 20th-century Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince Charles, godfather of Prince William, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. In a blue cloth binding with gilt title detailing to the spine, and a clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Minor shelfwear only. A little bumping to the extremities and slight fading to the spine. The dust wrapper has been preserved in a plastic cover and reinforced with tape in places. A few closed tears and a little loss to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, with only a handling mark to the rear pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.