1995 The Worst Desert on Earth: Crossing the Taklamakan

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Signed to the title page, addressed to Robert Carver, potentially an independent British investor, trader and writer. With an invitation to the book launch event and original advertisement flier. Illustrated with sixteen plates of photographs, many of which are in colour, and one map. Collated complete. Seeped in legend and seemingly uncrossable, the Taklamakan desert is an empty vastness 5,000ft above sea-level with treacherous dunes. Charles Blackmore and his team set out on the daunting task to cross it for the first time ever, a distance of 780 miles. This is the story of their fifty-nine days on the sand. Written by Charles Blackmore, a noted British author and explorer.