Ranulph Fiennes – A Talent for Trouble – Signed First UK Edition 1970

Author: Ranulph Fiennes
Title: A Talent for Trouble
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Date: 1970
Edition: First UK Edition
Format: Octavo
Catalogue Number: 004167

Description

An attractive first UK edition of Ranulph Fiennes’s A Talent for Trouble, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1970 and bearing a contemporary presentation inscription from the author.

Inscribed on the copyright page:

“To Allan. With best wishes from Ran. 28 November 1970.”

A Talent for Trouble belongs to the formative period of Fiennes’s extraordinary career and records a series of adventures and expeditions undertaken before the major polar achievements that subsequently made him one of the best-known British explorers of the modern era. The book includes his experiences in Arabia and on the fringes of the Empty Quarter, together with episodes illustrating the appetite for difficult and unconventional expeditions that would characterise his later career.

Illustrated with photographic plates, including images of Fiennes during his travels.

Condition

A near fine copy. The binding is tight and firm and the pages are nice and clean. The original photographic dustwrapper is very good plus, with very slight creasing, fading, nicking and rubbing. It retains the original publisher’s price of 38s (31.90) net and has now been protected in an easily removable clear archival sleeve.

A desirable signed presentation copy of the first edition, with an inscription dated only weeks or months into the book’s original publication period.

Catalogue Number: 004167

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