8vo. Frontispiece map, half-tone plates. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slight lean, spotting to text block edges); dust jacket (spotting to flaps).

FIRST EDITION of the author's first book, a seminal work of modern travel literature, recounting his journey through southern Argentina and Chile in a series of episodic, finely observed sketches. The book was awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1978.

[With:] CHATWIN. The Viceroy of Ouidah. New York: Summit Books, 1980. FIRST EDITION.