London: Peter Owen Limited, 1958. 1175pp; three b&w plates, including frontis; index. Black textured paper over boards; dust jacket. Light bumping to bottom corners, slight bubbling to paper of rear board, front endpaper with black Shakespeare and Company" stamp. Price-clipped jacket with moderate edgewear, toning to spine and panel edges. Very good.
First English-language edition of this travelogue consisting of "spontaneous impressions" made by French poet and playwright Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) during an eighty-day trip around the world "exactly following the route taken by Jules Verne's character, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout" (jacket flap). Translated from the French by W. J. Strachen. Jacket design by Eric Patton.
