The Mosquito Coast

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First British Edition and true First edition . Signed by Theroux, without inscription, on the title page. Octavo, illustrated jacket design by Mon Mohan based on the painting "La Charmeuse de Serpents by Henri "Le Douanier" Rousseau; forest green cloth boards with gilt spine imprinting; 392 pp. Fine book in a Fine, unclipped jacket. See scans. Theroux's 1981 tale of a middle-aged professor's estrangement-escape from modern society by way of a "muddled, metaphysical journey into the jungle" won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was named the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year, and was the basis of the (now) critically well-regarded Peter Weir - Harrison Ford film of the same name in 1996. Most collectible form. Please see scans. L54n