Hashish: Henry de Monfreid (1879-1974) was a French nobleman, writer, adventurer, watercolourist, smuggler, and photographer, who provided the inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Tintin adventure "Cigars of the Pharaoh".
Which might explain the reason why this ad has this Tintin like illustration (although Hashish isn't listed, so maybe not)…
Penguin Books' early 'Travel & Adventure' series, published between 1936 and 1959… All of Penguin's ninety-seven 'Travel & Adventure' titles are listed in the archive… An Amazon link is given for affordable modern editions of those titles still in print. Thereafter follows a synopsis and/or extract of each book, together with relevant reviews. Link…
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