Hot Countries by Alec Waugh. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. True First Edition with the F and R oval colophon above copyright. Not to be confused with the subsequent Literary Guild reprint. Original green cloth with copper gilt design on front and back cover. Illustrated with six outstanding woodcut plates plus woodcut headpieces by Lynd Ward. viii, 304 p. Complete. Wear to head and foot of spine and corners. Some discoloration to cover, spine darkened. Inside is very clean--no owner's names, no bookplates. Just some penciling by a previous seller on back inside cover. Front inner hinge is weakening but holding. Rear hinge is good. See photos for details. A scarce first edition copy still in original binding.

Alec Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981), a novelist as well as a food and travel writer, was the brother of Evelyn Waugh. In this book he writes of his travels in the 1920s to exotic destinations, including Tahiti, Martinique, Siam and Ceylon.

A master of the woodcut, Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and novelist known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel.