|
TITLE.................... ....: AFRICA SPEAKS SUBTITLE..................: The Chronicle of the First Trans-African Journey by Motor Truck from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Lagos on the Atlantic, through Central Equatorial Africa. AUTHOR................. ..: PAUL L. HOEFLER PUBLISHER...............:BLUE RIBBON BOOKS, NEW YORK DATE & EDITION.......:copyright 1931, assumed 1st COVER SIZE (mm)....:140 x 215 CONDITION...............: good DUST JACKET...........: no COVERS.....................: dark green boards, light age soiling with slight wear to edges, corners bumped SPINE.........................: with title & lion head in black, slight wear to extremities, sunned END & FLY PAPERS.: bi-coloured maps, good, slight browning PAGES.......................: 371pp including index, generally bright & clean, edges are dulled by dust BINDING....................: tight PLATES & MAPS.......: 43 b/w photos INSCRIPTIONS..........: no SYNOPSIS, BLURB...: Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Includes a Glossary of Native African Words and Expressions (mostly Swahili), a descriptive list of the principal animals mentioned in the text, and an index. Hoefler also produced a "sensational motion picture" titled Africa Speaks, based on this trip. R200 ![]() |
by Habakkuk (214
by Carrajola (314
by bwcrank (35