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The Africans
by Lamb, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039451887X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394518879
- Seller
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
£16.50£14.85
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Random House, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line. Hardcover book has gold boards, black spine with gold lettering. Tight binding, clean text, no previous owner's marks. Price clipped. Gift inscription. No remainder or ex-lib marks. ; 1.5 x 9.6 x 6.4 Inches; 363 pages; During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.
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- Seller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000429
- Title
- The Africans
- Author
- Lamb, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039451887X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394518879
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 363
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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