They Call Me Memsahib ; The Story of a Hotel Pioneer in Kenya
by NOON ANIERE, Vanessa
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/fine
- Seller
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Salt Lake City: Mills Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Very good/fine. Hardcover : pp. [iv] 153 [164] : photo illustrated throughout : index : chronology : bibliography : black cloth boards : gilt to spine : cream dust jacket with oval portrait of Eva Begbie Noon.
Dent to tail edge of lower board; faint rubbing to head and tail of spine; corners of boards gently pushed and faintly rubbed. ''This is the story of Eva Begbie Noon who ventured out to Kenya in 1912 to follow her husband Thomas Begbie. On her voyage out Thomas died suddenly and Eva arrived on the shores of East Africa penniless with two young children....The story also takes you through aviation history with her son Alec Noon who pioneered aviation in East Africa with Wilson Airways, two World Wars and The Boer War...'' - (from jacket sleeve description).
Dent to tail edge of lower board; faint rubbing to head and tail of spine; corners of boards gently pushed and faintly rubbed. ''This is the story of Eva Begbie Noon who ventured out to Kenya in 1912 to follow her husband Thomas Begbie. On her voyage out Thomas died suddenly and Eva arrived on the shores of East Africa penniless with two young children....The story also takes you through aviation history with her son Alec Noon who pioneered aviation in East Africa with Wilson Airways, two World Wars and The Boer War...'' - (from jacket sleeve description).
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3537
- Title
- They Call Me Memsahib ; The Story of a Hotel Pioneer in Kenya
- Author
- NOON ANIERE, Vanessa
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mills Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Africa; hospitality;
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