One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley by Alexander, Caroline - 1989

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1990., 1990 283p. + Plus map frontis. 8vo. Original full cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket, slight tear. First American Edition. Nice copy. AFRICA/6 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1989. Hardcover. Like New. 3.0457 cent in x 23.8579 cent in x 16.2437 cent in. First Edition with clipped dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Bloomsbury. Very Good. 159 x 240mm. Hardcover. 1989. 314 pages. <br>290 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical refere nces (pages 287-290) .

London, UK: Bloomsbury, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 290pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Slightly cocked. Green endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear, chipping to top edge, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Nearly 100 years ago Mary Kingsley travelled through West Africa, later writing a book on her experiences and impressions. Caroline Alexander decided to see for herself. This books tells her story.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1989 Faber and Faber first edition first printing hardback; Very Good, clean condition, with Very Good unclipped dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1989.

Bloomsbury 1989. 1989. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 290pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Kingsley's 1893 West African route up the Ogooue River is retraced by a modern-day adventurer. As she travels in the footsteps of others, she reflects on the different faces of interpretive writing, selective recollection, and the disparity between fact and fiction. But ultimately this is Alexander's own story of discovery and can be read and enjoyed as such. .

London UK: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 1989 The dust jacket has been clipped and the spine is lightly faded. The edges of the book have a light tan and there is minor spotting on the top edge. 290 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

London : Bloomsbury, 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 290 pages; Physical desc. : 290p. : 1 map ; 24cm. Subjects: Alexander, Caroline - Travel - Gabon. Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900. Africa - Gabon - Description and travel. Summary: Nearly 100 years ago Mary Henrietta Kingsley made a journey to Africa about which she wrote on her return in ""Travels in West Africa"". In this blend of historical sleuthing and travel writing, Caroline Alexander describes the effect on her of reading Kingsley's book and her decision to make her own journey in Kingsley's footsteps, following her path as closely as possible. Staying at Catholic missions, travelling by ""pirogue"" through waterways and rapids, she encounters the ghosts of Trader Horn, Albert Schweitzer and Dr Robert Nasau. But contact with the past gives way to adventures… Read More