Through African Doors by Jahn, Janzheinz

London UK, Faber & Faber, 1962, hardcover, 236 pp, true first edition in English, first printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bookplate on front pastedown, faint spots to endpapers. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge nicks, rubs, wear to folds and edges, in new Brodart sleeve. An authentic view of West African life at the time obtained by the author's determination to adapt himself to local customs in the matters of eating sleeping and travelling. Illustrated with 8 pages of black-&-white plates and 2 maps. Translated for Faber & Faber by Oliver Coburn.