Desert Encounter

George G Harrap & Co, 1936. 1st UK ed VG in G+ (slightly chipped) dw. Account of an eventful 1930 journey by car, across the Sahara desert from Morocco to Egypt

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. Hardback. Good. First English edition hardback, translated by Helga Holdback and with an introduction by J. H. Driberg, 1936, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - purple cloth boards rubbed to edges and slightly faded to spine. Binding tight and appears… Read more about this item

London : George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 281, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations (maps) plates, portraits 23 cm. Subjects; Africa, North Description and travel.… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 266pp.; HB red w/white&ornge labels; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; bookplate; ft.hinge cracking; some lt.fox w/clean,tight pgs. "Written some time before the invasion of Abyssinia it foreshadows the methods of colonization and subjugation which Italy may be… Read more about this item

London, UK: George G Harrap & Company, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 282pp, some black and white photographic plates. Purple cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed yellow, fore edge untrimmed. 8vo. Sun-faded spine; rubbed spine ends, cloth fraying; quite cocked. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges… Read more about this item

George G. Harrap & Co., 1936. Hardcover. Good. 1936. First Edition Thus. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Rough cut textblock edges. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Clipping to front free endpaper. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with… Read more about this item

Harrap. London 1936 1st edition thus.. Inscription on ffep. minor foxing only. spine faded. a sound clean reading copy.. Mauve cloth boards. 281pp illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. Translated from the Danish. A convert to Islam, Holmboe wrote concerning his travels in 1930 from Morocco through Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli, to Cyrenaica. He was murdered near Akaba by brigands… Read more about this item

George G. Harrap, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. First Edition Thus. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Rough-cut pages. Missing front free endpaper. Moderate staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and… Read more about this item

Quilliam Press, 1994-10-26. Paperback. Used:Good.

Putnam, 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1937 Putnam hardcover in a chipped and price clipped dust jacket unmarked b136

George G. Harrap & Co, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. George G. Harrap & Co 1936. Hardcover with loose binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

UK: George C. Harrap & Co., 1936. clean dark purple bds with gilt title to spine. spine fading with bump to top spine end. owners inscript to ffep. b/w portrait to frontis. b/w photo plates to text. a little very light smudgy soiling to a few pages, otherwise interior very good and clean. bindings tight. front edge uncut. Unclipped browning… Read more about this item

London: Harrap, 1936. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 282pp., frontis., b/w pls., map, Account by a young Danish Moslem convert revealing the shocking way in which Italian Imperialism was practised in Abyssinia under General Graziani who executed 'rebels' at the rate of 30 a day. Vast concentration camps were guarded by native troops from… Read more about this item

London: George C. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1936. Translated from the Danish by Helga Holbek. With an Introduction by J. H. Driberg. 61 b/w illustrations. 282 pages, clean and clear. White endpapers. Ffep missing. Red cloth cover with gilt titles on the spine. Faded spine, light wear to head and tail of spine,… Read more about this item

London: Darf, 1989. 1st thus. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. trans Helga Holbek. a very clean book all nr fine unusual publication by darf