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THE STRONG BROWN GOD: The Story of The Niger River.

by de GRAMONT, SANCHE:

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon,London [1975].This example by arrangement with Granada Publishing Limited.] VG++/VG. Owner calligraphic b/w bookplate to frontpastedown and no publisher's price as a book club edition,so no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around historical b/w illustration reproduction illustrated dw/dj with black lettering to front and b/w lettering to spine/backstrip; with some shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – minimal chipping to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip and a pair of corner tips with reciprocal loss - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with slight ageing/toning but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original,plain brown cloth boards with minimally bumped corner tips,and bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and clean historical map illustrated sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-350pp [paginated] includes separate contents,illustrations+maps lists/tables,author's prefacemdouble-page b/w regional map (West African coast - Senegal down to Cameroon),10 chapters and an Epilogue,profusely illustrated with historical b/w engravings+illustration reproductions,historical+ contemporary b/w photographs and 7 b/w regional maps,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. The River Niger was an enigma until the late eighteenth century.Some maps had it evaporated into the Sahara,in others drained into Lake Tchad or simply vanished until 1795,when a young Scots doctor named Mungo Park discovered the Upper Niger.This enthralling narrative is combined with the author's 2600-mile trip down the entire length of the river. Please contact seller, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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From the cover: “They crossed impossible deserts. They were assaulted by thieves and left for dead. They went mad. They murdered. They starved. Allies in a hard and lonely mission, they quarrelled and accused each other of homosexuality, living in separate tents and communicating by letter. They ran out of water and drank their own blood to stay alive.The Strong Brown God is the true story of a handful of obsessed explorers who fought man and nature to find and open the mighty, mysterious Niger River as little as one hundred years ago. “A magnificent book”, raved the San Francisco Examiner when Houghton Mifflin first published it in 1976. Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanche de Gramont has written an epic history with a racing pulse - a history that makes the same lasting impression on the reader that it made on the fate of West Africa.”

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE STRONG BROWN GOD: The Story of The Niger River.
Author
de GRAMONT, SANCHE:
Illustrator
illus with historical b/w engravings+illustration reproductions,historical+contemporary b/w photographs and b/w regional maps.
Book Condition
Used - VG++.
Jacket Condition
VG+.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES [BCA],1975.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
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