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The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River
by Gramont, Sanche de
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395197821
- ISBN 13
- 9780395197820
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. 350 (2) pp, illus. with 7 maps and 16 unpaginated b&w plates on glossy paper, Author's Preface, Ten Chapters, Epilogue, bibliography, index. First Edition, 1976. Price clipped. Penciled name on half-title. Only the slightest external wear, else, Pristine. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, and map on end papers. Pictorial dj in acetate protector..
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7235
- Title
- The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River
- Author
- Gramont, Sanche de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395197821
- ISBN 13
- 9780395197820
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- HISTORY AFRICA NIGER VALLEY AND RIVER DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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