A Saharan Sketchbook Tapa dura - 2003

Westleton, Suffolk: Wayfarer, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6.5" x 9.5. 181pp. An account of how a lady returned from the Cameroons to the UK by crossing the Sahara desert. A clean and sound copy and probably little read. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please call or email with your questions. 6.5"x9.5

Wayfarer, 10/10/2003. Hardcover. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Gardners Books, 2003. Hardcover. Good/Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.

Wayfarer, Westleton, Suffolk, 2003. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Willes, Olivia. gilt titles spine; dark blue e/p's; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & also by the author's drawings & colour paintings; jacket illusts. by the author; "While employed by the Cameroons Development Corporation (COC), the author, who finds herself drawn to hot, arid and sandy places, cherishes a seemingly impossible ambition to return to Europe via the Sahara when her contract ends. As the Fates would have it, a Dutch journalist materialises one day who has just traversed the Sahara in a southerly direction, alone, with a motor-cycle with sidecar. Travel of the kind envisaged was quite unusual at the time, something definitely unorthodox compared to the ways of the British colonials. The story proceeds stage by stage, involving the reader in the catastrophes, the moments of hilarity, the fatigue and despair, and the prevailing satisfaction for the author of… Leer más

GB: Wayfarers's Club, Liverpool, 2003. Signed by Author on title page. Brown cloth, gilt. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine DW.