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West with the Night
by MARKHAM Beryl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Harrap, 1943 price clipped DW, hole clipped from fold in flap, also to spine is an Australasian price label with hole clipped through it, head and tail of spine, and corners rubbed with some minor chipping loss, some mild edge creases, generally intact and complete, book has minor foxing to endpapers and closed edges, war era paper stock, 253pp an amazing aviation pioneer, DW by Y. Ellis. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Y. Ellis. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
Synopsis
West With the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya, in the early 1900s, leading to a career as a bush pilot there. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature, in 2004 National Geographic Adventure ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books. There are some questions of whether Markham is the real author of her memoir West With The Night.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010077
- Title
- West with the Night
- Author
- MARKHAM Beryl
- Illustrator
- Y. Ellis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Aviation Female Aviatrix Pioneer Pilot Piloting African Africa British east Africa Plane Spotting Big-game Hunting East-west Crossing By Plane first Edition Biography Beryl Markham
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORT AVIATION MOTORING;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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