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The Gateway to the Sahara, Observations and Experiences in Tripoli by Furlong, Charles W
First Edition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt, clean and tight with very slight edgewear. Pages xxvi, 306 with index. A great travel book from a Century ago, when Libya was still part of the Ottoman empire. The travel is split between time in Tripoli , and camel travel on the desert , south to Tuareg country. Not the usual romantic stuff from this period, but an excellent read. . First Edition. Illus. by 36 Plates, 4 in Color, with 3 Maps 1 Folding. 8 Vo.
- Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 007177
- Illustrator: 36 Plates, 4 in Color, with 3 Maps 1 Folding
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1909
- Keywords: Libya, Tripoli, North Africa, Travel, Middle East
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