INSIDE AFRICA by JOHN GUNTHER - 1955

LONDON: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1955. Edizione del 1955 della celebre opera del giornalista americano John Gunther (1901-1970). La serie Inside includeva volumi su numerosi paesi del mondo: Inside Europe, Inside U.S.A., Inside Asia, Inside Latin America, Inside Africa, Inside Russia Today, e per finire, Inside Australia and New Zealand. Nel volume Inside Africa l'autore descrive i 44 viaggi compiuti insieme alla moglie in diverse zone del continente: Marocco, Algeria, Sahara, Tunisia, Libia, Sudan, Etiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Sud Africa, Africa Sud Occidentale, Rhodesia, Congo, Liberia etc… Segnalibro della libreria Foyles a Cape Town. Mappe ai contropiatti. In buone condizioni. Coperta editoriale con sovraccoperta in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 8. Dim. 21x15 cm. Pp. XI+(3)+960.Contents: [XI+(3)+960]. In 8 (8.46 x 5.9 in; 215 x 150 mm) Weight Kg. 1,00. Condition of contents: Very good conditions. Occasional foxings. Condition of binding: Cloth editorial cover. Dustjacket. Edition of 1955 of this famous work by the American journalist and author John Gunther (1901-1970). The Inside series grew to include volumes covering all populated continents: Inside Europe, Inside U.S.A., Inside Asia, Inside Latin America, Inside Africa, Inside Russia Today, and, finally, Inside Australia and New Zealand. Inside Africa proved particularly well-timed as a historical record. During 1952-53 Gunther and his wife visited nearly all forty-four African political entities then in existence during what was to prove the final stage of mainly colonial rule (Cfr. Wikipedia). The country described: Morocco, Algeria, Sahara, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalis, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Congo, Liberia etc… Book mark of Foyles bookshop in Cape Town. Maps in the counterplates. Original dustjacket In good conditions.