The Quest for Timbuctoo
by Gardner, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Readers Union/Cassell, 1969). 8vo; original orange cloth; pictorial dustwrapper rubbed, edgeworn and foxed; some browning; previous owner's name on front free endpaper; pp. xii + 212 (incl. index, list of sources and time chart) + black-and-white plates. An account of various travellers' journeys to Timbuctoo. Good condition. "Since the fourteenth century, Timbuctoo had haunted the imaginations of men. Children knew of it as the essence of mystery. In many languages it figured in phrases synonymous with distance and remoteness beyond experience." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2008
- Title
- The Quest for Timbuctoo
- Author
- Gardner, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Readers Union/Cassell, 1969)
- Keywords
- Mali. Timbuctoo. Timbuktu. West Africa. Travel. Exploration. Mungo Park. Heinrich Barth. René Callié. Gordon Laing Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...