Coward-McCann Inc., [1961]. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York; Coward-McCann, Inc., [1961].  First American Edition. Hardcover with dj.  Illustrated with b/w photogrpahs. 302pp. VG condition with Good dj.  Jacket is shelfworn with small tears along edges and a 2" closed tear at top of spine and foxing on inside flaps.  Black cloth boards have minor sun fading at top of spine.  Dust spots to top edge.  Foxing where text pages abut photographic pages (two places).  Owner name penned to front pastedown and ffep. Otherwise clean, unmarked, square, and securely bound. The author "with an intimate knowledge of the desert, its lore and legend...covers this vast piece of sun-struck geography in all its aspects from prehistory up to the present". (cfm)

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Bookseller: Parnassus Book Service (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23036
Title: SAHARA, DESERT OF DESTINY
Author: Gerster, Georg
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward-McCann Inc.
Date Published: [1961]
Keywords: SAHARA,BEDOUIN,AFRICA

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Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.

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