The Thirsty Land
by Brown, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954 First Edition). 8vo; original red cloth, no dustwrapper; pp. 192 including index; frontispiece portrait, black-and-white plates. Uniform browning throughout. Very good condition. "This is an unpretentious account of a light-hearted journey across the great Thirstland of southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. The old Boer pioneers named the area well, for hundreds of them died of thirst in the parched wilderness. Our search in the waste of the Namib Desert and Kalahari, aided by the new tools of science, was for information and underground water resources. We visualized new towns and great cattle ranches on a Texas pattern, but knew that everything has to start in a small way." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1516
- Title
- The Thirsty Land
- Author
- Brown, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954 First Edition)
- Keywords
- Travel. Southern Africa. Namib Desert. Kalahari. Kaokoveld. Dorsland. Caprivi Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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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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