The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold by Frank T. Kryza - 2006-02-01

HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New York: Ecco. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 322 pp. .

New York: Ecco Press, 2006. xxv, 322 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. Another copy available. "In the first decades of the nineteenth century, no place burned more brightly in the imagination of European geographers - and fortune hunters - than the lost city of Timbuktu. Africa's legendary City of Gold, not visited by Europeans since the Middle Ages, held the promise of wealth and fame for the first explorer to make it there. In 1824, the French Geographical Society offered a cash prize to the first expedition from any nation to visit Timbuktu and return to tell the tale. Unwilling to trust in the slender chances of a lone explorer, the British sent several on their way. One of the contenders was Major Alexander Gordon Laing, a thirty-year-old army officer. Handsome and confident, Laing was convinced that Timbuktu was his destiny, and his ticket to glory. In July 1825, after a whirlwind… Read More

New York: Ecco, 2006. V6 - A first edition hardcover book in near fine condition that has remainder mark on the bottom page edges in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected and has very light shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

Ecco, January 2006. Hardcover . 7.5 Bulk HB Standard.

New York: Ecco Press, 2006. xxv, 322 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In the first decades of the nineteenth century, no place burned more brightly in the imagination of European geographers - and fortune hunters - than the lost city of Timbuktu. Africa's legendary City of Gold, not visited by Europeans since the Middle Ages, held the promise of wealth and fame for the first explorer to make it there. In 1824, the French Geographical Society offered a cash prize to the first expedition from any nation to visit Timbuktu and return to tell the tale. Unwilling to trust in the slender chances of a lone explorer, the British sent several on their way. One of the contenders was Major Alexander Gordon Laing, a thirty-year-old army officer. Handsome and confident, Laing was convinced that Timbuktu was his destiny, and his ticket to glory. In July 1825, after a whirlwind romance with… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated. xxv + 322 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: HarperCollins, (2006). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>