The Black Journey : Across Central Africa with the Citroen Expedition

Haardt, Georges-Marie & Louis Audouin-Dubreuil

Published by Geoffrey Bles (1928), London, 1928

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Front hinge split at gutter. Lacking front free endpaper. The endpapers are illustrated, but both the front and rear endpapers have the same illustration. Dust-jacket has large tears and pieces missing. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. Uncommon in dust-jacket.); First UK edition. April 1928 reprint, in same year as the first printing (January, 1928). 316, [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 37 illustrations on 31 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with indigo lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 221 x 135mm. "This book relates the extraordinary adventures of the Citroen expedition through the heart of Africa. Starting in Morocco the expedition worked its way south to the Belgian Congo, and thence eastward to Lake Victoria and Madagascar. In this thrilling account of that great journey pigmies, cannibals, dusky warriors, dancing-girls and strange beasts ferae naturae lie in wait for the reader on almost every page." - from dust-jacket blurb. Illustration of half-track Citroen vehicles on front panel of dust-jacket. Contents: The Sahara; The Brush; Lake Tchad; The Savanna; Shooting Expeditions; The Equatorial Forest; The Congo-Nile Route; To the Indian Ocean; From Lake Victoria to Mombasa; Tananarivo; Appendix. [Reference: Czech, "An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999" p. 115 - "Using eight half-track style trucks, the Citroen Expedition set out to cross the Sahara to demonstrate the possibility of rapid communication/transportation between Algeria and sub-Saharan Africa."]. Seller Inventory # 25794

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Black Journey : Across Central Africa ...

Publisher: Geoffrey Bles (1928), London

Publication Date: 1928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor