Mysterious Sahara: The Land of Gold, of Sand, and of Ruin
de Prorok, Byron Khun
From Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 November 1999
From Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 November 1999
About this Item
Inspired by polar explorers Amundsen & Shackleton, de Prorok mounted several expeditions (this one using motor cars) to North Africa in the 1920s, though his methods & results are doubted by modern scholars. Here he discusses dead explorers of the Sahara, the discovery & looting of the tomb of Tuareg queen Tin Hinan, dead cities & a 'temple' deeper in the desert. Hardcover, as pictured. General wear, spine badly faded, no jacket, pencil name on half-title; some pages crudely opened, with tears & chips - some loss of text noted to p. 115, a few, mostly in the index, remain unopened. Text clean; xx, 348 pages; index, brief bibliography, color frontispiece, 40 b/w photo plates as called for, folding map, map endsheets. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0455
Bibliographic Details
Title: Mysterious Sahara: The Land of Gold, of Sand...
Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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