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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Hoefler, Paul L, FRGS

Africa Speaks. A Story of Adventure (dedicated by author) . . .

The Story of the First Trans-African Journey by Motor Truck from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Lagos on the Atlantic through Central Equatorial Africa

Published: John C Winston Company, Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, 1931

Edition: First

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This is a scarce book, especially in such good condition and outside North America

  • The author's green-ink dedication is on the half-title verso 

Black cloth-boards with a gilt-embossed representation of a lion's head and lettering to the upper panel and spine, colour map of the trans-African route on both endpapers, 469 pp of prelims and text illustrated with 148 b/w reproductions from photographs by the author, and index

  • The upper board and cover edges are rubbed (see image)
  • The contents are better than very good - complete, otherwise unmarked, and undiscoloured
  • Binding Condition: Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 230 x 160 x 45; 1 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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