Children of Allah: Between Sea and Sahara by KEITH, AGNES NEWTON - 1965

Boston, MA: Atlantic- Little, Brown and Company, 1966 Atlantic- Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1966. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good +; Price Clipped; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. Bedouin carpet for wrap around boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 467 pp 8vo. The author was the wife of the FAO Mission of the United Nations in Libya in the 1960s and gained unfettered access to the people of Libya and due to her sympathy and understanding was admitted to many closed spaces for most foreigners. This is a story of a compassionate, intelligent American woman and of how she was drawn to the people of Libya, the citizens of a rugged new Arab state ravaged by war, caught up between the sea and Sahara, and struggling to catch up with the modern world. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown (1966). 8vo xiii+467 pp. Illus from sketches by the author. Pictorial cloth, map endpapers. About fine in dustwrapper with large chip from front panel..

London: Michael Joseph, 1966. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 471 pages including the author's sketches; book gently bumped at spine ends, but very gently used, name/date in ink on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ bumped and rubbed, several tiny tears, now in new mylar protector. See also our listing for Wilfred Thesiger's classic The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-34.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -.

London: Michael Joseph, 1966. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. chipped dust jacket 471pp., b/w illus., index, Between the Sea and Sahara

Michael Joseph, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1966. 1st Edition Thus. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Rear free endpaper with dog-eared corner. Small stains to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Small marks to front board. Heavy stain to rear board. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean.

London: Michael Joseph, 1966. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 471pp., b/w ills., index, Between the Sea and Sahara. Sketches by the Author

Little, Brown & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Very small open tear on spine. Foxing on top text block edge. .

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1966. Publisher: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1966, Good, HB, 467 pp.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Keith, Agnes Newton.

Michael Joseph, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1966. 1st Edition Thus. 471 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Heavier foxing to text-block edges. Pen inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Notable white staining and mild scratches to surface. Light sunning to spine with noticeable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, scuffs and creasing. Notable tanning allover dust jacket.