THE GREAT SAHARA
by Wellard, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton, 1965. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. tEXT/BRAND NEW & Bright. Stated First Edition. Illustrated, embossed beige linen boards/VG; sound wlith soiling to front cover. DJ/None. Maps to endpapers w/soil stop to fEP. British author James Wellard (1909 - 1987) was correspondent attached to Patton's 3rd Army during WWII.This studied, colorful history of the Sahara Desert begin,swith prehistoric cave drawingss. through Rome's dominance, the sweep of Arabs, European exploration at the end of the 18th century, to contemporary times when the vast desert can be crossed in but hours with nomad's tents replaced by oil derricks, and camels by trucks. Illustrated with maps and photographs (a great number taken by the author). A history of land (albeit a desert) and man. 350 pgs w/archival photos, in 16 chapters followed by Epilogue.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019738
- Title
- THE GREAT SAHARA
- Author
- Wellard, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- History/Sahara Desert
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology/Ethnology;
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