Loose Among Devils..
Bound in original blue cloth, gilt. Extremities and foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Signature on first free endpaper.
£20.00
Publisher
Hurst and Blackett, Ltd.,
Place
London
Date
[1935].
Synopsis
A voyage from devil's island to those jungles of west africa labelled 'the white man's grave.' illustrated with photographs. second impression.
Item Description
8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 287 + [1] + 16 pp. publisher's advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 15 black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece. Decorated by publisher's device on title page.
Notes
Account of the author's visit to Devil's Island, the penal colony in French Guiana and his subsequent travels in West Africa. Gordon Sinclair (1900-84) was a controversial Canadian journalist and writer, who, in the 1930s, was filing reports from exotic locations around the world for the Toronto Star prior to publishing them in in book form.
[Stock No. 25133]
