Old Africa Rediscovered.
£16.00
Publisher
Victor Gollancz Ltd.
Place
London
Date
1961
Item Description
8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 287 pp. Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has edge wear, including chips and sunning at head of spine. A little wear to extremities, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 28 pages of black and white plates and by 5 maps in text. Decorated by title page and chapter heading vignettes. Signature on first free endpaper. An archaeological and historical account of Africa south of the Sahara. Basil Davidson (1914-2010) served in the wartime SIS and SOE in the Mediterranean area before turning his attention in the early fifties to Africa. First published 1959.
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