Jungle Ways by William B. Seabrook - 1931

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1931 Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York. 1931. Hardcover. Stated First Trade Edition, Second printing after first 315 limited edition copies. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good; wear to head, tail, and tips; soiling to boards; small nick on front board fore edge; scattered splash spotting to front board. No DJ. Maroon cloth boards and spine with flaked gilt lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. Internal hinges are sound and not cracked or split. 308 pp + 20 pages of photos and a map 8vo. In 1930, adventurer William Seabrook traveled through Africa including to places that were then French West Africa, but now form Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Guinea, Male, Bukina Faso, Niger and Togo. William Seabrook witnessed witchcraft, cannibalism and possibly human sacrifice. He came back with pictures to prove it. This book describes his adventures and experiences on a trip starting from Grand-Bassam in Ivory Coast, and where he crossed all of West Africa up to Timbuktu on the South edge of the Sahara Desert and back. The places he visited as described in this book now include major cities in Central Africa. A startling, chilling look at the tribes of Africa before civilization. A clean presentable copy.