Men against the Sun

Bookseller

Books & Bygones (GB)

Bookseller's Inventory #

9945

Title

Men against the Sun

Author

Scobie, Alastair

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Fair

Jacket Condition

Fair

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

Cassell

Place of Publication

London

Date Published

1959

Size

Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25

Keywords

Africa; Kenya; Rhodesia; Mauritius; Afrikaner; English; smugglers; diamonds; opium; bootlegging; hermaphrodites; game; wine; velt; bush; carnival; coon;

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Anthropology;

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