A Vagabond in Barbary by FOSTER, HARRY L - 1930

Island Trader Media, 2020-10-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Dodd Mead. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. one rear spot else bright & clean; near fine; hardback .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good/good. Cloth. 308 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Travel through the provinces of French North Africa, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Small bump on fore-edge of front panel; few pencil additions to map endpaper; Four or five interior pages have some off-setting or tanning where newspaper articles were laid-in. Dust jacket has small chips on top edge and some small edge tears.

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front hinge cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to half title page and front free endpaper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Major tears to head of spine with cloth peeling. Marked sunning to spine.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spine faded. Heavy spotting to spine. Spotting to page edges. ; xii, [2], 308 pages + frontis + plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 200mm x 135mm. Selected contents: A L'Afrique; A Glimpse Of Tangier; The Arabs And The Jews; A Sultan Goes To Prayer; The Cafés Of Casablanca; Barbaric Marrakech; Some Unveiled Women; The Orgy Of The Aissaoua; Medieval Fez; The African Marseilles; The Tourist's Algier; To The Garden Of Allah; A Pilgrimmage To Kairouan; And So To Tunis. ; 8vo .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. DJ worn and with light chipping. 2" loss to DJ spine. Slight browning to endpapers. ; A description of the then very popular motor route from Casablanca to Tunis through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The author took the coach bus and got a glimpse of the local daily life. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii,308 pages .