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New York: John Day Company, 1942. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 153 pages of text. Hardcover binding with a small bump to once corner and minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket is fresh and bright, with minimal shelfwear, and minor sunning to the spine; protected in archival mylar. The endpapers and the title page have small areas of discoloration, mostly from old newspaper clippings. Previous owner's mark on the dedication page. First edition..

New York: John Day, 1942. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. FINE BOOK - CLEAN, BRIGHT, TIGHT, IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL $1.75 PRICE AND SLIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE. SMALL OWNER NAME LABEL.

Macmillan & Co, 1943. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with an unmarked text. The dust jacket is chipped to the edges and faded at the spine. 153pp.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1943. Hardback. Good/Good. First UK edition hardback, 1943, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed and chipped to edges (now protected); red cloth boards rubbed to spine head and tail. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no inscriptions but some neat annotation in the margins throughout and owners bookplate to front pastedown; toning to page-ends but text and maps bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

John Day Co., 1942. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1942. No Edition Remarks. 153 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Rough-cut pages. Light thumb marking, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

New York: The John Day Company, 1942. good, ex-lib.. 20 cm, 153, map, usual library markings, edges worn, boards soiled The well-known novelist turned war correspondent reports on his year-long trip through the French colonies of Africa, then headquarters of the Free French movement headed by Charles de Gaulle.

London: Macmillan, 1943 After the collaspe of France the author was the first to reach the Free French at Brazzaville in Equatorial Africa. From there he sent his now historic cables that the Vichy government was a group of opportunists and traitors completely unrepresentative of the French people, and that the real France was being reborn on the fever ridden Congo. 153pp