Swettenham (Sir Frank) Arabella in Africa
£325
London, John Lane, 1925.
First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth decorated in dark brown. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8/6.
A perspective on and guide to Northern Africa, by a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the Federated Malay States, accompanied by illustrations by Rex Whistler and Mary Forster-Knight. Uncommon in the dust-jacket.
Out of stock
Book VG+; jacket with edge wear and some small tears, chipped with loss to spine ends, some general light rubbing.
Illustrations by Rex Whistler and Mary Forster-Knight, with a sketch map; jacket artwork by Whistler.
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