THE GATEWAY TO THE SAHARA. Observations and Experiences in Tripoli
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909).
A VERY FINE COPY, SCARCE THUS, OF THIS FIRST EDITION WORK ON THE LIBYAN SAHARA. Charles Furlong (1874-1967), American explorer, writer and photographer, was the first American to explore the Tripolitan Sahara. Item #29738
First Edition With a colour frontispiece and 35 illustrations by the author from paintings in colour, drawings in black and white and from photographs. Three maps included as called for. 8vo, publisher's original navy cloth, the covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. xxv, 306 pp. A beautiful copy, pristine and near as mint.
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