TITLE.................... ....: AFRICA SPEAKS
SUBTITLE..................: The Chronicle of the First Trans-African Journey by Motor Truck from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Lagos on the Atlantic, through Central Equatorial Africa.
AUTHOR................. ..: PAUL L. HOEFLER
PUBLISHER...............:BLUE RIBBON BOOKS, NEW YORK
DATE & EDITION.......:copyright 1931, assumed 1st
COVER SIZE (mm)....:140 x 215
CONDITION...............: good
DUST JACKET...........: no
COVERS.....................: dark green boards, light age soiling with slight wear to edges, corners bumped
SPINE.........................: with title & lion head in black, slight wear to extremities, sunned
END & FLY PAPERS.: bi-coloured maps, good, slight browning
PAGES.......................: 371pp including index, generally bright & clean, edges are dulled by dust
BINDING....................: tight
PLATES & MAPS.......: 43 b/w photos
INSCRIPTIONS..........: no
SYNOPSIS, BLURB...:
Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Includes a Glossary of Native African Words and Expressions (mostly Swahili), a descriptive list of the principal animals mentioned in the text, and an index. Hoefler also produced a "sensational motion picture" titled Africa Speaks, based on this trip. R200
