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MYSTERIES OF ALGIERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & London: The Viking Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a political thriller set in the winter of 1959-60 as the French settlers in Algeria are making their final stand against the liberation forces of the F.L.N. A book which explores both the psychology of a traitor and the inevitable failure of imperialism. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-670818224.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively fewl markings, ttape ghosts, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.
Book ID: 86664More details Price: $16.50 -
ALL BLOOD RUNS RED: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard - Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hanover Square Press, (2019). First edition - "The extraordinary story of the first African American military pilot in World War I, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer." Bullard, the son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, fled home as a young boy to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community, determined to get to France. He garnered fame as a boxer, but when war broke out he joined the French Foreign Legion. 324 pp plus author's note and bibliography.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80402More details Price: $24.50