Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1931.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page with the words 'with kind wishes.' An account of Hoefler's second African expedition in 1928, the first sucessful motor trip across the continent from the Indian Ocean to the West coast and which was the basis for the 1930 motion picture "Africa Speaks" that he produced. His travels through central Africa, including Nigeria, Lake Chad, Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, was during a time when it was still very wild, and this book describes the native peoples and wildlife - especially lions - in detail. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 143 black and white photographs. Includes a glossary of African words, list animals mentioned…
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1931.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page with the words 'with kind wishes.' An account of Hoefler's second African expedition in 1928, the first sucessful motor trip across the continent from the Indian Ocean to the West coast and which was the basis for the 1930 motion picture "Africa Speaks" that he produced. His travels through central Africa, including Nigeria, Lake Chad, Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, was during a time when it was still very wild, and this book describes the native peoples and wildlife - especially lions - in detail. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 143 black and white photographs. Includes a glossary of African words, list animals mentioned in the text and index. xii, 469 pp. Map endpapers showing the route taken.
Condition: Very good condition overall in black cloth with gold lettering and stamped illustration of a lion's head on the front cover (prev owner's name, some shelfwear to the edges of the boards and at the ends of the spine, rubbing to the gold on the front cover.)