[SOLD] Knud Holmboe – Desert Encounter – An Adventurous Journey through Italian Africa – First Edition 1936

An account of a mid-1930s journey across North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria and Libya.

Describes people, landscapes, history and current affairs, with the largest part of the book devoted to journeys through Libya, which was at that time largely under Italian colonial influence. Written by a young Danish author who travelled by car through the region.

With numerous B&W photographs.

Hardback, with the attractive original jacket. First edition. Some external wear to the jacket, clean inside.  282 pages.