L'Afrique Fantôme [FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF WOLF LESLAU]
Paris: NRF Gallimard, 1951. Later printing (7th edition). Softcover. Large octavo. 533, [3]pp. Full brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Original wraps bound in. Printer's device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work being an ethnographic diary, in the style of Bronislaw Malinowski, the author kept during his two years as a member of the first Dakar-Djibouti trans-African ethnographic expedition in 1931-33. This work is profusely illustrated with 32 black and white photographic reproductions. Some age-toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in good to very good condition. g. Item #27166
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