A Book for all Reasons
 Markham, Beryl WEST WITH THE NIGHT , Houghton Mifflin, Boston, ND (copyright 1942),[2nd printing], [x], 294pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, acknowledged as one of the best travel books of all time the author relates her early life, born in 1902 but brought up on her father's farm in what was known then as British East Africa (now Kenya), she first apprenticed to her father as a trainer and breeder of racehorses then took up flying, becoming a bush pilot carrying mail, passengers and freight to the remote corners of Sudan, Tanganyika, Kenya and Rhodesia, before in 1936 becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo east to west, against the prevailing wind, in a borrowed single engine Vega Gull, date only on copyright page, not on title, copious pencil notes at endpapers and in text, cross referencing and providing further information, loosely inserted notes and cuttings, slightly cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., cloth darkened at spine and a little grubby at boards, slight fraying at tips, edges tanned and dusty, light tanning to pastedowns, no dustwrapper, good, (Book ref. 39772) £30.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, A Book for all Reasons , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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