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La Première Traversée du Sahara en Automobile: de Touggourt à Tombouctou par l'Atlantide

La Première Traversée du Sahara en Automobile: de Touggourt à Tombouctou par l'Atlantide

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The official first-hand account of the first automobile crossing of the Sahara from Touggourt to Timbuktu in 1922-1923, using Citroën half-track autochenille vehicles. Written by expedition leader Georges-Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil, with an introduction by André Citroën and illustrations by Bernard Boutet de Monvel. Published Plon-Nourrit, Paris, 1924. The '32e mille' marks a late popular printing; the spine of this copy is heavily worn.

  • Author: Haardt, Georges-Marie; Audouin-Dubreuil, Louis
  • Publisher: Librairie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs
  • Place: Paris
  • Year: 1924
  • Physical: approx. 22 x 14 cm, [pp not visible in photos], original printed white wrappers (spine heavily worn and chipped); 32e mille; introduction by André Citroën; illustrations by Bernard Boutet de Monvel
  • Condition: Fair
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