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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hamp, Alan (book design); Leeson, Patrick (map drawings ) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine condition oversized (folio, 12 1/2 inches tall) brown linen boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Photographic Notes. Profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs and photographic front and rear endpapers. Signed, inscribed, and dated (February 1996) by the author, David Keith Jones, with blue Sharpie/marker at the upper section of the half title page. "Shepherds of the Desert is a visually stunning book which will take you deep into the lives of the handsome nomadic peoples of northern Kenya. To capture these images the author became a wanderer himself, crossing and re-crossing an area larger than Great Britain with few roads and no permanent rivers. It is a land of vast spaces, studded with mountains and split by the Great Rift Valley, largest geological feature on earth. Cradled here, close to the shore of Lake Turkana, is Africa's richest fossil site where the bones of early man have lain for two million years. Roaming this ancient wilderness, the Samburu, Turkana, Pokot, Rendille and Gabbra herd their animals on an endless search for new grass, new browse, new water. 'Long-boned' Africans, many of these pastoral nomads are strikingly beautiful and have a fascinating variety of life-styles, languages and traditions. David Keith Jones portrays their mysterious initiation dances and ancient ceremonies; the skilled workmanship of their artifacts; their homes, elders, families and animals; their daily triumph over the harsh environment. Against the background of their huge and timeless landscape, the wild creatures and plants of the region, he creates a unique tribute to the beauty, strength and versatilit y of the shepherds of the desert." - from the inner front jacket flap. Signed by Author(s).