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Published by Millard Sheets, Gualala, CA, 1980
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Collectible - New. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Millard Sheets (Illustrations) (illustrator). Limited Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW Copy w/a whisper of wear to soft cover. Limited Edition of self-published 1750 copies. Travel narrative of the 1979 journey to West Africa of California artist and architect Millard Owen Sheets (1907 - 1989) and his wife Mary Basketville Sheets. Of their trips to Senegal, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, and Abijan, Mary tells of Mallard's being "overwhelmed by the incredible beauty of the Africans, the infinite variety and richness of their garments, the excitment and dazzling color of the teeming markets, the stunning architecture of the mosques, and the simple elegance of the mud villages" --- all so well expressed in pen-and-ink.Fine copy. Limited Edition.