Hulme; Kathryn; Vogt, Helene (Illustrator)

Arab Interlude [SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY]

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1930.

First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 227 pp, beautifully illustrated with block prints by Vogt. Publisher's cloth, spine toned; internals fine. With the original printed slipcase (chipped and rubbed); no dust jacket. Signed by Hulme on the half-title page and additionally inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Harold Seeger, Godfather of my first strange-shaped brat--with best of wishes always, Kathryn March 3, 1931." Hulme and Vogt drove alone across North Africa, a three-thousand mile journey that took them through Tunisa, Algeria, and Morocco over a four-month period. Hulme warns the reader to expect no classic tales of feminine peril: "Much as we would relish recording an abduction in the desert, or an encounter with brigands in the Atlas Mountains, honesty compels us to forego the pleasure...Nothing happened to us that, by the law of averages, would not have happened to any Occidental touring in a Mohammedean country." But no misadventures are needed to enliven this narrative, for Hulme's rich prose, observant eye, and contagious enthusiasm are a thrill in themselves.

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