MOOREHEAD, ALAN — The White Nile

London: The Reprint Society, 1962. BCE. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0914671006. UK book club edition. Reporter and popular historian Alan Moorehead presents the history of the upper tributary of the Nile River; in so doing he tells of major historical events and personages along the river in his engaging, highly-readable style. With various maps scattered through the text and a section of black & white plates depicting people and scenes along the way. --- In blue and tan paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks the dust jacket, though one of the original jacket flaps is laid in. --- With a crease to back cover, a bump to edge and a 5-cm. tear along top rear joint and a little soiling to covers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; x, [2], 13-390 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .