THE MEMOIRS OF BABIKR BEDRI

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original yellow cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a black and white portrait frontispiece. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed original dustwrapper, the spine very slightly toned and with a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (£2.75 to the front flap).

The memoirs of the Sudanese soldier turned social activist, Babikr Bedri, who laid the foundation for girls' education in Sudan. First published in Arabic in 1961 and considered a Sudanese classic, the memoirs provide an important record of Sudanese history.