Afrika weint: Tagebuch eines Legionärs. Mit einer Fluchtkarte. [i.e. Africa cries: Diary of a legionnaire, with one folded map]. [SIGNED COPY]

Istanbul: Carl Schünemann Verlag, 1954. Dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In German. 346, [5] p., one folded map of the North Africa including Morocco and Algeria. Chipped on extremities of DJ, slightly age-toned on edges. Otherwise a clean and very good signed copy. Signed late edition of this German book including Löhndorff's first hand literary account of the North Africa reflecting his experiences in the French Foreign Legion in post war years and he seems to have been in Algeria but deserted after only two months and fled the country. His autobiographic style often gives the impression that Löhndorff reports his own adventures. His travels and adventures were a strong source of inspiration for his stories. Signed and inscribed by Löhndorff as "Für Nüsehi, in Erinnerung an den (?), BAden - Baden, 4.5.1936". Ernst Friedrich Löhndorff was a German sailor, adventurer, and writer. He was born in Frankfurt am Main. In 1913, at the age of 14, Löhndorff ran away from his home with the intent to become a sailor and get to know the world. He travelled the world as a sailor and adventurer until 1927. His first of over 30 novels, "Bestie Ich in Mexiko" (engl. "I, Beast, in Mexico" ), was published in 1927. His novels were translated in a dozen languages and were quite popular until after the Second World War.