African Adventure.
by Ker, Donald I
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company (1957)., 1957. First printing. 8vo. Frontispiece photograph. viii, 248 pp. Illustrated throughout with B & W photographs. Original illustrated "marble" patterned boards. Spinal extremities bumped, top edge dusty, else a very good plus book in DJ with spine sunned, some soil and several small edge tears.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
Synopsis
African Adventure is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Dorn ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19141
- Title
- African Adventure.
- Author
- Ker, Donald I
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company (1957).
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Thomas Dorn ABAA
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Canton, Georgia
About Thomas Dorn ABAA
Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International Leagure of Antiquarian Booksellers. I specialize in literary first editions, Africa -- exploration, big game hunting, flora & fauna, medical books, foreign literature in english translation, medicine, science, philosophy, and general antiquarian.
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- Spine
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