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THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS
by Paul Du Chaillu
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
$149.95$119.96
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS- Paul Du Chaillu- Ill. by Engravings- Harper & Brothers- 1871-1st Edition-1st Printing- No Ads- Hardcover:-12mo- Good/ no dj as issued- Beige cloth rebind of 1884 Woodstock Library Assoc.- 314pp, mostly clean, with some foxing towards ffeps- numerous full page engravings in B&W with head and tailpieces-vignette map on title page with opposite frontis of Du Chaillu and native chief- Woodstock Library Assoc.- plate dated 1884- Title and # written by hand on spine-last page has corner loss not affecting- SEE PHOTOS- A fiction based on factual travels by Chaillu in remote regions of Africa "(Fiction-non-fiction-French European Explorers African Travel and Exploration Narrative Africana Du Chaillu-illustrated) -Nice engravings-Scarce 1st- "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by Harper and Brothers." on verso of title page- World Cat.- Harvard Special Collections:Author : Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903- Title : The country of the dwarfs. By Paul Du Chaillu ... Numerous engravings- Published : New York, Harper & brothers, [c1871]Description : 314 p. illus. 19 cm.-Subject : Negrillos-Subject :Africa, West- Description and travel.-Form/Genre : Travel literature -- Africa, West -- 19th century.- (3329) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3329
- Title
- THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS
- Author
- Paul Du Chaillu
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Fiction-non-fiction-French European Explorers African Travel and Exploration Narrative Africana Du Chaillu-illustrated
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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