Explorations and Adventures In Equatorial Africa

London: John Murray, 1861. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas. Written by Paul du Chaillu, a traveller and zoologist known for being the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas. The… Read more about this item

London : John Murray, 1861. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A fascinating first edition of this important work by the anthropologist and traveller Paul Belloni du Chaillu. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas - introducing a scientific appraisal of the species into Western… Read more about this item

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1861 edition, lavishly illustrated, complete with fold-out illustration and map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1861. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3], vi-xxii, [1], 26-531, [1], 4 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Recently half-bound in red leather over red cloth with edges ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations, and two black leather labels with gilt… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Brothers, 1861. 479 pages, plus folding gorilla frontispiece, folding map at rear, and numerous plates and illustrations. Collated and complete. Full black leather covers with raised spine bands and gilt stamped lettering. All edges of text block are gilded. Marbled end leaves. Inscribed and dated January 5th, 1901 on blank front fly… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1861., 1861. 8vo. pp. xviii, 479, [28]ads. 1 folding lithographed map, 27 wood-engraved plates (incl. folding frontis. of a gorilla), & 46 text illus. original blind-stamped cloth with gilt vignette of a gorilla on upper cover (spine neatly repaired, new endpapers, outer edge of map bit soiled & tatty, tear in map but with no loss). First… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Author left America for Africa in 1855 and spent four years studying the animals and people of the equatorial regions. Pages xviii & 479 numbered, 74 illustrations listed including fold-out map at end and fold-out gorilla illustration facing the title page. Bound in 3/4 leather with five raised bands, gold… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros., 1871. 535pp.Two-page frontispiece (Gorilla). Purple Cloth, gilt lettering, 88 illustrations, including a foldout map of Equatorial Africa. Wear and tear to the covers, hinges reinforced. fraying to the spine edges.Foldout map is present but has a large tear which has been tape reinforced. "Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and… Read more about this item

New York: Negro Universities Press. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1861. With numerous illustrations, xxii, 531 pages, 79 illustrations + folding map at rear of book, small stamp on verso of title page indicates this was a library book, no other library marks noted, original brown cloth boards, a very … Read more about this item

John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound. Fold out map at back. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining and finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Map at rear has been repaired with tape,… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1862. 1862 edition. Good condition. Hinges starting. Book plate. Marbled endpapers.

HARPER, 1861-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Heavily eroded spine, held on with tape, boards with moderate rubbing and wear. Pages shaken and tanned with minor foxing.

London, John Murray 1861.. gr.-8°. 470 S. Mit 1 mehrf. gefalt. Frontisp., 28 Taf. u. 42 Abb. im Text HLdr. Mit goldgepr. Rückentit. Einige wenige Ss. m. Restaurierungsspuren, einige Ss. wenig fleckig. Karte fehlt. EA Graesse VII, 170f. - Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, 1835-1903, war ein französischer Anthropologe und Afrikaforscher. Du Chaillu erhielt von der Academy of Natural… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861. 531 pages in good, clean condition; yellowed and stained edges. Occasional stains throughout the book. Numerous illustrations including 2 page frontispiece of a gorilla. Folding map at the back with tape repairs in good condition. Previous owner's name and stamp on the fep. Blue cloth with gilt titles and gorilla on the spine.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1861. Second edition. [xviii], 479 pp. Fold-out frontispiece and illustrated title page, fold-out map on lower pastedown, with maps and black and white illustrated plates throughout. 8vo. Black cloth boards with title block and gilt titles on spine that has some toning, cloth separated along front spine; overall good. Second edition. [xviii], 479 pp. Fold-out… Read more about this item

Great Britain: Time-Life Books. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1987. First Thus. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0705415074 Hardback Hardcover. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus and Other Animals. loose folding maps … Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1985. A facsimilie of the original 1861 edition, one in the Classics Of Exploration series, all edges gilt, leather bound. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. New.

Angell Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 552 pages. 8.43x5.43x1.42 inches.

Harper and Brothers, 1868. hardback. good condition only in  a worn 1/2 leather binding that is quite worn and with the front hinge starting - the plates are present BUT the book lacks the  map at the rear - shipping via USPS.