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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.
Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa by Paul B. Du Chaillu - 1861
by Paul B. Du Chaillu
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Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa
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London: John Murray, 1861. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. An excellently preserved first edition of Paul du Chaillu's extraordinary travelogue of Africa describing his encounters with local creatures, with particular emphasis on 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 first edition of this work, which covers anthropology and zoology whilst detailing the author's travels, including encounters with gorillas, elephants, hippopotamus and leopard, amongst others. Bound with thirty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Illustrated throughout with seventy-four engravings, comprising plates, a folding map, folding frontispiece, and vignettes throughout the text. Collated, complete.An excellent copy of this insightful work. Rebacked with the original cloth spine and boards laid down. Externally generally smart; with bumping to the tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned to the edges, with just the odd spot. Map has occasional tape repairs. Very Good
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- Keywords Paul B. du Chaillu Africa Gorillas Central Africa Africa History of Exploration
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Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephants, Hippopotamus and Othe Animals.
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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.
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Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa
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Angell Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 552 pages. 8.43x5.43x1.42 inches.
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Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs Od the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Peopard, Elephant, Hippopatmus, and Other Animals
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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 illustrations, maps. Brown leather red and gilt decorated Leather-bound, all edges gilt. Beautifully-produced complete facsimile of the 1861 first edition of one of the most influential books of African exploration. Illustrated. 479 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .
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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 customs of the people, and of the chase of the gorilla, the crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals." The author claimed to be the first to bring back Gorillas to America. . Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick Octavo.
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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, but still has some large tears along fold lines. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with minor scuffing and marking across the boards.
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EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
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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 good copy. ; 220 x 140mm .
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