The Gorilla Hunters

London: T. Nelson and Sons,, 1861. Rare in the original cloth First edition of Ballantyne's adventure in which the three characters from his most successful novel, Coral Island (1858), meet up some years later and set off in pursuit of gorillas. The first edition is rare: only four copies are recorded at auction since 1932, none of them in… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson and Sons,, 1861. In the scarce original cloth First edition of Ballantyne's adventure in which the three characters from his most successful novel, Coral Island (1858), meet some years later and set off in pursuit of gorillas. The first edition is rare: only four copies are recorded at auction since 1932, none of them in such… Read more about this item

Dean & Son, LTD., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. No Edition Remarks. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages overall. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Spine has moderate tanning with soft crushing to ends. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with light sunning to edges… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Son, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. New Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Heavy rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Hardcover. Very Good. Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, Very good. , Hardcover, Original maroon and black stamped cloth. Gilt spine band. Text clean, binding tight. Pages slightly tanned. 408 pages. B&w frontis. Copyright date not stated - circa 1890? Aside from frontis,… Read more about this item

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

S. W. Partridge & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription and some loss to front free endpaper. Notable black marks to front pastedown and free endpaper. free endpaper is removed. Noticeable creasing… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Contains coloured illustrated plates throughout. Pages are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. Plates are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Read more about this item

Vision Forum, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Second Printing. Hardcover. 1934554022 . Nice clean copy; 378 pages .

London/ Glasgow/ New York: Collins' Clear-Type Press, no date. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 65425 CF shelf. NOT ex-library. No date, but circa 1895. Hunter green-stamped green cloth, handsome paste-down on front cover. Bit of wear edges & corners, tender front hinge. "H" stamped twice verso front cover, age-browned paper. Clean text. Eight stunning color lithographs.… Read more about this item

London- UK: Thomas Nelson, 1899. THE GORILLA HUNTERS- R. M. Ballantyne- Thomas Nelson & Sons- London- ND- Hardcover:- Good+/ no dj- cover a bit worn but still solid-missing fep- 224pp- no tears, some foxing on some pages-some peripheral stains on color illustrations--and color illustration inset on front cover- 8 illustrations by unknown- classic boys' adventure novel published in 1861 -this… Read more about this item

London: S. W. Partridge. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, spine cocked, . pages toned.. N.D.. Reprint. Hardcover. Circa 1880s-1910s reprint of this juvenile adventure tale in the heart of Africa by the prolific Scottish author. Blue decorative cloth binding. Six dramatic black and white illustrations by J. B. Greene. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item

Published by T. Nelson & Sons, 1901. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. A Tale of the Wilds of Africa. New Edition. Red decorated cloth. Gilt title blocks. Ballantyne's Books For Boy's Series. Colour frontis and title page. 328 pages plus booklist, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front pastedown, prize… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Book. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Children's adventure story set in Africa, first published by Nelson in 1861, a sequel to 'The Coral Island', by the Scottish children's author R M Ballantyne (1825-1894). 329pp plus publisher's lists to rear and illustrated with colour plates. Undated edition with presentation… Read more about this item

Peal Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Rubbed dark mark to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips,… Read more about this item

London: T Nelson and Sons, 1890. Leather_bound. Very Good. First published 1861. Full leather bonding

San Antonio, TX: The Vision Forum, Inc, 2008. Revised. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine. 5.25"x8.25". 378 pgs. No DJ. 5th Printing. Each color of cloth boards in this series represents which geographic region the story is located in. This title the cloth boards are Sienna which represents Africa. Title, with gilt line above and beneath, and a Scotch Thistle… Read more about this item

Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd., 1940 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Blue cloth, black titles. 256 pages. Colour frontis. Browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with damp marks and scuffs, especially to rear panel.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and… Read more about this item

Vision Forum, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.