Paul Du Chaillu: Gorilla Hunter; Being the Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Paul Du Chaillu
by Michel Vaucaire
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1930 A very nice copy of the first edition/first printing. Decorative brown and tan cloth-covered boards, printed spine label, 8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 322 pp., color frontispiece of a gorilla. The VERY attractive bookplate of Edith de Long, dated 1930, front pastedown, with a lion on one side of a watering hole and elephants on the other side (completely in character with this book). Very good plus - near fine (slight spine slant; mild darkening, spine; longitudinal fracture through gilt spine label, but not torn or chipped). (1722RO081). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4088
- Title
- Paul Du Chaillu: Gorilla Hunter; Being the Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Paul Du Chaillu
- Author
- Michel Vaucaire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- AFRICA, EXPLORATION, EXPLORERS
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About the Seller
Boojum and Snark Books
Biblio member since 2003
Kanab, Utah
About Boojum and Snark Books
General antiquarian and out-of-print books. Specializing in medicine, history of medicine, science, technology and technical books.
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