From NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 04 June 2019
About this Item
BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xii, 193, (iv) pgs. illustrations by Victor Perard. Decorative cover with gilt elephant in river; gilt titled spine and cover. Later printing of the 1903 first edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are lightly soiled, else clean; some rubbing to gilt, still bright. Interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author, Paul Du Chaillu, was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. Here is an interesting book written for young readers of some of his African adventures. Scarce in this early edition and with a nice decorative cover. Seller Inventory # 0223003
Bibliographic Details
Title: IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Publication Date: 1916
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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