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
by Paul B. Du Chaillu
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- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0705415074
- ISBN 13
- 9780705415071
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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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- Title
- 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
- Author
- Paul B. Du Chaillu
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0705415074
- ISBN 13
- 9780705415071
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Non, Fiction, History, Explorations, Adventures, Equatorial, Africa, Account, Manners, Custom, People, Chace, Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopart, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Animals, 0705415074
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