I Married Adventure: The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson by Johnson, Osa - 1940

J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1940. 1st edition, 1st printing.. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, hardcover, zebra-striped cloth boards with "Adventure" appearing in italics on the front board, endpapers showing photo of giraffes. Presentation copy, SIGNED by author Osa Johnson on half-title pg. Good condition in fair dj. Small prev. owner's name-label on front paste-down; one page corner creased; very occasional, sparse interior foxing, contents otherwise clean, unmarked, binding firm; rear hinge paper shows rubbing but rear board quite firmly attached. Blue dust jacket depicts a drawing by one Cravath of the African continent with a parade of wildlife (crocodile, giraffe, hippo, rhinos, elephants) streaming down the continent followed by the Johnsons further north with their camera equipment. Jacket moderately rubbed & edge-worn w/ two 2-inch chips at rear edge of spine, though no loss of spine lettering; jacket now housed in protective mylar wrapper. 376 p., 83 aquatone illustrations, portraits.