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HARPER, 1861-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Heavily eroded spine, held on with tape, boards with moderate rubbing and wear. Pages shaken and tanned with minor foxing.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Explorations And Adventures In Equatorial Africa.

Harper & Brothers. Good. 1871. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged edition. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked but somewhat tanned, and with a few tiny stains or corner creases. May be missing a page between the gorilla portrait and the title page. Numerous b&w drawings -- some plates and some within text. Brown cloth cover is generally scuffed and worn, with library spine number, and wear to spine tips. No dustjacket at issue. .

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1985. A facsimilie of the original 1861 edition, one in the Classics Of Exploration series, all edges gilt, leather bound. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. New.

Angell Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 552 pages. 8.43x5.43x1.42 inches.

Time-Life Books, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile reprint of the 1861 first edition. Full leather binding with ruled decorations and raised bands and panels to spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 480pp, with two fold out illustrations, as called for. A handsome volume in near condition containing one of the most important early accounts of the people and animals of equatorial Africa, including one of the first accounts of the newly-discovered gorillas, relflecting du Cahillu's adventures and explorations in western Equatorial Africa in the 1850s. Collector's and gift quality item.

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.) .

John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound. Fold out map at back. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining and finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Map at rear has been repaired with tape, but still has some large tears along fold lines. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with minor scuffing and marking across the boards.

Paperback. New.

New York: Harper & Bros., 1871. 535pp.Two-page frontispiece (Gorilla). Purple Cloth, gilt lettering, 88 illustrations, including a foldout map of Equatorial Africa. Wear and tear to the covers, hinges reinforced. fraying to the spine edges.Foldout map is present but has a large tear which has been tape reinforced. "Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chase of the gorilla, the crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals." The author claimed to be the first to bring back Gorillas to America. . Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick Octavo.

New York: Negro Universities Press. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1861. With numerous illustrations, xxii, 531 pages, 79 illustrations + folding map at rear of book, small stamp on verso of title page indicates this was a library book, no other library marks noted, original brown cloth boards, a very good copy. ; 220 x 140mm .

Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Facsimile of the 1861 edition, lavishly illustrated, complete with fold-out illustration and map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

Harper and Brothers, 1868. hardback. good condition only in  a worn 1/2 leather binding that is quite worn and with the front hinge starting - the plates are present BUT the book lacks the  map at the rear - shipping via USPS.

Harper Bros., NY 1868, (c.1861), 8vo., cloth, 531pp., woodcuts, folding map in rear. spine detached with upper half of spine missing, rear inner hinge cracked, covers poor, text itself G $

Angell Press. paperback. New. 5x1x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Harper & Brothers, 1862. 1862 edition. Good condition. Hinges starting. Book plate. Marbled endpapers.

London: John Murray, 1861. Second edition. [xviii], 479 pp. Fold-out frontispiece and illustrated title page, fold-out map on lower pastedown, with maps and black and white illustrated plates throughout. 8vo. Black cloth boards with title block and gilt titles on spine that has some toning, cloth separated along front spine; overall good. Second edition. [xviii], 479 pp. Fold-out frontispiece and illustrated title page, fold-out map on lower pastedown, with maps and black and white illustrated plates throughout. 8vo.

London: John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Author left America for Africa in 1855 and spent four years studying the animals and people of the equatorial regions. Pages xviii & 479 numbered, 74 illustrations listed including fold-out map at end and fold-out gorilla illustration facing the title page. Bound in 3/4 leather with five raised bands, gold decoration and title on spine, marbled boards, green endpapers. The 15x19" map laid in at the end has an 8" tear, and part of the margin on one side is missing. Light foxing on several pages, crease on front free endpaper. and rubbing on board edges. Book is straight and tight with no markings. Included is a one page handwritten and SIGNED letter from du Chaillu dated April 5,1896, accepting an invitation to dinner on the 7th at the Booksellers League meeting in New York. The Booksellers League was begun in 1895. Not available for international shipping.