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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.

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. .

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

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.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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 $

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.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1861. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3], vi-xxii, [1], 26-531, [1], 4 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Recently half-bound in red leather over red cloth with edges ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations, and two black leather labels with gilt lettering. Endpapers and pastedowns are dark mauve. Two page frontispiece depicting a gorilla. The volume is illustrated by a fold-out map, and numerous plates and illustrations of the animals and of the local people Du Chaillu observed and encountered. Du Chaillu was a French-American zoologist and anthropologist, best-known for providing definitive scientific evidence of the existence of gorillas and for confirming the existence of an African pygmy tribe. Du Chaillu also recorded observations of several different species of animals in the equatorial region of central Africa and he brought back thirty-nine types of bird… Leer más

New York: Harper Brothers, 1861. 479 pages, plus folding gorilla frontispiece, folding map at rear, and numerous plates and illustrations. Collated and complete. Full black leather covers with raised spine bands and gilt stamped lettering. All edges of text block are gilded. Marbled end leaves. Inscribed and dated January 5th, 1901 on blank front fly leaf, wishing the recipient a Happy married life. Leather is a little scuffed and rubbed with light wear at corners. Gilded edges show scattered light scuffs and scratches. Book plate on front paste down. Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean. . Inscribed and Signed. Second Edition. Full Leather. Good+/No Dust Jacket.

London: John Murray, 1861. First edition. Bound in full pebbled leather with raised bands, gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Published London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo., xviii+479pp., plus28pp. publisher's catalog , dated May, 1861. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal), and 46 reproductions within the text. Folding map bound at the rear missing, front edge of first two sheets of catalog have old archival repair. Minor wear at the crown, hinges and tips else near fine. Internally fine, pages and plates bright white with no foxing - rare to find as such. French-American anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu spent nearly four years on his first expedition to Central Africa covering 8,000 miles. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic birds and confirmed the existence of the gorilla. His account is a seminal work on Equatorial Africa. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: John Murray, 1861. First edition. With 73 black and white illustrations, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal) and a folding map at the rear. 8vo, in a beautiful binding of full polished natural calf, the spine with compartments decorated with fully gilt panel designs, one compartment with a red morocco lettering piece gilt. xviii, 479 pp. A very bright and uncommonly fresh copy, much nicer then is typically found, internally a very fresh clean copy virtually free of any spotting, the folding map and folding gorilla plate in excellent order. RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE FINE POLISHED CALF BINDING . It was on this expedition that Du Chaillu confirmed the existence of that "monstrous and ferocious ape, the gorilla." His work is one of the seminal pieces of early Central African exploration. Copies of this, his most important work are especially elusive now in such handsome condition. Du Chaillu’s travels to Equatorial Africa were to an area… Leer más