The Gorilla Hunters. A Tale Of The Wilds Of Africa

London Edinburgh Dublin New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 195x135x45mm. Contains, Illustrations. 195x135x45mm+683g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Thomas Nelson and Sons. London Edinburgh Dublin New York. 1911. . . . pp328. First New Edition. Illustrated cloth hard boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, without dust jacket. This book was inspired by the arrival in England of Paul Du Chaillu, who had studied and observed gorillas in West Africa and claimed to have been the first white European person to have seen them thus the three characters from his most successful novel 'Coral Island' meet up some years later and set off in pursuit of gorillas. Frontispiece and 5 colour plates, pp10 pages of publishers advert's to rear. Head and foot of spine rolled, covers show wear, foxing to some pages, book block foxed, Award label to front endpaper. A nice solid copy of this edition, as the popularity of the tale sees most books having been ""read to death"": Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$28.20 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$45.20 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$51.40 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.40