The Gorilla Hunters

London: T. Nelson and Sons,, 1861. Rare in the original cloth First edition of Ballantyne's adventure in which the three characters from his most successful novel, Coral Island (1858), meet up some years later and set off in pursuit of gorillas. The first edition is rare: only four copies are recorded at auction since 1932, none of them in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: T. Nelson and Sons,, 1861. In the scarce original cloth First edition of Ballantyne's adventure in which the three characters from his most successful novel, Coral Island (1858), meet some years later and set off in pursuit of gorillas. The first edition is rare: only four copies are recorded at auction since 1932, none of them in such… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dean & Son, LTD., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. No Edition Remarks. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages overall. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Spine has moderate tanning with soft crushing to ends. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with light sunning to edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

S. W. Partridge & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription and some loss to front free endpaper. Notable black marks to front pastedown and free endpaper. free endpaper is removed. Noticeable creasing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Hardcover. Very Good. Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, Very good. , Hardcover, Original maroon and black stamped cloth. Gilt spine band. Text clean, binding tight. Pages slightly tanned. 408 pages. B&w frontis. Copyright date not stated - circa 1890? Aside from frontis,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Thomas Nelson and Son, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. New Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Heavy rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have… Saber más sobre este artículo

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Contains coloured illustrated plates throughout. Pages are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. Plates are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Vision Forum, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Second Printing. Hardcover. 1934554022 . Nice clean copy; 378 pages .

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Book. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Children's adventure story set in Africa, first published by Nelson in 1861, a sequel to 'The Coral Island', by the Scottish children's author R M Ballantyne (1825-1894). 329pp plus publisher's lists to rear and illustrated with colour plates. Undated edition with presentation… Saber más sobre este artículo

London- UK: Thomas Nelson, 1899. THE GORILLA HUNTERS- R. M. Ballantyne- Thomas Nelson & Sons- London- ND- Hardcover:- Good+/ no dj- cover a bit worn but still solid-missing fep- 224pp- no tears, some foxing on some pages-some peripheral stains on color illustrations--and color illustration inset on front cover- 8 illustrations by unknown- classic boys' adventure novel published in 1861 -this… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vision Forum, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

London/ Glasgow/ New York: Collins' Clear-Type Press, no date. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 65425 CF shelf. NOT ex-library. No date, but circa 1895. Hunter green-stamped green cloth, handsome paste-down on front cover. Bit of wear edges & corners, tender front hinge. "H" stamped twice verso front cover, age-browned paper. Clean text. Eight stunning color lithographs.… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Antonio, TX: The Vision Forum, Inc, 2008. Revised. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine. 5.25"x8.25". 378 pgs. No DJ. 5th Printing. Each color of cloth boards in this series represents which geographic region the story is located in. This title the cloth boards are Sienna which represents Africa. Title, with gilt line above and beneath, and a Scotch Thistle… Saber más sobre este artículo

Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd., 1940 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Blue cloth, black titles. 256 pages. Colour frontis. Browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with damp marks and scuffs, especially to rear panel.

Peal Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Rubbed dark mark to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: T Nelson and Sons, 1890. Leather_bound. Very Good. First published 1861. Full leather bonding

Juvenile Productions Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Colour illustrated frontispiece, illustrator not credited. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, again illustrator not credited, with white, blue and red coloured titles to the front panel… Saber más sobre este artículo

Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. c1920. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with slight slant and pictorial pastedown a bit darkened, a few dark spots top edge, Toning to endpapers. Not dated but gift inscription dated 1922 front endpaper. All eight color plates including frontis by illustrator William H. C. Groome present although … Saber más sobre este artículo

Blue cloth binding with gilt title and sailor image on the spine and on the front board. A very desirable edition of this once extremely popular children's book. After the popular publication in early 1861 of Paul du Chaillu's book Exploration in Equatorial Guinea which included passages on the hitherto little-known gorilla (or 'ferocious wild men of the forest'), the publishers… Saber más sobre este artículo