Congo Kitabu
by Hallet, Jean-Pierre (with the editorial collaboration of Alex Pelle)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(London: Hamish Hamilton: 1965) First edition Cl. pp. x, 404. Illust. His 'extraordinary adventures' as an agronomist and sociologist for the Belgian Colonial Government from 1948 to 1960 brought him into close contact with seventeen tribes. Book includes 'living with Bambuti pygmies, taming wild animals, being initiated into a native secret society, killing a lion with a spear and a leopard by hand, and assembling the world's finest collection of African artifacts'. First Edition. An owner's stamp. Near fine in dust-jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- exPB (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74077
- Title
- Congo Kitabu
- Author
- Hallet, Jean-Pierre (with the editorial collaboration of Alex Pelle)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- hunting Africa wildlife
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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