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Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa; with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
by Du Chaillu, Paul B
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Chanute, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039765
- Title
- Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa; with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
- Author
- Du Chaillu, Paul B
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Harper Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
Terms of Sale
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
10 day return if not as described. S/H is estimated for the costs of a three pound book. Additional fees may be charged for heavier items and conversely a refund will be provided for lighter items costing less to ship. Shipping is always in boxes and well packaged. Email checked daily. Payment by Cash, Check, Money Order, Credit Card, or PayPal. Kansas residents please add 8.95% sales tax. Digital photos are gladly provided upon request.
About the Seller
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
Biblio member since 2005
Chanute, Kansas
About Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
With more than 25 years of experience buying and selling out-of-print, collectible, and rare books, maps, and ephemera, I am now doing business from my home at 60 Poplar Heights Rd.; Chanute, KS 66720; U.S.A. by appointment only. I offer a selection of more than 5000 books of all genre, as well as more than 1000 maps ranging from 15th century to early 20th. All inventory is hand selected and believed to be of significance for the collector, the reader, the historian or the general book lover. Historically, I have specialized in Kansas and regional history, but also maintain quality collections of Natural History, Theology, Americana, Railroad, Travel and Exploration, Medicine, Art, and Psychology, Neurology, and Psychiatry. Fine bindings, plate books, signed and inscribed items are an important part of my collections. Smaller, though intriguing collections of other genre are also a part of my holdings. Appraisal, consultation, and collection development services are available. Please come and browse, talk books, and have a cup of coffee in a relaxed and book friendly environment. But for the convenience of both of us, please email or call first. Trade terms available and dealers are welcome.
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- Text Block
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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