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suffolk neville spearman, 1984 very nice hardcover edition with jacket very minor wear seen

Victor Gollancz, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the boards are worn and marked and the spine is faded and discoloured. there are no inscriptions but there is foxing mainly affecting the early pages. the binding is excellent.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1949. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XI, 298 pages. Hardcover [publisher's original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine / without the dustjacket. Design on front board. Mapped endpapers showing 'Route of Author's Safari Through Karamojo.' Very good- condition. Signs of external wear. Boards and spine show significant fading and discoloration from wear. Binding is still firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean. Karamojo Safari is the tale of Walter Bell's epic journey into Karamojo (now Uganda & Kenya). Bell's safari lasted 14 months, and during that time he shot 180 elephants and brought back 18,762 pounds of ivory. Of these, 31 tusks weighed over 100 pounds each, and the largest pair weighed in at 145 and 148 pounds. His trip netted Bell £6000 profit. (Kirkus Review) Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (8 September 1880 - 30 June 1954), known as Karamojo Bell, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa, soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor,… Read More

Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US edition, first edition stated on copyright page. Book very good with faded covers and spine, a few soiling spots on printed front free end paper. Dust jacket good, some wear and part of rear flap missing.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Just about fine in a slightly spine-faded and price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.