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New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Orange cloth spine over boards, not zebra-striped cover. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, ink stamp on title page. 1940 Hard Cover. 376 pp. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 3/8. 83 aquatone illustrations, including photographs featuring George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak, American author Jack London, and film star Charlie Chaplin. A documentary travelogue of the adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson, primarily in Africa and the South Seas.

J.B. Lippincott, 1940. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Printing not stated, presumed first. Zebra patterned cloth-covered boards, showing some soiling. Spine faded. Overall light shelf wear. Page edges soiled and/or age toned but interior is bright and fresh: only marking is POS on FFEP. Stated 85 aquatone illustrations. Though there is a split at p.361 the book still handles well - the binding nonetheless feels loose to the touch with a slight roll developing at the tail. 376 pages with index. True account of the travel adventures of the author & her husband, Martin, renowned big game hunter & photographer, focusing on their years on the shores of Lake Paradise in Africa.

Hardcover. Good. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing, 1940. First thus; Early reprint. Hardcover. 8vo - 6 x 9 ”. 375 pp. Good in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Chipping, creases and closed tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Toning to the half title page and opposing page from related newspaper clippings laid-in. Otherwise the interior appears unmarked. The binding is solid.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. CLEAN near fine 1940 signed hardcover. No jacket. "Best- African wishes. Osa Johnson". . Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. 1940.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1940. Signed limited first edition of Johnson's classic work, number 167 of 520 copies. Octavo, original half cloth, photographic endpapers illustrated with 83 aquatone illustrations. Boldly signed by the author, "Best African wishes Osa Johnson." In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. In the first half of the 20th century an American couple, Martin and Osa Johnson—from Lincoln, Kansas and Chanute, Kansas, respectively—captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, faraway lands. Photographers, explorers, marketers, naturalists and authors, Martin and Osa studied the wildlife and peoples of East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands and British North Borneo. They explored then-unknown lands and brought back film footage and photographs, offering many Americans their first understanding of these distant lands. "Books of adventure are so numerous....[But] this one… Read More