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Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Paul B. Du Chaillu
1861
John Murray : London
9.5" by 6"
xvi, 479, 30pp
SUMMARY
A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas.
First Edition,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Written by Paul du Chaillu, a traveller and zoologist known for being the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas.
The first edition of this work, which covers anthropology and zoology whilst detailing the author's travels, including encounters with gorillas, elephants, hippopotamus and leopard, amongst others. This work particularly emphasizes
Containing the ownership bookplate of educator Rex Napier Price.
Bound with thirty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Complete with the folding map bound to the rear of the work; map is torn, with some of the edges lost and a large amount of loss to the top of the map affecting the image. The folding frontispiece of the gorilla is present, however lacking the upper half of the illustration depicting the body and head of the gorilla.
Illustrated with twenty-six plates, the folding map, the remains of the folding frontispiece, and vignette engravings throughout the text. Collated, complete.
A fascinating first edition.
CONDITION
Rebacked, with the publisher's original spine and boards laid down. Externally generally smart, with the occasional mark tot he boards. Loss to the head and wear to the tail of the original spine. Extremities are a little bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd mark. Original map and folding frontispiece are both torn and with loss affecting the image.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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