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Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. With accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chace of the gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals. By. With Map and illustrations. Reprint. John Murray, Albemarle Street. London. 1983. De 22x15 cm. Com xviii, 479, [ii] págs. Encadernação do editor em percalina com nervos e ferros a ouro na lombada e nas pastas, folhas de guarda marmoreados e cortes das folhas dourados Ilustrado no texto e em extratexto com gravuras a preto e branco, um gorila e um mapa equatorial africano em papel desdobrável. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: SACO JS658-5.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1861
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas. 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 emphasizesContaining 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. 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. Good. book.
Verlag: London: John Murray, 1861., 1861
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. xviii, 479, [28]ads. 1 folding lithographed map, 27 wood-engraved plates (incl. folding frontis. of a gorilla), & 46 text illus. original blind-stamped cloth with gilt vignette of a gorilla on upper cover (spine neatly repaired, new endpapers, outer edge of map bit soiled & tatty, tear in map but with no loss). First Edition. Du Chaillu made several significant discoveries during his first expedition to equatorial Africa in 1856-59. He explored the St. Nazareth, Mexias and Fernando Vaz and determined that they were outlets of the Ogabai River. He provided important information on the Fan tribe of cannibals and species of birds and animals, particularly the gorilla. Du Chaillu asserted that he was "the first white man who has systematically hunted this beast, and who has at all penetrated to its haunts." (p. 341) Hosken 63. cfSmith D83.
Verlag: John Murray, 1861
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound. Fold out map at back. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining and finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Map at rear has been repaired with tape, but still has some large tears along fold lines. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with minor scuffing and marking across the boards.
Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Heavily eroded spine, held on with tape, boards with moderate rubbing and wear. Pages shaken and tanned with minor foxing.
John Murray, London 1861. 8vo. XVIII+480+32 (advertisement) pages. Folding frontispiece plate. Large folding map. Publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt vignette on front board. Rebacked, using the original backstrip. Name on front flyleaf. Name on titlepage. Folding map repaired.
Verlag: Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1015458777ISBN 13: 9781015458772
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: London, John Murray 1861., 1861
Anbieter: Antiquariat Burgverlag, Wien, Österreich
gr.-8°. 470 S. Mit 1 mehrf. gefalt. Frontisp., 28 Taf. u. 42 Abb. im Text HLdr. Mit goldgepr. Rückentit. Einige wenige Ss. m. Restaurierungsspuren, einige Ss. wenig fleckig. Karte fehlt. EA Graesse VII, 170f. - Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, 1835-1903, war ein französischer Anthropologe und Afrikaforscher. Du Chaillu erhielt von der Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia den Auftrag, seine botanischen und zoologischen Untersuchungen tiefer in das Innere von Afrika auszudehnen. Während seiner vierjährigen Wanderungen gelang es ihm, den Ogowe an seinem Unterlauf zu erforschen und eine wertvolle naturhistorische Ausbeute zu gewinnen, darunter auch einige Gorillas, die er - wahrscheinlich als erster Europäer - zu Gesicht bekam. Sein vorl. Reisebericht erregte außerordentliches Aufsehen. Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1861
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A fascinating first edition of this important work by the anthropologist and traveller Paul Belloni du Chaillu. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas - introducing a scientific appraisal of the species into Western culture through this very book, the frontispiece of which contains the first ever depiction of the Gorilla by a Westerner. This accompanies over 70 other illustrations and plates, alongside a folding map of 'Western Equatorial Africa' (collated complete). This copy has been carefully rebound, probably around 1950, with the original decorative black cloth neatly mounted on the front board. Includes several additions by an attentive rebinder, most notably a bound in photo of the author with his authentic signature, mounted on the lower margin, reading 'Yours Very Sincerely, P. B. Chaillu', and his obituary, mounted on the front pastedown. In a full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with a few marks and minor shelfwear only. Hinges have been strengthened with new endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with just a few scattered spots, most numerous to the first few original pages. Map has several large closed tears but no loss. Neat ink inscription and blind stamp to front free end paper. Very Good. signed by author. book.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1861
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First American edition. 8vo. [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3], vi-xxii, [1], 26-531, [1], 4 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Recently half-bound in red leather over red cloth with edges ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations, and two black leather labels with gilt lettering. Endpapers and pastedowns are dark mauve. Two page frontispiece depicting a gorilla. The volume is illustrated by a fold-out map, and numerous plates and illustrations of the animals and of the local people Du Chaillu observed and encountered. Du Chaillu was a French-American zoologist and anthropologist, best-known for providing definitive scientific evidence of the existence of gorillas and for confirming the existence of an African pygmy tribe. Du Chaillu also recorded observations of several different species of animals in the equatorial region of central Africa and he brought back thirty-nine types of bird specimens from his travels. This is a handsome copy of one of the earliest books to feature an illustration of a gorilla, a fascinating story of exploration. A Near Fine book with some offsetting to a few leaves and a tape repair to the fold-out map, else Fine.
Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241492646ISBN 13: 9781241492649
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: 1861, 1861
Anbieter: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Schweden
Erstausgabe
Pp. xviii, 479. With folding frontispiece of a gorilla, one folding map (of Western Equatorial Africa), twenty-seven full page plates and many more illustrations in the text. Occasionally a few small stains to margin, otherwise a crisp and clean copy. Modern half calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with different animals and title labels. First edition of this famous account of the gorilla ("the monstrous and ferocious ape"). Paul Du Chaillu spent four years (1856-59) on his first expedition into Central Africa, to an area previously unexplored by Europeans. He made several important discoveries regarding the rivers of the region, the natives and unusual animals and fauna. He collected a vast number of specimens of birds, animals and fauna. The famous engraving of the gorilla was the first published illustration of the animal. Czech pp. 52-3. Gay 2756. Kainbacher p. 43. Ibrahim-Hilmy i, p. 194.
Verlag: New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969., 1969
Anbieter: Antiquariat Welwitschia Dr. Andreas Eckl, Bochum, NRW, Deutschland
Reprint der Erstausgabe 1861. Schwarzbrauner Original-Kartoneinband, Rückentitel, 8°, xix, 531 Seiten, 80 Illustrationen und 1 Faltkarte, gutes Exemplar. Buch.
Verlag: ARKOSE PR, 2015
ISBN 10: 1344662862ISBN 13: 9781344662864
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: hansebooks, 2019
ISBN 10: 3337793770ISBN 13: 9783337793777
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Sehr gut. 708 Seiten Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. 35076025/2 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Taschenbuch, Größe: 16.7 x 4.1 x 21.6 cm.
Zustand: Original cloth. VG. Revised and Enlarged edition. Revised and Enlarged edition. Illus., Folding map at back. xxii, [23]-535, 4, ads pp. 8vo. Illus., Folding map at back. xxii, [23]-535, 4, ads pp. 8vo.