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Hardcover edition. The story of the Zaire River Expedition, 1974-1975. b&w photos, drawings, maps throughout.
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Giant Among Rivers: Story of the Zaire River Expedition (Signed)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. Signed and inscribed by author to title page. Good DJ with little wear. Seller Inventory # 9999-99997317122
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A giant among rivers: The story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974-75
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Giant Among Rivers: Story of the Zaire River Expedition
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A giant among rivers: The story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974-75
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY JOHN BLASHFORD-SNELL APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. 294 pages,Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription. Seller Inventory # 033832
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A Giant Among Rivers. The Story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974-75
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8vo; original dark blue boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xxii + (iv) + 294; plates; maps; diagrams. Tape reinforcing to reverse of dustwrapper spine panel and folds; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper and gift inscription to verso; small tape remnants to endpapers; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "If evidence is needed that man's urge to explore is still very much alive, it is to be found in this authorised account of one of the great expeditions of modern times.". Seller Inventory # 12823
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Giant Among Rivers, A - The story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974 - 75
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 5.5" x 9"; 294pp; blue cloth; silver titles; pictorial dustwrapper; vg/vg; ex libris "Keeler Ivan Pain" sticker opposite title page; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 10101
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A GIANT AMONG RIVERS: THE STORY OF THE ZAIRE RIVER EXPEDITION 1974-75. By Richard Snailham.
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Large 8vo (139 x 222mm). Ppxxvi,294. B/w photographs, maps, bibliography, map end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Marks to edges, good-plus in torn dust-wrapper. Dedication by the author to title-page. An account of an expedition organised by the Scientific Exploration Society, designed to carry out a detailed programme of medical and scientific research. Getting it together; On the move; The infant Luallaba; Between the dams; With the professionals; Long haul to Kongolo; Pas de probleme; Through the Gates of Hell; From Kindu to Ubundu; Stanley Falls; Through the Heart of Darkness; A capital the Heart of Darkness; A capital time; In Stanley's wake; the great portage; the great portage; On to Banaba!; Envoi! Once in a lifetime. . Seller Inventory # 57648
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A Giant Among Rivers: the Story of the Zaire River Expedition, 1974-75
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The object of the Zaire river Expedition, organised by the Scientific Exploration Society and led by John Blashford-Snell, was to navigate as fully as possible the rapid-strewn length of the Zaire and at the same time to carry out a detailed programme of scientific research, notably into the causes of the terrible disease known as 'river-blindness'. Dj. Seller Inventory # 1442737
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A giant among rivers : the story of the Zaire River Expedition 1974-75 / Richard Snailham
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxii, 294 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps on endpapers : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index. Subjects; Snailham, Richard. Zaire River Expedition, 1974-1975. Travel. Expeditions. Congo River Description and travel. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 398829
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A GIANT AMONG RIVERS: THE STORY OF THE ZAIRE RIVER EXPEDITION 1974-75. By Richard Snailham.
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ISBN 13: 9780091276102
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Large 8vo (139 x 222mm). Ppxxvi,294. B/w photographs, maps, bibliography, map end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Top edges dusty else very good in quite used dust-wrapper. Inscription by the author to Colin (Willock)*. An account of an expedition organised by the Scientific Exploration Society, designed to carry out a detailed programme of medical and scientific research. Getting it together; On the move; The infant Luallaba; Between the dams; With the professionals; Long haul to Kongolo; Pas de probleme; Through the Gates of Hell; From Kindu to Ubundu; Stanley Falls; Through the Heart of Darkness; A capital the Heart of Darkness; A capital time; In Stanley's wake; the great portage; the great portage; On to Banaba!; Envoi! Once in a lifetime. * The title-page inscription reads, "For Colin (Willock), who made the film of the book, Richard Snailham, 9.ix.76". . Seller Inventory # 58685
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