Bomba the Jungle Boy: Among the Pygmies

Roy Rockwood

Published by Cupples & Leon, 1931

About this Item

Vintage edition, missing dust jacket. Beige cloth covered boards with black print on front and spine. Decorative endpapers - boys sports design. Brief gift inscription on front free end paper, dated Christmas 1933. Frontispiece on glossy paper opposite title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Cupples & Leon hard cover, missing dust jacket, 1931 edition, no printing stated, 212 pages. 8vo (7.5" x 5") List of titles on copyright page goes through this book. Bomba the Jungle Boy Among the Pygmies; or, Battling with Stealthy Foes, #12 in the Bomba series, by Roy Rockwood, was originally published in 1931 by Cupples & Leon. Various sources say the author was Howard R. Garis, or John William Duffield. (Roy Rockwood is a pen name.) Preceded by Bomba the Jungle Boy in a Strange Land; or, Facing the Unknown; and followed by Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Cannibals; or, Winning Against Native Dangers and others. The Bomba series, which had been the South American answer to Tarzan for young readers, moves to Africa with the 11th book and stays there for the rest of the series. While Bomba #1 - #10 were widely reprinted by Grosset and Dunlap and other publishers, #11 - #20 were never reprinted and are scarce today. Seller Inventory # 09012303Bomba12car

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bomba the Jungle Boy: Among the Pygmies

Publisher: Cupples & Leon

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included