Explorations Adventures Equatorial Africa by Chaillu Paul (174 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book content is clean with light age tone.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; 1.68. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 526 pages.Text clean; paper tanned; front hinge and back cracked; frontispiece and first blank page missing, library plate on FEP; minor spine slant; areas of rubbing to surface, edges and corners; no map in rear.Shelf1116. Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not a remainder.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Heavily eroded spine, held on with tape, boards with moderate rubbing and wear. Pages shaken and tanned with minor foxing.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover published by Harper & Brothers in 1861. No dust jacket. Front cover has an embossed image of an African tribesman. Spine is torn completely down back side and at ends, and is only attached along front edge, plus spine is torn some down middle. Corners of covers are bumped and worn, and edges are worn. First blank page has the words First edition, 1861 written on it. The next page has a name of a previous owner and the date (1861) written on it. Pages have some tanning, and some pages have some foxing and stains. The map of west equatorial Africa in back of book has some tears and wear along edges. Book is in acceptable condition. ; 1861; 9.5 X 6.75 X 1.7 inches; 531 pages.

Leather. Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint. Reprinted 1983 & 1985 from the original 1861 edition. Decorated boards and barreled spine band with gilt tilting to front and spine. Full gilt edging to the paperblock. Ribbon page-marker. Marbelled endpapers. Loosely inserted is a one page editorial of the book and an un-named ExLibris plate. Pages xviii + 479 with a foldout frontispiece illustration of a gorilla; and a further 73 illustrations including a foldout map at the rear. ALL ORDERS DESPATCHED WITH A TRACKING NUMBER. (PHrvy-EEW-AWY-1ASBy).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint of the 1861 original, brown cloth boards, no dust jacket (as issued). Boards are nice and clean, corners square, very slightest edge wear. Internally, some toning in the front and rear end paper gutters, otherwise nice and clean throughout. Folding map at rear is Fine, no flaws. A very nice, solid copy. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Reprint der Erstausgabe 1861. Schwarzbrauner Original-Kartoneinband, Rückentitel, 8°, xix, 531 Seiten, 80 Illustrationen und 1 Faltkarte, gutes Exemplar. Buch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Facsimile reprint of the 1861 first edition. Full leather binding with ruled decorations and raised bands and panels to spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 480pp, with two fold out illustrations, as called for. A handsome volume in near condition containing one of the most important early accounts of the people and animals of equatorial Africa, including one of the first accounts of the newly-discovered gorillas, reflecting du Cahillu's adventures and explorations in western Equatorial Africa in the 1850s. Collector's and gift quality item. Beautiful Books, gorillas, africa, exploration, travel, natural history, elephants.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint of 1871 edition. Fold out map in B&W.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1861. Africa, Exploration. Harper & Brothers, New York, good ex-library cloth rebound in modern blue cloth. Map at end is missing, frontis piece of gorilla also missing, all other figures are present. Text is very good (O&E MJ 11/2022).

facsimile edition full leather As New octavo xviii + 479pp., fldg. frontis., b/w plates, maps, appendix, A facsimile of the original 1861 edition, a volume in the Classics of Exploration series. Bound in full brown leather with red borders & bright gilt titles. All edges gilt. Loosely inserted the original reading notes and unused bookplate. Pristine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 535pp.Two-page frontispiece (Gorilla). Purple Cloth, gilt lettering, 88 illustrations, including a foldout map of Equatorial Africa. Wear and tear to the covers, hinges reinforced. fraying to the spine edges.Foldout map is present but has a large tear which has been tape reinforced. "Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chase of the gorilla, the crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals." The author claimed to be the first to bring back Gorillas to America. Size: Thick Octavo.

Half-Leather Bound. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831-1903) was a French-American traveller, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. Includes 72*illustrations and maps. xviii+480pp. Three-quarter bound in black leather with marbled paper covered boards to remainder. Boards heavily rubbed and scuffed. Two nicks that pierce the leather on spine. The both the upper and lower joints at both the head and foot are split leaving the boards attached but a little tender. A segment of title page, approx.1.5cm*4cm cut out, no text is affected. Endpapers and pastedowns foxed with occasional light foxing to various pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather, raised bands. Spine tips and leading corners rubbed. Contemporary inscription to the front paste down. A lot of related tipped in and laid in newspaper clippings. Mild tide mark to the title page only. Generally clean with the odd mark and a hint of foxing.

Gr.-8°, Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. XVIII, 479 Seiten : mit Textabbildungen und Bildtafeln : auffaltbares Frontispiz mit der berühmten Illustration "The Gorilla" : mit der Faltkarte (Map of Western Equatorial Africa) am Nachsatz : First Edition / Erstausgabe des bedeutenden Werks des Zoologen Paul du Chaillou, dem ersten Forscher der westlichen Welt, der die Existenz der Gorillas bestätigte, das berühmte auffaltbare Frontispiz "The Gorilla" zeigt die (wohl) erste Darstellung eines Exemplars dieser Species in der westlichen Welt - brauner Original Leinen Einband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und ausdrucksstarker Deckelprägung eines Gorillas in Gold; Einband lagerspurig / berieben und altersgemäß noch sehr gut; Kapitale mit kleinen Fehlstellen; Schnitt in Rough Cut; Vor- und Nachsatzpapier aus neuerer Zeit; Vorsatz mit Exlibris ebenfalls unserer Zeit (Motiv: "Totentanz" / Michael Wolgemut) des Stolberger Arztes und Afrikaliebhabers Dr. Gerhard Franz; Frontispiz "The Gorilla" sehr gut erhalten; Seite 1 im unbedruckten Bereich der oberen Ecke mit handschriftlichem Eintrag, datiert 17 June 1861, dieser wurde teilweise (wohl zur Entfernung eines Namens) herausgetrennt; Papier innen insgesamt lediglich gering altersbedingt nachgedunkelt und sehr gut; die Bildtafeln sehr gut erhalten; mit der Faltkarte "Map of Western Equatorial Africa" am Nachsatz - insgesamt ein schönes, sammelwürdiges Exemplar des Klassikers Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1088.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Bound in full pebbled leather with raised bands, gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Published London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo., xviii+479pp., plus28pp. publisher's catalog , dated May, 1861. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal), and 46 reproductions within the text. Folding map bound at the rear missing, front edge of first two sheets of catalog have old archival repair. Minor wear at the crown, hinges and tips else near fine. Internally fine, pages and plates bright white with no foxing - rare to find as such. French-American anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu spent nearly four years on his first expedition to Central Africa covering 8,000 miles. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic birds and confirmed the existence of the gorilla. His account is a seminal work on Equatorial Africa.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 2nd Edition [June 1861]. With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals.xviii, 479pp. Folding frontis of a gorilla [fine]. Folding map at the rear [split and worn but complete]. 73 black and white illus. 32pp pub. cat. dated April 1861. Publisher's cloth with gilt gorilla illus. to the front board enclosed with ruled borders. Gilt spine with dec. blind compartments. Unrestored copy with clean and firm text block. No foxing. Corners rubbed and bumped. Front end-papers cracked and board attached but needing re-hinging. COLLATED AND COMPLETE. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.

Hard Cover. Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Reprint. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1861. With numerous illustrations, xxii, 531 pages, 79 illustrations + folding map at rear of book, small stamp on verso of title page indicates this was a library book, no other library marks noted, original brown cloth boards, a very good copy. ; 220 x 140mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Brown cloth. Spine is heavily rubbed and worn, with a quarter inch of loss at bottom of spine, a few chips to top of spine, corners worn and showing boards, covers rubbed, front hinge tender but strong, back map has a two inch closed tear but is otherwise in very good shape. Binding is solid, pages are clean.