On the Edge of the Primeval Forest. Experiences and Observations of a Doctor in Equatorial Africa. Translated by Ch.Th. Campion

Schweitzer (Prof. Albert)

Published by A. & C. Black, London, 1922

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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First English edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. Book VG+; jacket a little chipped and rubbed, but overall VG. 16 photographic plates and a map. "There, in this sorry world of ours, goes a great man."(Albert Einstein, on Albert Schweitzer) The surprisingly scarce first English edition of this fascinating story of a respected professor's medical adventures in French Equatorial Africa, in the face of wild elephant raids, marauding leopards, famine, flood and more. Distinctly uncommon in the jacket. Seller Inventory # 84173

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Title: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest. ...

Publisher: A. & C. Black, London

Publication Date: 1922

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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