Four Years In Paradise; I Married Adventure; Bride in the Solomons; Last Adventure; Jungle Babies; Osa Johnson's Jungle Friends; Jungle Pets; Tarnish - The True Story of A Lion Cub; Snowball - Adventures of A Young Gorilla; Pantaloons - Adventures of a Baby Elephant (10 books in original dust jackets, many signed) + ephemera, including letters, lecture tickets, articles, etc. AND 5 dvds - films of Osa and Martin Johnson's worldwide adventures (brand new and in fine condition)

Published by J. B. Lippincott, Random House, Wilcox & Follett, G. P. Putnam, William Morrow

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Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.Old Scrolls Book Shop

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TEN hardcover books, all in clean original dust jackets, all in VG+ or better condition, four of which are SIGNED by Osa Johnson (Four Years in Paradise, I Married Adventure, Bride in the Solomons, Pantalones), and FIVE dvds of their filmed adventures. Most of these books are first editions, first printings (Osa Johnson's Jungle Friends is a fourth printing; Bride in the Solomons is a second printing; I Married Adventure is a stated second impression but is in pristine condition). All are in great condition - bindings are tight and square, all endpapers intact, bindings and pages are clean. Ephemera includes: Herald NY Tribune, Sunday May 19, 1940 newspaper article with photos on Osa and Martin Johnson ("A Couple of Nice Americans from Kansas - How Osa and Martin Johnson Drifted Into A Life of Adventure"). A large J. B. Lippincott newspaper ad with photos of the Johnsons, promoting the book "I Married Adventure." New York Herald Tribune, Sunday December 14, 1941 article "Home Folks from Kansas in the African Jungle," and their newly published book "Four Years in Paradise." Photo clipping - "Osa Johnson Comes to New York to Carnegie Hall" - this was shortly after their plane accident that took Martin Johnson's life and injured Osa (she is in a wheelchair in the photo). FOUR TICKETS (uncancelled and in perfect condition) to the Martin Johnsons' lecture "Jungle Depths of Borneo" at the Kalurah Temple in Binghamton, NY June 3, 1937 + a newspaper article about the upcoming lecture. One 9" x 11" color poster advertising Osa's book, PANTALONES - Adventures of A Baby Elephant - "A true story for children from the author's own observations of life in the jungle." Civic Music News article (Rochester, NY) article (with photo) about upcoming visit from Osa Johnson and her new film appearing in Rochester on April 9, 1942. Letter from a Kodak employee and fan of Osa Johnson to her booking agent, Clark H. Getts, regarding that lecture and Getts' reply to said fan. Clark H. Getts (b. 1893) was a public relations counsel and booking agent, who Osa Johnson married two years after her husband Martin Johnson's death. A "Civic Music News" article on Osa Johnson (with photograph) dated 1/8/38. A second Civic Music News article on Osa Johnson dated 1/1/38 about upcoming film presentation and lecture at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, NY. Civic Music News article dated March 20, 1937 "Interest in Visit of Mrs. Martin Johnson March 24 is Keen, Seat Demand Brisk." Article says she will be lecturing from her wheelchair - pictures said to be most remarkable ever made in Borneo. And a few smaller interesting clippings ("Their Safaris Ended by Death"; "Osa Johnson Keeps House in Jungle 'Nothingness"; "Mrs. Martin Johnson Wants to Capture Gorilla When She Returns to Jungles;" "Mrs. Martin Johnson on All Trips to Wilds With Great Explorer." DVDs include: "African Paradise"; Congorilla; Across theWorld with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson; I Married Adventure; "Osa's Big Game Hunt". A lot of excitement in one stroke of your computer button. More details available and all questions answered, with additional photos available - contact us.…

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Title
Four Years In Paradise; I Married Adventure; Bride in the Solomons; Last Adventure; Jungle Babies; Osa Johnson's Jungle Friends; Jungle Pets; Tarnish - The True Story of A Lion Cub; Snowball - Adventures of A Young Gorilla; Pantaloons - Adventures of a Baby Elephant (10 books in original dust jackets, many signed) + ephemera, including letters, lecture tickets, articles, etc. AND 5 dvds - films of Osa and Martin Johnson's worldwide adventures (brand new and in fine condition)
Author
Johnson, Osa
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott, Random House, Wilcox & Follett, G. P. Putnam, William Morrow
Condition
Very Good+
Dust jacket
Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Seller catalogs
Adventure/Travel, Biography, SIGNED Editions

Old Scrolls Book Shop

Stanley, NY, U.S.A.

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