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First Edition "The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo" and More Hunting Books
Item Details
The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo: The Region of the Snow-crowned Volcanoes, the Pygmies, the Giant Gorilla and the Okapi (T. Alexander Barnes, 1922), Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (Theodore Roosevelt, 1905), A Big Game Pocket-book for Kenya Colony (Captain L. M. Dundas, 1927), Hunting in Africa (Frank C. Hibben, 1965)
Title and Author/Editor | The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo: The Region of the Snow-crowned Volcanoes, the Pygmies, the Giant Gorilla and the Okapi (T. Alexander Barnes, 1922), Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (Theodore Roosevelt, 1905), A Big Game Pocket-book for Kenya Colony (Captain L. M. Dundas, 1927), Hunting in Africa (Frank C. Hibben, 1965) |
Genre | Hunting and Fishing, Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs, Sports, Crafts and Hobbies |
Illustrator | Various |
Type of Illustration | Photographs, Fold-out map, Sketches |
Binding | Cloth on board, Buckram |
Edition Statement | Early Edition, First Edition |
Number of Books | 4 |
Additional Information | The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo features a gilt embellished vignette of a gorilla head to the front cover, top text edges in gilt and a fold-out map to the back endpapers. Outdoor Pastimes features a tissue-guarded frontispiece of Roosevelt, a facsimile signature to the lower edge of the portrait, gilt top text edges and untrimmed fore and bottom edges. |
Condition
- wear to the covers with soiling, rubbed edges, loose pages and bumped corners; chipping to dust jacket; writing to endpapers; cracked hinges; foxing; fading; worn area to the fold-out map.
Dimensions
5.25" W x 10.0" H x 7.0" D
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG271210