Book Details
| Author: | Akeley, Carl & Mary L. Jobe: |
| Title: | Lions, Gorillas and Their Neighbours. |
| Published: | London: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., [1932] |
| Classification: | Catalogue 10 - Travel and Topography |
| Description: | First edition. 288 pp. Frontispiece & 20 other illustrations on plates. Contents: A collection of tales of adventure by both Carl Akeley and Mary Jobe Akeley - Lion Hunting in the Old Days; Lion Adventures, Wild Dogs; Lion Spearing; Our Buffalo Hunts; The Lion is a Gentleman; My Hunt for the Mountain Gorilla; Hippos; Two Months in Gorilla Land; The Little People; Leopards; Bill ( Kikuyu servant). Carl Akeley was both a sculptor and a taxidermist prior to his death in the field in the Belgian Congo. Foxing on prelims and intermittent light foxing in text. Spots of foxing on edges. Binding tight. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Top three quarters of spine faded. Overall condition VG. |
| Book Number: | #8338 |
| Price: | € 126.00 |
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