Lot Details
Lot 87
[CENTRAL AFRICA] Six titles.
Comprising: GIBBONS, A. ST. H.
Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96. London: Methuen & Co., 1898. First edition. Publisher's teal pictorial cloth gilt. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Extremities bumped, cloth a bit rubbed, one-inch tear to map near mount, edges toned and frayed; LLOYD, A. B. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country. A Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First American edition. Modern pictorial buckram gilt preserving much of original upper cover, top edge gilt. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, in-text illustrations, half-title. Blind stamp to title page and occasional leaves throughout, some thumbsoiling, one or two spots; DUNBAR-BRUNTON, JAMES. Big Game Hunting in Central Africa. London: Andrew Melrose, 1912. First edition. Publisher's purple pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, half-title. Spine sunned, extremities bumped, pale staining to cloth, one-inch tear to map near mount, scattered foxing; KEARTON, CHERRY and BARNES, JAMES. Through Central Africa from East to West. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1915. First edition. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth. Color frontispiece, folding map, plates, half-title. Slight lean due to heft, extremities bumped, foxing throughout; LYELL, DENIS D. The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1929]. First American edition. Publisher's buckram, gilt-lettered spine. Illustrated throughout, half-title. Cloth darkened, extremities a bit worn, lightly and evenly toned throughout, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown; and BUCKLEY, W. Big Game Hunting in Central Africa. London: Cecil Palmer, 1930. First edition. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Frontispiece, plates, half-title. Spine ends lightly bumped, foxing throughout, booksellers ticket and ink stamp to rear pastedown.
The lot six volumes. (6)
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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